The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-16
has Hts DAUGHTER ARRESTED
AND MAN SHE ELOPED WITH on
CHARGE or FORGERY.

Brooklyn High School GiTi's Runaway
Match Followed by bad Cheeks and
the DISAPPEARANCE OF Her Husbands
Lee NJ. Evans, - years old, and his vile,
Florence, 10 years old, were arrested yes
terday on warrants charging them With
forgery Evans was arrested In the Penn
sylvania House in Jersey City and his wife
was taken into custody at the Annex ferry
house at the foot Of Fulton street Brooklyn
She Was on her way TO Join her husband
nfter an unsuccessful attempt 10 get rid
Of TIRES checks, which we're purported
n be signed with the name OF Mrs Evans's
father, William p. Springer, OF 50I st,
Marks avenue, Brooklyn.
Eight months ago Florence Springer and
Evans were married. il was a runaway
match. Miss Springer was attending the
Brooklyn High School and in riding to and
from school she met Evans. He was
conductor on a Bergen street car.
He isa good looking chap, but with rather
sallow complexion due to smoking too
many cigarettes, One day Miss Springer
went to school and didn't come home that
day. Evans gave up his job At the same
time. The pair turned up a day or so later
at the home Of Miss SpHnger's parents.
They produced a marriage certificate show
ing they were man and wife.
They we're forgiven and went TO live at a
boarding house. Evans went 10 work
for his uncle after whom he was named,
Lee Evans, a druggist Of 97l st. Marks
avenue. About three months later the
Young Mrs. Evans turned up one day at
N.Ntr-.I nt EpIrTth
ard Atlantic avenue Brooklyn, with
500 check drawn on a Nova Scotia bank.
The check wasn't made out to Mrs. Evans.
Neither did she tell Paying Teller Hoefle,
who knew her and her father, that she had
been married. Mrs. Evans endorsed the
check with her maiden name. The paying
teller cashed it.
Three days later the paying teller made
the discovery that he had been swindled'
He went 10 the Myrtle avenue police court
and got a warrant Mrs. Evans was ar
rested and taken 10 court. Tho case was
hushed up in court and the money the bank
had, paid to the young woman was made
good by some one who didn't want his
name known. Then Mrs. Evans was set
at liberty.
She rejoned her husband Two weeks
ago Mrs. Evans Visited her husbands aunt
Mrs. Lee Evans. While the elder Mrs.
Evans's back was turned the younger Mrs
Evans. the police say she admits, pocketed
$500 worth OF jewels and got away.
Evans and his wife dropped out Of sight
for q time. Nothing would have been said
about the loss Of the jewelry IL William p
SpringeT's name hadn't been forged again
and again. He got two checks that he
hadn't written and suspeoting where they
had come from began a little quiet sleuth-
ing which led him to suspect his daughter.
That was more than Springer could
ttsnd He went before Magistrate Fur.
long few days ago and swore out mar
rants for the arrest Of his daughter and his
son-in-law on a charge Of forgery. Pre-
vious to doing this he had started the police
machinery in action and Detective Ser
Reaut Kelly and Precinct Detective hoDoy
Of tho Atlantic avenue station, started out
10 locate the couple.
Detective Kelly traced them to jersey
City and went over there yesterday
With his warrant, and with the aid Of a
Jersey City detective he oomered Evans
IN the hotel in which he was living. The
Young man tried TO tear up a couple OF
oaeoks. He was locked up at police head
quarters in jersey City, and a search Of bis
pockets brought forth several pawntickets
calling for his aunt's jewels.
From what Kelly learned ia jersey City
he was satisfied that Mrs. Evans was In
Brooklyn. He hurried back to Brooklyn
and got Detective Molloy They waited
OF the Annex ferry and got Mrs. Evans at
Up, NJ. They took her to the Gates avenue
station, where she told Capt. HarEns
enough to convince him that her husband
Is good deal Of a rascal. Mrs. Evans
told Of her first check transaction, by which
she had obtained 500, and said that check
had been intended for another, who was
living in the same boarding houss With
her and her husband Mrs. Evans was
locked up and will be srraigned before
Magistrate Furlong this morning. Her |
husband may try to fight eXtradition.
Evans is said TO be a son Of Hunter Evans |
Of Clarksburg, W. Va. He comes from a
very good family. The young mans father
in-law told the police that Evans had 20 |
leave home because he had forged his |
fathers name TO a check for large amount. !
Mr. and Mrs Springer went to Washington a /
Gay or two ago, but Springer is expected |
hack 10 prosecute the pair. Springer |
told the police that Evans had made his |