West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-11-16
ONE WIPE TOO MANY.
Henry e.. Mason Turns Mormon and
Loves Too Well But Not Wisely.

80 40 ilCniJ ". mason formerly Oh
Terra Alta but who has recently
been turning up in different parts of
the State and in different kinds Of
states, was arrested at Hagerstown,
Md, on the serious charge of hav-
ing one wife too many. 1t appears
that about one year ago Mr.. Mason
met a handsome school marin as
they were travelling on the railroad
together and il seems that it was a
case of love at frs: sight and their
meeting soon wore into friendship,
then courtship and then came the
marriage. The lady, Miss Sadie
Taught, who's home is inWirt coun-
ty and who is a graduate Of a well
known business college and has been
a teacher in the Business College at
Erie, Pa. and is at present Teacher
of Stenography of the Hagers,own
Business College was led on by the
misrepresentation of Mr.. Mason
who already has a wife living at
Terra Alta and four small children.
1t appears that Mr.. Mason passed
himself off as Robert G.. Bronson
and represented himself to be worth
million dollars and was passing
off as detective and to cover up
the detective business was selling
horses in Writ county, and he said
his detective name was II. G.. Ma
son. On October 9th he was mar
ried at the brides parents in Writ
county under the name of Robert
G. Bronson aged 81 years while the
lady gave her age as go summers.
The marriage was said to be one of
splendor and gaiety and they went
on their honeymoon tour to Jackson
county at Ripley and there Mr.. Ma
son took up his business as detective
and selling horses and it appears
that he sold horse for the Hart
man Stock Farm at Columbus, Ohio
and never paid them for it and beat
them out of about 500 and about
this time wife number one at Terra
Alta was getting impatient for Hen
rvs appearance and wrote to this
Stock Farm as to his whereabouts
and they in turn sent the letter to
Henry and about the same time the
brothers of wife number two began
to get suspicious and also wrote the
Stock Farm and told them of their
brother.in-law and the Stock Com
Pany just sent them copy of Mrs.
Masons letter, wife number one.
This began to let the cat out of the
basket and they began to investigate
and found that Mr.. and Mrs. Ma
son had left Ripley and had gone to
Hagerstown where Mrs. Mason wife
number two had resumed her work
in the business college and Henry
had secured position as news boy
and was travelling on trains that
would pass through Terra Alta
where he would meet wife number
one and fondly caress and kiss her.
The brothers Of wife number two
writing to Terra Alta found out all
about Mr.. Mason and the double
life ne was leading and they imme.
diately came to Terra Alta and got
the necessary facts and had a war
rant sworn out In Writ county and
he was arrested as above stated and
on Tuesday evening he was taken
through Terra Alta on his way to
Writ county for trial. His wife
number two never knew of any trou-
BILE what ever until the police had
him under arrest and then she was
told the sad sad story and on Tues
day of this week Mr.. d. S. Hollen
of Terra Alta broke the news to
Mrs. II. G.. Mason, wife number
one, and her family of small chill
dren. The scene was a sad one and
much sympathy is expressed for her.
Their home was recently sold under
mortgage and during Mr.. Masons
recent visit to Terra Alta, which has
been since his marriage, SAID that
he had been in a hospital in the
state Of Ohio with bad attack OF
fever but 1t appears he was in the
state of matrimony instead and now
the honey moon is over and Henry
will have to begin to work in all
possibilities, wearing striped clothes.
The way OF the transgressor is hard.
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MORE MISSIONARIES dASS4CRRD.
Dr. Machle, the American mis-
sionary, who escaped the massacre
at Lien Chow, besides confirming
the previous accounts Of the out