Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-10
SAYS WIFE WAS
SPIRITED AWAY
HUSBAND DECLARES FAMILY
BROKEN UP
Charles Tanquary Believes His
Troubles Are Due to Religions
lffieulties--Hopes for a
Reconciliation

"They have broken up my home
They have broken up my home. Oh
II l could only find the man who has
broken up my home" sobbed Charles
Tanquary. an employe of the Fosgate
confectionery store on South Broad
way last night.
Tanquary's wife has been i'll and he
claims that she was spirited away
while he was at work and that he did
not find her for two days. Tanquary
reported to the detectives last Satur-
day that his wife had disappeared
She was located at the Sisters hos
pital a few hours later by Patrolman
Jack Murphy.
Tanuuarys heart is almost broken by
the family troubles that have fallen
to his lot. He declared last night that
he could not bear to think that his
wife could ever have deserted him.
Half sobbing he told the following
story:
my wife and 1 have always been
q most affectionate couple. 1 never left
the house without kissing her good
by. We have been married four years
and during that time have never had
the least trouble until just lately.
Wife Disappears
"Six weeks ago Marie, my wife, was
taken ill. She has been sick before,
but never for this length of time.
called in Miss Kelly, at her request.
TO nurse her. 1 instructed Miss Kelly
TO call me If ever my wife should be-
come dangerously ILL.,.
About the first of week before last
noticed that my wife had ceased to
ask me to kiss her. 1 found out after
wards that Miss Kelly had called a
priest. 1 do not know what the priests
name is, but he has caused me lots of
trouble.
My wtfe-is a Catholic and the Sis
ters of the. Guardian Angel often Wis.,
tied her. They may also have influenced
her. think the whole trouble is be-
cause Marie is a Catholic and 1 am
Protestant
Last Friday 1 went to work as
usual. Late in the afternoon the land
lady where we lived telephoned to me
that my wife had gone and had left a
note for me and one for her. She sent
me the note by her little girl.
The note said that she had gone
far away and that she would never
see me again. She acknowledged that
she still loved me but that she had
only been burden. She told me that
could find someone who could take
much better care of me.
Boy is Sent Away
81 finally located her at the Sisters
hospital. She would not allow the |
there to attend her. She
had heen in the care of DR.. Berry and !
insisted on being wheeled to the phone
to talk to him. He called on her Sat
urday night.
Il went to see her early Sunday
morning. AT first she did not want
to see me. When went into the room
she looked shamefaced. She finally |
told me the whole story.
"A Catholic priest had called on her |
for a week, she said. He found that !
she had been Mrs. Thoma before we
were married. My wife says he told !
her that her soul was lost forever if |
she did not sever her relations with !
Inc. She said that she would rather
have died than leave me.
ION Thursday when 1 went home
found Aloysuis, Mrs. Tanquarys IL
year-old son by her first husband, gone.
] asked where he was and they told me
that he was visiting a playmate in
Santa Monica. l now find that they
have sent him to a Catholic school near
San Francisco.
Marie says that she will never leave
me again when she gets well enough
to come back"
Know Nothing of Case
DR.. Berry, when seen last night, says
that the woman has become much
worse since the fresh troubles We're
brought upon her. but that she seemed
to be better yesterday. 1t is his
opinion that she will recover.
Mr.. Tanquary said yesterday that he
and his family had been living at the
boarding house of w. A. Hewish at
5S1 west Fifth street. When seen att
his home last night Hewish declared no
such family had ever lived there
At the home of the Guardian Angel
the mother said last night that she did
not know Mrs. Tanquary. She said the
name was familiar and believed Mr.
ranquary had been there inquiring for
his wife. The mother added that pos
sibly the sisters had called on Mrs.
ranquary, but nothing was known of
the woman's disappearance.