The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09
GOES TO HER RESCUE
Wealthy Caro- Farmer Declares He
viii Marry Berthe Claiche.
NOW ON TRIAL FOR MURDER
He Attends Sessions of Court-Has
Been Corresponding With the Wo.
man Fer Some Time-Sent Her
Money.

New York, March 6.-J. Henry
Wright, of Caro-, Mich, was an inter
ested spectator Monday afternoon ut
the trial of Berthe Claiche on the
charge of numbering Emil Gerdron,
her lover.
Mr.. Wright is here to marry the
girl if she is freed, and he met her
for the first time Monday. When he
arrived in town in the morning, he
went at once to the Office of eX-Judge
Rosalsky, the defendants attorney,
and endeavored to convince him that
he was in earnest by flashing a largo
roll of bills
Mr.. Wright said: "She will be ac.
quilted, l ssm sure, and as soon as she
is willing, after the jury sets her free.
| will make her Mrs. Wright If she
has ever done wrong morally, know
she is a changed woman now, and /
am willing to give her my name and to
share my wealth with her.
"She is deeply religious girl. |
can tell that from her letters. A long
time ago, before she allowed me to
send her any money, she asked me to
buy candles and have them burned In
the church for her. / have done this
once every two weeks, giving the
money to Rev. Father j. M. Brokaw,
Of Reece, Mich, who comes to Caro-"
Trial Resumed.
10 io1 Af ho nho
the murder of Emil Gerdron was re-
sumed in supreme court Monday after
noon, it was learned that the girl had
offered to give evidence against the
police, and that her counsel demanded
that she be given her freedom as a
reward for such evidence.
To this the prosecution refused to
agree, contending that acceptance Of
a plea of guilty of manslaughter in the
second degree was the greatest con-
cession that could be made.
Caro-, Mich, March 6.-J. Henry
Wright, farmer living near here.
he will marry Berthe Claiche, the
"White slave" who is on trial for mur-
der. He says he first became ac-
quainted with her through writing to
her some months ago when the news
was first published that she shot Emil
Gerdron, her betrayer.
Wright is reputed to be worth about
100000 He is a widower, and has two
sons and one daughter.
81 have been sending her money
regularly since an appeal was made
for funds said Wright "The clothes
she wears at her trial were bought
with my money. l believe she appre.
ciates what l have done for her. She
is changed woman now, and I am
willing to marry her as soon as the
trial is over.
She Wrote Fine Letters.
"Her letters to me were fine. They
show that the girl is improving all OF
the time. She tells me that she wants
to be better, so that she may be
worthy of my love. She is only a
peasant girl, and Of course she has
led a wild life in the wicked city, but
believe that her reform is genuine.
She'll know me all right when I
call upon her in the Tombs, for we've
exchanged photographs. I've looked |
at her picture so often that I'd rec
ognize her among hundred women.
II first became attracted to Berthe |
while lot of us fellows were discuss
ing the case at ST. Mary's store, whore |
the boys hang out. 1t was proposed |
to take up a subscription to help her |
out and we all contributed 30 cents |
apiece. That night I couldn't get the |
girl off my mind and the next day ] |
wrote to her. She answered, and we've |
been corresponding ever since"