Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07
ON SERIOUS CHARGE
THOMAS GARFIELD ACCUSED OF
AssAULT1NG HIS WIFE.

Detective Robert Hewlett left here on the
1890 train last night for Philadelphia to
get Thomas D. Garfield. twenty-eight years
of age who Is wanted here to answer a
charge Of having committed an assault
upon his wife, Mrs. Edna Garfield, In their
fat at the Iroquois apartment house, 14lO
NJ street northwest, last Tuesday. Mrs.
Garfield sustained a number of severe in
juries. After she had received surgical
treatment at a local hospital she returned
to the apartment house, got her belongings
and sought shelter in the home of her par
ents.
Mr. Joseph G. Hedrick, friend of the
family, swore out the warrant, alleging as
sault. and Inspector Boardman was re-
quested to make every effort to find Gar
field. Last night his efforts were rewarded.
He received a message from Chief Taylor
telling of the capture Of Garfield In the
Quaker city.
More than a year ago Garfield married a
clerk in the pension office. His wife re
nained in the office for time. and was
thereby able to contribute to the support
of her husband. 1t is said Garfield would
get on a spree occasionally. but did not mo-
lest his wife until last Tuesday when, it
is charged, the assault complained Of oc-
Cured.
Just one week ago he answered an ad-
vertisement and rented furnished fiat
from clerk in the District building who
was about to move to the country for the
summer. Monday and Tuesday, it is al
legged, he drank to excess. When he re-
turned home Monday afternoon from the
office of the American Realty Company,
where he was employed as a clerk, 1t Is
alleged he was SO much under the infiu-
ence of liquor that he had to be assisted to
his apartment.
Wife's Arm Broken.
Tuesday when he returned he was in the
same condition. and. it is alleged that he
that evening assaulted his wife. 1t is
claimed her arm was broken by her hus-
band slammins. the door against it, but the
attending surgeon could find no marks to
indicate that the injury had been caused
by that means. She was badly bruised.
Garfield was seen about the city as late as
Wednesday afternoon. when, it is stated,
he went to New York from where he
mailed a letter to his wife. telling her he
was sick, and saying he wanted to return
home. 4 letter was received by his en-
ployer this morning asking that the latter
send him 81 to the Keystone Hotel in
Philadelphia, saying he wanted the money
to pay his railroad fare back to this city,
and it this letter that led to his ar
rest
AZ soon as Inspector Boardman learned
that he wanted money sent to the Key
stone Hotel he wired the chief of police of
Philadelphia, asking that Garfield be ar
rested. The latter appeared at the hotel,
expecting he would get an answer to his
message and was taken into custody by an
officer who was waiting there for him. At
ter his arrest he wired his wife a request
that she withdraw the charge against him.
but Mrs. Garfield said last night she in
tended to prosecute him, and that she
wanted him returned here for that purpose
Friends of Garfield in this city know but
little about him. He has stated that he
came from Roanoke. Va, and that he was
graduate of the Columbia University
New York city, and of Boston institute
1t Is said he had not been q resident of this
city great while before he met and be-
came the husband of the woman who is
now to appear In court against him. Mrs.
Garfield Is also former resident Of Vir-
ginia.