The Washington herald., 1908-08-10
SOLDIER ARRESTED
ON BIGAMY CHARGE
Love Affairs of Norman
Hayes Cause Trouble.
BROUGHT IN FROM FORT HUNT
Complaint Made by Mrs. Mabel c.
Hayes, of Maryland Avenue North
east, Induces Police 10 Act-Ac-
eused WOOer 90 BE ArraiEned in
Court TO-day-Wedd Spoiled.

The love affairs Of sailors have been
described in song and story from tine
immemoriaL A soldier has now come TO
the front. who. according to the police.
is no lagEard in affairs Of the heart.
While he cannot be said 10 have a love
in every port. he has at least three within
a radius Of loo miles The number OF
entanglements. however. led to the arrest
q this brave soldier last night on a
charge OF bigamy. Only his arrest. say
the detectives. prevented him adding q
third wife 10 the list
Attired in the uniform Of the coast ar
tllery. Norman I. Hayes. alias John L.
Sanford, alias Charles Reynolds. was
brought 20 this city late last night by
Central Office Detectives Evans and O-Dea
TO face a charge Of bigamy preferred by
his first wife. Mrs Mabel c Hayes. Of
65l Maryland avenue northeast. HAYES
was locked Up at the First precinct sta
tion, and probably VIII be arraigned in
the Police Court to-day.
Married Miss Latham.
Hayes was arrested on warrant
charging that he married Miss Mabel c
Latham. OF Washington, on July Is. 1sas.
and. without going through the foramilitv
OF getting a divorce. married Miss Kate
Reynolds. Of s34 X street northwest. on
June y OF last year. The last ceremony
was performed By Rev E Hez SVEN Of
the Second Baptist Church. The detec-
tives say that IN the last few months
Hayes has introduced a young woman to
a number OF fellow-sOldiers at Fort Hunt
ze fe -r-f1~ ~
in a few days.
Hayes said last night his first wife was
responsible for his marrying a second
time, and that her treatment OF him had
goaded him to seek another woman for
sympathy and affection Exactly what
she did to him Hayes would not say.
He intimated that cold breakfasts. too
many relatives. and his Eife's extrava-
CANT habits had a good deal to DO with
the matrimonial troubles.
Married in 1903 Hayes and his wife Eot
along well for a little more than a year
Then the sea Of matrimony began to
grow troubled, and, according to the
prisoners own account, he sought sym
paIhy from the woman who. in 1907. be-
came his second wife
He was married TO the second wife IN
Ger Lle name OF Joln l. sanford. The
second wife was ignorant OF the exist
ence Of wife No. 1, he said Mrs. HAYES
heard Of the marriage OF Sanford snc
made trouble. Hayes says he went to
her. made clean breast Of the AFFAIR. and
got her TO agree 10 say nothing II he
would enlist in the army.
He Worked on n Farm.
In February last. Hayes went to Claren-
don, Va. and worked on a farm for some
weelzE and at the end OF the month went
to Feat Hunt and enlisted in the Forty
seventh Coast Artillery, under the name
OF Charles Reynolds.
Reynolds had not been a solder Ions.
when he was frequently seen with a
young woman. whom he told his com
panions he intended marrying IN a short
time. According TO comrades Of Hayes. or
Reynolds the wedding would have taken
place in a few days If the detectives
had not appeared on the scene and ar
rested the soldier.
II Is entirely due to the efforts Of Mrs.
Hayes No. l that her husband was ar
Summer SpecIal-sOc for FERN.
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