The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-13

NO power on earth would ever be-
strong enough to make me take him
back. He has disgraced our children,
ruined my life. Let him marry the girl.
Let him give their child a name. lie
can at least condone in that respect
for the sorrow and sharue he has
brought into so many lives"
Cordova VIII TeII His Side.
Cordova still remains averse to dis
cnssing the tragic epic of which he is
the central figure.
II will tell my story he said when
seeD at the prison today, "but ! Will
not tell my story until leave this
place. TOO mucb already has been
written"
All efforts TO secure more extended
statement from the Mexican were un-
availing.
II became known today that the
Bovine girl has made numerous efforts
10 gain permission to see Cordo2a at
the prison. Officials high in authority
were seen, but or each occasion was
told that she could neither see nor
write TO the former pastor until he WAS
discharged from jail.
Barred from Prisop.
Since his incarceration Warden Os-
borne has given CordoVa to understand
that he would not be allowed to COM
rnunicate or sec his affinity. One
burning letter did slip through the doors
Of the prison two years ago. That let
ter gave an insight into the passionate
and overwhelming love of the eX-min-
lister for the girl for whom he aban-
doned wife, children and ministry. But
no letter written by Cordova to Julia
Bovine has ever knowingly been per-
mitted to leave the prison.
The ouIy way in which COrdoya may
have remained in communication with
Miss Bovine has been through giving
letters to her 10 he mailed by the few
steadfasi friends that have occasionally
called upon him.
Whether the girl has been louoyed in
her love for Cordova by the receipt OF
such secret letters or whether her devo-
ton has remained strong merely in the
knowledge of her love for him remains
unknown at the present time.
"Cordoya has been model prisoner,
said Warden Osborne to-day. "IIe is
employed in the assembling and ship
factory. He is a steady and efficient
worker.
Gets 267 Days on.
His good conduct has won him a
Communication of 267 days in a four-year
term of imprisonment. He was i'm
prigoned charged with assault and bat
terry and desertion of his wife and
children.
.Since he has been here he has be-
come an expert stenographer and type
writer. He has taken a course from Il
corres espondence school with the inten-
tion of practicing it as a profession
when he again enters the world to gain
a livelihood for himself"
During his iDcareeratioN several
Methodist ministers have called TO see
him. He has talked freely with them
and is said TO have defended his sc-
ton In abandoning his wife because Of
love for the Bovine girl.
cordova has kept up a correspond
ence with brothers in Texas and Chi
huabua. Mexico.
COrdova Family wealthy.
He has informed friends and prison
deputies that he will so to his family
home in Mexico as soon as he is re-
leased. The Cordova family is one OF
the Oldest and wealthiest, it is said, III
that Mexican state
Cordova occupies cell 80 of the new
wing. He is clean shaven, alert and
well-spoken. He appears TO be a ia
voritc among the prisoners. although
he is intimate with none Of them.
Nightly from the ending of supper at
6 o'clock he pores over his stenographic
books and notes. lie breakfasts at $50
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