Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-27
OFFICER SEEKS
GAY LOCHINvAR
ELOPERS ARE ACCUSED OF
SERIOUS 0FFENSE
Supposed Husband Is Charged with
Forging Money Order In ALI.
hambra, According to
Constable


Special to The Herald.
SAN BERNARDINO. May 26.-Con-
stable Parker of Alhambra was in this
city today looking for Virgil L. Sny-
der, who is wanted there, Parker says,
on charge of forging telegraphfe
money orders, getting the cash iron,
the hotel where he and his supposed
bride were stopping.
A week ago last Friday Snyder and
Miss Edna Spring, the leading society
belle of Cotton society, eloped and
went to Los Angeles. They secured
marriage license, but whether they
were ever married is as yet unknown,
as no record of the marriage ceremony
has yet been secured.
Snyder was formerly identified with
the Pinkerton detective agency. Last
year he was with the Western detec-
tive agency at Salt Lake City. He was
at one time a deputy sheriff at Ration,
New Mexico.
Snyder came to Cotton last January
and had been about there most of the
time since then. He became ac-
quainted with Miss Spring, the song
bird of Cotton society, and she became
infatuated with him. Miss Spring
finally lost her position as cashier for
the Cotton Gas company because she
paid more attention to Snyder than
to her work. her employers say. Re-
Gently the pair left for Los Angeles
after Miss Spring had confessed to her
parents her love and intention to mar
ry Snyder.
All Is Mystery
Since then all has been surrounded
with Mystery and flood of sensation
al rumors. 1t has been charged that
Snyder has former wife living at La
Junta, Colorado. Snyder's father-in-
law at La Junta says Snyder has never
been divorced from his former wife
and he has continually refused to sup
port her. His first wife was Miss
Blanche Battey of La Junta. She was
a daughter of d. r. Battey, one of the
highly respected citizens of that place
Miss Battey was yet a high school CIR
when Snyder made love to her anc
married her in 1901.
Since the supposed marriage In Los
Angeles the case has come to the at
tention of the sheriff's office In, this
city. Deputy Sheriff Charles Ward OF
this city went to Los Angeles to try
and ascertain whether they had reall,
been, married or not. Miss Sprint
claimed that they had been married
| by an assistant of Rev. Hugh Walker
| in Los Angeles and that Mrs. Walker
was a witness to the marriage.
| Deputy Sheriff Ward found that Rev
| Mr.. Walker had not had an assitan
| for six months and Mrs. Walker knew
nothing of the marriage. Miss Spring
and Snyder returned to the home O
her parents in Cotton last Saturda!
and she made an entry in the famil.
Bible that they were married by "Rev
Fisher of Los Angeles. but did no
produce the certificate. saying 1t wa
In their trunk In Los Angeles. The,
stopped part of last Saturday at tn
Anderson hotel in Cotton. where the,
registered as man and wife.
1t is said that at an Alhambra no
tel the telegraphic orders were cashe,
by the woman, but that without doub
they were written by Snyder.
The affair has created the creates
sensation in the history of Cotton so
ciety, as Miss Spring stood high in tn
society of that little city. as well as al
the surrounding cities.