The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-13

II CordoNa a does not make 1t a go in
New York he will move to Mexico.
where ne formerly lived and where his
brother has large mining interests.
Studied While in Prison,
While Ia prison he has taken a COR
respondence course In stenography and
bookkeeping, and about two weeks ago
received his diploma. An acquaintance
he made when h g worked in the ffnan-
cial district of New York. before going
into the ministry has offered him a
position in his office, but Cordovas
only fear is that he will not be able
to live down his reputation, that he will
always be pointed out as the unfrocked
minister who deserted his wife and
children, and he does not believe he can
stand this. s,.se
Mrs. Cordova, who conducts board
ing-house at Atlantic Highlands,
created another sensation in the case
today by indicating that she may be
willing to take her husband back into
her home. Mrs. Cordova said today to
an EVENING STAR reporter:
Il am frank to say that Mr.. Cordova
may want me to live with him again.
can hardly condone his offense.
Yet. his children are fatherless. Does
II not seem that must forgivef STILL
l cannot bring myself to do so at this
time, and | do not contemplate doing
SO now. No papers have been served
on me in an action for divorce. How
ridiculous, that he should sue me for
divorced will contest any action Mr..
Cordova may see fit to bring"
1t has been learned that Cordova had
Int 1aH 70. 10
fayors Greater New York, because pub
licity has made Newark impossible.
Child with Girls Family.
The girls family has heartily SYM
pathized with the deposed minister and
are bitter against the wife who forced
the issue into the limelight of the courts.
Cordova absolutely refuses to be
interviewed. HN
What 1 propose to do is my busi-
ness" is the way he puts it. "It does
not concern the public where I go, or
whore 1 go, or what L anticipate doing.
have had entirely too much pub
licity."
Cordova will not go to Mexico unless
he makes a failure in New York, Chi
cago and in other cities. He realizes
that the greatest advantages for ad-
NdHCCIueul Hes III tnlS country.
Little frankie Bovine, his 3-year-old
boy has learned to call his grandfather
Bovine papa" and he is the least in
terested spectator of the complex situa-
tior.
Pastors Non-C CommittaI.
Several local pastors who were
quizzed today as to what was the
righteous thing for Cordova to do?"
We're absolutely nom -commital.
The Rev. Charles r. Stanley pastor
of the Fifth Baptist Church said;
There are SO many sociological rami-
fications connected with tia situation
that / would not care to express an
opinion. OF course, the wife and family
should be given precedence. according
to the law of righteousness"
The Rev. w. 7. S. Lumbar pastor
of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, has
declared that "Cordova should not dis
grace New Jersey by being allowed to
live with Miss BOVINE"
He, like the majority of the clergy
men, advocate the return, If possible,
of the man to his family.
The escapade of Cordova and Miss
Bovine was somewhat of a thriller. and
the trial one of the most Sensational, In
the annals of New Jersey. i s
South River, the scene Of the opening
chapter in this domestic drama, is
small town in Middlesex County. Cor
dova was pastor of the Methodist