The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-25
Humane Officer Does Clev.
er Detective Work.
EACH DESERTED A FAMILY
Woman Left Husband and
Five Children.
Mrs. Margaret Rech, of Wyandot, and
Charles Fement, of Mt. Gilead,
Living here as Mr.. and Mrs. Charl-
es Pearl are now I'm Jail.

Through the effective work of HUI
woman VINO deserted her husband,
and an erring husband who left his
wife, and who were living here as
man and wife, were apprehended last
night and are today in the county jail
on n serious charge.
The woman Is Mrs. Margaret Rech;
the man, Charles Tennent. They
were arrested at boarding house at
1872 the. Boulevard, where they have
been doing light housekeeping and
living as Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Pearl
The woman is the wife of John Rech
aged 55, of Wyandot. Rech is a
contractor there and employed
Charles Tennent, iageu 32, to work for
him. Tennent is a big fellow, pow
erfully built and rather good look
ing. He fell in love with Mrs. Rech
aged A.. and last June they departed,
the woman deserting her husband and
five children, ranging in ages from
three to twenty years.
Tennent Is q married man. His
wife and two small children are living
in Mt Gilead. He has been contrib
the children at various times, 1t Is
said.
John Rech made no effort to APP
prehend his erring wife for some time
after her disappearance, being so ov-
ercome with grief at having his home
broken up and his children mother
les. Recently he came here and put
the case in the hands of the Humane
society's officer. An investigation
started by officer Ulsh disclosed the
information that the couple had come
to this city and that Tennent under
an alias, was employed in one of the
local shops. Efficient detective work
soon solved the problem and Monday
night, officer Ulsh accompanied by
Sheriff John Stark, placed Charles
Tennent, alias Charles Pearl, under
arrest at the Marion Steam Shovel
companys plant, where he was OPP
Grating q hosting machine. Tenneni
has been earning good wages. The
woman was arrested at her Boulevard
domicile. The couple had been liv-
| ing in a room about ten feet square.
1t contained a bed, a couple of chairs,
a small table and a small stove. Here
they spent most of their time for fear
| of detection.
| In the court of Justice T.. Gompf
this morning Charles Tennent was
given the limit penalty for the Of
Tense, fine OF 5000 and ninety days
| n the workhouse. Mrs. Rech received
sentence of sixty days In the work.
house and fine of 800. The man
will have to spend Is months in the
workhouse unless he can manage to
pay the fine which Is unlikely. The
woman will be there about nine
months.
When the prisoners were brought
into the court room they were face
to face with the wronged husband
and one OF his sons. The prisoners
looked straight ahead and neither
the husband nor the son looked al
the wife and mother. The woman ap'
peared to be perfectly satisfied anc
even though she received the strong
est sentence given to one of her seS
in Marion for long tim, she die
not break down or give vent toh el
feelings.
Justice Gompf told both of the
prisoners his opinion of them before
passing sentence upon them, Each hao
deserted home and children and de-
served to receive all that the law
might permit him to give.