New-York tribune., 1911-12-03
COURTED INTO COURT
Twice Welded, 1t Is Charged,
Painter Will Face Magistrate.
W0MAN'S TONGUE NEMESIS
sows in Supposed Second Wife's
Mind Seed of Suspicion, and
Strategy Causes Arrest,

william Spreen, who calls himself a
painter and gives his address as Elms
street, haywood. N j., will face one
wife too many when arraigned before
Magistrate Herbert in the Harlem court
this morning, il the complaints lodged
against him by Eva Mckay and Dor
othy Cappelman are true. He was ar
rested as he stepped off the Fort Lee
ferry at West 1SOth street last night by
Detective Enger and Bryan, attached
to the East 126th street station and
locked up IN that station under charge
Of bigamy.
spreen Is of a romantic turn Of MIND,
Judging from the information gathered
about his habits by the police. An elope-
ment figured in his first adventure on
the sea Of matrimony. it is said, the en-
barkment taking place at the German
Lutheran Church, IN East SD street. be-
tween Second and Third avenues in
1906. His mate on this voyage was Miss
.Cappelman, who is set down as an
actress. living at No. SO Perry street.
their time in peace and quietness al the
home Of Spreen's mother in The Bronx,
but rough seas a last broke their bark
in twain and Dorothy went to live else
where the story runs. Spreen's period
Of mourning was not long. on the last
day Of October. 1910, being Halloween.
ne met Miss Eva Mckay, of No. 1911
Park avenue. at a party. propheticaly
opposite the court which will witness his
fate to-day. and lost his heart again,
They were married in March of this
year. the police said, at the Grace En-
manuel Church, 10th street, between
Second and Third avenues. by the Rev.
Or. MCGOWAN.
Once more tho happy son took his wife
70 live with his mother in the Bronx,
and all went we'll until trip to Spreen's
uncle in HaCkensack. n J., was pro-
posed. Uncle's wife. as one might sus-
suect VAS a woman. end the inevitable
inauspicious remark was let fall. II
sowed in the mind of Eva a sad suspi-
cion that perhaps there had been a
Dorothy before her She up and got, so
TO speak.
She who was Miss Mckay Immediately
Informed her mother Of the suspicious in
her mind. and together they went down
70 the Board OF Health. only to have
them too surely confirmed. IL is main
tanned. The East 126th street station
was let into the secret and detectives
hit the trail at once.
1t happened. according TO the police,
that man called on Eva not long after,
and by way Of strategy Mrs. Mckay the
mother told Spreen he had brought a
message from the other girl i'm the case.
Who was it," he is said to have asked,
"AllovitzZ' In a way they have the de-
tcctives traced this Allowitz and found
him to be the brother in-law Of the al
Legged first Mrs. Spreen. Through him
they discovered her, and the only person
absent i'm the cast was William himself.
lie had gone 10 jersey.
So a wait was called II proved effec-
tive, for several days ago Spreen sent a
letter 10 the former Miss Mckay with a
pretty holiday sentiment in it. Christmas
was drawing nigh. ii ran, and he wanted
10 bring her some presents. Advised by
the plainclothes men, she told him to
bring his presents. and handed over a
picture Of him to the police. They were
AT the ferry last night when the orig
inal Of the picture got off. the presents
under his ann, and Spreen was nicely
caught on New York soil. Both girls
were at the station TO welcome him.