The evening world., 1911-03-06
Instead She Has Rev. Frank n.
Marsland Locked in North
Bergen Jail.
MAY GET FIVE A
"Holy Alliance" With Miss
Elsie liver Began When
Spouse Lost Sympathy.

"
me Kew Frank Henry Marsland. a
Methodist parson who has preached in
many pulpits, secretary OF the North
Bergen Y. NJ. c. A. and late assistant
uperintepden NJ I'M. Ii,,,a vo,aorar.,
Itouo ., pos,,. --u-,
-. -
announcements
~ several AIS 10 puiplts' as ne ~
~" a cell IN the North
" 's JAM .parseu ny MS wife. Es-
''"' DoNse' "a'S'a"u' with openly Nv
US VIZ" an a"'n,ty ana acknowiedsins
'"e pa~''akc VI MS a"ih''y 5 ohe-year-
VI. '',c sur"
"''e''"" auhH's these complications,
anu SO does MISS Elsie liver. the twenty
!VN','" !"uhs woman with 'Hhom ne
"'s oce" living lor a year at NO 9ol Hill
&c., Hor'i bergen. Inc clergyman
oeV'ares ,nat thelrs Is a molly alliance
gu '""t IL Is eh'ireiy que TO the angry
pass'ons OF ms "lte that a divorce mas
ia" ""' ms ooti' "i"ifs
'''s"''"eu ou' aceoruihs 10 moral ana
avs
May Get Five Years.
Inc tl'TRNm1n lS an uSCPtlC-lO0klnR
man OF about thlrty-hve, thin. OF me-
dunn height and possessed OF large.
bright eyes. He wears glasses and a
full. dropping mus,ache. lie was ar
IvS'eu up'h d warrant sworn OUT oy MS
we anu VIII De arralgned before Ike
'o'uer Aieulha N North Bergen to-mor-
~" evening" Inc warrant charges him
WIN d crHihe puhlshaDIe ny nVe years
Imprisonment under the New Jersey
laws
seen IN MS cell to-day Mr.. Marsland
spoke with extreme candor and related
AZ Iehsth the story OF his infelicitous
marriage 10 MISS Estelle Dorsey or
Lynbrook, l.. l.. on Jan. 3. 1901. lie
was pastor or the Methodist Church at
LyhorooN AZ the time.
soon after our marriage said Mars
land. my wife lost interest in church
work. I thought a change Of scene
might benefit her and got a charge at
the Willett street Methodist Church In
Manhattan.
While there We had our first serlous
quarrel. My wife took a great fancy to
n talented Armenian. l objected. Hut
we patched the thlng up and / got a call
~ a NlliItH III fbIl iltln. Nlllt there
my wife become extremely fond of a re-
tired policeman. There were more quar-
rels and We parted.
In Mortal Fear OF Wife.
This was about SIX years ago, and |
went to Boston, whore / became Assist
ant Superlntsnd,n ~ tba IJt,la Wand
srers' Home. NV wife horan IA pu,sic
me then and drovc mo out Of Mace a.
49, g, go. IL,
" va ''
'"'' u" "s"'"' u" ! "'Ne oec" III 'h|'-
'iI rear OF her'
About three years ago met Miss
lver. l was pastor of the South Fourth
street Church In Brooklyn. and was liv-
ing at No. 81 Hewcs street. Miss Iyer
vos an ornhan She had M n,oce ~ ga
and c,mo =, nv ho,,o Sho r.a 80,
m -. -
4" ee"t'e q" "I "'se' ""e ss"'pa-
tAized with me- we were made Tor one
another. My only regret Is about the
children. The plural applies to the early
future.
TO show TIM, am more s,nnea
against than SHINING | will show YOU a
letter from Mrs. Helen A. Sproule OF
L.ynbrook. who has sued my wife for
$4,000 for alternating the affections of
ItE HuAUknIs JAtlkH ". SDIOult. AII.
sproule is president OF the sproule
pa,I,, Comr,,y"
,,,I uy
tbs WIVES roupie.
The Rev. Marsland then displayed q
letter, which read in part:
MIR. +. A.. Marsland:
Dear Friend: Just a few lines to
let you Nhp" 'lal TINS terfiole
trouble Is iast coming 10 some KIND
OF an end iound the postal card
in his pockets addressed by Estelle
l'oNsey' h.l"" II was written once
was MIS- FRANK A. Ma'Slahd waiting
TO be Mrs James sproule.' On the
other Slde' over a ilc(ure OF u man
with a woman IN ms arlns' was writ
ten cant You get RIA OK your Wiie'
Jimmie hur' tH'H picture WAS
written When | am alone with you'
jimmie ThFonHh the picture was
written, SO near ana yet so far