The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-21
PRISON FOR MAN
In EL0PEMENT
While Broken Hearted Girl Goes to Her
Home in Moodus, Conn. Case in
Franklin County,

st. Albans, April 81 With broken
the pretty Connecticut girl, who eloped
the pretty Conneetiut girl, who eloped
March ! with Albert II Rowell of Bos-
ton. a married man, left last night for
her home in Moodus, Conn, while
Roweu. who Ted her astray, blasted
her hopes and wrecked her life, wiz
be taken to the state prison at Wind
sor. to serve the sentence OF not less
than three nor more than four years at
hard labor, imposed yesterday in Frank
lin county court by Judge Stanton, on
the charge Of bigamy, 70 which the
respondent pleaded guilty
Rowell has wife living. in Boston,
working as dress maker, whom he
married Is years ago, also l5-year-
old daughter living in Whitefeld, n.
II Rowell is 40 and claims to repre-
sent the Chicago Crayon company,
travelling through New England selling
frames and pictures He met the girl,
who is "a, pretty and music teacher
Iat boarding house in Moodus the
first of February, and case Of love
at first sight rapidly developed, he
representing himself as a divorced man.
The girls foster parents named
Bernetty, could not be won over so an
elopement was planned and carried out,
the pair going first TO Danielson, Conn,
then Boston and on to Conway, \ a.,
where the ceremony was performed
then Montreal and 10 Richford, Nty
where they were apprehended. lie was
arrested and both came to this city,
where he made clean breast OF the
whole affair, generating the girl from
all blame. but attributing unhappiness
with his wife as the cause of the
trouble
Rowell is also said to be short be-
tween $500 and S400 with his company
AT any rate he had something like
| this sum when they struck Montreal
Here they went to the Windsor, the
swell and expensive hotel OF the Cana
dian metropolis. and cut wide swath
/ for couple of weeks, when they took
less pretentious lodgings and finally
came over the line to Richford. Here
/ the detectives who had been on then
/ trail located them, living in modest
way with family ON River street
/ Their funds were now well-nigh eX-
hausted, but they seemed to be happy
and contented. and he was preparing
to rive lecture, to raise the wind
to 20 into patent medicine business
when the officers put in an appearance
and their dream was over.
Rowell is said to have kept water
with Jealous eve over the girl eyeI
since the affair started. and had Otter
4 said that If they were ever caught
that he, at any rate, would not be taker
alive. lie had revolver and was cap
tured by the clever ruse OF sending
a messenger to his boarding place Il
when he arrived he was placed undel
ARREST. and while be was gone the CIR
was apprehended and their effects
looked into
He claimed that be had tried faith
fully to live with his wife but eoulC
mot. and that she finally left him. H'
did not try for divorce on account
Of his daughter.
He had nothing to say when sen
tence was about to be pronounced II
passing sentence Judge Stanton ssts
that it was very pathetic case an'
but few criminal cases were devoid o
puthos. that the etsets OF crime fal
heaviest on innocent ones, the leas
able 10 bear it, but society must b
protected from such grave ohenses q
this. The name Of the young woman
lin the case had been blasted for life
and punishment must follow. He thei
sentenced Rowell, who took the sen
tence coolly and walked out Of cour
with jaunty air, in custody OF tn
officer.