Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-26
HUSBAND ARRESTED ON
NON-SUPPORT CHARGE
George w. Byron Said to Have
Deserted Wife Eighteen
Years Ago.

Eighteen years after he is alleged tc
have deserted his wife and children In
Joplin. Mo-, George ". Byron, veteran
Of the Spanish-American war, was
placed under arrest today on a charge
of non-support preferred by his wife. Mrs.
Elizabeth Byron, and was later turned
over to a United States marshal to await
trial. Byron is fifty-four years old.
In connection with the charge pre-
ferred by the wife, it is alleged Byron
after leaving her in the west. came to
Washington and two years later was mar
ried to q Washington woman who is now
Mrs Rose E Byron, and by whom he mas
a child fourteen years of age.
According to Mrs. Elizabeth Byron VINO
is employed in a Pennsylvania avenue
store, she was married about 1886. They
lived together until 1893. she stated. when
her husband secured position as ad-
vance agent for theatrical company.
She stated he told her he would send her
money for her and the children's support
Ran Across Husband Here.
II was walking along 7th street near
H street one day. said Mrs. Byron,
when I saw q man whom I thought
was my husband. AS he passed me he
spoke to some one, and l instantly
recognized his voice. 1 waited around
for some time, while he talked with
the person, and then as became i'm
patient for him to cease his CONVERSE
ton / went up and said: Are you
George Byron%" She declared he then
admitted that he was.
Mrs. Byron said her husband did not
tell her that he had again been mar
ried. She said that during February
last she learned that he was married
nd hot ,ho,, oh nr1 Of ho Mt
to the woman whom he had married
and told her Of his previous marriage
eighteen years ago.
She said her husband told her he
had heard that she had secured a
divorce from him and thought he was
stated that she heard that her hus-
band had enlisted in the United States
Army during the Spanish American
war and that he had been killed while
In Cuba.
She said that some one had told her
that story of his death had been pub
lished in a newspaper, and until she
met him on 9Th street she believed him
dead.
She also stated that one of their
children. girl, had died. while the
son, who is now twenty-one years of
age. is a resident Of Philadelphia.
Did Not Know He Was Married.
When seen at the home Of her parents,
10 " street northwest, Mrs. Rose E.
Byron. who declared Byron was married
to her at Rockville, Nd, in 1885, said she
could not believe that her husband had
been married before.
Il was given shock on February q
last said Mrs. Byron, when a woman
and a man came to my house and In the
presence of my husband the woman de-
ciared he was her husband.
Mrs. Rose Byron said that she had
known Mr.. Byron for some time previous
to her marriage. IT had remarked sew
eral times, sad Mrs. Byron, that
would never marry a widower. He did
not tell me that he had not been married
before
AS Byron is alleged to have commits
ted bigamy in Rockville. the police here
have no jurisdiction in that phase of the
case. 1t was stated by the police that
owing to the extent of time that has
lapsed the charge OF bigamy could not
be preferred against Byron. as 1t would
be outlawed.
When taken to police headquarters this
morning Byron. the police say, admitted
he had been married in Missouri and also
married here later, believing that his first
wife had secured divorce. He refused
to discuss the case further