The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-26
n. ). Warren Shares Residence
With Former Spouse and H. l..
Nelson, Whom She Welded
After ElOpement
STRANGE STORY Barred BY
HOME WRECKER'S ARREST
Latter. Held in Frisco, Alleged
to Have Left Trail of Debts
and Swindles Here

Herbert l.. Nelson. frenzied finan
cier, illegal fisher in the sea OF mat
rlmony, and promoter. is held by the
san Francisco police for the police
OF Detroit. and local authorities and
the prosecuting attorney are consid.
ering the advisability Of bringing him
mere on any one OF several charges
or fraud that may be made against
him.
He is alleged to have stolen one
wife from II. s. Warren. stock broker
at No. 2ll Moffat bunding; to have
swfndled a Detroit woman out or
$4,000 on a fire extinguisher deal; TO
have sold the state rights to the
manufacture OF the same fire extin-
guishe. TO "a man named Greenhill, OF
Canada. for $1,f00. all OF the money
that Greenhill could raise, when he
did not have the right to make the
sale; to have worn a new suit each
day, and left the bill with Detroit
clothiers: to have ridden around in
an electric automobile for which he
never paid: to have furnished his Of
flee with mahogany furniture from
the Richmond Backus Co, and
rugs from Hudson e. Symington, both
unpaid; to have induced another
prominent Detroiter to invest $4,000
OF good stock for the fire extinguish-
er stock which Nelson did not own,
and to have sold about $500 worth
!. OF the extinguishers, piecemeal. and
turned in no proceeds to the corpora
ton.
But over and above all OF Nelson's
!lnanciering, like searchlight over
a candle. shows his matrimonial VEN
tHre, Il stefy almost without parallel,
even In the realm OF fiction.
Henry S. Warren. stock broker.
prominent, and we'll liked by those
who knew him. and his wife. May
Warren, accomplished. and the moth
or OF beautiful 13-year-old daughter,
Evelyn Wayne Warren, met Nelson
at a social function in this city In
the summer of 1908.
You understand" says Mr.. War
rem, quiet spoken. well-bred man
-cs about 80 years, "a woman 10 Pc
1 culiar organism. Sometimes wom-
1 IN cannot control her emotions That
\ was the case with Mrs. Warren"
l He refers to her. always, as Mrs.
| Warren. He shields her every ac-
/ tion--even her elopement with Mel
1 son. against whom others clench their
4 fists, and even curse.
l Nelson was married man. mar
/ ried to a daughter OF w. j. Brown.
/ prominent commission merchant OF
| this city. Mr.. Warren did not know
/ that until long after his association
/ with Nelson. He learned II when
/ Nelson's Hster-in-law went to Mr.
Il Warren, to tell him that his wife and
Il Nelson we're altogether too friendly.
Y and that he should stop the Irritation.
Y Meanwhile, Mr.. Warren. who was
promoter and manager of the new
Il broadway market. had given Nelson
the position OF superintendent OF the
\ building.
Il "He was an excellent business
L man." said Mr.. Warren. in his quiet
n manner. "a very bright fellow; lei
II low of great initiative"
Il When the Tip" Of Nelson's sister
b in-law came to Mr.. Warren. 1t was
too late. His wife and Nelson had
4 already gone to Oregon.
IN January. 1911, l received a let
ter from my wife. asking me to d.
vorce her, that she might marry Mel
son." said Mr.. Warren. II filed suit,
charging desertion, and the decree
was granted by Judge Donovan. Feb.
He, 1911. They had left here in Au-
d gust. 1908. In April, 1911, Mrs
Warren and Nelson were married.
Il somewhere in Oregon. have always
III considered our separation, not as
q divorce, but as dissolution of part
N nership."
IL So in September, 1912, when Mel
u son, said to have been fugitive
from q swindling charge In the west.
" arrived In Detroit, penniless. with the
n former Mrs. Warren and with Miss
'kEvelyn Wayne Warren, now a young
lady, Mr.. Warren met them at the
depot, and took them all to his own
Ihome at No. 1O4 ,Holbrook-ave. There
kthe former husband, his daughter. his
n divorced wife, and her present hus-
band, lived until June, 1913. when.
n according to Mr.. Warren, they left
n all OF q sudden, while he was trying
to arrange things so that they could
Il stay here, that his daughter, her
mother, and he, should not be sep
arated.
N MY daughter was OF an age where
A she should have a mothers care, and
vi felt that she should be with her
n mother, but I wanted her, too, and
did all in my power to help Nelson
H to stay and make his home here. that
my daughter might have us BOTH he
IL said. -------------------
Nelson told me something about
Are extinguisher that he was pro-
IN noting" continued Mr.. Warren IL