The Detroit times., 1913-04-30
LIVES WITH HIS
WIFE and LOVER
TO Be NEAR HER
Strange Tale Barred When Lon
don Capitalist, Girl Bride and
Her Affinity Are Arrested
OLDER MAN POSES AS
FATHER OF WOMAN
Weeps Bitterly in Cell as He
Tells Story of His Blight
ed Romance

| Arthur Chantrey. 50-year-old cap
| italist, sits in a cell in the Central
station peerlng through the grated
doc. sobbng. whit tears rolling
down his cheeks. all because love
, led him 10 buxom. 15year-old
girl. made her his bride. and then
led him through one OF the strangest
prauks in which Dan Cpid ever in
dulged
William Lawlor, moving picture
machine operator. 81 years old,
crippled in one leg. but with dark,
curly hair. and eyes that maiden
would call soulful. occupies a cell
next TO that of Crantrey. In the
matrons rom. upstairs D. Pearl
Chantrey, now 70 year old. wife 10
Chantrey in name only. sweetheart
OF Lawlor. by her own blushing ad-
mission. and who posed as the wife
OF I-awlor in a roming house at NO.
24S Second-st. where che. Lawlor
and Chantrey were living when De-
tectives Repp and Black locked mp
all three. for investigation by the
immigration authorities. Chantrey
was posing as the father OF his own
wife, and the father-in-law of the
youth who had won her away from
him He paid their fare here.
He cried. and trembled. and pass
ed his hand over his brow like one
In torment. Tuesday morning. as he
muttered "Yes. yes, | wanted 10
ba naur Xoc I~~tdra bar
| love her and I'll always love her"
The tears coursed down his cheeks
unchecked. He couldn't talk CO.
herently. He just shrugged his
shoulders helplessly when ques-
toned
Yes, know it's strange. Any
body does strange things when in
love. he stammered Yes, | guess
she loves Will"
And he-writhed. and pressed his
hands into his temples until the
blood appeared.
A letter from Mrs Chantreys
parents, which caused the arrest Of
the strange trio, best explains the
odd tangle II follows:
London. Ont, April 26. 1918.
Chief OF Police.
Detroit, Mich.
Dear Sir:
II is my painful duty 10 ask for
your advice. and protection for my
| daughter, who. under age, married
well-to-do, elderly man by the
name OF Mr.. Arthur Chantrey Pre-
vious 10 going to Detroit about two
weeksago she made her home in my
place, where she came in contact
with a god dfor rnothing man by the
name OF William Lawlor. under
whose influence she got aseparation
from her husband, after which they
coaxed the husband. through his
love for her. 10 go with them
They were registered as Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawlor for week at the Har-
rington hotel. The man is bleeding
Mr.. Chantrey for everything he has
got My Information came direct
from friends in Detroit.
II you could give her a scare, and
deport her back to London. with her
husband, at once. you vii have the
heartfelt thanks of her father and
mother. When last heard Of. they
were at No. 24S Second-st.
Thanking you in advance
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cook,
No. 643 William-st
Chantrey is registered in headquar-
ters as man with no occupation"
He receives an income varying from
s., 200 10 $3.50 Ca year from a big ho
tel i'm Landudwnow, Wales, owned by
an estate OF which he is an heir
He met Pearl Cook, ID years old. Il
blooming. buxom, pretty, while she
VAS working in house where he
roomed lie told her he would lavish
money on her and she married him. |
They lived happily for four years, III
Southampton and Goderich, Ont. lie
drank He admitted that that was
the cause OF their estrangement. AT
Easter time, she went 10 the home or
her parents, in London. She said she |
wanted TO apply for a divorce from |
him, but divorces are costly in Can !
ada. and she did not have the money. |
She said she would have charged him |
with drunkenness.
II couldn't charge anything else.
she says. He was awfully good to |
me. Gave me lots OF money. All the |
stores in Goderich gave me unlimited !
credit and he paid the bills"
bul Sne SAYS sue uiuIl line W HdNV
him drink, and, besides, she guessed !
he was too old. and she wasn't really 1
happy after the first year of her mar
ried life
In her mothers home, Lawlor was
"A roomer She had met him in Port
Stanley. where his folks operate
dance han. /She confessed, with
very pretty blush, that she fell I'm
love with Lawlor.
Chantrey visited her occasionally,
just 10 be near her. lie came there
two weeks ago. as a roomer. Lawlor
was talking about coming 10 Detroit.
Mrs. Chantrey wanted TO come here.
too. Chantrey said he would come,
too He would pay the fare OF all.
and their expenses, Just 10 be near
her
No matter whether YOU live with
me or not I'll never see you want for
anything as long as | i've" he told
his wife, she said. Tuesday morning
adding lie * a dear good fellow.
and | know he thinks lot of me-"
She is about the most wholesome
looking prisoner who ever graced the