The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-28
Tangle After Tangle Comes in
Case of Young Man Want
ed in Cincinnati
LATEST CHARGE MAY
INJURE DAUGHTER
Mother of Wife No. 2 Gives
Case Newest Complication,
and Places Daughter
in Jeopardy

| Tangle after tangle appears In the
| case of Harry A. Smith, the young
man who is in jail here on charge
| of non-support Of wife and one
year-oid son in Cincinnati, %, ana
I who last night was charged with
bigamy by the mother of the young
woman who he made his second wife,
| at Durham, y. c., last February
Three States now have claim on
Smith, North Carolina and Virginia
basing theirs on bigamy. and Ohio, on
nom support. which in that State Is
felony, carrying with 1t penalty Of
| Imprisonment Of from three months
to three years. Ohio. has an ofiicer
| here ready to take charge of Smith,
! and North Carolina, is likely to send
an officer here at any time Tor MIN
Latest developments in the case IN
dictate there will be a stubborn three
/ cornered fight for the right To Try
Smith for his alleged SHORTCOMINGS in
the keeping of the law. In addition
| 10 being charged with a felony in
| Ohio, Smith is charged with IA felony
lin Virginia, and North Carolina,
where the second Mrs. Smiht had an
unhappy experience, may today put
| in claim for him,
A Warrant For Big amy.
| An unexpected turn OF affairs. and
one that indicates "a bitter fight for
( IEH ppS5eSSlDf IA Siftitu 11fiAG IA AttS
case last night when the warrant
sworn out by Mrs. n. j. Wright,
mother of Mrs. Rosamond Elizabeth
| Wright Smith, was placed in the hands
of Detective Sergeant Wiley for ser
vice. The warrant. which has not yet
been served and which probably VIII
not be, gives promise of interesting
comp lications.
/ Commonwealth Attorney Felkes
has been asked for his opinion In the
matter and ii Is understood IL Will be
! laid before Judge ID. c. Richardson.
| OF the Hastings court, this morning.
Upon the outcome of this depends the
faervice of the warrant.
| Meanwhile Smith Ia In Jail. and
Agent James r. Allen. Of the Ohio
Humane society, connected with the
/ Cincinnati police department. is here
waiting for his prisoner. Mr.. Allen
came to Richmond yesterday with
/ out requ.sition papers, Smith having.
when arrested. told Detectives Wiley
and Keilam that ne would go TO Ohio
without requiring requisition.
Smith Changes His Mind.
! Last night Smith said that he has
changed his mind and that he Win not
go unless the papers are produced.
/ Mr.. Allen at once telegraphed to
Cincinnati for the papers which will
be prepared today and he will prob
ably have them by tonight.
| The warrant sworn out by Mrs.
I Wright, who lives at 514 West Twelfth
street. Southside, is returnable be-
fore the Hastings court, part II. Sat-
urday. 1t shows that the counsel
retained either by Mrs Wright or
Smith himself, who appears to have
| aligned himself with his Richmond
wife and her mother in the fight TO
keep him from being turned over to
the Ohio authorities. searched the
statute covering the offense charged,
/ higamy, before the warrant was
drawn and that very neat point was
picked up.
Attorney c. 7. Morris, of ii24 Hull
street, Southside, who was retained
Il.