The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-04-18
MRS. GRACE REAMS
FOUND IN FRISCO
Eloping Spartanburg Woman is Held
In California on Serious Charge.

Spartanburg, April 16.-Following
telegram which arrived here last
night, stating that Mrs. Grace Reams,
wife of DR.. j. w. Reams, Of this city,
had been found in San Francisco, Cal,
after search of eighteen months, and
arrested on a charge of adultery, word
came today that she was seeking her
re'ease through writ of habeas cor
pus.
C. c. Wyche, attorney for DR.. Reams,
asked Gov. Blease by telephone to re-
quest the San Francisco authorities to
hold Mrs. Reams until formal de-
mand could be made for her extradi-
ton to South Carolina Gov. Blease
promised to do so.
Warrants were issued here on June
-, 1912, by Magistrate Robert j.
CAN'T, charging Mrs Reams and j.
Rodgers McCaslan, an insurance agent
with whom she is alleged to have elop-
ed, with adultery.
DR.. Reams was pharmacist in
Spartanburg. He and his family lived
in the same boarding house at which
McCaslan resided. Taking her little
son, Orlando, Mrs. .Reams went to
Hendersonville, n. c., in the summer
of 1911 for a visit 1t has since been
learned that she took $4,000 in cash
with her. McCaslan went to Hender-
sonville at the same time. They van
ished but were traced to Ashville. The
trail was then lost until June, 1912
when word was received that they
were at Norcross, Ga. When efforts
were made, however. to apprehend the
couple, they again departed.
DR.. Reams was grief-stricken at the
loss of his son and has employed de-
tectives and adopted other means sug-
gested in an effort to recoter the
child.
Mrs. Reams' family, who live in
Pros Gritty, S. c., received letter from
her indirectly and no assistance could
be obtained from them. 1t was learn
ed, however, that Mrs. Reams was in
communication with somebody in Spar
tanburg (whose address has not been
disclosed) and through this source,
W. C. Cash, Spartanburg policeman,
employed in the case by DR.. Reams,
learned recently that Mrs. Reams was
in San Francisco. She was arrested
at the San Francisco postofice as she
was calling for her mail.
Mrs. Reams has been calling her
self Mrs. JAMIE B. Rogers. In San
Francisco she was employed in a de-
partment store and supporting her
son by her wages. She owns proper
ty in Newberry county, however, val
ned at s15. 1000. Mrs. Reams told the
San Francisco police that she lett
home because of her husbands lntol-
erable cruelty. Spartanburg people
acquainted with DR.. and Mrs. Reams
assert her statement is incredible. The
police could find no prooof that she
came to San Francisco with any MN
and believed her story, a telegram
from there said.
Mr. Wyche said that if Mrs. Reans
McCaslan was in San Francisco, bas-
ing his belief on the fact that she
calls h .rself Mrs. Rogers" Rogers
being part of McCaslan's name.
Mr.. Wyche said tia if Mrs. 3eams
nrocured her release through writ
Of habeas corpus and did not 'eav'
San Francisco DR.. Reams would try
70 recover the child through habeas
corpus proceedings. Orlando is SIN
years old.
DR.. Reams has almost exhausted
his resources IN 1he search for his
child. He is at present employed as
8 drug clerk in Winston-Salem, n. {.
Mr.. Wyche telegraphed to him to-
dav to come to spartanburg, with
view to going from here to S'n ~
cisco to handle in person the pro-
ceedings against Mrs. Reams.
Mrs. Reams is % years old and very
beautiful. Before her marriage. which
was at an unusually youthful age. she
was Miss Grace Harmon, of Prosper
ity. S. c. McCaslan, q years old,
came to spartanburg from Greenwood,
S. C. DR.. Reams before coming to
Spartanburg, conducted a pharmacy
at Johnston, s. G. All three moved IN