Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
". .SCOTTS WIFE
AND CHILDREN HERE
They We're Greatly Disappointed in not
Finding Husband in Chippewa Falls

Mrs. W. D. Scott and two children
arrived in this city Tuesday after
noon on the 500 railroad. They are
now at the Geo. o. Fay boarding
house on Second street They are
terribly disappointed to find him in
the county Jail charged with forgery
The Chippewa Herald of Aug. 3rd
has the following account of their
arrival in that city:
Can you please direct me to w.
d. Scott's residence" inquired
| frail little woman with two children,
OF Officer Robert Roberg at the 500
depot Saturday night about 10: 50 o.
clock She had alighted from passen-
ger train No. 5, which was one hour
and 80 minutes late and had been
pacing up and down the depot plat
form for a few minutes in search of
some one who was not there. She
Informed the policeman that she was
Mrs. w. d. Scott, and had arrived
from her home in Chicago with her
two children, Jack aged 5 and Helen
Marie, aged 3 IL, expecting to find
her husband at the depot Mrs Scott
said he had written her last Tuesday
to come to Chippewa Falls to live, ,as
he had bought an auto and was run
ming a taxi cab line. He gave her
the impression that he was making
money.
She could not get here any soon
er, being detained on account of the
illness of her sister, who was ov-
ercome by heat. The mother and
two children left Chicago Saturday
morning to join the husband and pa
pa at their new home On the train
the children were in the best of
spirits for they knew papa" was
waiting, at the depot They had not
when they found no papa" at the
depot and that he was in Jail at
Grand Rapids, the radiant joy of fond
anticipation left their smiling faces
and changed to tears. The boy was
heart-broken not to find papa wait
ing for them The mother very tend
erly soothed them and said they
would go see papa at Grand Rapids.
Officer Roberg directed them to the
Riverview hotel where they were civ
en- a comfortable room for the night.
The policeman broke the news of
her husbands arrest to her very
quietly so that she would not take
it so hard. She was told ever thing.
How the sheriff of Wood county
came and took him to Grand Rapids
on the charge of forgery and that
he was in the county Jail there a
waiting his hearing 1t indeed was
terrible news to her and the little
ones. She did not know what to
think of her husband, why he
would do such a dastardly deed. The
disappointed woman left, Chicago with
only a ten dollar bill out OF which
she paid the railroad fares. She ex-
pected to find the husband here en-
joying prosperity therefore she did
not take more money.
Mrs. Scott and family stopped at
the Riverview until yesterday after
noon when they were directed to the
home of Henry McAleer corner OF
Columbia and Bay streets where her
husband roomed. while in the city.
Here they were shown kind hospi-
while in the city. Mrs. Scott found
letter there from her husband,
which he wrote from the Wood coun
ty jail, telling her to pack his things
and come to Grand Rapids. AT first
Mrs. Scott was at a loss as to
whether she should return to Chica-
go or join her husband. But on ac
count of the children she thought
it best to go to Grand Rapids.
Mrs. Scott explained how her hus-
band went under two names. His
right name is Scott. When his faith
er died his mother married again to
a man named Woodin and he took
the name of Woodin. He goes by
both names The lady added they
were married under the name of
Woodin six years ago at Chicago.
They were related to each other by
marriage and that is how they be-
came acquainted Mrs. Scott-Woodin
was under the impression that her
husband was sometimes not in his
right mind Other people hold the
same impression.
She was told that her husband had
remarked that he was divorced and
paid $50 ailmony each month. This
she denied, but stated that they did
not get along very well together, and
that he was TO blame, stating that
his failing was that he fell in love
with nearly every woman he met
She said she wouldn't have been sur
prised to know that he had been out
with a number here The last time
they ''made up he agreed to be a
loving, and true husband. Then he
went to Neenah and later to Grand
Rapids, as a detective. She joined
him at Grand Rapids, but returned
home after being with him only a
short time. Since then she has not
seen him When told about his OPP
ening a tango school here she was
again surprised, as she knew moth
| ing about it He had told her moth