South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-19
Mrs. QuiIhOt Says She Did Not
investigate Charges Before
She Married-HuSband
Was Praised.
PROMISED HE'D TAKE
HER TO CALIFORNIA
Most of the Funds Alleged to
Have Been Secured From
Mrs. QuiIhOt Tied Up
by Attorneys.

AKRON, O., Nov. 81 will dc
anything in my power TO put John H.
QuilhOt behind the bars said Mrs
q. V. Geers, PA w. Center 81. II II
il necessary for me 10 20 to South
Bend TO testify I will do so gladly,
she said. He did everything in his
power TO place me in the same posi-
tiOn that he has Mrs. Miller, for whom
/ have a feeling of deep sorrow. He
Is cruel. fnhuman and narrow and in
his private life. is all he has been
pictured. He nearly sent me TO my
grave and when / was on the verge OF
transferring TO him large portions OF
my own real estate 1 was rescued just
in time by friends who had heard
rumOrs Of his record In Michigan and
Ohio cities"
Mrs. Geers was married TO Quilhot
in 1912. She claims Quilhot ruined
her life. making her an outcast from
the society she had known before her
marriage 10 him. She bitterly con-
demned his actions proceeding and
following their marriage. Some $780,
600 held by her in real estate was
sought by QuilhOt but he secured but
$500. Perhaps / Will be his
nemesis" she said today.
That II was because she accepted
the word of a delegation Of ministers
apparently "duped" by their anti-vice
enthusiasm, in place of making inquir-
les in her own behalf as to John II.
QuilhOt's character, was the reason
that she married him so quickly, was
the statement made Friday by Mrs.
Marion Miller Quilhot-
According to the story told by Mrs
Quilhot. the delegation Of preachers,
leaders in the vice crusade being car
Tied on by John II. QuilhOt under
their supervision, last winter, came TO
Mrs. Quilhot (then Mrs Miller and
assured her that QUilhOt was fine
man. of sterling character, and good
principles.
The group was headed by Rev. c.
y. Decker pastor of the First Baptist
church. and seconded by a Lansing
minister. whose name Mrs. QuilhOt
said she could not remember. The
leaders of the crusade composed the
members Of the counsel" brigade
Reputation Good.
The Lansing minister told the wom-
an who was to become Quilhot's wife
in a few DAYS that he had known the
vice investigator" before and knew
his reputation TO be of the highest.
Accusations and charges that were
pouring in in vast numbers on Quill
hot's head were explained a. trumped
up charges made by the liquor inter-
ests. who because Of QuilhOts activity
in South Bend against them. sought
10 get revenge.
Mrs Quilhot said she was told that
j, was really a conspiracy on the part
of the breWeries to make QuilhOt leave
town They were convinced, 50 Mrs.
Quilhot says. that all Of the charges
hanging high over his head were false
and that time alone would prove the
Nindication OF their beliefs.
Furthermore they insisted that il
would be unlikely for the city admin
istratiOn OF South Bend 20 secure the
services Of a man whose reputation
they did not know, and i'm whom the
city officers did not have absolute con-
1idence.
Therefore Mrs. Quilhot says she had
every right TO think we'll OF the man
she took for better or for worse,
which together with his personal mag
netism, and tender solicitations about
her health and promises TO take her
10 California where she could recover.
led her TO believe in him absolutely.
Funds Are Tied Up.
From other sources IL was lea rned
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