South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-13

to pick her up if they ever found her
away from the house.
Residents in the vicinity Of 7O7
Lincoln way e, say that QuilhOt
stayed with a woman, who they name
as Eta Blackburn. there during Sep
TENDER. He introduced her as his
step daughter Mrs. Mary Blackburn,
who is alleged by Mrs. Miller to be
the mother of the woman QuilhOt had
with him, is at the present time in
Grand Rapids. According to the story
she told authorities there, QuilhOt had
written her asking her to send her
furniture there and start roOming
house. She did so and two weeks
later went there but did not have
money enough to get her furniture
from storage. Quilhot made her a
proposition that she give him a deed
for lumber lands she owns in Wis
consin if he give 500 to get her
furniture, according to her story to
the authorities there. She refused
and it is alleged that Quilhot took
the furniture to Battle Greek.
Says She Was Held Prisoner.
According to Mrs. Quilhot's story
which she told Friday at her room in
the Nickel hotel where she is being
kept under the protection of friends
and relatives. Quilhot has been hold
ing her practically a prisoner in vari-
Gus Michigan towns, including De-
troit, Jackson, Lansing and Battle
Greek since they were married. In
addition she asserts, and is cOrrObor-
ated in most instances by police Off
Gals and Mrs. Paul Frankel, 1914
E. Miner ST., that Quilhot has been
keeping woman in the same house
v9th them and introducing her to out
siders as his daughter. Mrs. Mil
Ter stated that the woman was the
daughter OF Mrs. Mary Blackburn.
Lafayette St, this city, the woman
who filed n $40, 900 breach of promise
suit against Quilhot last spring.
But there seems TO be some mys-
terry as to the identity of the woman
who has been staying at the QuilhOt
residence. The authorities understand
that Mrs. Blackburn has but two
daughters, one OF whom lives on Co
lumbia St, here, and another in
Grand Haven. Mich. The Battle Greek
police say that QuilhOt asserted that
the woman was his step-daughter, but
her name could not be ascertained. It
was also learned through the Battle
Creek police department that another
woman came TO the Quilhot residence
in Battle Creek a few days ago, giving
her name as Miss Quilhot of Chicago
and as being a niece OF tho vice in
vestigator"
II Is understood that although Quill
hot was in South Bend Friday morn
ing he left during the afternoon again
for Battle Creek. 1T was known that
he was searching for Mrs. Miller for
he reported to the Battle Greek police
department Thursday night that his
wife was missing.
suffers From rheumatism.
Mrs. Miller-Quilhot told her story
E'r-ih Oh 10 har af
Nickel hotel suffering from rheuma-
tism with which she has been affected
for a mum Der of years.
Ever since my first husband died
l had always said that | would never
marry another man and let him use
up the money for which / had work.
ed SO hard" she almost sobbed. But
Quilhot came along and told me that
he would marry me and take me TO
California where 1 could be cured. I
would do almost anything 10 get rid
OF the pain and If / had not been
i'll I would never have married him.
But he cared for me awhile after
we were married and then We went
up to Michigan, staying a while at
Detroit and then again az Jackson,
finally going TO Lansing lie had me
sign papers and L find that all my
property is gone. He would not let
me talk to anybody or write TO any
one here saying that / was telling
people that he was going TO murder
me. 1 never said that, but still he
locked me in my room and took all
my clothes away from me.
Then he had this woman at the
house. He said she was the house
keeper. but he bought her everything
she wanted and they took trips to-
gether. They guarded ne all the
time and although once when he went
to Chicago I managed 10 get up town
and talk TO a lawyer about a sep
arate maintenance suit ] was un-
known TO the lawyer and could do
nothing. The woman told Quilhot