Arizona republican., 1918-12-07
UNSIGNED NOTE. FORMED QUAD
 HE VAS EREE MAN
Anonymous Communication
 Telling Of Wife's Death Enough To Convince Him
 He Could Marry Another

That he received an unsigned type written letter that his wife was dead, was sufficient to convince him that he was free to marry again, was the state ment made in jail yesterdy bv John Pier Quaid, accountant and man about town, who was brought back from his honeymoon in Miami to an- swer to the charge of failure to provide for very much alive wife in Phoenix and a few-davs' -old daughter. In Flor ence a charge of bigamy has been placed against Quaid, who ten days ago eloped with a stenographer whom he married in that cityJ
 Quaid bore anything but the appear ance of a gay Don Juan in his cell in the county jail. Coatless and collarless, dejected but not repentent in manner, he discussed his affairs, shifting all blame for his present predicament on his mother-in- Jaw, Mrs. Arminta Har- vey, whose 'insiduous attacks" he claims, caused him to drift from his wife. He was so alone" he declared, that he naturally turned to the lovely young girl whose friendship meant much to him. Music was a close bond between them, he said.
 Thought House in Mourning
 Quaid stated that he believed that the typed note of his wifes death came from his sister -in-law. He received it after he returned from a brief business trip to Hayden the latter part of No- vember. It was left for him at the Ford hotel, and from there he went to his former home and, noting the cur tains drawn and the house in darkness, did not question the message contained in the note.
 He had no knowledge that he was father until he returned to Phoenix and was placed behind the bars. He had not seen the announcement of the birth Of his daughter in the Phoenix dailies, al- though the notice appeared a few days before he eloped to Florence where his marriage" took place.
 Quaid claims his was a case of too much mother-in-law. He declares that he and his wife were happy in Jerome year ago. After they came to Phoe- nix he sensed the difference in his wife and realized the influence of a mother upon her daughter, an influence was working to his discredit, he maintained.
 Doesn't Know Where Is
 He was employed by'a lumber com- pany, but when booked for ''investisa- ton" by the authorities, he lost his po- sition, he said. Then he went to Hayden and on his return heard that the wife
  through no fault of his own, he insisted, was dead.
 T the learned that my name had been coupled with that of young girl for whom had the greatest friendship. thought the only thing to do was to marry her." said .Quaid who spoke of the sympathy and understanding on which he said, the friendship was based.
 He said the girl had returned rc Phoenix with her parents he believed but that he was not quite sure, and re- sretted that her name had been drawn into the affair
 Denies Still Another Woman
 Quaid denied absolutely that a Bis bee woman had any claim on him and seemed greatly outraged that such a report had been circulated. His connec- tion with various women did not worry him to the extent of the charges placed against him in Justice Wheeler's court where he will be given his preliminary hearing at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning on a charge of failure to provide.
 His bond in each case was placed a $500, which he could not furnish. Ac cording to his story, he hs no resource: whatever. He said it was impossibl, for him 10 employ counsel; that he haC practically exhausted his means in pro viding a home for his wife.
 Quaid is an Englishman who "triet to get over" He said all his relative were in England and that cousins an, nephews and even a niece had suffere, from the war. With tears in his eyes h spoke of his mother and of the shoe it would be to her if she should hea the charges made against him.
 Quaid has lived here less than veal but is well-known about town. A mem Der of choir in one of the loca churches, he has been identified wit church and musical circles in the city.