Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-06
Perth Anboy Girl With
Missing Church Man Held
In Fair Haven, Vermont

tive John Ferguson, within a, few
days. The couple have been liwing
for the past two weeks in cottage !,
at Sunset Lake, about fifteen miles
from Fair Haven.
Detective Ferguson left New\
Brunswick at 1880 o'clock this
morning for Vermont with the un-
derstanding that Siver would waive
extradition and willingly return ito
face the music" as he termed it.
When Silver disappeared "a month
ago $4,000 in Liberty Bords, the
property of the First Reformed
church of New Brunswick, ofJwhich
Siver was the treasurer. also @isap.
peared.
If Siver valves extradition IL is
expected he will be brought back,
together with his latest wife-he
having married the Perth AmboyN
girl in Greenwich, Conn,-either to-
morrow or Wednesday. Siver is
middle-aged. has a wife his own age.
and grown sens as old as his newest
wife
While the Sivers lived in the Sum
set Lake cottage they were not both.
cred by any of the other people in
the community and they in turn
made no attempts to become &C.
quainted with any of their neighbors.
Village Constable John j. Brown
made the arrest. Despite the fact
that Silver was disguised in a wig, the
Yankee recognized him from photo.
graphs in is possession and snatch.
in gthe wig from Siver's head drawl.
ed.
You're that fellow Silver and
you're my prisoner"
According to the constable, Siver
then admitted his identity as did his
wife. The three climbed in Siver's
automobile and rode to Fair Haven.
Owing to the fact that the lock-up
was not meant for such distinguished
prisoners, the constable had silver
and his wife stay at the Park View
Hotel over night and established a
guard over the two throughout the
night. A reward of $3.50 for the
capture of Siver will be \cIaimed by
Brown who admits~fr--wsif cUV y
| mighty handy" Mrs. Silver was Nkil N
in custody" though no charge ~
made against her, she having Sac.
however, that she would acconpa szd
her husband to New Jersey.
SlVer is charged with embezzles
ment in connection with the disaps}
pearance of the churchs liberty
bonds. Although the constable did
not search either Siver or his wife,
he said he felt that the man was
well supplied with funds and that
the church would recover Va large
part of what it had lost
1t has been reported that CoAnec-
ticut officiels will start a6tion
against Siver charging him with
perjury for swearing to false M.
formation in obtaining his marx
riage license in Greenwich, he havN
ing said he was single.
The Connecticut bigamy statutes
contain peculiar loophole which
makes a bigamous marriage safe
there provided the contracting
couple does not live as man and
wife within the state.
Constable Brown received one OF
the circulars sent out broadcast by
the MiddleseX county authorities and
learned that the couple had lived at
the Cottage, a Fair Haven hotel, for
a week and then left for Sunset
Lake to place where. according to
him, even the devil would not have
thought of hiding" The picture Of
Siver showed him with but little
hair. but the Siver of Sunset Lake
had copious brown head of hair
sprinkled with gray. When Brown
snatched off Siver's wig the identi-
fication was complete. A scar on
the chin of Siver also helped the
constable in deciding he ~Xas the
missing man.