Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-08-18

after their marriage, has been pros
trated by his disappearance. She has
identified a photograph of Gentry,
sent to Calgary by Sheriff Shay, as her
husband
At Standpoint, Idaho, pretty Mildred
Jarvis Gentry, who the surgeon is de-
ciarea to have deserted a few days
after their marriage, has also identi-
fled photograph sent by Sheriff Shay
as that of the man she married on
March 16. Maybelle Halverson Cen
try, said to be the surgeons latest
wife, is believed to be still in Califor-
MIA. She was in San Barnardino dur
ing the time he was awaiting trial
and visited him in the county Jail
several times. 1t is declared she is
ignorant of her husbands alleged pre-
vious marriages.
Because of the fact that Gentry is
not known to have been married in
California, charge of bigamy cannot
be placed against him in this state, it
is declared. According to local off
GERS, he can probably be prosecuted
for bigamy either in Idaho or Mime
sofa, In both of which states, il is
claimed, he was married without the
formality of obtaining divorce from his
previous wife or wives. 1t is probable.
local officers state, that when Gentry
has completed his six months SEN
tence in Jail here here he will be
turned over to authorities from Idaho
or Minnesota
VIII Continue Investigations.
In the meantime the investigation
of the surgeons past will be continued
with the probability, officers say, that
other wives will be located.
Gentry has been sought by officers
of several states on charges of bank
swindling. He has been arrested sew
eral times, local officers say, but has
not been convicted because his method
was so intricate and he has kept so
nearly within the law According to
Sheriff Shay, Gentry's method of OBJ
tanning money from banks was this:
He would enter a town, introduce
himself at a bank and declare that he
intended to locate there He would
produce credentials showing he was a
surgeon. He would then deposit a
draft of $4,000 or $4,000 on a Canadian
bank and obtain loan on the draft.
Obtaining the loan, he would leave
town before the bank could be advised
that the paper was worthless In San
Bernardino he worked this method on
the California State Bank and the San
Bernardino Valley Bank, obtaining
$50 from the former and SIS from the
latter. He is declared to have worked
the same scheme on banks in Pasadena
and other Southern California cities.
Gentry was arrested in Imperial Val
ley on charge of defrauding a Pasa-
dena bank. He was taken to Pasa-
dena, where it was declared he would
not be prosecuted because of the un-
Likelihood of obtaining a conviction.
Gentry was then turned over to Sher-
III Shay, who also held a warrant for
him. The same doubt of obtaining
conviction was held here, so it was de-
cided to give Gentry an opportunity to
plead guilty to misdemeanor charge
He did, and was sentenced to six
months in the county Jail and fined
$500
Since he has been in the county Jail
Gentry has been known as the Gentle
man" prisoner. He has every appear
ance of highly educated man and one
who would be a success in his pro-
fession. Expecting his release at the
end of six months, he has made inquir-
les regarding the possibility of obtain
ing a license to practice medicine in
California. He reads continuously.
and has done considerable writing
since entering the Jail. He was first
placed in the cell on the wall of which
of which is the picture of Christ on
the Cross, drawn by Ramon Garcia,
Mexican youth who was a prisoner in
the Jail several years ago, and which
picture has attracted nationwide at
tention. Obtaining an inspiration
from the picture, Gentry has written
a story regarding it. The story has
so impressed Jailer j. H. Berry and
other attaches that an effort is being
made by them to sell it to a magazine
of national circulation.