Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-20
MAN CHARGED "
WITH BIGA NJ Y
SEEKSNORELEASE

No effort was made Tuesday to
tain Carl D. Ford, charged with big
amy and with violation of the Mann
white slave act. He is held at the
Fulton county jail in default of ST.
600, bond, while 10. bail has been as
sessed on the federal warrant sworn
out and served Monday.
1--WE will make no effort to bail
him out until this hysteria sub
Sides" said his attorney, Franklin
Chalmers. "At present it looks as
though an attempt would be made
to keep him in Jail on other war
rants if we were to make bond on
the bigamy and Mann act warrants,
so we will just wait until things
quiet down a little.
Ford who was formerly finance
officer at Camp Gordon, is charged
with having married Mrs. Catherine
Lawther Mangham Ford in London,
England, in June, 1919, and to have
married again in Tampa, tIa:, on
December 80, 1920, without obtaining
divorce from his English wife. He
was arrested last Friday afternoon
at his apartments, 293 West Peach
tree street. Mrs. Catherine Lawther
Mangham F2rd is living at 1877 West
Peachtree, where she says Ford in
stalled her when she arrived in At
lanta more than year ago.
It developed Tuesday through dis
patches from Tampa, Fla, that
Ford's marriage on December 20 In
that city was to Mrs. Claire Smell
Criswell, daughter of Henry w.
Smell, a prominent banker of Winter
throughou "a; Georgia aa and nd Florida
When the arrest of Ford occurred
last Friday 1t was announced that
the Tampa marriage was contracted
with Mrs Carrie Sutton Ford. but
it now develops that this was given
out to keep the identity of the Flor
ida woman a secret. Attorney Chal-
Carrie Sutton Ford" is in reality
Mrs. Claire Shell Criswell, and that
she married Captain Ford in Tampa
under her riGhtful name,
BANKER ADMITS FORD
Is HIS SON-IN-LAW
TAMPA, Fla, Jan. 18.-Captain
Carl Devers Ford, who was arrested
in Atlanta last Friday charged with
bigamyi and violation of the Mann
act, was married in Tampa Decem-
Der 29 to Mrs. Clair Smell Criswell, a
daughter of H. w. Smell, prominent
Winterhaven banker and business
man. The records in the office Of
county Judge Julian L. Hazard show
that the license was issued to the
couple December 20 and that the
ceremony was performed the same
day by DR.. H. T. Chisholm; pastor OF
the Hyde Park Presbyterian church
The records show that Captain Ford
gave his age as 80, and that Mrs
Criswell's age was 27. DR.. Chisholm
remembers performing the marriage
ceremony, stating that there were nc
witnesses save his wife, and that
neither of them had previously been
acquainted with the couple. He re-
members, however, that he had beer
told that the young woman was g
daughter of a Winterhaven banker.
Mr.. Smell, who is head of the Smell
National bank of Winterhaven, wher
questioned as to whether or not his
daughter had married Ford on De
cember 20, stated that she had, but
declined to make any further state
ment, other than to say that he be.
lieved Ford claimed to have beer
finance officer at Camp Gordon, Mr.
Smell admitted that he had been ad.
vised from Atlanta Of the arrest OF
| the young army officer.
DR.. Chisholm, the minister per.
forming the ceremony, was under the
| impression that Captain Ford was
from Washington, ID. c., and that hi
expected to be released from the
service about January l. The minis.
mentioned Atlanta in his converse
| ton.