Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-06-21

After pursuit OF year Donald D.
Stewart, Presbyterian minister, alleged to
have four wives, one of them an Indian
npolis woman, and wanted here for
swindling the Aetna Savings and Trust
Company out Of 81 $50, was under arrest
at Los Angeles today.
This information was contained in q
telegram received by F. z. Miller. super
intendent of the indianapolis branch Of
the Pinkerton International Detective
Agency. Ethel NJ. Turner Osbaldeston,
one of his four wives, is also held at
Los Angeles. 1t was she who caused him
to be indicted on charge Of bigamy in
New York City and Boston.
The Indianapolis wife, according to
the detective agency, is Bertha Ellen
Grannis. They were married at the
Claypool Hotel Feb. 3, 1921. by the Rev.
George Savary of the First Congrega-
tionalist Church, according to detectives.
Stewart, IN obtaining his marriage IL
cense, gave his name as Donald Allister
Duncan Stewart born in Terch, Scot
land, Nov. IS, 1885. He claimed he was
never previously married.
Stewart and his wife went to Detroit
on a short honeymoon, after which Mrs.
Stewart returned to indianapolis and re-
sumed her work in the Office Of the In
dianapolis Chamber of Commerce, ac-
cording TO the detective agency. Stew
art remained IN Detroit, where he was
selling stock issued by the Border Cities
Home Construction Company.
He returned to indianapolis every two
weeks and spent the week-ends with his
wife the detectives say.
The alleged fraudulant check which re-
suited in Stewards arrest was cashed at
the Aetna Savings and Trust Company in
this city. According to PinkertOn opera
tives. 1t developed that Stewart was intro-
duced at the bank by Mrs. Agnes L. Gram
mis-, 1916 North New Jersey street, who
explained Stewart was her son-in-l law.
Mrs. Grannis and her daughter went to
Detroit IN January. 1921, to visit Mrs.
Grannis son, Bruce L. Grannis.
/ While in Detroit Mr.. Grannis introduced
Stewart, one of his business acQuaint-
ances, to his sister. the detectives say.
The check cashed at the Aetna Savings
and Trust Company was on the Colonial
National Bank OF New York, payable to
cash" and signed by Stewart, the detec-
tives say That bank notified the Indian
apoIis bank that Stewart had closed his
account in April. 1919, and that they un-
derstood that he was wanted by the New
York police for swindling a woman who
was his wife
DEFRAUDED HIS
BROTHER-IN-LAW.
Detectives say Stewart defrauded Bruce
L. GranniS out of $1,000 in a business
transaction while in Detroit.
Stewart, detectives say, was associated
with a red haired woman, known as Mrs,
Turner, who said she was an investigators
for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany and who said she was sent to De-
troit to investigate venture of Stewart.
Mrs. Turner, it developed, was Mrs. Ethel
NJ. Turner Osbaldeston, also reported to
be a wife of Stewart. married to him az
All Souls Church in New York City,
March 6, 1920. This marriage was the
cause of Stewart being indicted on
charge of bigamy in New York in Nos
vember, 1920.
Stewart, according to Pinkerton operas
tives, became acquainted with her in Ne
wark, n. J. They lived in New York and
later in East Orange, n. J. Detectives
say this particular wife had an engage
ment to dine with Stewart in April, 1920,
but that he did not appear When she re-
turned home she found a note from
Stewart bidding her goOd-by. During
the short period they lived together,
Stewart is alleged to have spent consider
able Of her money saved prior to their
marriage. At the time he disappeared
she was destitute, the detectives say.
IN Detroit Stewart IS said to have been
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