The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-25
Both Wives of c.. Thomas,
Alias VIM. WaldrOn, Now
Oppose Him.
HOLD A CONFERENCE
Mrs. Edelle Thomas, wife No.
l." Bares Story of Her
Broken Romance.

Two wives Of the same husband
held a conference in Kenosha on
Tuesday evening, talked over their
blighted romances and decided to join
forces to bring the erring spouse to
judgment.
These were Mrs. Edelle Peters
Thomas, go North West Main street,
and Mrs. Zelda Waldron, S19 Pearl
street, wives No. L and No. q, re-
spectively, Of Charles Thomas, alias
William Warden, who is cooling his
heels in the county Jail waiting
preliminary hearing on charges Of
forgery, bigamy or seductionA The
conference was held at the home of
Mrs. Waldron on Pearl street and
after it was over both wives were
convinced that their husbands was
one and the same man and that he
had fooled them both.
The consequences are that hubby
will soon find himself facing annul-
ment charges filed by each of his
wives.
Willing to Present Proof.
When Mrs. Thomas read in Tues
day evenings paper that Mrs, Valid
ron was willing to have a conference
with her, she went to the Waldron
horne to tell her story and establish
the facts which she has told to the
authorities. She retold the long story
Of the sufferings which Thomas had
caused her during the time that they
had lived together following q sup
posedly legal marriage at Denison,.
Iowa, leaving no doubt but what the
man in Jail was the same man, who
welded both Kenosha young women.
II did everything for him." she
told her. Everywhere it was the
same story always he was in trouble
for forging checks but | forgave all
that and could take him back now for
the sake of the child if it were not
for the fact that he has married
again"
Went to Jail for Him.
She told how at Grand Island she
had gone to Jail with Thomas and
stayed there two days and two nights
50 help him; she told, how at another
Time, just before her baby was born,
she had gone out and worked to pay
back one of his forgeries; she told
of times when he had threatened her
life if she ever told on him and de-
clared that was what kept her from
identifying him when she first saw
him at the Jail and then she told how
he had left her and their baby and
had gone out and fooled" another
Kenosha girl.
"Every night since he's been away
I've prayed that he would be brought
back to Justice she said, 'and most
certainly l cannot drop any charges
now"
Agree He is the Man.
When the wives got through COM
pairing notes, they had convinced each
other that they had been married to
the same man. He had told them the
same stories of his boyhood but I'M
der different names; the dates tailed
exactly and left no question of a
doubt in their minds. $,
II hate to say it just as much as
you hate to hear it," said Mrs Thorn
as, who is Wife No. 1 at the close of
the conference, "but we might as well
face the truths, your husband and my
husband was a big crook"
"Yes, l guess that must be right"
came back the answer from the other
wife. Il guess he has fooled US
both"
Both women showed that they had
chung to the man until his duplicity
had forced them to realize his du-
plicity. Neither blames the other for
any part in the tangle, it being clear
ly shown that the husband was entire
ly at fault in both cases.
1t is planned that both women will
bring their children to court at the
time when Thomas, alias Waldron, is
brought in for hearing in the belief
that the sight of the children may
bring from him a confession Of his
double life.