Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-03 | Page 14 | After Wedding Goes to Jail

AFTER WEDDING GOES TO JAIL Williams's Honeymoon in Prison Cell. He Is Arrested for Robbing a Rooming-House of $20 and Two Razors. His Bride of Three Days Is Confident Con-fident of His Innocence of tho Crimo. MARRIED on Wednesday, charged with burglary on Friday and arrested ar-rested on Saturday, such Is- the romantic career of Harry Williams. Wil-liams. Last Wednesday night Williams Wil-liams and his wife were Che central figures at pretty little home reception which woa .given In their honor, now Williams is in tho city jail while Mrs. Williams la home alone, a despondent wife of only three days' married life. Lost Friday "night, a rooming-house conducted by Mrs. Crommel of 15S North West Temple was entered by burglars and from ohc of the rooms two razors and a J20 gold piece were taken. Suspicion Immediately fell upon up-on Harry Wllltams, wno has been employed em-ployed of late by Mrs. Crommel while she has been house-cleaning. Yesterday Yester-day morning the two missing razors were found at Cllne's pawn shop and the clerk later Identified Harry Williams Wil-liams as the person from whom he had purchased the goods for tho trivial sum of 50 cents. Explanation Not Satisfactory. Williams- failed to make a satisfactory explanation and was taken to headquarters head-quarters by Sergt. Hempel. He failed to furnish the required ball and Is now In jail where he will remain until Monday Mon-day afternoon when he will called Into In-to court to answer. to a charge of petit larceny. His Wife's Statement. When seen last evening Mrs. Williams, Wil-liams, nee Brown, reluctantly gavo out the following Interview. "I cannot believe that my husband Is guilty guil-ty and shall consider him absolutely Innocent of the charge until ho is given a fair trial and proved guilty. I have known and been associated with Harry for more than a year and I know that his record Is above question for that time at least Occasionally girl friends of mine told me little tales about him but on investigation they proved groundless, just as the present charge will. He Js not guilty, I know he Is not guilty," exclaimed the bride with fire flashing through her tear bedimmed eyes. No Reason to Commit Grimo. "He had no reason for committing the act. Ho had some money despite the" fact that he has not beert able to find much work in his line of late. You know Harry is a machinist and he has preferred to remain In Salt Lake working work-ing at various odd Jobs until the new shops open, In preference to going to other cities to seek employment In his line. But then if he didn't have money. Why he knew that papa did and he knew that he wouldn't want for anything. any-thing. I suppose you think that he was forced to this act through a desire to provide me with necessary wants of life. Well, he wasn't, and you might just as well drop that Idea." To the question, what then did Impel him to adopt this course, she replied: "Ah! Ah! why that's just the point. Ho didn't have any cause for doing it and I know that Harry has got sense enough to refrain from doing a thing like this when there was no necessity for It Harry charged with stealing two razors and selling them for 50 cents! Now Just think of it! Does that sound reasonable to you?" she said as a smile of triump spread over her dejected deject-ed countenance. Sure Ho Is Innocent. "Well he won't be proved guilty so what's the use of talking about that. My love and confidence In him are unshaken un-shaken and I shall stand up for him until un-til the bitter end. He has always backed me. Wouldn't I be a coward If I were to go back on him now? If I don't stand by blm, who will? Would you expect me to leave my Harry alone? I love him as much now as I did on last Wednesday night and I suppose sup-pose I will continue to In the future." At this Juncture her face suddenly brightened and half Jokingly she remarked: re-marked: "Well, here I am confessing my whole., heart to you. I think I had better quit Maybe Harry will read this and you know women don't always like their husbands to know just how they feel. You see there Is a certain pleasure that comes from keeping your husband sort of guessing. I have lots of fun bluffing Harry, and so before be-fore I tell you all my secrets I am going to quit."