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Show i i I I I ll I I I 1 1 1 1 i H II 1 n I 1 H- 4 MATtftTTTD SEVENTEEN WOMEN, OPT $160,000 AND THEN SKIPPED. 4- f MAR8HALL, Mich., April 23. Dr. John Carver, alleged bira- mist, who is said to have at least seventeen wives, was ean- tuxed at Fort 8mith, Ark. Car- ver Is charged with defrauding his wives out of $150,000. 4 The specific eharjre on which 4 he was arrested was that of de- 4 frauding Mrs. Lola Davis of 4 Battle Creek out . of $25,000. 4 4 Carver married her on October - 4 4 10, 1909, at Battle Creek. He 4 4- went with her to New York, 4 and they decided to buj a 4 : boarding-house. 4. He told his wife to go home 4- and raise all the money she 4 4 could on her property ana for 4 4 ward him a draft, ana he would 4 make arrangements to have her 4 come on in two weeks after all 4 , details had beea settled. He 4 4 got the money, it is claimed, 4 and disappeared. 4 4 Carver is wasted in Cincin- nati. Pittsburg, Buffalo, Grand j 4 Bapids. Norfolk and Saginaw, 41 4 and officers have been after him 4 for three years. He is a gradu- 4 4 ate of the Pittsburg Dental ool- lege, is 40 years old, and pro- 4- 4 cured his wives through a matri- 4 4 monial bureau. 'iiiiniiiiiiiiiiiHninii 1 . " V |