Alber's Arrest In Rochester
ALBER'S ARREST IN ROCHESTER
Two Ann Arbor Women Concerned About Him
HIS WIFE WRITES
A Friend here and Mrs. Whitney Denies All Stories About Having Been in Rochester
Word was received here Wednesday that Chas. Alber would put in an appearance today and have a hearing Monday, on the charge made against him in Rochester, N.Y., by his wife, the former Miss Wylie, of Broadway in this city. Mrs. L. F. Fay, the palmist who foretold the coming of Mrs. Alber's fortune, said this morning that she had received a letter from a Mrs. Sanford in Rochester, N.Y., telling her that Mrs. Whitney had been there to see Alber. That when she asked Mrs. Whitney why she had come to Rochester she said she had brought Alber his laundry. Mrs. Fay continued: "The laundry was worth about five cents."
Later in the day Mrs. Whitney herself was interviewed. "I don't want anything to do with that trash," she said. "No sir, I never was in Rochester when in New York. I was in Utica and can prove that I was there by my relatives."
Mrs. Fay received another letter, this time from Mrs. Alber herself. The letter reads in part:
"My dear Mrs. Fay and Ravenia - I will drop you one or two words I have no time at present. I must get to the court house this morning as I found things much worse than you can imagine. I had smart Mr. Chas. Alber arrested Saturday. He has been locked in jail ever since and is there at present. We have a hearing this morning, and before I get through I will have Mrs. Whitney behind the bars also."
"Try and see Liz Whitney and tell her her lover is in jail and doomed for one year in the penitentiary. When you and me goes in for business we generally make a go of it, ha, ha. I will write you in a day or so. Publish this news, hand it to the newspapers. Ever your friend, MRS. ALBER. 120 Franklin St. Rochester, N.Y."
Mrs. Whitney was very much incensed over the news that Mrs. Alber was to try and arrest her.
"Just let her try, just let her try!" she cried. "I will show her. I have got just as many dollars to fight as she, and I'll do it too."
Mrs. Fay says that if Alber had treated his wife fairly when she came to Rochester, all might have been forgiven, and ended happily. It is reported here that a lawyer has been engaged for Alber, who is expected to today.
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