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ILLINOIS GIRLS DUPED,4. Frank Baker is Held In Chicago onCharge of Bigamy.Chlcsgo, Tit . Dec. 14 J. Frank nearr. 22 years old. was held to the criminal court !n bon da of $2 .o0 by Municipal lodge Non lt;'ornor In the Harrison street court yesterday on n charge of bigamy Both alleged wlv«a and both tnlnlib'f#who had officiated nt -'A ceremonies were In court the tirst wife he In* lira. Eva May Clark Baker, of Elkhart. Ill , who married Baker. November It. !#0$»The second marriage took place nt the Home of Dr, 1! F Milligan, pastor of the Leavitt street Congregational church, November .10, IgW, the hrhle being Mis Mary Dofthy 1 tndquist of B* ivldere, III. linker was arretted ®t Hinckley, 111. by Assistant State's Attorney A. E. floater of Winnebago county, who traced Baker to Hinckley and was appointed deputy release while In Chicago and another sheriff In order to make the arrest. Aftsr the prisoner was in jail a friend of his It Is charged, telephoned to the sheriff at Hinckley that a mistake had been made and ordered Balter rehared by order of the state's attorney. Heater heard of the me gage to Hinckley was the means of Baker being rearrested. Acting Of! thenovice of his attorney. Baker did not testify In his own behalf. The first wifewas not a lowed to take the stand, but Mrs. Lindquist linker said that she had met her husband in Belvtdere three month ago and he had followed her when she came to Chicago on a visit and had Induced her to marry hint. She Is IS years old. The marriage of Baker to the Clark rtirl took place when the former was t telegraph operator at Elkhart, the ceremony being performed by Ttev. H. B. Montgomery, of Mount Eulaskl, 111. That marriage. It 1« raid still holds.
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Fri, Dec 21, 1906

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