W. FREEMAN KITCHEN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4416, 12 May 1893, Page 2

W. FREEMAN KITCHEN.

a HisUmpectedße-wmnce 0 (By Telegraph—Preea Association,) Dunzdih, May U, it The police have not yet succeeded h in capturing W. F. Kitchen, although it he had only a fa* hours' start ot them, o It ia undorstood that t more serious charge than wifo deaortion is likely to o belaid, With reference to this caie, theNer Zealand rimes has been informed that ). Mr Joseph Kitchon, of Wellington, tho* ir mother of Mrs W, Frotman Kitohon r lining at Ashnrst, and Mr J, Kitchen'* >, brother residing in Melbourne, aomir 3 time ago received letters from a Mrs 0 Watson, of Launceaton, Tasmania, about Mr William Freeman Kitchen, . Mrs Watson informed them of th« a death of that gentleman in bor house, and asked refund of funeral expensei paid by her, as she was a poor widow who oould not afford ft IK,jfaTj«, Mrs Critchton (Mn W. F. Kitchen's mother) at once oommunioated with. ' her sons in Wellington requestingr "mm to pay the money on hor behalf,.' They naturally wanted particulars, > and prudently required cofirmatlon. f They joined with Mrs Jos. Freeman, r of Wellington,endsontorer to afriond in Hobart to make enquiries, and Mr Kitchen visited his daughter-in- ' law at Ashurat to disouss tho ead ' news and make nocessarv arrangements, A memorial sorvico was held at Ashurst, and much sympathy ex* pressed for the widow by the friends l of tho family. Since then a reply was cabled by Mr Kitchen's friend | at Hobart that he bad ascertained that Mr W. Freeman Kitchon was ■ not dead, but in New Zoaland, and 1 had sent details by letter in the. ' Wairarapa steamer, Mr J. Kitohen and the Messrs Criohton haw, during the last few days, received I anonymous cables from Australia informing them that W. F. KitqW , "as not dead, and au old frirflL, Dunedin wired Mr J, Tuesday asking if he had & nephc jW named Francis Temple V sne , thore m a man in Dunedin pvi S ; ni r himself off as such under that n »me The rest of the atory is told by our Dunedin correspondent, ft. L rv is aB follows:-- . 10 8t0r ? a warrant h&s been issuod for wife desertion,decamped early morning, taking witb iWt Armsnrll th l''' Km M ' l,m Armanda, the oairvoyant.flith whom stat Xm UDediD ' Th « woman states that blib was married to him in Launcestoii, and in proof of this 8 8 ® O Py of * Tasmanian MM: containing the marries. , be,D g informed of iho 'tlroum. ■twees, Madame Amanda, who is only eighteen years old, and decidedly good looking, says she is an innocent Tictim, and appears muoh afflicted, especially as he has left her penniloss. Madame Armands,whoso proper name is Hannam, states that she has left her marriage certificate with her mother, and that the editor of one of toe Launceeton dailies was present it ceremony. I understand Kitchen was aoting as sub-editor on a Launceeton paper, and was advised to tour Western Australia, but persisted in visiting New Zealand instead. Th» police have been diligently watching | all trains and steamers leaving Dnneain and Port Chalmers. It is generally fit 1)8 ' S Bti " iQ hi(iin?io