Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1909 — HAD WIVES IN FOUR STATES [ARTICLE]

HAD WIVES IN FOUR STATES

Baptist Minister Confesses to Bigamy and Is Sentenced. Walla Walla. Wash.. Oct. 29.—Rev. Frederick H. Ward, pastor of the Baptist church at Freewater, Ore., pleaded guilty to bigamy and has been sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. Ward admitted having wives in four states.