The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-01-04 00:00:00

APPREHENSION OF A NOTORIOUS
POLYGAMIST.

Mr. Leonard, an inspector of the City police, and
Green, one of his detective officers, attended before Mr.
Headou at the Marlborough-street Police-court, on
Monday, to prefer a charge of pologamy against Glow
ceter Gale, whom they apprehended on Sunday at •
place called Marble Hall (one of the ptisoner's residence)
Eghatu.
The prisoner, who gives his age 35, but looks older,
is a slight built man, has a somewhat sinister cast of
countenance, and wears large whiskers and small
moustache, which are of light or sandy colour. He had
one arm in • sling, and walked with a stick, or rather
limped, which he said &LUSO from • recent attack of
paralysis.
A brief outline of this case may not, from the nature
of it, 'Drove uninteresting.
It appeared that he married ten years ago in the name
of Gale a Miss Gee, of Tuniliain-green, and this holy, so
far as can be ascertained, appears to have been his first
wife. She always understood him to be a traveller, and
therefore has never been surprised at the lengthened
periods of his absence, and states that she certainly
never had the most remote suspicion of his inarrying
any one else. The semi.' marriage was solemnised at
Islington Church, end then he married, in the liallie of
George Gordon, a Miss Celia Mary Wye, of Kensington,
• young lady of considerable property, and in this
instanee, it is said, he prevailed upon her to lietHe in the
event of survivorship, all that property upon himself,
with the exception da legacy to • relative of the lady
as testatrix. This marriage was in November last year.
The third marriage was shown to be on the 3rd January
of the late year, at 01,1 Trinity Church, Sloane
-
street. Chelsea, in the name of George Thommmaa. The
deceived one in this ease was Miss Lydia Murcia. The
fourth marriage was to Miss Sarah Drewett, on the 3rd
May last, at St. George's, Hatiover-oluare. The fifth,
on the 13th July, to MIAS Martha Giver, at All Souls
Church, Langhain-place ; and the sixth (it is hoped the
last and the only other case, though the officers say
there is great reason to believe that those mentioned
Are not all) took place on the 17th August, the ensuing
month it will be observed, in the name of Edward
: Gordon, to Miss Fanny Farrell, or Turrell.
The prisoner was in the habit of representing to those
he au infamously duped and imposed upon that lie was
the mate of • ship which trailed to Malta, Oporto, and
other foreign sea-ports, and that this sometimes oblige •I
hiui neceraarily to be away a long time. He left one
of his wives on a late °cession. Ana said lie should he
away • few days, having brought over (ruin a foreign
country a rare animal in a wild state, which no other
lienion could touch or handle but himself, and that he
was going with it to the Queen, intending to make her
Majesty • present of the same, the only specimen in
this country. Miss Wye always thought I to be a
collector for a large mercantile house, and was in no
way surprised at his frequent absences. He appears,
however, to have been more constant in his visits to this
lady than to the °theta ; it has been Neaten above that
this was the inonied lady. The morning after marriage
with Milts Turrell or Farrell, he sent her into Devon.
shire hi hire a house and furnish it, telling her he would
directly join her there. She never Saw Man al Ga.
W rds. .

From October last, when Mr. Colemnan, clerk to the
registrar of merchant semi 0. waited upon the late
Lord Mayor, in consequence if numerous applications
after this supposed mite of • ship, and lIILk known the
Clef! SO far LS suspicion rested. time officers have been
indefategible in their search after this fellow, frequently
being clime upon him in country and in town, but never
close enough until their fortunate capture on Sunday at
k:ghani.
Mr. Beadon inquired where the second marriage took
place.
Inspector Leonard said in Islington, but two a the
subsequent marriages having taken place within the
jurisdiction of this court he had brought the case
before his worship, and because it wouhl ho more con-
venient to go into those cases first, the witnessmi being
present to prove them.
Mr. licadon said the law WAS that the bearing should
be either in tl.e district while the second marriage
occurred, or in that of the place where the appreliensi ~,,
took place, and therefore he must refer it to either
Clerkenwell or Southwark.

The further examination was accordingly referrefl to
Clerkenwell Police-court, and the officers conveyed the
prisoner thither, accompanied by the Withelelell. Two
of the wives were young lathes of considerable personal
attractions.