The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-06-20
Police Intelligence.

~ Sin gu.ls Case Of Bigamy- Wo give below a brief
historical sketch of the life of beautiful and intel
gent young girl, by the of Emeline Sturdevant,
during the last four years of her exstence being
now only eighteen years of age, and yet young the
wife of two husbands, for which offence against tho
laws she arrested yesterday by officer Patterson of
the lower police, on warrant issued by Justice La
throp wherein she sta nds charged with the crime of
bigamy The younger portion of our readers, and
pecially those wac are unmarried will trust read
this narrative and ponder well before making the first
move on the checker board of human nature lest by
the first false STEP their future happiness is ruined and
from one step to another, ultimately brought to
destruction and finally consigned to the State Prison.
becoming an associate with thieves and feons Of the
worst description which fear will be the result Of
poor Emene and her first husband Albert Davis. In
order to give our readers idea of the facts
first appearance in New York Having eloped
with young man by the name of Albert Davis from
Albany her extreme beauty (and not being quite
the admiration of all the admirers of female
beauty; and, as Emeline well of, her good
looks only helped to add fuel to the flame which
already kndledin her great love for gaety and plea
sure. She had scarcely been in New York "a hours
before she was closely pursued by Mr. Campbell her
brotherin-law, who married to her sister and
likewise her guardian and master, she having been
bound an apprentice to him. Application made
at once by Mr. Campbell to the police authorities, to
find out her whereabouts This task accom-
pshed by Mr. Natse the present chief of police. who
was then police magistrate, and Emeline and her
lover brought up before that magistrate and examined
Persuasive measures were now taken by Mr. Campbell,
to induce her to return back again to Albany, but
without effect as she determined to continue her
COURSE refusing all the good advice of her friends
Her brotherin-law finding that she resolved pro-
posed either to take her back to Albany that she
should marry Davis the latter bargain she concluded
to take and the result that Justice Matse the
9th day Of July 1874 married Albert Davis to Emeline
Sturdevant and thus the matter ended far The
lice was concerned Days and weeks rolled on and Eme
line began to find that she had been altogether quick
in making her choice, that since her marriage she
had seen many men whom she admired much more,
and being ola rather roaming disposition brought
disCOnteptmeQt between IN n d. n
a few weeks, they separated Emene becoming the ad
mred mistress of Pearl street dry goods jobber who
decked her out in many fine dresses which exactly
suited the simple vanity of poor Emelne Davis. Her
husband, finding himself completely deranged in all
his family comforts concluded to go to sea- and if pos
sible to drown his the brny ocean aud waa
absent near two years. During this timo, the pretty
Emeline had been the mistress of several not feeling
disposed to be the admired Of any one in particular
Two years had now nearly elapsed when on a visit
of her friends she was introduced to Mr. Carries
c. Turner, captain OF vessel sailing 0c,n this mort
pretty young woman, the captain fell desx In tovs
with her, and the consequence was nav were ho,b
married Mar s BY t Now Rev Mr. the lsth Of
was furnished in good style, y. BROOKLYN and tho
captain together with hs young widt W, for short
t ta es wsrs as n a bs time
and leaving his pretty wife, with sigh departed Fine
line MS the reader Imagine was not woman of rs
ureu OF sotary habits and no the ship at
the Narrows, than Mrs. Turner was in New Yors.
nirting about with her old and new acouan tn uos,
nus she spent her time during the absence az hus
band On his reform he found her from some on one
her little pleasure excursions and s,,speetinr some
thing was wrong, made eaou'ries which prtyed too
true ana caused at once q separation The first hus-
Dahd had now reSrned from his b my trip and pro,
posed to 1--we together again Tbs Emeline would no,
ayree ~ go preferring 10 FLOW her own natural 40.
.nh ,uSupatons rsVE now obtained work as journey
sI paher WIN " Ward in Fulton street and be-
". I'M Led with young woman, by the name
mot, after short o. ar hip they were
"u ~ Rev. BENZ Evans ou the lGth day Of May, 1S4s
Mt the residence Of the minister NO l2 Breome street
Thus 1t appears they both have married second time
and both living, wit6out either obtaiusng divorce,
which Is felony by statute, and inficts pupshme mt
upon conviction. each Of five years in the state
prton. Therefore upon this state of facts Justice
Eothrop issued warrant for both parties Ocer Pat
erson finding Emelne boarding alta hoase In Forsyth
street with young man called Fowler, as his win;
and officer Hopkins of the 3D. ward arrested Davis at
the bakery in Fulton strees. Both committed
for further exam nation The above Is evidently one
OF the consequences attending the early matches made
by young people before they actually know what they
eye doing.
Scenes before Justice Lahrop AT the watch returns
on Monday morning, officer Harrison. Of the 9th ward
police brought before the magistrate little short nosed
Irish woman with pepper and salt looking hair and no
upper front teeth her dress considerably torn
bearing large spots of mud showing evident marks of
where she had been resting the night previous She
gave her name Elizabeth Anderson when asked by the
magistrate The officer charged her with being drunk
and dsordery in Centre street. between the hours Of