Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-03-28
FIV"t ne " o LFssceTI-
Iilr Gsille> Cause.

TIE 4igh social position e the chief actors-ihe
Imnleuse amount of property claimed. and the ability
" the counsel engaged, have given To the cause an
unusual degree 1T interest. The evidence has been
printed. ana forms volume Of nearly
lulrJFcd pages. The Evidence Contains much
81 lh social hStary # Louisiana frun 1894 to 1913.
large portion 81 Il Is better fitted grace the pa
ges of "a seandaous Chronicle than appear in
the columns IF paper read by the families OF our
cItizeus. We shall endea compress into brief
space the important points If atIsck and defence In
this we assisted by the Record aud the Briefs of
the counsel.
TIE Bill sets forth that Daniel Clark was iuermar
ried with ZulHne Carrere in tie fall Of 1901 the
spring ~ 1902 and that of this rriage Myra Clark,
now Mrs Gaines, was the sule offspring. That the
mother had been previously married to one Desgran-
gcs, who, however. had at the time wife living. and
that in consequence the second marriage was multi
ty. The marriage between Daniel Clark and ZulIme
Carrierc entered into at Philadelphia, and was
kept concealed rn tile most intimate friends OF Tie
psrIes Mr. Clark giving as a reason his desire to
have her rst marriage decreeda nullity by Judicial
tribunal. Ii IS alleged that the first husband was
convicted of bgamy and fed the country prior TO
Der marriage with Clark. But though she obtained
judgment against the of Desgranges, yet Clark
postponed the acknowledgment OF the marriage. aud
never in fact did ledge it. On the contrary
il was reported that he was about to marry Miss
Cation Of Maryland. in 1907, when lie was the dele
gate in Congress from Louisiana. Mrs. Clark went
on Philadelphia, and finding it impossible to prove
her marriage, she abandoned the thought, and mar
Ted Dr.. Gardeite, with whom she lived as his wife
until his death in 1888.
This child Myra was born in 1906. Clark always
provided for her, and made disposition of his proper
" in her favor. 1t is declared that he made will IN
1913, in which he acknowledged his marriage and
the legitimacy of his child. But this will was
seen after his DEATH Ii then denounces the conduct
of the executors Of the last will found.
This Is tie statement of the by the compls IN
ant. The defendants, on the other hand, aver that
Clark and ZuiIme never married, IN point OF
fact; that if the ceremony celebrated. it
was a nullity as her first husband alIye-that so
far from Desgranges being bIgamis, the record OF
the ecclesiastical court and the evidence it contained
was conclusive of his innocence 1t appears that the
Vicar General caused DesgraDges TO be arrested on
the charge-an investigation was had. The woman
who was said To- be his wife deposed that she had
never been married to him-he swore to the same.
Mrs. Clark herself that she did not believe the
accusation. The Vicar decided that there not
dence enough TO prove the fact postponed the further
examination, and in the meantime permitted them 10
live together husband and wife. They deny that
Clark acknowledged the marriage, either by word
or act. His most intimate friends suspected it.
He passed as gay bachelor In society. addressed
several ladies' reported engaged to Miss Cation
and after the marriage of Zuime with DR.. Gardette,
he engaged to another lady and was Ia have mar
ried her the year he died. The complainant may
have been recognized by Clark his natural, but
never as his legitimate child. That the present own
ers of the property hold under judicial sale made by
order of competent court, in good faith and withou'
any knowledge of the existence of any Legitimate
child They plead the prescription of thirty. twenty
and ten years against her heir of Daniel Clark and
assignee of her mothers share Of the community
property. The executors deny all fraud. Such is the
substance of the pleadings.