The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-07-28
Two Husbands and a Wife Distracted.
From tie Dubuque Times, 1s@,

a lawyer IN Blnghampton, n. L., VINO IN
situated that there was fortune IN pros
pect for her, and seemed very anxious 10
| know her whereabouts. A few days after
the item appeared young lady called On
the clergyman and in Introduced herself as Tue
Sarah Jane Helm aforesaid, although her
name at present was Sarah Jane Wlison'-
/ The clergyman showed her the letVer' was
| convinced she was the one to "hohl IL Ieier-
red and wrote the lawyer the Iact OF her
residence in that viclnlty.,
Notbino was heard of the matter again,
and II was almost forgotten, until Saturday
morning last, when a we'll dressed man call
cd mon the Sheriff, and wanted him to go
Into the country and do some business. He
seemed very angry, and threatened such
dire vengeance upon the heads OF somebody
who, nobody could tell-that although he
had no legal papers Of any kind, Mr.. Maho-
nv thought it best for Mr.. Kiene to accom-
pany him, and he did SO. They drove out
to Epworth, and then the whole secret OF
the affair came out.
1t seems that in 1854 and So Sarah Jane
Nutting married Samuel Helm, in Hawley,
WAYNE county, Penn. They lived happily,
| he being Snowman and away much OF the
time, until 1860, when, as they were quite
poor Helm, started off on a tour with cir
Gus, and shortly afterwards his wife came
| to Dubuque at the solicitations of her father
and brother who resided here. She went to
work in the Millinery store Of S, B. Dumont
and after her brothers wife died she kept
house for him. During the first year OF her
stay here she correspondent with her hus-
band, and then from some unknown reason
the correspondence ceased. About two years
ago she married Mr. Thomas Wilson, a
farm overseer. living near Epworth he be-
ling acquainted with the circumstances of
her previous life, and her brother having
furnished her sort of certificate, which he
said he obtained from a lawyer, declaring
her divorced. Well, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
lived comfortably and contented upon a
farm, very much respected by the excellent
people in whose neighborhood they were,
until Helm made his appearance as above
stated.
Mrs. II. was overcome with CONSERVATION
when her first husband met her and spoke
to her. and Mr.. Wilson was well nigh par
alyzed with grief and dismay. However he
told his wife that he had no legal claims up
on her, and that she must make her OWL
choice between himself and Mr.. Helm
that if she selected him she could get di-
vorce from Mr.. H., and they would live to
gether again. That night she stayed at the
house of one Of her neighbors, and on Sun
day came into Dubuque and took a room IL
the Key City House, at which place Helm
was staying. Yesterday morning she de
cided to go East with Helm.
In the afternoon reports very prejudicia
20 nhar or hot no ha.
come to her only to secure fortune which
, it was said had been left her, having reach
ed her, she placed herself under the protec
e ton of Sheriff Mahony, consulted F. E. Bis
sell, Esq, and actually took the initiatory
steps towards sueing for divorce, and hat
, the Sheriff serve a notice to that effect on Mr.
Helm, who Immediately sought another in
terview with her, which resulted i'll her go
ing back to the Key City House with him
Here, we learn, she again met Mr.. Wilson
and the two husbands talked very plainly
to each other, each determined to have her
The clerk interfered, and Mrs. II. agar
went to the Sheriffss house. Mr. Ii. soor
followed her, with d. N. Cody, Esq, as hi
attorney. Mr.. Cooley heard the stories o
both parties, and, thinking that Mrs. H. nigh
be influenced in her choice by fear Of Helm
sent him out Of the room, and then, in pres
ence of the Sheriff, told her that, although
he was her husbands attorney, he was hel
friend, and that if she did not want to &C
with Helm she should be protected here,
and that no harm should befall her for thus
; deciding. She replied that she loved Helm
betten than anybody else in the world thai
he treated her very kindly when she lived
with him before, and that she had deliber-
lately decided to go with him.
+ Thus the matter stood at 10 o'clock last
night when the parties separated. What
the result will be no one can tell The poor
woman is we'll nigh crazed with perplexity
and fear and grief Her affections are evi.
IDENTIFY with Helm, and her heart prompts hel
to share his lot whatever it be; but her
Judgment, influenced by reports of evil,
causes her to distrust and dread him.
Mr.. Helm, who says he lives at Bing-
hampton, where he has billiard room,
states that he received a letter from her
brother (now in the army telling him that
his wife was dead, and that afterwards he
sent the brother money with which to pur-
chase tombstones for her grave A year
ago, he heard that she was living near Du-
buque, and he wrote letters to the postmas-
ter and Chief Of Police here, which were
never answered-those to the former Mr.
David says he never received. He then put
the matter into the hands of the LAWYER, La
Grange. The result was, he learned of her
whereabouts, and Immediately came for her.
He also says the insinuated fortune was a
mere ruse on the part of LAGRANGE to ex-
cite an interest in the parties here to whom
he wrote. This is his story. He offers to pro
cure evidence from Binghampton that he is
a respectable and upright citizen
We should think the only safe plan for
Mrs. Helm to pursue, is to allow her friends
and she has many-to make inquiries Of
parties in Binghampton, and thus remove
or confirm all bad reports concerning him.
The affair has created much excitement
IN the city, and was talked Of on every cor
ner of Main street last evening.