The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-05-04
FERRY, THE RIcAMIsT.
The Champion Marryist of W. Va.
He Marries Three Times for Love,
and Once for u Fortune.

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because Of the difficulty of obtaining
an important witness for the State.
This witness was present at the exami-
nation yesterday, and from her we OBJ
tain the following particulars in regard
to Ferry, whom we regard as the most
married man this side of Brigham
Youngdom.
The gay and dashing Amos entered
first on his oft-repeated experiment OF
marrying on the 29th OF November,
lS4S, at Eaton, Preble county, Ohio,
when and where he gave hand, name
and heart to Miss Jane Hand. She
bore him six little Ferries, the image OF
their pa.
But this living with one woman be-
came monotonous to a man Of Ferry :
variety Of taste and martial capabilities,
so fifteen years afterwards he led a
blushing bride to the alter, this time Il
Miss Margaret Lukcr, and this at Lon
don, Ohio, on Nov. 18th, 1868. He
! told Miss Luker, who had known Mrs.
Ferry No. |, that his first wife was
dead, and that she, Margaret, ruled
alone empress in his loving buzzom.
Some time afterwards, Mrs. Ferry
No. |, who was not nea as dead as
Amos wished she was, heard Of his
second wentur' and sentfor her. The
scene that ensued was beyond dcscrip-
ton. The prospect was that it would
be lively for Amos, so he "lit out. He
went to Indiana and staid awhile and
finally gave Mrs. F. No. = assurances
that he had obtained q divorce from
Mrs. F. No. |.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. moved to Bridgeport,
and there Amos became enamoured of
grass widow, Mrs. Hanes, 10y name.
After giving her TO understand that he
was not married to Mrs. F. No. at all,
he proposed to the gushing widow and
made her, by due course Of law, Mrs,
+. No. 3. This was at Wheeling, on
September 18th, 1868. This did not
prove happy match. Mrs. F. No. 3
was not disposed to put up with Amos
nonsense, and one time when he showed
disposition to frt with some other
woman, she preferred a charge Of bas-
tardv against him and he was arrested.
To save himself from going to Jail, he
confessed his marriage with Mrs llanes
and promised reformation.
But Amos unstable eve was again
caught. Three times he had married
for love, but now his mercenary soul
sought money as means of happiness.
He had heard it rumorcd that fair
Young damscl, who calls herself Sarah
Richardson, but who is known to the
police and the world in general as
Dublin Trix," was heiress to an I'M
mense estate somewhere in the Emerald
Islc-cLotCalr dcspggne, as the French
call them. He determined to wed her
and her ducats. So on the 4th Of
March, 1870, in the city of Steubenville,
hc made her Mrs. +. No. /. This last
effort came to the ears Of Mrs. F. No. .,
and she threatened to make it hot for
him. Amos called on her, told her of
the "Trix' he had taken and promised
her $1,000 and Il situation in his
kitchen for life if she would but keep
her mouth shut. Unfortunately for
Amos the late Mrs. Hanes, now Mrs.
+. No. 3, heard of it also and she went
before Squire Johnston and had him
arrested before he had wasted his fourth
honeymoon.
Heretofore Amos has staggered be-
fore the Justice in his security, dciicd
the law and proclaimed his innocence.
"Thc first Mrs. f. is dead, he said;
Il never was married to Margaret Lu-
ken; Mrs. Ilamcs had a husband living
when married her, so that was void
and Trix, my own beloved TriX, is my
wife. and will not, cannot testify against
me and then lie would sigh like Il
blacksmith bellows a. he remembered
how much he had done for Mrs
Hancs. But yesterday he let down.
When he saw Mrs. F. No. > i'll the
Justices office he realized the fact that
he was gone gosling, so he used every
argument he was master of to induce
her TO leave him to his fate before
she could have an opportunityto testify,
or, if she wouldn't do that, to swear
that she was not married TO him, but
all in vain. She swore Amos as straight
into the penitentiary as he could 90.
He was sent back to Jail in default of
500 bail to answer the charge before
the Circuit Court at its June term.
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