The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-16
TOO MUCH MARRIED.
The Story Of a French Bigamist-Arrest nc
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PoUGHKEEPsTE June L. 1871
Louis Giuseppe Centarini Is Frencnman whose
enough has transpred to cause his arrest
In this city upon charge OF bgamy. ana
he will ne brought before Recorder Robert
f. Taylor tomorrow morning for examination. The
frs. that was known publicly Of him hereabours
was when he started a weekly newspaper In Mat
teawan entitled the Matteawan Repiep. He was
then full Of great expectations" which, however
failed him. and after his paper event to the
dogs" and from tnat time forth Centarni was
always in hot water.
About the time he started his paper he became
acquainted with Mss Mary Dlston OF this city, ana
they were shortly afterwards married AS soon as
SHINES WENT AGAINST HIMr
his new made wife lost ali Confidence in him. and
proceeded to take legal measures for his cap
ture, Accordingly she and her father APP
peared before magistrate here and swore
out warrant against him on the charge OF bgamy,
believing and with good foundation too that at the
time he married Miss Diston ne had wife in Brook
lyn. the warrant was placed in the hands of the
proper officers but before they had time TO serve it
Ceniarini appeared at his brides residence and
explained everything satisfactorily ITO her at least)
and made her present OF q beautiful gold watch
ana chain. The next morning the two appeared
before the magistrate who issued the warrant for
the absent husbands arrest and hal the dangerous
document suppressed. The next morning, too.
keepsie Eagle, giving reasons for
SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE,
and also giving out that he had received letter
from the Old country announcing that he and his
three sisters had fallen heirs to $4,000 His
young wife believed it all; but not so the
father. He could not be hoodwinked. lie made
o trip to Brooklyn, and there ascertained
tnat in 1851 Conarn married little girl aged
teen years, in that city and, after eecng the little
ones father out OF nearly all the money had,
serted the baby wife and Ned to Richmond. Va,
where, during the war. he took up arms on the Con-
ried beautiful girl in Richmond named
after IN Canada. Leaving the South at the close OF
the war Contarlni came North, ana, on OCTOBER rs,
1870, married Mary Dlston, spoken OF above This
last news coming TO the ears OF his Brooklyn wife
she fastened TO obtain divorce, not caring 10
prosecute them for bigamy. She succeeded In Feb
ruary, 1871; but this does not Contarini from
answering TO
THE CHARGE OF BrGAMY
which Is now being vigorously pushed by Miss
Distons father, though up to ten O'Clock this morn
ing Miss Dist0n was not aware or that fact. visit
was paid to CODtarlni IN jail this morning. He
not in a communicative mood, but positively denies
the charge. lie is a bold man, speaks broken
French, dresses in the latest STYLE very airish
She believes her husband true, and Is sure that
ALL WILL END WELL
She AYERS that she Will not believe the stories cir
culated against hun unless he says they are true.
whcnof course he viii not. 1t Is stated that Con-
tarinl has already used up $3.50 or her money. To-
morrow the Brooklyn wife will be here, and other wit
nesses and important developments are expected.
Judging solely from all information received he ia
In tight box and 1t is not improbable that he viii
turn out to be as much OF bgamist as the man
Cunningham, who married so many females up this
way few years ago, and VINO IS now resting in
Sing Sing prison.