Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-09
A BIGAMY CASE.
A MuchIy Married Man Caught-His
Trial and ImprisOnment-A6e
incidental Warning TO Th0ushtless
Girls

| A MuchIy Married Man Caught-His
! Trial and ImprisOnment-A
incidental Warning TO Th0ushtlesa
Girls.
The jackson Wing and Tribune of the
9th inst. contains the following particulars
of case that has obtained considerable
celebrity:
w. Weaver, who was arrested last
week for bigamy, was carried before Judge
Black, at Trenton Saturday, on writ of
HabeGS Corpus. He was released by Judge
B. from the custody of the police authori-
ties of this city, but was Immediately arrest
ed on a States warrant, and tried before
Esq. farrell, of Trenton. At Humboldt, on
their way up the party in charge of Weaver
were joined by Mr.. John Sharp, of Liberty,
Ky, at whose instance Weaver was arrest
ed. Sharp was accompanied by three
friends and with ample testimony to prove
Weaver's villiany. On reaching Trenton
Sharp employed Messrs. Elder q Talbot to
conduct the prosecution, Weaver being de-
Tended by Mr.. Robt. Haynes of this city.
The evidence before Esq. FARRELL was con-
elusive of Viewers guilt. Two marriage
certificates, one from TomkinsTille, and
the other from Liberty, KY, were produc-
ed by Sharp, together with a letter from
the Tompkinsvllle wife, and affidavits from
both places establishing the fact of the two
marriages. The TOmpkinsVille wife was a
Miss Mulkins, is ofgood family, and is now
living with her mother, who is in good Cir
cumstances. She is about rs years of age,
and has two children by: Weaver. She was
married to him in 1866, and was deserted
by him something over year ago. These
facts resulted in committing Weaver to jail
in Trenton, where he will remain until a
reIuisition from the Governor of Kentucky
Oh Gov. Brown is obtained.
The very fates seemed to conspire to
bring this wicked mans career to a close.
The train which was to carry him to Hum
boldt was three hours behind time in reach
ing this city from the South, or he would
have passed Humboldt before Sharp's ar
rival, and when released by Judge Black
on the writ of habeas corpus would have
made his escape before Sharp with his
proof could have arrived at Trenton.
But his train was behind, and
Snaps train was several minutes
ahead of time, and thus fortuitous
circumstances conspired to bring this vile
destroyer of peace and innocence to justice.
On leaving this city for Trenton, Weaver
assured the distressed girl whom he had
so badly deceived, that al would be well,
that he would soon return to her with I'M
evidence of his innocence, and
that he would bring her father with him
of his error. The poor woman
trusted him to the last, and chung caress-
ingly about his neck at parting, tearfully
appealing to the officers to protect him from
harm.
After Viewers conviction and imprison- |
ment at Trenton, Mr.. Sharp came to this |
city for bis heart-broken daughter. The |
meeting between them was touching in the |
extreme. The old man with his whitened |
head and bowed form; the beautiful yourg |
girl with her wild, weeping eyes and dts.
pairing cries-who can picture the scene,
who fathom their great grief? Slowly and |
with difficulty the old man told the story of
his daughters base deception, and laid be-
fore her the evidence of her great wrong.
Pale as sepulchral marble, one moment
calm as death, the next wild with despair,
the poor young girl received her doom.
With each trembling word the sweetest
dreams of her young life were scattered, the
tenderest trust of loving heart withered,
aud the golden morning of hope darkened
over with clouds from whose blackness ever
falls the fatal poison of misanthropy. Is
there punishment 10 this world common