The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-25
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following M I, 80 - ss'.' sne
Bruokfyli ofaefai named Pre,I arr,vad l.,
making tho arrest OF man named Jane ).
htiigshury on charge of IiQamy. Z Pfeli ha 4
letter directing him 60 "a ,,,an,,l,nt :
establishment on Atwatnr street. wl,era ha az.
peeted 70. find Eingsburyy at work. h,t nm
gong TO the shop lie learned that his MAJ, Iet,
, .e saginaw The day before It seern flat
shsngs6ury, wlio has until lately resided In tlo
Wv 'lst, hurried a woman mt Mount Morris
NY IVY orKs about seven years ago. He liyeri
Will tner ABOUT six smorths. and then ror
away. turning up ut jersey CITY d year affar
~ as minister OF the gospel, mud hnyine nm.
s :, Whe. w bile. the first wife WINS takino
assures .i.a 70 have him arrested, Ki,esiurr
.upi,eas on 70 New Haven, stealing sfverrI
hundred dollars from his second tSffe nc
was not heard of asain for ten months onJ
was then discovered serving as a clerk in =
erocRery store, and had been married ohn,,,
9 month, the third wife being a resnactai,Ia.
na worthy young lady. The .brether ot
Mue no. was complainant In having E;nos.
, ,s arrested, and the bigamfst was nlacsl
Dehind the bars of police station. IN ha
GEen back to Jersey City. in some MANNER
WI Wnlch ms never been satisfacto rify expiained
t !, nlaae ms escape from the station and
tnough closely pursued for several days he
sS,t INTO INTO fennsylyania and Concealed him.
!. The relatives Of wives one, two, and tbra.
then made up q shake.plise and employed
an oihciai to spend his whole time look;ns
utter the gay deceirer. he looked for seye.
,al iliohtlis, anu then gave up the chase until
ne NJ saw notice IN Harrisburg paper that
hihgsD.ify mad married the widowed land
lady of a clearinghouse in tbat,t.ity r,hI..d
her OF money and jewclry, and been ar1t, tod
n the act Of absconding. Tic notice Wa, :
week old when seen, and when Prell reachcd
Harrisburg Kingsbuny had induced wife No
to Withdraw her prosecution, and. once ont
Of jail, had made Il successful escape, From
what can be learned kingsblny was rulli-
Wanting through Ohio and Virginia for two
OF three. years, taking wife here and there,
and it is quite certain that lie came to Detroit
month ago from the Ohio State pepiten.
tiary, having served short term there for
being connected With borsc-stealing scape
in Lorain county. ." 80: =
Kingsbury boarded at q house ON Hastings
street, and had not been an inmate of the
house week when he wanted to marry the
servant girl, giving her to understand that
he was soon to come into possession Of a
large fortune. Being addicted to drink, he
one night got TO feeling highly elated, and
"blabbcd Most Of his history TO colnpall-
ion. This MIN got the name Of the wife at
Jersey City, and wrote TO hcrtlat kngsbury
was here. The letter was sent to Prcll, and
he came on AS stated, bat KingSbury had de-
parted. Prell left for Saginaw IFS soon as
possible, and hopes to catch. the bis;.miSt
somewhere up in the valley. 1t is believed
that the man has, during the seven years,
married at least ten women. Prell has per-
Sonal knowledge Of four, and newspaper slips
concerning four more. and, Us the fellow was
lost track of for about two years, he probably
married ut least twice during that period. II
arrested and given the average sentence for
each time he has married contrary to law he
will spend nil his remaining days in prison.