Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-06
Nine wives too Many.
from the Detroit Free Press,J

From the Detroit Free Press.I
A Brooklyn official named Prel ar
rived in Detroit yesterday morning for
the purpose of making the arrest of a
man named James Kingsbury, on the
charge of bigamy. Prell had a letter
directing him to a manufacturing es-
tablishment on Atwater street, W here he
expected to find Kingsbury at work
but on going to the shop he found that
his man had left for Saginaw the day be-
fore. 1t seems that Kingsbury, who
has until recently resided in the East,
married woman at Mt Morris, n. y,
about seven years ago. lie lived with
her about six months, and then ran
away, turning up at Jersey City. year
after as a minister of the gospel, and
having another wife. While the first
wife was taking measures to have him
arrested, Kingsbury slipped of to New
Haven, stealing several hundred dol
lars from bis second wife. He was not
heard of again for ten months; and was
then discovered serving as a clerk in a
crockery store, and had been married
about month, the third wife being a
respectable and worthy young lady.
The brother Of wife No was COM
planant in having Kingsbury arrested,
and tho bigami,t was placed behind the
bars Of police station to be tax en- back
to Jersey City. In some manner, which
has never been satisfactorily explained
he made his escape from the station,
though closely pursued for several days
he got into Pennsylvania and concealed
himself.
The relatives Of wives one, two and
three then made up shake purse aud
employed an official to spend his whole
time looking after the ahy d:crjver. He
looked for several months, and then
gave up the chase until he saw notice
in Harrisburg paper that kingshnry
had married the widowed landlady Of Il
boarding house in that city, robbed her
of her money and jewelry, and beer
arrested in the act of absconding, The
notice was week old when seen,
and when Prell reached Harrisburg.
kingsbury had induced wife No. 4 to
withdraw her prosecution, and. once out
of Jail, had made successful escape.
From what can be learned, kingsbury
was galavanting through Ohio aud Nlr.
wife here aud there, and it is quite GER
tain that he came to Detroit a north
ago from the Ohio PenItentiary, having
served short term there for being con
nectcd with a horsc~stealing scrape III
Loraln county.
Kingsbury boardeda house on Has,
ings 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 large fortune
Being addicted to drink, be one night
got to feeling highly elated, aud "blab-
bed" most of his history to compan-
ion. This man got the name of the
wife at Jersey City, and wrote to her
that Kngsbury was here. The letter
was sent to Prcll, and he came on as
stated, but Kingsbury had departed
Prell left for Saginaw, as soon as posi-
bic, in hopes to catch the bigamist
somewhere up the valley. 1t is be-
lieved that the man has, during the
seven years, married at least ten
women. Prell has personal knowledge
of four more, and newspaper slips con-
cernng four more, and, as the fellow
was lost track of for about two years, he
probably married twice during that
period. If arrested and given the
average sentence for each time he has
contrary to law, he will spend
his remaining days in prison.
BRANDY FROM SAwDUsT.-Tn the
current mouthly report of the Commits,
sioner of Agriculture, it is announced
that there is an immense Waste of ma
terial in our saw mills, where the saw
dust is thrown away, and that it is pos
slble to produce from this dust good
article OF brandy. 1t is suggested that
the saw-dust of pine and of fir timber
be mixed, and that compound be pre-
pared composed OF o parts moist saw
dust, 337 parts of water, and part
of fhydro>chloric acid making 43,8 parts
altogether. These are to be boiled under
steam pressure eleven hours, when 1t
will be found that 10 per cent, of the
mass will be grape sugar. The acid is
to be neutralized with lime supplied
with yeast. After ninety-six hours fer-
distillation Of the mash
will produce sixty one quarts of brandy
of 80 per cent. strength, and free from
any smell of turpentine. 1t is claimed
that in all probability many other woods
than pine and fir will prove even better
adapted to the production of brandy
If nothing better than brandy cal