, 1873-03-14
A Knot Which Vas Not, and Yet Was
" Firmly Tied.
How q Young Girl Was Betrayed BY
aEraudulent Nupti1 Ger
emory. .... --..,
Her Seducer Discovers that Man Nav
:. Be Married and Not Know It.
Interesting Opinion In the Case
by Judge Farweu.


People in general who entertain loose ideas
tba ra1at,ona ~ the aa1aa andvornr.
,ra,, ~ ,-1,< ,,a,,aa ~ ro.1,ta
"o1 - -. PA t4eo1A1 W." a'o t1enAea ~ oe Aeeh1ess
In tnelr ante-matr1monlal compncanons' may he
expected TO note with peculiar interest decis-'
ipc the validity Of q mock ,naTrisoo, Il annas-,
n1e.r1r +1,at ~ t.z.,a.ss1 ,-. - .!.,
1uo3 ~ nsnoneal Anos may DO llea n9
otnet tnAn ps'eshls OF loolc'al hngerH indeed.
be rery binding. A curioua Illustration Of iii,
fact was furnished in the case in ouestion-that
..n "1s sasr,1t o sa9' 1.oas - aaeaNas
OF Anna =: ecnano'' nee 'acooson' aSanse
Jacob Schmidt Ihe interesting features thereof
are fully set forth in the annexed opinion OF
,1ndce Fgrwell: -
rh;a ia n b;11 s,ad nndar tha atatnta yor ear..
- -. = ~ .. 49, .'- .1S;... G s,1as; 49,
ta'e n1aintenance tne coml.ntnant p. 7ueeue eoAe
she fs under the necessity OF living separately from
her husband without her fault. The defense is.
=, srbs+.,ca that tbav 1eora mayor marriad eoa
~ o"p0, "1s ~! "e9 ~ .-11.:.1, Hls.
that sne Is not Ills WIG. 1ne conp1aln@ns ao"
mits that there never has been any marriage
license, or marriage ceremony performed tga
c1or,vn.n or 4udicia1 officer. but china that
" 'als.e. o.n~, 1a w. a'e t..as -.
there mas oeen common 10" marriage tnas
they solemnly agreed oy present "ofas TO T. take ::
each other a. husband and wife, and have lived
tocatrer 40 mch- :.
r.. 49,. ..,,>oa. +~,-, +ho o-;5on,, - T..
11e 4a~Ne 0pe914 4lo- ~ ser
n1leny' tnese: ne u oel1nan' N 'ne 10 oR
1871, not long before the great IRE, he
inquired Of eomo Danish people with whom he
uas aconainted-to-vit. Car1sen and hin wife,.
:, ~ ~, ir,axz ~ ,,o5 <,;r1 xvho-, ba cor15 10.
|oo5 1o" ~ 49, e"A "'a ~ 0 ees
duced him to the complainant, 3 Danish girl
They seem to have been pleased with each other.
and on Sunday, the 9th Of October, made an ap-
pointment to 20 to the Courr-House On the fol-
- MI &c.
ranged their plan, but they did not give up their
intention to get married. The defendant hired
q house on Meridian street, On the West Side,
and invited his Danish friend to occupy it with
him. Carlson and his vile occupied Fooma
there for two OF three weeks and the complain-
ant vent there at the saM6 time 70 Keep house
for him with the understanding that II they got
along well together they we're to be married.
They, from the h1Bt, occupied sne same bed, and
lived together apparently as husband and wife
up the time abe left him in the fore part Of JAM
uary 1873 She says that soon AFTER she went the1a
abe urged him to have the marriage Ceremony
performed, and told him abe would not live With
him in that way; that she would 60 away unless
they we're married; that he promised to attend
to it from day to Day, and that, finally, soms-
three or four weeks after she went there-ons
t Sunday-he brought stranger to the house.
with whom he talked Ia GERMAN Tor some tuna .
whch language ane doea @ nHs b a 9a ana
that the stranger eat Gown q oy aen aNe, ana n
qulrea OF ner N En9nsn y cue HAeo sne oe1sna-
ant; she replied that she d5d tnat after whlla
tns stranger Wene ssr ae now th.a th.s
told ner t1at shey were naliteu uo"' saAs tnas
Was goqd maage & IN n TINS +So ~ % sne TT IT.
that she nenevea n11p, and tnat ng, 11otn % tnas
time, up 70 . BLOT t1llS peao!e sn9 telc n1l.
never SAID anything 70 me cont1aly, 9us toas ne
+ dnally peean 70 lrea1 ner pao1y, Auo s1o saas
abe Was not n1s we; tnas ne never nso oeen
married to heT: tnas ne anou1a a se as,5 ns Intns to
ana oIeaA up - noueeAeepue' @no CLIO eou'4 S@As
care OF herself. .;.. g..
me he'gnDo[s n4u i;s.a tEstr 1er
mere ~. suo ~ tsr -
as man aoo mne nhu meae ~ ar ~ ~
ps sacn. ~ ata+oa 10 b1 that thav s ia Raen
su !aa ~ +" 49,, h.d 1o,na ~ 40 houaa nd
1aa1ed "ara+,orv ~ 5a{anant 4ota ~ aaTnso
s0kJ4 fst+ar 80 tn bis mother in Ger1nnnv which Til
aornn1ains1t con1I not read IN Wh!c latter ss
@ pa ia9e m ~ h;n NJ tha s;4na ho stateI
~ sn9 b;s atIer that thav veTa marT;ed md aha
500 +hat she si0ned her mama to the letter at hi7
az nzt,1cas s IN ar;denca iettar W.T.
ten by the defepdant's mother. in repiy to Ills.
addreased to both Of them. acknowledging ths
qeceint Of tho letter from both Of them. epol.
ocizing for not having answered it sooner, con-