National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-10-21
TOO MUCH MARRIED.
ARREST OF A BlGAMIsT YESTERDAY

A Des,rt,d wife and Non Amer r'ee"s
Husband and Faiher-IIc Denies tue
Iesuiity Of the Cercmony-They in.'"
opt.e Prosecution. aud lie 10 he'" ior
n Reaaisition.
.ue tina, marrics does well, hut he that mar,
,,e,h moi does better" Evidently when ~. fAu'
,sro,o these words he did not contemplate mul /.
,In,,cI,v Of marriages by those who nrst entereu
~ nc boly bonds OF matrmony ere released
tor, their ,rst vows, but supposed that one wlIe
,v,s suf,cient for all actual purposes, ana aoou'
a. Great responsibility as one husband woulu ue,
sire 10 shoulder. However, 81. PAU uoes no "
i've in these tines when saEplus OF wives
mi taken into consideration, but that Oh nov W
son with the oil love before you are on WIZ
,he new and pave way OF living 10 supren'
ile.,edness with the last wife TO inc ieno,,ns VI
ali former marriage ties, Is tho ou,e' .uu
Alteration. Divorces are cueAp, ~,
,'a, ~ acme instances couples ambl
uus " 80, entirely overlook this little require
,n.nt ~ Inc law before entering into new reis-
,Ian. A caae Of this kind has Just been deyel.
uwn IN nnIics circles, and demonstrates now
.TgS,IY some persons regard the oDIpau0nss
inside before the altar and the words n Mnat you
Ia Ioined together let no man put hsunueI.
az FI,Iiay Isst a lady, modest IN appearances
and neatly alfred, accompanied ., aJoung man
npcaented themselves before MAJOR a. y; ncu'
arSs, supeTintondcnt OF Melropolltan pollce
snn ,aye her name as Mrs. Mary Ann Will, aug
ths ,outh a. her son, Thomas wis, u. sn'
made statement that she was ma s,i, N hns
land In the year lsil, TO Thon,S m,ls, 81, az,
mad since learned that he had married again
and was residing In this city, and she uesife'
MIN 10 be arrested on the charge Of eigamy,
the case was turned over TO Detective Coome'
to work up; Before TAXING my nm ny nccessaT,
Tor her TO produce evidence not opy OF her "s.
rlaRe, hut that Of the second: sne tneu en
hi6ict to him an English certlncase .! une N.Y. ny,
parish Of St Andrew, Plymouth, ~ tue cOunI'
m Devon, England. This was dated June 70
IsIg. signed by John Hatchsrd, vicar, rs hav'h,
perforn,ed tue ceremony, and witnessed D!
Nsry susanna Rowland Williams and Willlan
Peter Henry White, and countersigned hy 7. !
Wilkinson, vicar OF the parish, with an indofse
nsnt on the back by Henry Fox, consul OF IN
IniieS states for Plymouth and its dependencies
As 10 the genuineness OF the signature oil ID
vicar. -, -.
city, Md, reclting that on her oath she charge
her husband, Thomas wills, alias Hsrry tooert,
(who, after his first marriage and desettloh
Ills wife, assumed this name,l with commlttih
lie crime OF bigamy, by marrying woman ;
the name Of Kate Harvey willis a. we tine y
was her lawful husband. This evidence J
itself dd not satisfy me d ,hs me
the second nuptIals In order to protect hlmsc
and feel confident that the crime OF blgans ma
been committed. ,.,..
soon forthcoming, In the shape OF cory OF 10
certificate OF the second marriage, issued an
,sipned by the clerk OF the Court OF Conmo
Pleas Of baltimore city, WIN lne sea- ,n S' cs
OF October, ls69, Rev. II. Fuller, minister
that city, married Henry Roberts [Wins und'
his alias to Kate Harvey. on the BACK OF u
license Is the Endorsement, signed by Rev. NJ
Fniier that he performed the marriage seryi'