The sun., 1873-11-19
WHOSE WIFE rs sBBf
A Yssss wemsn Claimed By Tive Husssse
-Isit n Case or Mistaken IdesttUf

fSop, the Boston Herald.
PORTLAND, Me-, Nov. 16.-Last April Ed.
ths city. % married sP1 csroIine ar M. Kent lie took
her TO his fathers house, where they nave since
lived Mrs Waite was born IN n hnsst1n sn n hnr. Eng
day a man describing himself as Detective H0l-
den Of Boston visited the Family END, end made tne
February, 1889, was married to one John Waller
by the Rev. A. II: Herdman, In pictou. N 3.
that she left her husband some time since and
came here to live that her husband had traced
her here, and was then in the city that sne mas
two children, girl Of eleven and a boy OF nine
years; and that Waller was willing 20 hush the
matter up and leave her alone ON the payment
Cant. Edward Waite, who is one Of our wealthy
and most respected citizens, expressed at once
his utter disbelief in the story, and refused 70
listen to any such proposal. Mrs. Waite, while
Indignantly denying the marriage also refused
clared her willingness, to go before the courts II
necessary to prove her Innocence OF the chatIe.
Yesterday afternoon about hVe o'clock Waller
took out u warrant for her arrest on the charge
Of beamy. and -he accompanied Marshal Parker
who served ne writ, to thc Munirihsi 1uuh,,
where q special hearing was given IN the case Dy
Judge Morris. -.
Wocrs story is that Mrs: w,lte,s maiden
name was Mckenzie; that her fatherwa poor
man in the vicinity ~ pictou. \. s., and not
very reputable. lie Weller married her, girl
Of sixteen. and hS her had the two children
mentioned In 1869, seven years after marriage
Mrs Waller said she guessed she would go To
the United states and try 80 raise some money
e. help buy furniture, az Mr. Waller was poor
and had a harl struggle to make a living for his
family. Mrs. Waller, or waite, continually cor
responded with her husband after leaving him,
and occasionally sent him small sums OF money,
but whenever he urged her visiting her home
sh" was Away having "a ack turn.
- matters went Oh until July uf the present
year. three months after marrying waite when
She went to- niCtou and stayed ten days with
Waller perfnrtutng all the duties of wife. Her
persistence III returning to- Portland aroused,
Tor the first time. his suspicious ana he Wtoic
To- hi, irotucr in u ston rcqu, sting him to look
! the matter M and see II she wd- all right The
! brother, who l. u shrtwd one, II the s"-rallcd
detective who figures In the case lie came To
puttlan and thoroughly investigated the case.
lie e-rcttaincd that Mr. Waite had lived ~ ser.
want IN several families here and Waite had
married her. lie thcn sent Tor his brother ana
! stor, to the husband and father r-in-law IN Mrs.
I Waitr'= presence. She denied the whole thtng.
/ The brother produced the photographs Of Mrs.
/ Waite and uf the children, and other evidence.
Mrs. waite, IN return, claimed that II was u
| case Of mistaken identity; that Mrs. Waller for
mery lived here. but had married another man
! and had moved tn New York, and asserted that
/ the wedding notice would be found In the Ncw
/ iork Tribune OF a certain dste. She insisted
/ that she herself came from England and pro-
/ relatives there, all ~ which Waller's brother
! claims were forged by her. She said she came
here from Truro, y. s. had never seen the man
/ Waller before, ana denies absolutely the whole
story Of the marriage.
Judge Morris decided to adjourn the hearing
I 10 Wednesday next and placed Mrs. Waite under
/ S1,uN bonds when was immediately given by
| her husband ana father-in-law. Mrs. Waite ha-
/ a large circle of acquaintance and enjoys to
hisl, degree the respcct OF all; Inc husband
. innocence. The fact that II seems strange thai
any man would make such chain, and pick out
l this woman Of all others as the victim, unless
there was some nrc behind the smoke, lead.
/ many here to think Wallers story true. stu II
7 may bc case II mistaken identity. Waller
. brother claims that when the PROOF : are brought
forv ard WcIne ~day, everybody must believe his
story.