, 1875-03-05
a QUEER CASE.

a QUEER CASE.
Twice Divorced md Thrco Times
Married 10 tho sataao Woman.
Tho following facts In most remarkable caae
Of a man marrying tho aan.o woman thies tllnes
arc taken from tf,n record Of proceedings aioi
II tho Clerl;'s Office OF tho Court in Utica,
Onoida County, N. Y. Thcre havo boon cn,en
whore man mud woman llnso been married a
second ttme, but thist wo believe, ia tho only ons
whore tue samo pereonn havo boon iotne,l tn we'd
loch's honda three times. tho facts OF tho whole
case arc a. follows.
Il r IA, January, lsS3. NJ: Charles E. saa'p.ugh
this State, ,Sero married. Mr.. sanlpauHI was d
aud agreeable n1annora. Miss Downcr was a
beautiful brunette. Of petite torrn and graceful
ccn1bcr day.. Everybody sasd 1t was most OK
celient Matcll. and what everybody said must, Of
co.,rae. havo bccn truo. Tho coup1o most inicr-
ested i seemod to DO very happy. Their families
Using for a long lIfo Of future JOY aud domestic
b1gs 10 tho neuly.marrio1 pair.
!, Mr. sanlpaugA Ind already bcen embarked In
tho tobacco buaincss for 2 yoar or two. Ills Of
forts wofo ntto,,icd with succesa. and l,o mas
rockonel ,prosperona young nun. After his
marriage bin btlRtncaB incroassd with tho tn-
creased Influence which his marriage brought.
In 1855 11r. San!pal,gt1 moved to Homo. In
than over In tho tobacoo business. And llo atiil
prospcretl, gradually becoming n woalthy and
Influential mau III thu county. Two cl,illlran-a
boy aud glrl-in tho meantime wero born to
atr. aud alra. saulpnugh. Tl,oy voro promising
md beautiful children, and tho Aappy parents
lived In au atmosphere Of domestic enjoyment,
But ALAS! soon tho templor cau,o Ill tho Ahnpo Of
young girl whose reputation of lnck OF ylrtno
did not admit Of my doubt, aill successfully
caught In her not the imprcazible taulpaugh,
wlIoan virtue hitherto hal bcan rockoncd unas-
sailabc. Tho fact OF their liaAon SOON hcca1no
public property, aud u at last reaohcd tho cars
Of Mrs. Sa..lpaugh: OF courso tcrrtblo sceuo
eusned. Mrs. Hanlpaugl, quit her husband TAX
ing her Two children with her. Tlls was tho
yoar 1866, fifteen years. after their marriage.
3hn Immediately brought suit for separation and
Fiji Diatret Court in Roma, Which was @ gsantad Il, tod
her, Soon after, finding that ho vas still do
woman, Mrs. saupaugh brought suit for nbso.
o oore ns T. n1sy
evidence, was granted to har, s!ln being portnit-
ted to marry again, but ho WAS not entitled to do
10. flo Was als0 required to pay her 1000 ~
ailmony tho cost Of tho cl1tldsen's support and
coats Of tho snit.
Hrs. saulpaugh, aftor sho Ind secured thin
money, removed to Chicago. whore Ble had
many rotations and friouds living. There. after
the tobacco bustnees.-th aamo aa that in which
her 1ato husband Vas engaged. 6ho Beemed to
got along remarkably wel!, was making money
rapidly. Things ran along smoothly for two
Of his niBsrops, and yoarned for tho society Of
his former wife. IIo wrote appealing letters to
her Ashing hor forgiveness: and painting in vivid
colors ht, anguish Of spirit aud tho misery ho
quit Of tho now hateful woman, and III fu-
turo his lsfo would 10 devotad to her II ene
would only forgive him and take HIM into ler
favor aguin.
him sufficient encouragement to induce hlm to
60 to Chicago and have q personal interview
With her, tho rosult of which WAS that she soM
out bet bualneaa In Chicago and accompanied
% back to ae
in that city. in May. 1867. Aftor enjoying his
second honeymoon, Mr.. gaulpaugh settled down
al a model husband for q fow moutLa. Thon
another vomsn interyened between this happy
palr. This time It was Airs. Lewis, q widow.
who, previous to her marriage with tho lato Mr.
Levis had been divorced from Mr. Huginim. d
notorious gambler Of that part Of tho State:
Mrs. Louis succeeded 10 we'll With hor attiul
attracsions On the susceptible heart Of Mr. Saul
paugh that he Was anxious 10 got rid OF his wife
and marry Mrs. Lonis. Upon inquiry of his
counsel, ho learned that bis second marriage
with his wlfo was i!legal; and sho, after hear
learned that sho was Illegally Joined to him.
discrimination nnd quarrolng followed between
them, and Mrs. sau1paugh quit her quondam
husband tho second time. Sho then instituted
nut through hor counsel. MIR, II. o. southworth,
York City. for daEnagoa. on tho ground that at
his {Afr. HaulpaughB y solicitation sho broko up
profitable business in Chicago and won't to live
With him ~ his wife, having been, a. she bc-
Ing beon gained to tho mnrraaso BY false repro
sentatiops rnado by him. Tho suit wps not
brought to trial! but wan ae.tlod by arbitration,
Mr: saulpsuEh paying his divorced vito %, ,000,
In In ft,Av 1I,y,1 }1.u frt1
troubles Of tho pair wore believed bY everybody
to hare been at lcngth forever sotsled between
them.
1eHas . current rumor. soon after, that Mr..
Baulpargh married Mrs. Lewis. At any rate 1t
WA known TINT they lived togdthcr as Inan and
wife. Aftor = few yoass tie scandal died ont.
Mrs. Saulpaugh had gone auay, taking ller
daughter with her; tho sou retnainod with his
father in Rome, whore Mr., saupaugh stu css,
liquor to Il, in which business he il Btill engaged.
Last fall, alrs. Sanlrnugh through her coun-
sel. Dir. Southworth. presented bill OF e, 900
to Dir. saupauGh. accompanied by vouchers, for
Ths bill eventually brought tho couple to tao ot.
fee Of Mr.. southWorth in November last, when
they Joined IN petition to the lion. Charlns
Donohne, OF the Supreme Court OF Now York,
I1s o1 can ~ sss o. s
tho third time. The petition waB granted,
couplod With m agreement on the part OF
Mt. BaulpauRh that IN case he ,apsos again IN
a h,u domestic virtue & oE tEs9ed lug wife she
to provide for hor just tho same ~ II aho was
Ills widow, he entering Into bonds for tho faith
ful performance Of Lis agreement.
Tha couple, on receiving tho document, ro-
1ied on Nov Years day. whilo tho b0lls rang a
joyful jubilee. They are now epouding thor
third honeymoon In that sort OF BLISS which IL
tempered by middle ago.