The Indiana State sentinel., 1875-09-16
FROM THE ALTAR TO THE BAR
A CLERGYMAN'S BLESSING AND 4
MAGISTRATES FROWN.

MAGISTRATES FROWN.
THE SEQUEL To a wEDDISG - ARREsTRI
WHILE RETIRING FROM THE HYMBNEAl
ALTAR-AN INDIANA COLONEL GRTs MAR
RIED AND INTO TROUBLE.
A real romance is reported from jersey
City by the New York Sun Of Thursday
Three carriages containing gaily attiree
wedding party yesterday rolled VI
to the main door Of Grace Episco
pal Church, Second and Erie streets
jersey City. In the first coach were
Col. Joseph p. Frisbee, the bridegroom
Mrs. Eliza Griffin, the bride, and Mrs. Jane
Edwards, the brides sister. The colonel, {
custom house inspector, stood head arC
shoulders above his bride. He wa:
faultlessly dressed in a Prince Albert
dress coat of blue diagonal, a low-cul
white duck vest, and French Cashmere psl-
falcons. On his feet were pair or fine cali.
skin Oxford ties, knotted with the neates I
of black silk ribbon. Around his finely
formed neck was a silken gauzs cravat, un
der which sparkled diamond. The bride
evoked expressions of admiration from the
ladies who crowded the sidewalk NJ ar the
church. She was dressed in travelling
robe OF ashes of roses silk. Pendant from
her neck was watch guard OF jet. Hel
hands were encased in lilac-colored kid
gloves, and on her head was brown chip
straw nat. with broad ribbon to match, and
Il fawn-colored gossamer veil that covered
APRETTY OVAL FACE
lighted with large dark eyes. at the foot Of
the altar the Rev. Spencer NJ. Rice, clad in
white surplice met the wedding party. Nc
music accompanied the words of tho minis
ter, and the responseslwere distinctly heard.
1t was the colonel's wish that the ceremony
should be as private as possible. The colonel
lai6
his age As. The bride has evidently passed
her thirty-fifth year. Both acknowledged
that they had been married before; the
colonel declaring he was properly divorced,
and the bride, that her first husband was
dead. This was satisfactory 10 the rector.
and the ceremony was proceeded with.
Retracing their steps, the bride and groom
stepped smilingly do Tn the broad aisle OF
the aristocratic church. Along the eastern
aisle, however, walked a young man whose
steps were quickened as the guests reached
the threshold. Behind him was Oectectivt
John Clos, of the Jersey City police, who, a..
the tall groom touched the side walk, tapped
MIN quietly upon the shoulder. The colo
mel had Just gallantly assisted his newly
made wife into the coach, and he tUrneO
astonisbed, as the detective whispered,
"One moment, sir; would like to sec you
aside" What the detective poured into the
unwilling ear of the colonel is known 10
a shade paler and the officer was quietly
invited to the hitherto vacant seat
INTHE coACH OF THE BRIDAL PARTY.
The detectives companion, George Lamb,
brother of the bride, took a seat with the
driver. The order that had been given (,
to the driver by the groom, to go to New
York, was reversed. ''Drive to the Gregory
street station houser commanded the de
nd heads a
turned. Few of the spectators knew of the
sudden and serious interruption, and ali
went home with naught but good wishes
for ''the happy pair" In the meantime,
however, in Justice Keese's court room
there assembled Police Commissioners Ed
mondson, Msrinus and Van Keuren, Chief
Cbampney, Police Inspector Murphy, and =
host of politicians, who had been summont d.
Counsellor William d. Daily, with pile ol
law books, stood awaiting Mr.. Lamb, his
client. When the carriage rolled up to the
door, the colonel seemed more cool. his
bride, however, betrayed nervousness, al
at the solicitation of her husband remained
in the carriage. Tine officer made returi :
to the warrant, and informed the colonel
that he was arrested on charges of bigamy
He coolly asked the privilege of retaining
counsel, and ex-Judge Seymour, one of tht
spectators, was employed. Mr.. Lamb, with
serious air. took the stand, and to tbt
been
ACQUAINTED WITH THE PRISONER
over ten years. That on the 18th day
May, 1856, the prisoner was married to Mrs.
Helen Burrell by the Rev. Bsnj. Evans, al
I57 Broome street, New York. That four
children were born to his first wife, namely:
James, now aged Is; John, aged Il; Homer,
aged l3; and Cornell, now with her mother
Gax That A m
of May, 1865, The Supreme Court of the state
OF New York granted a divorce to the par
ties on the ground Of adultery, and the
decree expressly provided that he should
not marry again. He further testified thai
the colonePs first wife was living and mar
ried to John MoneycoOl, of Savannah.
A fierce cross-examlDation OF ths
by Frisbee's counsel
failed to shake the brothers
testimony. Mrs. Edwards testified partly
In corroboration of Mr.. Lambs story. In
the summing up ex-Judge Seymour berated
The brother numerically for mis- conduct in
dragging his sister into court, and urged
that at the furthest the knowledge OF the
crime was only from hearssy. Furthermore,
there was no decree presented to the court,
and the court had not been assured that the
first wife was alive. and generally that the
seven years had fully elapsed and that the
law required as the limit TO second mar
the three points in the case, saw
ing, first, that the evidence showed first,
marriage; second, that the defendant was
DENIED THE PRIVILEGE OF REMARRYING
by a court of competent jurisdiction; third,
that the defendant knew of the law OF New
York, and evaded it by being married in
Jersey City; and fourth, that he did so
marry while his first wife was living JUS
tice Reese was disposed to be lenient, but
declared that there was prima facle case
and felt bound to hold the de-
iendant. He thought it was due to the
prisoner to clear his nameSand for that pur-
pose the first wife should be summoned.
The prisoner was placed in the
captains room, and at length bsiled
IN $1,000 by an ex-police official.
MIR. Lamb and his friends say that the
colonel is spendthritt, and that his attrac
lion for Mrs. Griffin is $4,000 worth of real
estate of which she is possessed. Mrs.
Griffin has two dauohtare the eldest of