The New York herald., 1877-02-04
MARRIED OR NOT MARRIED7

A UNIQUE sEranArioS rArfn--TnE TErE I'M
orr or THE nEnEfrr-Kxo, xannisor IN
BEocrIo-ruE cAsr STILL rrErHrB cox-
PLIcArED
Who ever heard % bridegroom having drawn ur
formal papers OF separation from the 5ri8s whom he
rs about to marry on The foiissng aays And yeL "
the story OF Miller tho Brrwaers station iasyer.
true. this what young MsrriL OF Lake nAhofac ed.
and what Is stranger s, The feeble wned youth stated
that ne had been 90 lour weeks already
that he resided a, BcIfora. that his name John
Hunt tins'ead OF John A. Nerrftu aud that
Of bis vito Mary Emma Hent Hunt ca
stead Of Mary Emma Merritt or Knox.
and that he desired 10 be divorced iron her
count Of ncompatibny OF temrer Miller drew up
the separation papers as desired and n s probable
tina, never before In the history Of separations were
papers drawn up under such unique circumstances
The writer had an interview yesterday with Miller
his Office at Brcwscrs station and obiained a copy OF
this queer document which forms a singular feature
Of this case. II is as iollows:-
TINE sKrAnsrios rArrn
year 1870 between Hunt, q the town si ssoss
no,a ne o s r ps,, n sss % E q .ss & Ia
wife, OF the second part. aud - Of the town o. -.
hs saia Mary Emma sas Sn o hs " sa a S.
Whereas diver, disputes and .nhanpy difference. have
vile, for which they arssd aud
e sS during S ss
this indentnre wiinesseth that tho said party Of the
sa"nss hersof does hereby covenant pro@i,e saa
% c Tor ~ s his & I'd % ns
at all times hereafter 10 live and apart him
and be in, sash place and places aud in such
a%y snS saa aad a an % .u % @ .e
bushes: IS rs she my from LINE to time choose OF think IT.
Be living sase and apart from him or ea
pol her to live with him nor sue moiss disturb trouble
harhong her, and he will without her consent
shall dwell a'e or or an"
letter or message to her. or shall or viii at any time here
clothing household goods which
SHE shall OF may lime hereafter have buy
sA " aS s. or ss
aud absolutely dispose the Tie Il she
oths part shall aad win well an truly pay or cause
be pHia TO, % and toward s srppor. ana Of
tho second r part does hereby agree 70 take in u salts
whatever In witness Whereof" Sc.
IS THIS THE THEORY?
Tho theory OF MISS knox's elder sister, given In
the HERALD yesterday, that Merritt, being afraid
that his failure to iul his marriage promise to her
sister would subject him prosecution, married her
with tho intention OF being Immediately from
her and then entering the bonds Of holy matrimony
with his second love, Miss Merritt, of Somcrs. Is
this the true theoryf Quite number Of significant
circumstances would seem to give II the color
of probability Ho has wholly failed to explain
tho procuring OF tho separation paper above quoted
from the lawyer Miller lie has denicd that nc
10 Miller and Threatened to produce number of w.t.
nesses who should provo m albi and establish tho
fact that on the day before tho wedding, at the tmo
when Miller alleges Merritt called upon him, no in
quito different place. Aud yet the defence closed
and no such witnesses were placed on the stand The
Testimony Of Miller taken with tho testimony Of the
glover who sold Merritt the bridal gloves, OF Mrs
Merritt as the groom, ana other circumstances can
hardly be reconctlcd with the theory OF Morrtts nno
cence.
PUTNAM COUNTY MORALITY
II appears that Merritt was won't to visit Miss Knox
at Brewstcr's soon after that young lady had pro.
scnted a wealthy New York grocer with little cherub
and quite frequently took her out riding Brewstcrs
must have been highly moral place to tolerate such
undisguised scandals But 1t Is undoubtedly highly
viruous place IN RESPECTS. II IT. does punish
sexual scandals does punish breaches of the pcnce
be they ever so slight. Not long ago a trav-
suited by somo remark Of a Brewscronian,
applied TO tho latter the unpleasant epthet
OF "loafcr." Tho 'loaer" went cooy to adjacent
oggstore and bought three eggs. He returned to the
Of dispute aud threw egg at the auctoneer Ho
missed his aim but the second egg struck the
toncer's The third egg not brought into
question: Tor tho offender was promptly given into
custody, and sent to States Prison Tor six months
Hero IN New York he would have been let Of with SIS
fine. At another place IN Putnam county youth, a
minor, was sentenced TO $1,000 hnc for
seduction. and strange TO say, while such
cases Mary Kuox has scarcely remedy In case Jus
tice Gregory finds in her iavor Ho cannot mako
an allowance for her support but tho very utmost ex
tent OF his power is to hold Merritt in bonds then
she must sue him for aIimony on these bonds, which
is i long and tedious process.
NEW COMPLICATIONS
Both parties and the community generally socm 10
repose confidence IN Justice Gregory, but as tho
Is pcing SO slowly tred no decision can be looked for
until next month Meanwhile there comp.
cations In this extraordinary cnse errt has taken
the offensive and sued his bride and her fat hor for
S.. 600 damages for conspiracy in inducing person
TO him unknown TO personatc him ns the bridegroom.
This cross suit Is to DO tried in Westchester county.