Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-12-24

A Much Married Female.
A mos, singular case Of matrimonial complies
ton. which iemi,ds Us Of the scriptural couun-
drum piorounded by the Sadducees rcs pecting the
future condition Of the woman who bad ven
husbands, has uanspiied in Connecticut--wherc a
female, after a similar experience has been lett
dependent upon public charity. TIE legal com.
pleNid,s a. to domicle ensuing frcm the doubtful
validity OF some Of her matrimonial venture
would delight " like Collins, ard NIL ht form the
basis of novel more thrilling, more eventual, and
more utterly iucomprehensible to the lay readel
than anything in the range of legal romance.
PATHS Pamela Anthony-ony that there seem, 10
to be a de gree OF uncertainty ahoat the ANTHONY
IN 1886, at tie age OF fourteen. III irrIed VII
liam BY. William seems 10 have been IA man of
tickle temperament, for he abandoned his bride
tnice days after marriage. \ few weeks after
wards She heard OF hi, death. and the following
year she married David l.. Rogers. But the new
OF Bys death was false. ior SIX months after her
second marriage lac leappesred, and could only be
induced TO lenOuncc his marital claims in constl-
Grafton OF 80 and a silver watch. Then Rogers
went 10 sea, and according 10 report was hanged
as pnaie, leaving the way clear for marriage
httwten ms supposed widow and Frederick A
Wheeer. A socoud Enoch Alden case resulted
Rogers Ndd uOt Dctn BANGED rs pirate, banged
~ all, but instead of behaving in the gentlemauv
and considerate manner OF iennysons hero aud
cOnceatIng hls Identity until hls DEATH on even be-
ing vii ing TO compromise ~ II reasonable ii gule,
Ike his predecessor, hc Insisted ON claiming Pats
Pamela, and heeler had to resign. Rogers ap-
pcals 10 have been the most persistent husband OF
the lot, ion he lived with his wife eight ears afie
tn, little episode, dying Tor good III 1919 Tue
WIDOW lost no time III finding another partner.
mar wing early III the following year ilony My
ers. From hun and from her two succeeding hus.
bands she was divorced. The last on the list was
Emanuel Anthony, Of Hartford, who considered
lhat formally unnecessary, dissovIng tie con
tract aitei SIX months vi welded bliss by the SIN.
pier eSpedient OF ans ondInE Aud NOW PATHS
Pamela, at the mature age OF ffy-siN, beng lett
without visible meaus OF support, wants To kuow
where she belongs and what town j. esponsibe
for her maintenance The town OF Coventry, to
whom she applies, seeks to shift the burden OF
Manchester, ON the ground that her third hu ,baBd
Wheeler, Is now living there. 1t Is claimed that
the Rogers marriage Is VOID, as being contracted
during the LIFETIME OF Bly,, but that as Bly died
before the Whteler marriage that Is legal.
Ga The Part of Manchester, IL Is contended that
the Bly, she married was cot dead before the
Wheeler uuion. but thai the BY thar the plaintiff.
have Ia view mo did die at that time was anothtl
man, and that consequently she was not legal,
marred to herler. Furthermore, the Wheelei
mar Hge, say the Coventry people, Is void in any
case under Connecticut law, because al the time
when Wheeler married Ter, or rather did not
mary her. his father was mauild 10 her sister,
whereby If he had married her, he wodld have
been marrying his erin laws sister. I'M,
Ii all We know OF the case al present. but there /,
no reason 10 suppose that 1t will stop here. W.
are anNiuusy awaiting the answer of Man
chester these allegations when 1t will lonbtIe,,
be developed tual the man VINO married the slstel
OF Mrs. Wheelei-u she was Mis- NheeleI-was
not Nj. Vince er, Seur., but another " Leeler, ana
that even had h done 50 the marriage was VOID in
asmuch as ~ i.thet can BE- permitted by law 10
become a sep unc to h,, oau son. Tie y, ssh
brlui,- aIe tAt from being exhausted H.w do
We know That Rogers tie alleged pnate, was no,
dead IN the eye vi the law, when would OF course
invaiidate his subsequent pIoct edtngs aud render
the CLAIMS OF Mr.. Big Then again By sold out
III consideration Oh silver watch aud So Was
that watch silver Is there no possibility that the
Tie case would seem to be with Manchester lu the
other hand, an astute counsel on behalf of Gov
| cAbnily Ct tie maxim of cdoeat empfor, a, ple
sumlnE due and Reasonable cucuns pectiou 10
such transaction, and rendering It's consumma-
uon unimpeachaDe on the ground OF fraud TAo
! opportunities tor brilliant forensic display are
SIMPLY endless and the comp lextits very far IRON
beng exhausted by tue few suggestions we have
thrown out. The lawyers are sure to reap bar
vest out oil 1t, and IN the meantime we hope that
The woman VIII not be allowed To slarye while tie
| different towns and villages where she had bus-
bands are lighting over the question OF where she
| doesn't belong ZFdre{ieF.