The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-14
NIX. Wu. {. KINzEY's TROVBLEs.
Stories OF Two Marriages Told Yesterday In
the Horkviiie Court.


About seven years AFRO MIR. WIN. g. Kin
n.y. the we'll known fnncy goods merchan, ni
Ninth street and Broadway. engaged "a protty
young woman calling herself Siis, Glenn ~
salc-woulan. and she enlisted his svmrnh,r,
by u recital OF her wrunga. connding 10 him
the fat that she was in reality Mrs
lie. Her husband. she said. Ind deserted
her. and she had not heard anything ui MIN for
eight years She said that she had obtained "A
divorce. and had heard that her husband was
dead. The imp csson she made upon Mr.
Kinney was something more than favorable and
six years ago they wcrc married. Mira. kinney
tor Idel says they livod happily from ihatti
until few months ago. when Mr. Kinney tod h ~
-io hal no CLAIM. upon him and Wla nut his wiz.
her first husband beng still alive Af'pnra-
ton WIS agreed upon. and he consented to
allow her s2u u wec~. The money she say4.
vas paid regularly uniil tnrco Wocks ago. when
Nj. Kinney refused to continue the allowance
Mr., John u. Townsend. va then employed.
he kept his agreement he should hn treated
with no moro consideration uun man who
had loscwrd his wife This not having tho de-
sired effect Mr. Kinney was arrested vest ,isiny
morning, and taken 10y an officer to the Fifty
- vcnth Street police Court.
The account given by Mr. Kinzcy of his mnri-
tai experience los not tally with the story told
hy the plaintiff They never lived happilv he
says. md soon after Ill" marriage he asked her
to produce her divorce papers. She mudc
various EXCUSES, and finally charged him with
hnrninc them Mr. Kinyrv hrgan tn grow ana.
piciOus aud learning that IA tins STATE a N yoror
cannot be chained except for adultery, he en-
p'oycd n lawyer 10 make m inVcStigat ON. II
then appeared that his wife had obtained only u
decree " separation from her husband mud
that oven this was not done until some weeks
after her second marriage.
=, In addition tQ this unpleasant discovery
Mr. Kinney says he made another That his WI fe
was. and had been, an exceedingly fast and l.ny
young woman, with temper that made her a
very undesirable companion Tor n uuiot man
a Long lts ltt
violent that MIR. Kinney saw no alternative hut
separation. and he hrOa' mod Nh" subject to her
moro than once. Generally. he says she was
pHnit MT and promised nmnndmcnt; but some
timce abe denrd him saving she could live
with his hettets." Last summer, in fit II ra .te
sh" struck him in the taco. and uion he rrs lived
upon n separation. She consented and 1t was
arranged tint he should pay her s10 n wcck.
But. after the separation, Mr.. Kinney heard
very unsatisfactory reports Of his wife's in-
haViOr aud that she was bpnsi ng 10 her fri nls
oi the claims she had upon him. which he dar0d
moi ignore. lie heard, too. he says. Of some
stit ng in"ld' nts IN her past life, the fr,cul
who had Introduced her to him IN the first IN
stance telling him that he tthe friend and Mrs.
kuAy lived together rs husband and wife he
iur. the latter acrcrtd the Hon in the store
ut broadway and Ninth street. He had frlt II
natural delicuy. ne said. at mentioning this
b'inrc the separation. but now he would testify
IN court.
Th"n Mr. Kinney went to Railway. y. J.nnd
found his Wifc- relations. her fnthcr-in laW :
family. and her daughter 10y her FIRST husband.
They spol.c Of her llrst husband. lde, ~ more
's-ftiia'N 'N'i NihAii-s ANti Nv
hal not been away for any length OF time. but
thai thry did not hnow whore h was.
Satisfied that his marrias" with Mrs. Idle had
boon Illegal. Mr. Kinney wrot" ~ her that she
had no claim upon him, and TINT she was not
his wife. lie stopped her all wnn Of go u
week. paid No heed 81 the threats and rcnon-
-trnu.e- Of her counsel. and was consequently
arrested yesterday morning. He did not send
Tor his lawyer, but wont at un'e with the on rr
- ia" lorkSilie Police Court Mr.. John y.
Towns nd stated the ca-" 10 Justice BiNhy. und
Nr. Kinney interrupted him with, That :
false"
Repeat TINT expression, said Mr. Townsend.
with dignity. and III Iuil your nose
H. fore Mr. kinny had pr pared n reply Ia
Nj. Townsend. the Justice int"rpOsed. with tho
~ i drawing. the rctort. IN "A manner. upon
himself
when was nrrcstcd." said Mr. Knzov. /
"Vlr ted Ia hc brought before Respectable
Justice Bivly. sharply rchusnc Mr. King.y.
sad THAT that court Wls usually Regarded u-
Airuly rr-lr table
Mr. kiuny -lid he meant no disrospot either
'o thc Court or 10 Mr. Townsend. but he desired
10 know wh"ther that wis. indeed. the Judicial
chamber IN viii Ia such c.sts were ordinarily
disposed of. He wis told that It was. and he
thDn promised - pay the arrears of the pln n
TN q allowance. AMI give her go week until re-
leased hr a higher court from tho burden.
Mrs Kinney rHv- that she was married 10 lie
when she was only sixteen or seventeen years
Of ase. and that Immediately art onward her hu--
ldni abandoned her, and has not since boon
hoard n'.
Mr. kin7'r ayers that HIS wifc h1hi'unllv tool,
large quantities of morphine. and drank f,"V-
,s-- ami To- these vices hc atrbut' p A,r NIol, mt
TEMPER