The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-14
DID j. F. MARSHALL MARRY?
WOMAN VINO HERS THAT SIZE WAS
ms LIWEtLLr Welded WIFE
Demanding Her Share In III. Property-Uis
Friends Denying that he Ever Had ~ WIFE
The w oman's A nidavit-A Queer ceremony.

Demanding Her Share In nj. Property-Uis
Friends Denying that he Ever Had - VIE
The w oman's A ndavit-A Queer Ceremony.
The notice to the heirs of John L. Marshall
lato proprietor Of the Madison avenue stage
line. that his widow would demand her dover
rights was the first intimation they over had
that he was married Marshall died suddenly
lust January. and left IN estate valued ut s7O0.-
600. He left no will. and his aged mother. three
brothers. and one sister. supposed that the
tate would be- administered by law to them. The
woman who claims dover as his widow asserts
that she was married three years ago to Mar
shall in the presence Of n witness. by the New
York ceremony. and that at his request the
marriage was kept a secret. Her own deposit
ton. that of tho sister who witnessed the cerc-
mony. and those Of others to whom Marshall is
said to have admitted that he had wife. have
been sworn to- and there Is TO be a hearing on
Saturday morning In supreme Court Chambers
to perpetuato testimony. and there tho various
witnesses are to be- examined. At the end of
six months. the legal limit. an action OF eject
ment will he brought. II the plaintiff succeeds
then in proving her marriage. and the Court
holds that the ceremony was legal she will re-.
cetye her portion OF the estate.
Mr.. Marshall's heirs refuse 10 say anything
on tne SUBJECT, hut II IL understood that they
Will insist that he was. not married. and will
contest the claim. Mr.; Marshall's mother is 81
TO call her house. $50 West Twenty -srcond
street. his home That was the address always
x is But J w anlir says that he has lived
=, The plaintiff. by advice of her attorney. Mr..
r. ;. Caldwell. At present refuses TO say any
IN her affidavit. There she Describes the mar
riage contract to have been made in April. 1915
Acknowledgements. made in the presence Of wit
nessos. He said. You belong 70 mo and to
No IL fnr
NE" They lived rs man and wife from that
time until his death.
MSIdsf to od i6sd ThWS ssGr SrS t M
ons @s % be ysSrd M ha as as
his newly made wife had been recently divorced
their marriage had better be kept, secret for two
years" Mr.. Marshall then said that he had
promised his mother not TO marry while she
lived. but after her death he promised public
ceremony.
An this is ridiculed by Mr. Marshall's friends.
AZ ne once oil the stage limos they smile. Mar
shnll was known To every driver in New York
and his hnbiis pretty we'll understood. They
insist that he has always passed for a bachelor.
the Filth avenue line the reporter was told that
Marshall was too busy man to give the time to
stagcs. TO which he gave very close attention ho
was speeding his trotters or home with his
Mrs. Marshall as she is called at the house. is
still at 2O7 West Twenty fourth street. In the
par.nr hangs an oil portrait Of Mr. Marshall.
Mr.. Marshall always dincd here. and when
IN town, spent the night here" said Mr.. Cald-
well. rs he excused Mrs. Marshall. He break
TASTED with his mother on Twenty second street
lie has always acknowledged Mrs Marshall as
time"
Marshall Is said to have met the plaintiff at
Long Branch. He knew her ut all events, when
she was Mrs Cooper. wife of Isaac L. Cooper Of
Long Branch, from whom she was divorced in
April, Two days after the divorce was granted
Marshall met Mrs Cooper. and she told him
woman. and he Instantly said, u will not give
any other man "a chance to win you :" and then
followed the mutual contract.
IL is believed that this case will settle the still
somewhat disputed point whether such words,
when no issue follows. constitute marriage In
Eiage.