The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-06-21
ABoY,s FOOLISH MARRIAGE.

The Young French Miliiner Who
Ensnnred A Youth From Law
renee, Mass, And Then Gave
HIS Family Much Trouble, Re-
turns To Her Native Land.
From the Lawrence (Aasi) Journal. Junsl7.
Probably the community has heard the
last Of the local scandal concern
ing the matrimonial affairs Of Will
lie Richards and " Blanche Folliot.Rich
ards,5 a. she has been known, and the
friends Of the family will congratulate
Mr.. and Mrs. Richards upon being rid Of
what must have been to them 4 terrible
grievance. Some who have deemed harsh
the treatment bestowed upon the French
woman, will, upon learning the result Of
an investigation, and rejecting upon the
perplexities Of the parents, and their in
terest in the present and future welfare
Of an only child, allow their opinions 10
become somewhat melloWed, and none
should offer judgment without frat ap.
plying the title OF Charles Reade's work,
Put yourself in his place"
When the first outbreak came to the
public, scandaliIing the community and
mortiiying the neighbour, Mr.. Richards,
through his counsel, communicated with
the chief magistrate OF the borough, in
which Blanche" resided, and where the
alleged marriage was said to have taken
| place. This Is 4 small settlement, = sub.
orb Of Paris, over which the present
Mayor has presided for 4s years, and BY
whom the borough Is owned. BE states
that be has the record, and is personally
aeuuainted with the history Of every
man, woman, and child belonging there.
| BE further says Blancheisn real name
is Marie Marguerite Folliot that she Is
an illegitimate child, and was adopted by
he woman whom abe claims to be her
mother. The Mayor says that no valid
marriage can occur in his borough with.
| out being legaliIei BY him, and that no
marriage between this French girl and
Richards ever took place. He regarded
the girl as an adventures, and thinks
she only desired 10 pass a%pretended mar.
riage for the sake OF getting money from
the Doy phlenEI ahu snOu'e
10 her naive borough she would be Lis
BILE TO arrest and imprisonment for her
transactions in this affair. BE says that
the hrst step to 4 marriage in France is
something similar 10 that here, viz, pro.
curing a certificate, which Is p~urchaaed
from the Government. he says they did
this, and then, before some person went
through q form OF marriage, which the
bow doubtless believed was correct. de
assured Mr.. Richards counsel that the
French laws would not permit the mar.
riage without the written consent OF the
parents. This seems TO settle the mat.
Ter Of the marriage 90 far As the French
laws are concerned. Here, ii man and
woman live together as man and wife
they are held as married. Marie Mar
g~uerita hiss departed for sunny climes,
but whether the result Of the inyestiga-
ton OF her case by the Mayor had any.
thing to do with her cessation OF hostili:
ties or not, We do not know. 1t Is said
she has procured 4 situation as 4 nurse
in a family who have just departed for
France, and who wished to employ. 8
nurse who could speak French. This
she can do, and give in unlimited supply.
She leaves with the kindest wishes oil the
Richards family, and also Of Detective
Smith, with whom she had the orange
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