, 1879-04-04
Combination OF Curious lngredi-
ents In a Cincinnati
Lawsuit.
The Plaintiff the Widow =" Of ssyeral
Men. but The Wifo Of One
Only.
Appalling Confusion Resulting
from Her Matrimonial
Mfscues.
Children and Property Brought into the
Most Hopeless Entang1e-
meuts.
4 Noted l1ighwnyman Thea stcpiathcr
In Disguise Of q Largo
Family.
Incidents In the Checkered Ca
reer OF Old Jim Cham
berlain.


Anoloents IN the Checkereo ca
reer OF Old Jim Cham
berlain.
sn,tta, co,r,,uona<,es y, n. Tribune.
CructnuAr,. Anr,1 a,-Tbrro /. NOW doe],otc,1
IN Tho Hamt1ton t!ountv Court nj t,omn,,,,,
p,c,. n tuit m,lc,,1v entitled. uslarthu SffJ,cr
w. Eliza Gunrf1 nt ai FIR fowcrh Tim s,,ik Ia
ono which bns rrnvn mt of n vrar or 1nore of
nettv llttrat,o,,' m,l from It has bean reeontly
doyetonea mora real rou,ancu md adventure
i thnn wo. oyor exner}nnced ,,y trnubnjlo,,r or
I m ornn,)o. Tho nropcrty IN fl,snutn i, located
on TIC State line between Ohio and 1ntlto nm. In
\ a rcrou onco oyerrun hy baudtts son,u NJ ,gl,om
| have neon uore ar 1ess mixed I'M In tho. tcsti,
mouy tbat has alteodv heon suh,nfttc1
Most cousp,cuous aiming nil t,,c r,,arnctcrs
vct named has been, That NJ Tim chan.
4 het1nIu, husband OF tho nta;nt1ff. vim fnr
4 inward, Of hplf century ~ borsetbIef bur1.
lar. and road.arcnt kent thc tnnnhtanta nf
Southwestern Ohio and Southeastern indiana In
a constant stat. ns tcrror IT nnncnrs ,,,ot I'm
pjutnttl, Mrs. Martin Miller "a shc IN. cn,lcd.
had lived as the wIfo of old IIncIo Tommv
Miller. a wealthy fnrmor IN t,,o s,ato linz. for
over n quarter OF a century: TINT sho hnl bcen
married. to him wnllo bcliovfnr hcr }lrst lua-
band to bc dcnd. mud t1at nm tha drmfso of
Tommy Miller. about tw, venrs opo. npi1tn,,
lc,sclf loft with on,y a hnuso nnd Int aud m
nnnt,itv of S8Ix} aha hnd, +s, usc nr unnor,,o,
meutsry expression, "k[ckcd.u anil dennnncd
tlc wtdow,s thirds. Tommv Miller. nv n former
marriage. had bccomc t1,e src ri ., n,,tncr,ue
progeny, all full Of arht when tler
rights wcro hc1Icvcd tn In ,pfrinrr1 nm
by n stcn.mothcr md nj thnt
stopmother,s moor rolo,ton. so noon, ,,,crc.
fore "a Aunt Martha bernn fin tlr,,t Ain fn,,nd
herself confronted by nm n,nv Of Mtllcrs. n,ul
Guards, ind uaycscs, descendants Ut Tommy
Miller, married md trtcrnorricd, au tuhabItlnu
tic fcrtilu territory embraced nnfrr tl,c uome
of tho Gfeut Miami Bottome. T'tcso Legitimate
hctss, generated by tic bcst legal taleut OF Gin
oinnati, have succeeded in 1csurrectlpu TIC {oc,s
which arc now for the first time given 10 the
renders Of TnE TRIBUNE,
WHAT rur urconn nrsmosrn.
}Vhcr, tl,e litigation co1nrenrc,l. t,,c 1cfcnsc
natnro1,v ant al,out st,,,,v M t,c rr,nrda
1'l,ev found that Martha Rohn.on. or npatscr.,,
as ala was then cn1,c. was tnnrrird tn tina nnto.
rious jim. Chamberlain In 1soa; tl,at she lived
with him only ahout eight ycnrs. wber In
was convicted OF horsc-stcnjnr md sent
OIL a ,oue term to tic renttentinrv:
that Martha lhep applled for divorce. a,,l va,
informed by Judge Smith, once Jcea liz llrl,t o.
Hamilton Conntv- tho, ncr hua1,,ul,a t,,,n-
T'ctton OF Penitentiary ofFcnse was equivalent
to a dIvorce''; tl,at she then married. q man
named John Wright snl With him moved 10 H.
1inot, ,rhcro fonr r,ttdrcn wcrc horn IN ,l,cn,.
sAa' sue aeata pcca'ao '"aow'. ahd, win ctl-
tcrprtslng promptncss. married. Joseph Evans;
and that on TIC death Of Evaus in 1owa, sho
was promptly back In this county, uud arain Il
successful eanolaaao ., 'or napt'al honor'' tl'is
tno VIII Tommy Miller. The dcfcnao further
sos up and provcd that all these wears "Patsoy"
t"t tnrauahn,t Ss '11u ,1a was .,,,, s.1 a'se' anu
s"as ,,., s"aousnou. e.'p. sna lenssn ut las
eonay "a', va, enjoying lo aasentures tat IN com
scrm hta]o a,,d tns,nid. Iu,ccd The ,l,f'nso
convinced the judge u,,;l turv lint lin Cham.
hor,n;, NJ rc.rs a, ,.h1 ,,.,s .,s' ~ o Wis.,, 1''
St'n wv. w. ,vaaa @ ~, so a ',s's 70 clscs' III
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