Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-14
TOO MANY WIVES.
The Bad Conduct In Louisville of a
GOOd-IOOklng Young Man from
the Mountains of Penn
sylvania.
A Very Original Letter.
Louisville Courier Journal, l2th.l

Louisville Courier journal, 12th.l
A case of a muchly-married mar
occurred in the City Court yesterday
morning. The case was brought ur
by a misdemeanOr warrant against
Minnie Hostetter, sworn out by JEFF
ferson G. Lowering, who accuses her OF
following him continuation the street,
and Of threatening his life on several
occasions. The history Of the case is
very peculiar, and shows Mr.. Lover
ing in a very unfavorable light, to say
the least of it.
In the spring of 1877 a young man,
apparently about twenty years of age,
affable and polite in manners, with a
genial countenance, calculated to
excite admiration, arrived in Louis
vile. claiming to be from the noun
famous regions of Pennsylvania. He
gave his name as C. G.. Graves, and
soon obtained employment in the
grocery of Mr.. A. Dohn, on the corner
of Linden and Floyd streets. There
he made the acquaintance of a hand
some young German girl, Miss Hide
brand, a niece of Mr.. Dohn. with
whom he soon became quite intimate.
A closer affection than mere friendship
gradually sprung up between them,
and after a brief courtship he de-
manded her hand in marriage. limo
cent young creature as she was.
pleased and delighted at the attentions
shown her, she joyously referred him
to. her father. The father did not
share the happiness expressed by his
daughter, but she repeatedly urged
and pleaded with him to grant her
request, and he finally acquiesced.
provided this gay young LOthairo
would procure certain letters from his
respectable parents in Pennsylvania.
acknowledging their prodigal son and
sending him letters of his fair and
unblemished character. This his
intended son-in-law readily consented
to do, and in a few days the father
received letters from his parents in
Pennsylvania, acknowledging their son
in glowing terms of praise, and giving
him such a reputation that the most
suspicious and careful ather-in-la in
the world could not have the least
objection to their immediate marriage.
They accordingly repaired to a
neighboring magistrates office, and
were married.
For several months the happy pair
lived unmolested under the soitening
light of their beaming honeymoon.
until they were suddenly checked by "a
stranger 5 arrival. histhunder-cloud
that Swallowed all their bright pros
poets and threatened to dash their
fondest hopes, came in the shape of a
young woman from his native State.
calling herself Minnie Hostetter. She
claimed him as her own, and said that
they had been married, and had kept
a saloon together in Dayton, Ohio.
The arrival upset entirely the young
couples happy relations, and also de-
veloped the fact that Graves was only
al assumed name, and that his real
name was Jefferson Lowering. An
other marriage ceremony was per
formed, and Dir. and Mrs. Graves
were again joined and became Mr.. and
Mrs. Lowering. Matters went on in
this way for some time, until Lowering,
to be rid Of a continual nuisance. had
Minnie Hostetter arrested. In doing
this, he will probably develop more of
the facts Of his past history than will
be pleasant, In the oross-examination
of Minnie Hostetter, yesterday, she
swore directly that Lowering had mar
ried her in Pennsylvania, and that
they had lived in the relation of man
and wife. While no denied having
ever married the woman, he admitted
that they had travelled as man and
wife to the Centennial. In the testi.
mony of the defendant the following
original love letter was introduced
LOUISVILLE Aug 1877 - Dear
Wi; AS | take the pleashur opor-
tunity this aftroon to answer your
most welcome letter which came to
hand Aug Dist 1877 and met in good
health with hoping these few lines
may find you in good thoughts and
sweet smiles, further you say YOU rote
to me last week if you did | did not
get it, you must so pufered it some
place because / am shur it did not
leav the postofice or Elsewise Ishould
have it By this time you also rote so
finely about If you would get sick YOU
could not rite don't know what YOU
mean by hat Darling cant see what
is the matter if you love any Body
Else Better than me or if somebody
is talking some foolishness in YOU or
Ensulted you. But my only Dear
Beloved Wife If don any thing Rone
please forgive me ! pray you will let
me know in your next letter for Darl-
ing j don't love any Body else nor Run
about at night or day and Don't use
any cind of tobacco or any b Liquore
of any Cind did not smoke since ;