The Osceola times., 1880-03-27

her son Carroll, who il studying 10 be-
come a minister. Mrs. Tl,on is support
ed by her husband. who, however, never
visits her.
NEW YORK SCANDAL.
The Marital Troubles Of the Dram attic
| News Editor.
| ~ Y nmes.
/ Louis Timian, a broker, IN 1869 mar
ried a young girl sixteen or seventeen
wears Of age. named Laura +. Jennings
/ He was consumptive, broken down in
/ health. as well as in pocket. Shortly
/ after their marriage, Charles A. Byrne, a
reporter on some obscene paper, saw
/ and fell in love with the wife. He en-
/ treated her to leave her husband and
live with him as his wife. He resorted
/ 10 all devices to break up the relations
I of husband and wife between TimIan
and Mrs. Tmian. His hostility extend
| ed 30 far as the maltreatment of the
woman with blows, and in order to drive
/ Timian and his wife from the various
| boarding houses in which they lived, he
visited the places in Tiinian's absence,
| destroyed the furniture, even upsetting
stoves with burning Goals in them, and
/ otherwise made it impossible for re-
| spectacle landladies to keep them in their
houses. Personal encounters were fire.
quent between Byrne and Hmian, until
| the latte- left the country for fear OF
/ Byrne. thus abandoning his wife.
subsequently Byrne made a civil con-
tract of marriage between himself and
| Laura TInian, drawing an elaborate
contract, and two years later. in 1873.
upon his furnishing her proof of Timi-
ans death, they were married at -.
AIMS Church, by Father Lake, Mr..
Byrne's mother being the principal wit
ness of the marriage. Since the mar
| riage the woman has largely supported
Byrne, chiefly by keeping boardens. She
| saved up few hundred dollars, and in
vested il with 4 theatrical manager
| known as Josh Hart, in a weekly paper,
which, after considerable struggle for
existence, finally became remune ratiye
| The means employed to make the paper
successful were of the most disrepatable
character. The editor became known
and was generally denounced as a black.
mailer.
About a year ago Byrne became sc-
ouainted with DIR. Merrill. a dentist in
West Thirty-second street. who had a
wife ambitious to 20 on the stage. Byrne
BETRAYED her, and DR. Merrill brought a
| suit for divorce on the ground Of her
criminal intimacy with Byrne. II was
granted by Judge DOnohue about six
weeks ago. The wife, Mrs. nmian-
Byrne, on the proof of her husbands
conduct, refused any longer to live with
him. Asa part owner of the paper al
luded to she demanded a settlement
with Josh Hart. A pretended settle
ment resulted not only in depriving her
of her half interest in the paper, but
also in the institution of divorce pro-
ceedings by her against her husband.
| This was for the purpose, as Mrs. Byrne
discovered, of enabling Charles A. Byrne
to marry Alfa Merrill, who had been di-
yorced from her husband on account OF
her infideli,y. On discovering this, Mrs.
Bvrne dismissed her lawyer, A. ii. Hum
mel. employed John ID. Townsend, and
stopped the divorce proceedings. She
also began a suit for the recovery of her
properly on the paper alluded to.
About three weeks ago Ch aries A.
Byrne and Alfa Merrill, accompanied by
Charles W. Brooke and Nav Hart, alias
Mrs. John Saville, went 10 Niagara Falls,
crossed the new suspension bridge, and
registered at the Prospect House as
Charles w. Brooke and wife, Charles A.
Byrne and Miss A. Humphreys, "Rice's
Surprise Party" The same day they
went to the town clerk at DrummOnd-
vile. Canada, TO obtain marriage Ii.
cense. Mr.. Byrne made affidavit to
the effect that he was a bachelor and
that Miss A. Humphrey was spinster
He thus obtained license. with which
he went to the residence of the Rev. Mr..
Ingles, and asked to be married. The
clergyman refused To marry them in the
house, and the party went to the
church.
In the course of the ceremony Mr.
Byrne was asked several questions
among Others was the lady spinster
and he replied: Yes; spinster." ''Oh
, mol" said the ex-Mrs. Merrill; Il have
been married before" "Oh. said the
unsuspecting clergyman, "a widow.
"Yes.h said she. "a widow" The cere-
mony was then performed and the party
. departed, returning to this city and be.
/ ing present on January 20 at the open
ing of the Humpty Dumpty performance
at Booths theater.
The commission of this bigamy became
known about a week and a half later
Mr.. Charles W. Brooke, being asked i
il were true that he and Mrs Saville
: stood up with the persons, denied thai
he was present. The lawyers of Mrs
. Byrne, however, employed gentleman
4 TO obtain the proofs, and he traced the
/ party to Drummondville, obtained rec
ord of the marriage, and brought th'
clergyman 10 New York. Afiidavit
were drawn up by Messrs. TOWNSEND
and Weed, reciting these general facts
{ and warrants were issued by Justic,
> Duffy against Charles A. Byrne for biga
! nv and Alfa Merrill OF Humphreys 70
felony. Orders were given TO the officer
10 secure Byrne at once, although th'
; warrants were issued at a late hour
, but not 10 disturb the woman unit
E morning.
Byrne evadea arrest the same day BY
inducing an Office clerk named Loul
Post to personate him. When the war
rant was served 1t was discovered tina
the officers had the wrong man. Blu
: the officers, not to lie defeated, trace,
E Byrne To his home. His residence N
TO few days ago had been No. SS3 Wes
1 Ninety-secend street, but II having beer
T reported to the police as a disreputabl'
I house, the occupants had 10 remove
5 Byrne thereupon had taken a fiat at No
2 $50 Seventh avenue, along with his par
amour, where he w"s arrested by tw,
l officers. Byrne and Mrs. Merrill wer'
arraigned yesterday morning at Jetfer
son Market Police Court before Justic,
D Duffy. The charge against him was dig
D amy. preferred by Laura +. Byrne, hi
2 wife, and against Alfa Merrill that o