The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-02-24

ago. The wife. Mrs. Timian- Byrne,
90 the proof Of her husb.nd;s con.
luci. refused 10 live any longer With
|Cha-. A. Byrue. Asthe part owner
at the paper ALLUDED to she demas1ed
70 settlement with ''.Ic.h HART" be-
fore alluded TO. A pretended settle
meut resulted not ouly in depriviug
her Of her half inieres, in the PAPER.
hut also in the institution of divorce
proceedings begun by her against her
husband. This vas for the purpose.
~ Mrs. ByrneNt.cnverea. Of enabling
Charles a. Bsrns To. marry Alta
Merrill. who had been divorced fran
her husband Oh account Of her inf
.ieli;y. Oa discovering this Mrs.
Bvrne dismissed her lawyer. A. II.
Humm-l. employed John D. Town
send. and stopped the divorce Pr,-
ceedinss. She also began suit f,r
the recovery of her property on the
paper alluded Ia.
TIE FALSE MARRIAGE.
Abou, three We. Ks ago Charles A.
ByTne aud Aifl Mirrell. accompanied
bv Charles w. Brn.se and Nav Hart.
alias Mrs J .ha S,viIle. went 10
Niagara Falls. crusss,i the new sus-
p-n-,nn hri.lg-. and registered at the
Prospec; House as Charles w. Brooke
and vile. Charles 4. Byrne aud Miss
\. Humphreys. Rice. Surprise
D.-'-." The same jsv thew went ."
Canada. {" obtain a marriage iiceii.e
Mr.. Byrne made cffiiavi,s tn the
efrct that he was q b,chelor, and
that Miss a. Humphrey vas a
spinster. He thus ob,aineti license,
with whic!, he went 10 the residence
Of the Rev. Chas. s. Insles and ssked
to- he married. Mr.. Inyles refused
tn marry them in the h"u.e, Ind the
rartv. including Bro"ke aud Mrs.
Siville. went to the church. In the
curse If the ceremony Mr.. Byrne
was asked several questions. aiming
others Wa the lady a spin>ter; aud
he replied Yes. 4 spins,-r." oh /!
No." snid the ex-Mrs. Merrill. 81
have been married bef,re." "Oh."
sail the unsu.pcciine clergyman. "a
widow" "Ye-." sail Mrs. Merrill.
"a widow" The c.remnny vas itsn
perf"rmed and the purity departed.
returning In this city aud bein,
present on January % ut the opening
IF the H"mpty Dumpty performance
mt Booths Theaier.
The commission Of thi. bieanv
became known about 4 week and q
half as". Mr. Charles w. Brnke.
being aske'l it it were true that h.
and Mrs Saville had sinod M with
the persons. denieI that he was
present. The lawyers Of Mrs. Bvrne.
however. emplnved a gentleman tn
ob'ain the pronf-. ard he traced the
party to Drummonhville. obtained a
-acnrd of the marriage and brought
the Clergyman 10 New York. They
arrived ut tvs" o'clock "n FRIDAY las,
at Mr.. Townsendis Office. Affidavit.
we're imme iia,-lv drawn IN hv
Messrs. Tn*ns. nj and W-esl. reci.inc
'hese general facts. and warrants were
issued 'bv Justice Dnffv against
Charles 4. Bvrne for bigamv. and
A'f Merrill or Humphreys for felony. !
Orders were given to the officers 10
secure Bvrne ut once. although the |
warrants were Issued at late hour, lint /,
NJ, to disturb the woman. until
morning.
ARRESTED AND ARIAIGHED.
Bvrne evaded arrest the same day
hv inducing an Office clerk. n-med
Louis Post. - personase him. When
the warrant was served il vas di.-
covered that the officers had IN.
wrong man. b., the officers. mt to
f.o d.feaied. fr-cei Rvrne "a his home
His re.i'e:fe M {, last Monday had
been No 3S3 VS. Nnety.secoud
street. hn; ], having been reported to
P''lica Headquarters az a "di-repu,nble
h"nsc." the occupants had ~ remove.
Bvrno fherenpon had taken a 1T nj
y" 800 ~, en,h avenue. along with
his p'ramnrr. where he wac arrr.t d
nv Of:cer. Fawce,t and Meseh-r.
Bvrre ard Mrs. Merrill we're ar.
rsigned Yesterday morning ~ j. f:.rsnr
Market P'l;c- Court bef,re Justice
Duffy. The charge apains, him we
It higamv preferred by Lsnra F.
Bvrne: his wife. and against ALA
Merrill iha. cf felony.
Bail IN the amount Of 81. 500 for
.1ch nrisnnnr mas n;ran TL.l