The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-05
LOCAL MATTERS.
The PerrigO Case-Further Corre-
spOndence.


There is still great interest manifested
in the c1se Of Oscar +. Perrige, the al
legged trigsmist. who was Thursday sent
on 10 The grand Jury OF the Hastings
Court for trial. As the record stands, Per-
rigo Is charged with having married Sarah
T. sylvester, in Boston, on the oath OF May,
1869: Isabella c. Flagg, In The same city, on
the An OF November, 1875; and Jessie Gam,
Of This city, on the 11th OF December, 1878.
II Is alleged that after his first marriage be
moved TO Illinois. where he parted WIN MS
first wife He returned 10 Boston, where
be mot and married his second. They parted
on the 24th OF October, 1877. lie then came
n Richmond, where he is alleged to have
made his latest matrimonial venture with
Miss Gam, whose f1iher had him arrested on
t.e charges specified. Mrs. Gam, his latest
mOther.in-law, having reason 10 suspect
that Perrigo had been previously married,
and having obtained a cIew 10 the former
wives. wrote 10 Mrs. Flagg, and in reply re-
ceiyed the following letters, not before pub
lishcd here:
No. 123 PEMBROKE STREET, BOSTON,
November %, 1880.
Mrs. Gam;
Yours OF the oath received. Oscar T..
Pcrripo gave us to understand that be was
single man, and with very little knowlcdgc
OF his previous life. after an acquaintance OF
about three years | consented to let my
daughter marry Lin. Within few days
after the ceremony received an anonymous
letter informing me he was married, and
that was the first intimation | bad OF any
thipe Of this sort. spoke 10 him about II,
and he acknowledged having been mar
ried. but said bis wife was dead, ana
productd two letters confirming his state
ment rurporting TO come from his wlIe'S
mother and the physician who attended
her. By inquiry have since learned there
never wa, a decor of th,t name in The
town where they resided. ] ihought
strange both Letters were without envelopes
but be laid he threw them in he was e-ha>-
kpt. enclose v1u Sarah PerIigo'> htSi lci-
Ter fo me, which contains the INFORMATION
Won wish concerning her, and would IKE
if returned. Al.o enclosed j. letter from
somebody in LYNN, which came ID H. lj>t
IN i. opened, after he left Boston. The
1,te Of ms daughters marriage with him
was November +, 1873. Truly yours,
MIs.U. y. FLAGG.
The enclosed letter referred TO was pub
lished Yesterday.
MRS. SARAH =. PERRiG0.
The following letters came direct fiom
Mrs. Pcrrigo No. :
Blue SPRINGS, GAGE COUNTY, NEB..
December 6, 1880.
.u,s. Gam: ,.
Dear Madam.-I received your letter,
and hasten TO answer IT. As one OF the
n,rti,s i'm tbi. sad business Uh0ugh
an innocent on) feel | owe you all
the information can give You. Inere
j. no divorce between Nj. Prrrgo and my
self tht ] am aware Of. lie would ma u
impossible by fair and honorable means to
oet one. | did not leave him. He tired
Of me and left me. Anything he will
tell Won about ne or his previous
lite he VIII probably invent. While llved
with HIM / supposed him an honorable
Christian man. | do not know anything
about him since, except that he has shame
inily imposed upon Mrs. Flagg's daughter
by marrying her while be knew | vas
living. lam sorry for YOU 9nd your family,
and II [ can do anything for you VIII
gladly do #. ] have cause 10 get a divorce
from him. but ] cannot bear 10 give pub
licily TO nv name in such way.
Yours truly, ;. +. PkREIG0.
SECOND LETrER-FR0M no. /.
BLUE SPRINGS, December e, 1880.
JhS. Gam:
Dear Madam Il received your letter inst
a, / was starting for the school am teach'
inc md answered it in a hurry. / una Dv
referring to 1t that did not answer yonr
questions. / was married TO Mr.. Perrlgo
in Boston in 1869. lived last with HIM ~
Sandwich. H.. in 1873. We were married
by ihe Rev. Henry VI. King, OF Boston
Highlands. | heard from him last lu>t
obou' the time he married Mrs. Flagg' ;
daughter-October, 1915. think. He pre-
tended to think WIS dead, INT he knew
better. | think he ought to suffer the Pc
naiy Of the law he has broken, and earn
esay hope your daughter may not suiitr
very deeply when her eyes are opened 10
tie deception practccd upon her.
Your. truiv, :. +. PERRlGO.
The case comes up before the grand Jury
next Monday. when the iiustllS' court
meet. for the February term.