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NEW Yonx, Feb. ia rather queer case
cropped out In tho ot!Ico Of tho county
Clerk Of Kings County, 1lrt'oksyn, to-day.
Three or fnt,r years ago .hhn II. Thomas
was the youngest tncfnbGr Of distinguished
Inv firm doing business in this city AMI 1irook-
lyn. lilo rcst,lcd In apartments elegantly
furnished. IIo kept fast horse; wore Enng-
nliccnt diamond, and cut figure on
tho roAtt, nt places Ut amusement and tn society.
lie transacted InrEo part Of tho FIRMS h,sa-
ness in this city, aud vas for time implicitly
trusted by his partners. At length ho
suddenly Disappeared and hs aRsocatcs Llscoy-
cred that ht had collected lArgc sums Of
lnotlcy for which he hnd never accounted. They
which he had n'ornct1 bis residence. II WITS then
asccrtanctf thut his nnmo WINS
NOT THOMAS, nur TINKEil,
and that hr wns tho son Ut a most reputable
citizen Of Ohio which State tho yol,ny tnan tla,t
quilted for good rcasons. After time
he rcappcarcd In New York City.
and WINS AEON after indicted for forgery
In tho second degree. He peade'! guilty, and
was sentenced by Judge GIldcralcovo TO two
years tu tho 1'enltcntIary. This morning n
wutnan named Fanny Tinker apprArcd, who
says she WAS uarriod TO John Tinker
IN 1.ondon. ENGLAND, iii 1871. who then repre-
scntcd TINT Ills nutnc wns Hurry c. Leslie. She
t,olIeycd this wns his name until later on, wheu
he admitted thnt 1t was
Jt}itS II. THOMAS.
lie had, he sntd, becn married foro In Oherlt1.
o., hit WIS divorced. 1t turned out, she says,
itat tho young rascaI's nnmo was
nclthor 1cslia nor Thomns, but ptaln
Tinker, ard TINT bis Ohio w!fo wns not
divorced from him. Mrs. Tinker wnntsn divorce.
1t is said that tic defendant hns for antnc-
ttmo lyeun connected with 1Iaycrly's sinstotlon
Mlnstrcls; TINT he accompanied the,n to En-
glnrd, and that he tB performing with them ut
tho Brooklyn Theutrc.at which placc eyopcned
on Monlny night. Immediately upon thefr ar
rival from Engund.
TWICE MAItRIEn
NEW YO1K, Feb. 1T,-An Interesting divorce
R,llt wns begun In brooklyn tp.dny. The coul-
plnnRnt Is Fanny +. Tinker, tho defendant John
Tinker. Ehr mnrrtcd him In LONDON, England,
IN 1871, when le K0vo tho nnmc III
lInrry Z. Leslie. Subsequently he antd hIn
nnnlu wAs John II. Thomas and he confessed tic
had been married before Mt 0btrln, o. llC
represented That hts first wife hnd obtained a
divorce. Plaintiff separated fr'Hi defendant In
1877. She afterwards earaud hls tr,se nana wus
Tinker, ard thRt he hld q lawful wife living in
Ohio, tho story OF tho divorce being II fabrira-
ton. Tho plnintiIF consulted I'LL att1rncy with Il
vicw TO divorce, hut defendant said ha WIS an
experienced luwyer, and knew alI nl,out tho lAW
OF divorce, and that It was :
IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER 70 GET a niyoi.cI:
under the circumstances, In Ibis state, shc coult
| not maintain her ncuou. Hg told her In Drtci
to obta!n dsorce she must first 10 rcmarrIet
her In Kout1 fnth. she consented. an eerelnan,
was performed Mt FlAtsMah july1. 1870. tcIn.ne
done ts'i ianythins 70! her support since. she ha'
| usccrtai,led thnt the advice he Kayo her
wAa GIVEN FALSELY AND FEArDCLEST1.Y