National Republican., 1882-06-10
ANOTHER SENSATION,
bad Hartley, the Bigamist-A Young Man
Well Known Here.


On Wednesday last in the Cincinnati court Of
common pleas MIS- Annie f. BARLEY, nee Voight,
filed petition for divorce and almony from Her
bert d. Barley. The petition sets forth that the
parties were married in Cincinnati in April, 1879,
and that since that time Barley has wholly me-
elected petitioner. The petitioner also alleges
that In March, 1889, Barley went through the
forms Of a pretended marriage with one Marie
Dubois, Of Washington, d. c., at Jackson Court
House, w. Va, and upon these grounds asks for
divorce and alimony. Thursdays Cincinnati En-
Quirer contains the following in relation 10 the
petition:
The BARLEY mentioned in the above petition Is a
sou OF Judge Thomas W. Barley formerly of this
state aud nephew of General and Hon. John
sherman. lie seems to be the black sheep of the
hock and his recent acts have made him amena-
pie To the law, with strong probability of q tenn
III the penitentarv as II finale. A representative
OF the Enquirer last night called OH MIS- BARLEY at
her re'idence in tho West End, and from her got a
history of the dongs of her wayward spouse Of u
most interesting character. She was a Miss Annie
Voight and she met Bartey when she was sun
day chool pupil aud he mere youth. They be-
came very much attached to each other and en-
gagged TO get married
WHENEVER hartley COULD SUPPORT HER.
With this understanding Barley went to Wash
lngtOn with his father about the time he had at
tained his majority. In the Capitol City he be.
came acquainted with Mrs. Courtney, who had
s75a. month clerkship in the Treasury Depart
ment ard he induced her TO get a divorce fom
her husband who was triling fellow, and then
married her himself She had two children by
her first husband, one Of whom was adopted by
Mrs: Belya Lockwood, the female lawyer After
| while BARLEY and his wife went to Colorado,
where they located on n ranch owned by his
father. He did not treat her well, and she became
subject TO fits of rcmorse took to drinking to
drown her troubles, aud then BARLEY got a d.
aud called on his old fame Annie Voight who
was was wholly in ign0r@ce Of his having been mar
him, and readily agreed to
MARRY HIM THE NEXT NIGHT
Her parents objected but she was determined,
aud ho in II measure overcame their scruples by
ranch in Colorado, and that he would maintain
their daughter like lady. They were married
two nights later and after an extremely brief
parents, went to Washington ostensibIy on bust.
ness. lie, stald three or four weeks, and then
Colorado, leaving lis wife wife behind behind. 0 IN Nth three &c
months he returned in rags, his feet on the
ground, his beard unshorn for weeks, his hair
tramp, he having walked nearly half of the way
back, The Voights were thunderstruck and hor.
riied, but took him IN and had HIM cleansed and
properly clothed. He then got employment from
Colonel L.. ". Dayton as a clerk and his fatherin-
law furnished couple of rooms for him ON Four
teenth street. and in them he went housekeeping
with his wife. About this time he
DEVELOPED FoNDNEss FOR THE STAGE,
ana @ he en- endeayorcd to Enrsuade his wife to go on
and shortly after she learned that he was CORE.
spondng with some woman in the East. He left
his situation very suddenly, and. borrowing few
dollars he went to Washington ostensibly to pre-
vent his father from investing his money in a
newspaper enterprise in which he is engaged.
His real motive, 1t appears, was to meet Marie
Dubois, young actress, who plays under the
name Of Marie Durand. With her he engaged as
an actor in transforming party, known as Aus
tins Dramatic Troupe. They favored (?) the
towns of West Virginia with their presence, but
the citizens of the towns failed to favor them with
their money or their presence, and the troupe came
to an end in ParkerSburg. Miss Durand at once
returned TO her mother in Washington. BARLEY,
by dtnt of pounding sap out of ties" beat
ing " his way on gravel trains, and other methods
well known to pcripatetic histrous, managed to
get there week or ten days later. Then 1t was
learned that he had married Marie in Jackson.
Mrs. Bartley and Marie Durand's mother got into
correspondence, and now Mrs. Barley wants ali
mony. aud Mrs. Dubois intends TO have her newly
made son.in-law arrested for bigamy.