Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-11-24

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welcome after my mentioning the name of
of Mr.. Bibb of Louisa G. H., who is the
| brother of her lawyer.
THE INTERVIEW WITH THE FIFTH
WIFE.
In COSY room, In which there was a
| large wood fire with an old fashioned bed
containing tour children. varying from
four to ten years of age. and the driver
heard the fifth wife's story. She was q
pretty woman-not girl, but some thirty
years of age, and well dressed; that is to
say, arrayed in the latest city fashion
and looking like woman who was used
to such clothing. And this is the way in
which she told her story:
"You saw the store across the road as
you come OF Well, there is where Mr.
Mays opened. I bought goods there and
got to know him. When he courted me
lie said his father owned two large farms
| in Augusta. When we went off to be mar
red, we went to Lynchburg. There he
sho wed me some papers that he said was
the license, and brought man with a
white robe on to marry US. He told me it
was Catholic priest. l believed him and
we we're married From there we went TO
Roanoke and lived some time. From there
we went to Richmond, where my husband
worked at bis trade. He worked for
Euker and other well known men He
ran in debt there and W hen bis creditors
came On him he toll me all of his troubles
He told me Of all his marriages, but he
said l was the only woman that he ever
loved. AT last he told me that should
come home and be would follow me. l
came home but he has never followed me.
He spent ali my money and took my jew
elry and then he left me-
AS the conversation went on the widow
or wife as you may choose to call it, was
interrupted now and then with prompting
from four children, who lay in bed in a
row. The fifth wife accepted the amend
mants offered by the little ones, ranging
from four to ten years of age, and incor-
porated them with her statement. AS |
finished my interview about O'Clock in
the morning, the fifth wife gave me her
final conclusion, and that was that she
would the next day appl, to the law and
! its officers. She showed me several photo
graphs of the delinquent husband In one
he was dressed as private in the 1st Vir-
ginia infantry. In another he appeared
as a full bearded citizen, and so OF. for she
had many. In all recognized the former
practitioner of law at the Stanton police
, court.
presume that after fishing out all this
may as we'll tell you who Mays was in
! Stanton. His father is a most respecta-
BILE. Woodworking man. When 1 knew the
boy in 1873 he was an ambitious, weak
minded fool. who added to that character
the accomplishment of being gigantic
liar. He aspired to be a LAWYER, and with
out license undertook several cases be-
! fore the mayor and magistrates. His last
| appearance, as l recolect it, was as defen
dant in a case where j. A. Mavs-beng
himself--was charged with stealing pail
Of gloves. After he got away from that
charge he disappeared from Stanton, and
some months after reappaared as having
married North Carolina heiress" [
presume that was Miss Emily Pits Since
| that he has not been heard of in Staun-
ton. His father and family are respecta
| BILE, honest people. who should not bear
any part of that mans blame. Among
the letters shown me by the fifth wife
were some from the father of NAYS. en-.
treating him to return to a resnectable and
honest life. The probability is, that if
the prosecution against the guilty son il
pushed, he will pull up in the State
| prison.
H,C,T.