Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-09
SHE HAD FIVE HUSBANDS.
InformaIity About the Sixth Costs Mrs,
HAYES a $500. 900 Estate. F.. ...

.f Hayes $500, 900 Estate. ....
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Among the litigants who have attract
ed good deal of attention in the Court
House during the past three years has
been slim, nervous, laxative lady of 55
who always dressed in black and carried
an umbrella and 1emonstratively mani
tested interest in various lawsuits which
were expected to determine if she was
anybody's wife, and if fso, whose. She
geneally carried bundle Of papers and
kept close to her lawyers, having a sharp
look out for interlocutory motions, ad-
journments, orders, and hearings, and
being not at all backward in making
suggestions to her counsel or even to the
Court
The name ofthls noted litigant appear
ed in the pleadings ofone case as Sara c.
Tilby and in another as Mrs. Hayes. The
evidence showed that at one time she
was Mrs. Deming. She became Mrs.
Morse after the death of Deming. She
claimed that she had gotta divorce from
Morse in 1868 and married MIR. Rowe.
In 1866 she got decree of divorce
from. Rowe in Indiana, but Rowe
got the decree set aside. Never
theless, she married Mr.. Albree, and
got divorce from him in Massachusetts,.
The fifth husband was Agustus J..
Hayes, whom she married in Jersey City
in 1874, and without being divorced from
him, she married James Tilby, a we'll
known butcher of Washington Market,
in 1870. "
She lived with Mr.. Tilby as his wife
until October 1881 when ne died, at the
age of 72, leaving fortune of about $500, !
900, ali of which he devisedto to her, max
ing her his sole heir, and cutting of
James Tilby and George H. Tilby his
sons by former wife. This will she
Immediately offered fot probate, and the
sons have been contesting it., They alleg-
ed that the will was obtained by undue
influence; that Sara c. Tilby was never
the wife Of their father, and could not
have been his wife, because all the time
she was living with him, she was the
g ,,,a,.s uanoo
"ne vi nsus1S s"n9S 10Y s,soIfaa.
i In order 10 estauI1sn ner rignt u oe
reckoned the wife of Mr.. 'Tilby, she be
yan in 1880. while she was living with
MA. -. u.;,,st uavos 70 dac,are
Ahp!," 'OiNs y'ANN ~.
null and VOID her marriage Win MN
i She declared thst the marriage was new
er consummated, ana snatsne mao earn
ed that Hayes had deceived her' aile
that the person s VINO 9melaIea Was @l as min
sJ ,hst The MARI aoe with Hayes wa,
snt nt ,.,.o. o -. -. y - - :.
hyT %h;s s,,;, wos neud;py when Mr.. Tilb,
Rad The sh,,s ef Mr Tilbv were. ther,
e.,.. aaa,,l, 1;,terested in II The cas-,
,.,,s ,a,,t 70 : referee and there wer,
,,anv lively sessions. in which the SON
nd yha njo;nt;A came ;nto unnleasan
! "ae,on, fpnt the sons triumphed. ant
ranortad tbat the marriag
2 .h Ionas was 10 af,JIv nerformed I,
|, ,o1. ~ .s followad Nv Contamination
no no. :, sn haIa 90 tbst the HAYES marriag
: ING Soei .nS W ;,,Snment wss entered a1
v mae ;osr . - -,
e WaaSyh;la tho TYlhv win contest ha,
8 nd;no AZ IN The Surrocate's Cour
oeSn ps nas nrsossc,tsd with renewed Wis
= anu anu. ~ .sa ~ % spns ond SsSande1 with'vi,o
t or " 'rs So0 On @ - as the S,,rrooaiei
3 Dy uue :ruo.o.,o.d HuJ tho case ,ysas ende
4 s.oa.v h., : aacis;on AGAINST Mrs. Til
yes,eruay py uoS.sim t.,s S'..s.s',ata RnIi;ns
g py nanueu I0Mm uy ys.,a S sI1st Re- - honn
" outroga.e nous lota,s him 10 hSld tb,
,t IL o1o,,ant ~ fbn will was never th
i the pr2Ponent ol tne Mii $500 MaH musVf 1a,1 ~
n wle o. Ilpys Syen y snS Su at go, in !,
IN the case Q, 1ayes 1yTLa Tau HSu Snrsos,sts ws y
a ment against ne 80 80 snoh
1. satsned, ne says tNa. eno "aS 81 Iora.
OF contractng na s.ma v,sad u Of h,
4 iiioX tnat shS wae i,y :; ;anoronca,
D incapacity, an9 keps niin dpyno - -. - Of h,
1t IL, ana ina. .i@1 s; W. m"I ;n ,anorance fro
3 acuon N keePlns s.ot"aiix n M contr;bnted !
Z, the iac! ina, ne lie ~ h IN the Haves oas
1 amaavlt 10 neip .ana no. =, - eosss : an n
I The surrogate quotes sIne ~ rsndsrad s5 M i |;
lie questlon wnetnea l,ed e nnosit;on @ nractis.
10 Vaiid Dy llauu ns s hr az nrononent of n
Il upon tl5e nianoi ~ S Gn,t;sb case, wbe
y VIII. Gn. IL Tn~au mo srr;ed CatharjI
n gne Me,,,, Euma'a o,ncssj;no from her the Il,
"A % ckn"h, Ia haan married. previously
h tnat ne riau n,ho D was still his lawful vii
N awoiIam u,a,,,d % not hermit the busba1
r. ny Is /. Ioracv On The c,o,Ind thar
y, " LSISi'S ieery S-as.oef ;n;nrvla m,