The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-11
s,BIGAMIST BARTLEY.
STORY OF HIS CINCINNATI WIFE.

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Tho R'ell.sa Duplielty ofihs Mar, and Ms Roman.
Tie Career on and on tho stas.-soms Charae.
~ urlstie Letters. and Gorxspus InVsn.
lions Of the Talented Scamp.
(, Herbert D. BARLEY, the lawyer, actor, jour
nalist and blgamlss, who has figured so prom
nently In the press Of late, has had check.
cred career, Il the story told by bis wife, nee
Miss Aunie voight, Of Cincinnati, 10 Com
,nerciat Gazette reporter Is true. The Comm,r-
ciul. Gdatte ny she in OF rather slender build,
and while abe Is not handsome or pyepoe.
sessing in her features, she has an intsiit.
gent cast OF countsnance, and her address 10
such as would convince any one ate ha,
both heart and mind. OF German parents
shc has NIL the comforts OF q respectable
home, and they all 1.-Two In most comfortable
circumstances. The story OF her wrongs, which
she calmly gave 10 the Commercial Gazette re-
porter, was such as would leave the impres.
sion that abe has had more patience than
JOB In The endurance Of them, and that
withai sho has some affection left for the man
who 80 cruelty betrayed her. "a
Els,i THE wirEs STORY. {,
II became acquainted with Herbert D
BARLEY. when. he was a mere boy, and ! was
stil, In the dnyj OF girlhood, Herbert was
the aon OF Judg, T. W. Barley, who, at the
time, was residing with his family In Cincin.
natl. My first acquaintance with Herbert
dates back 10 1860. when be lived Mt his
home, l07. broadway. He Was wont 10 IRE.
que ,tthe Sunday school at the Union Bethel,
and as was interested In Sunday school
work, I mot him thcre. Between us soon
grew an affection, which with mo at least
ripeDed into love. Subsequently, the family,
Including Herbert, removed 10 Washington,
D. G., where the Judge had lucrative law
practice. Herbert and myself, although
separated, corresponded with each other
camo interested In the Board d
Ing a responsible position under 1t be wrote
to me, offering marriage, and I accepted the
engagement. But then something occurred
which upset all these prospects He became
acquainted, Al afterwards ascertained, with
Miss Mary Courtney, and by great deul OF
coaxing, induced her 10 marry him. He
took her 10 Colorado, where, by indubitable
evidence In my POSSESSION, Re neglected her
to such m extent that she became reckless
herself. She took to drinking, and after liv.
ing seven years with her, having married her
In 1871, be succeeded in procuring q legal d.
vorce, which was acknowledged as final. II
has been asserted that the divorce which
Herbert procured from bis iirst vile was not
legal, but have In my possession copy Of
the legal ir s.rument and can give 1t In testi.
mony. ~
| '= TIE FIRST MARRIAGE. ~
Herbe,t's divorce from his first wife was
procured on the 81 day OF June, 1878. did
not know all this time that be was married at
ell. During the period OF his marriage our
correspondence CEASED, and while could not
give reasonable explanation OF his neglect,
l never realzsd that ZONE one else had
secured his aissctious, and l. loved him still.
But US soon as he hsd secured divorce from
his first wife be resumed the thread OF cor.
respondencs. and after short time. when be
ascertained that l had not lost my feeling
for him, lie wrote that he would return to
Cincinnati and see me. He came on the 18th
Of April, IN the spring of 1879. He acquaint-
cd ma With his married relatioustn Colorado,
and that lie had procured divorce from
his wife. was satisfied, and few days
afterwards, on the 18Th OF the same month,
| was married to him at. my parents
home, by tha Rev. Mr.. Kaemmeier OF the
German Lutheran st: Mathews Church. 1t
WAS honeymoon for only one night. G The
next morning he said 10 me that be mus. at
once go to his ranch In Colorado. There he
| owned hundreds OF acres aud ono hundred
and fifty head OF blooded cattle. They wers
all marked H. B., his own initials. He had
bts'des q farm,y yard for raising poultry. aud
| four hundred chickens demanded bis imme.
diato attention. His furniture was slowed
away also. Then his dear little darling
might become hemesick on wild'Western
ranch, Fondly he asked his wife: do you
need any money!" and she answered: "My
darling, US, what you have, I can get along
without H. And to cover his greatness he
said: well In about week shall send
you O check for few hundred dollars"
WOULD NOT SETTLE Dows.
So he went away with loving protestations
10 Colorado. a fter bis departure | wrote to
bis father In Washington, y. c., to ascertain
whether his statement about the divorce be
procured was true. His father did not an.
swor my letter, but inclosed 1t in an envelope
and sent II 10 bis sou In Colorado. Herbert
upon recsiving tho fathers letter, sent me a
communication, in which he complained
about my course, stating that he wished our
marriage 10 he kept secret from him. His
father, who was wont to send him an allow
Ance each week, now discontinued the same
and Herbert was thrown upon bis own re-
sources. He corresponded with me regularly,
Finally heseut me letter from Vincennes,
Indiana, and in it he stated that
Colonel Moulton was with him, engaged in a
law suit made 10 recover the value OF his cat
lie, which bad been stolen from him. All
this I afterwards ascertained to be lie. He
wrote that he had found the hides Of his
blooded stock with the title OF H. B upon
Them in tho bncher-shops Of Vincennes.
Tho next heard from hlm was not letter,
but his veritable sel'. He came to the house,
in tattera and rags, his pockets full of wheat,
with dirty eombrero hat stouched over bis
head, and red carpet slippers on his ieet.-1
received him, nevertheless, with many we!-
comes, and 50 did my parents, with whom
lived. gave him money for clothes and
shoes, and my parents supported him. +.
He continued to live with me, with long
and Eloquent intervals OF stssnce Once he
was offered work In rolling mill, but he
was not fond Of work. .t ~.
gviokEcks OF niaAMr. Id
Al tbs expiration OF four months he tired
CT his work completely, and told me 1t was
necessary for him t. ,rroceed to Washington
in order to prevent his father from inyesttug
.E'tSA SStSk WAlSu ub CdlItU
The American Register" Just about this
TINS letter came 10 the house, addressed 10
him, ir'm Washington, D. G., which I took
the liberty 10 open. He was addressed as
rip and the signature was "Gretcheu.n I
called his attention to the letter. and when
he perussd lis contents he laughed heartily
and said It came from French girl by the
name OF Marie DuBo!se, who had been one
Of bis old chums. I noted the address
IT'S Pennsylvania avenue, aud the
next day. wrote an open postal card 10
"Gretchen," warning her that her beloyed
rip" was married man, upon whom had
my claims, but he left for Washington aud |
returned to my parents house. He had pre-
yiously written to General Sherman, and
through bis IL tlaence received $o5 from bis
Esther Mt Washington. He gave me IS 10 pay
grocery bill, bought himself an overcoat,
and then went his way. He wrote to. me
from Washington that'he would return, but
he never did. And I! have never sasu MIN
since. although l have received several lei.
tais from him, Meanwhile. "Grs,chen', al.