Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-08

Philadelphia widow with a fortune of $50O,- 900, her marriage with Philadelphia ad venturer with already one living wife, his successful plot to get $10, ,000 from the widow, his flight and the annulment of the second marriage are the clements of 8 romance which eliminated in this city. Mrs. Harriet S. Wilkinson, whose husband, wealthy merchant, died ten years ago, has been trav- cling in Europe. She was in Paris in the fall of 1882, and there, at an art gallery, was introduced to a handsome Philadelphian, who appeared to be on a pleasure tour This new acquaintance was Dr. Hugh J. Linn. He made love to the wealthy widow and won her promise to become his wife. The doctor then sailed for his Quaker City home, promising to get his affairs in shape and re- turn for the wedding in the spring. In April, 1883, Mrs. Wilkinson went to Lon- don. A few days ago Linn arrived from New York, and on May they were married. Within a month the newly made husband began to be impatient to return to the United States, and plead ing urgent business, sailed for New York. He had not been in this country long before he wrote to the wife that he was engaged in a scheme to build a new air line railroad from New York to Boston, and was about to be appointed treasurer of the company if he could invest $10,0O0 in the enterprise. He asked Mrs. Linn to send him that amount at once, as his own affairs were temporarily in volvGd. The lady made up her mind to come over herself, and arrived in Philadelphia in September. On October she went with Linn to the Philadelphia Trust company and borrowed upon collateral the $10,000. The Trust company paid over the loan in check drawn to Linns order. A few days after ward he accompanied her to New York, where they remained three weeks. At the end of that time Linn told his wife that he had busi- ness in Boston, and, bidding her an affec- tionate good-by, left her. He never returned Instead of going to Boston he came to this city, aad, having been identified by the mes- senger of the Philadelphia Trust company went to the bank and had the check cashed With this money he left the city, and his whereabouts since has been mystery
 After waiting long time and making fruit less inquiries Mrs. Linn came to Philadel- phia. She consulted counsel at once, but all that she could discover about Linn was GIlt4G HIS OWn IdIQl1y u1O not knOW IQuCn aDOuG him. He had lived an adventurous life, often on the continent of Europe, sometimes in the far West, and had been New York police surgeon. His letters were all sent to an agency in New York. Mrs. Linn adopted heroic measures. She telegraphed to the agency for her husbands letters. The next day came one addressed ''Mi1es City, M. T." and signed Gould" One paragraph of this letter was especially interesting to the newly made wife It read-''I told Bertrand that you had named the little one after him." Where was the mother of the baby9 Again the telegraph was resorted to. A despatch was sent to c. H. Gould, Miles City, as fol- lows:
 Please return my letter to you at once. Import ant. Will explain by mail. LINN.
 In a week the letter came Sure enough it contained enough to enable the lawyers to discover that the baby was the child of Linn, and that he had been married for eight years to lady on Locust street. although the fact of the marriage had not been generally known. The little one mentioned in the let ter to Gould was born on May 10, soon after Linn's marriage to Mrs. Wilkinson in Lon don. Friday the Court of Common Pleas No. 3 ordered decree annulIing the London marriage and Mrs. Wilkinson, having rec ord of the illegality of her marriage, will soon return to Europe $10,000 poorer than when she arrived in this country.