New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-09
WON BY LOVING LETTERS
MARRYING AMAN SHE KNEW WAS MARRIED.
WARNED BY THE REAL WIFE, SHE WOULD NOT De
DETERRED-THE MANS EXCUSE.

wAKNED By THE REAL WIFE, SHE WOULD NOT BIZ
DETKRRED-THE MANS EXCUSE.
The trial of Mrs. Anna Z. Halves, alias Whit
more alias Waingford, alias Tiffany alias Collier, alias
Redhefer alias Gentss. was begun In the Court OF ses-
sons In Brooklyn yesterday upon the charge OF marry
ing Nathan l. II. Halves, knowing him 10 be a married
HAYES Is awaiting sentence for bgamy, TO which
he pleaded guilty few days ago. The accused woman
shionaby dressed and did not display the tendency
to hysteria which she showed when called upon to
plead to her Indictment The trial excited considerable
interest as the first OF It's kind IN Brooklyn
Mrs. Cecilia Hawes the first wife, the rst witness.
She testified to her marriage to HAYES ouJuy H. 1852
when he employed by the American Bank Note Com
pany. They lived at No. 81 Lawrencest and she hrst
saw the defendant IN December Of ast year. She in
formed Miss WhitmOre, she called, OF her hus-
bands position full and frank letter. in which she
says:
He has told more than once that you have offered
him $4,000 leave the country with y0u III thas Is
the CASE you must certainly know that he y married
Tond i h DOWN as have done before
But conld stand 1t longer this way have tried 70
me but he seems 70 keen on lust tue same Bat now
will Obige him TO do something.
The Rev. Thomas Lodge of the Grace Methodist Episco-
pal Church hundred ourthst, testified that on
the night OF December 49, 1888 the accused woman and
Halves married by him IN his house Both said that
they were unmarried, but the appeared somewhat
stupened. David Franc0eur said that he told the de-
PENDANT that Halves was a married man on November
"a Three Bridge policemen testified that the defendant
was arrested drunkenness about the middle OF SOye
ber and she said she had been betrayed by mar
red man.
Halves testified that he asked by the woman to
marry her after he had told her that he was mar
RED man. asserted that she lived with her uncle. who
was about to her Of the house she did not pay
her board and wanted to tell him that she was mar
ried.
Love letters the number Of foryeght, written TO
the defendant by Halves, were real In court. They
abounded in terms OF ahectionate endearment. The
following is sample letter.
NEw-YORK, Oct. 13.
MY OWN PRECIOUS DARLING WIFE: Oh how long 10
take you I'm my kiss away all those sorrowfni
tears that go TO my heart like knife They make your
boy feel sad. The happest moments OF my HE arc
with sweet LOVING pet who Is 30 bright and spark
ling Your little letter though short very sweet and
though few In words contains volumes In sweet mean
ing, and / thank you from my heart, darling The
time viii be short. darling, when all WIN
he well ana will follow the promptlngs Of my heart and
dy to your gentle arms and lay my head upon your
shoulder and feel at rest And oh what sweet rest
already your own. am, and always will be, your low
ing hubby aud true boy. LU.
On his Examination Hawes asserted that the let
tiers were dictated to him by the but afterward
he contradcted himself and said he wrote what he knew
she wanted him to.
The will go on to-day.