The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-30
MRS. HILL ANDMRS BARNETT
TWO BRIDES THAT TAKE OPPOSITE
VIEWS or MARRIAGE
Oas WAITS e Get Free, sd the Other 10
ResslvsA that her Husbaaa ahaa's 0ee
Free-A 8uis % Annul her Marriage.

Oae WAITS e Get Free, sd the Other 10
ResstvsA that her Hashaaa shaat 0es
Free-A suis g Annul her Marriage.
Mrs. Fred Barnett, 10 years old, nee Viola
Hamilton. visited her friend Mrs. Walter Hill.
II years old. nee Fanny Breakspear. yesterday
forenoon at the home Of Mrs. Hills sister In
Bond street. Brooklyn. The young ladies be-
came Mrs. Barnett and Mrs. Hill respectively
on tho night Of Doc 20 last. Mr.. Hill is trying
to have his marriage annuled on the ground
that no was intoxicated at the marriage.
The object OF Mrs. Barnett's visit to Mrs. Hill
yesterday was In part to say that suit was to
DO begun In her behalf for the annulment OF
her marriage. on the ground that she was I'M
duly Influenced to consent to the ceremony.
and that her husband was intAn perate and
had not supported her. These. she believed.
were substantially the grounds. although she
did not know how her lawyer would put It She
was with her mother. Mrs. Sprague. who said:
That marriage was the result Of fraud and
force. and utterly repudiate 1t. Barnett and
Viola have been acquainted ever since they
were little children. He has wanted to marry
her oil along. but Viola didn't want him. She
is an heiress. you know. and will have 10000
when she comes 81 age; Her grandfather, was
father was W. H. Hamilton. whom l married
when was iS yn years old and when he was ca
On ot the the evening of Dec. 20 Fred Barnett
came to our house to bring some music, While
he was there young Hill called for him and
marry Fanny Breakspear because she was in
trouble and he wanted Fred to come and DO =
Witness SSnass a hs o from hs st Snd
thev 'a came back Barnet. told me- he had
have been coaxed into this She said. We
s sHa 10 s kss ssss to and sS s
The next day his father came and ordered
Mrs shs l. and when in
A suit for divorce, a libel suit against q Brook
Ign paper .; and other suits have made her f..
house ess SIS Thsd street Drown stone
Mrs: Barnett is a rather pretty brunette, Of
ana was quite sure that while II was accom-:
pished by force and fraud. neither she nor the
sfSSG P F Ess 'gsy % years old o, dark
He Is a Brokers clerk at 81. Exchange place in
this city and resides at the house OF his father.
ss s os S BrGSk Hi father
mother had been for her.
said ss ssr n Bssns hi nss sss:
begun suit to anhul It or not. but know .thas
a Hs ss set
Of the scrape. With the same object visited
Mrs. Sprague on the same day. and II the m at
ter hadn't got into tho courts through young
Hills action guess we could have come to an
agreement as to n separation In such way
that f. # could have been kept quiet
hoo TS%y we're we're E fS IS 81 GOATS Sa
In the barroom Fred married the other two.
and then they, all wanted the bartender to
marry Fred and the Hamilton GIRL. You better
G%t q sad tbs ssa
sminis.sr and Ie gave them Parson duiIck' :.
After the boys had told me Of the marriages
didn't notice anything drunk about them that
they answered oil questions straight enough.
asked Fred about this, and he replied: How
Srnl fs |; das ps Sy lion
notice they wrote out after the ceremony and
were going to have published In the BROOKLYN
papers,, Talk about marriage noticesl That
| to do before we know. that We shall
have chance to do it,3 No pa
pers have yet, been. served. Anyway.
| we shall not be deferred from acqUiescin9
n the The annulment by any thought OF the
| my daughter-in-law is nm heress is something
which has come to us recently. Indeed. wo
| heard OF it to-day for tho first time.
| - II my son had done anything criminal"
| Mr.. Barnett added seriously. would lot him
suffer tho consequences But am going. to
stand By him IN this matter. 1t is not true that
childhood, He had known her only q few
months when they were married. They have
never lived together"