New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-24
THE SWEETS OF MATRIMONY.
VARIED EXPERIENCE OF MRS. wETMoRE

AZ pprrp AND DIVORCED FOUR TIMEs-JolNfD IN
wrpLocK THREE TINES 10 A MARRIED Man.
Mrs. Anna T.. Wetmore and her various marriages
eaain occupied the attention OF becoIuer HulE'h
aSSd a iury Yesterday IN the Count of General SoS-
SONS Monsgnor APPEL sat beside the Recorder
part of the day. MIS- WetmoTe ~ char9eu W''h
violating law which makes II aa oneGce ior per
son knowingly to marry one VINO Is then married.
She married Nathaniel h. Halves In December last,
although witnesses for the prosecution said that
they had informed her that he was married man.
John j Martini a liquor dealer who called as
witness for the defence, told of visit pah by
IIawes and the defendant TO bis liquor store on
January o. Halves introduced the woman
rs his wife. She allowed HIM to take
her pocket-book and pay for the drinks that
had been ordered. llawes SAID to the witness
see wnat a fine thing it is to have woman VINO
will let YOU pay for your drinks out OF her pocket
book" The witness met iiawes few m9nths
after the marriage. At that time HAYES said that
he mad arranged to have the whole matter fixed IN
Brooklyn by the payment oil @ooo TO an oHciai
whom he know. .
messages from Halves to Mrs. Wetmore testified
that Halves told him to tell Mrs Wetm9re; II she
asked any questions, that ne was unmarried.
John D. Quincy testified that early IN January q
few weeks after the last marriage ceremony had
been performed, Mrs. We'mOre accused Halves ~
the presence OF the witness of having deceived her
IN pretending 10 be unmarried. Halves seemed TO
admit the deception.
Mrs Wetmore was called as witness IN her own
behalf and was examined by her counsel, john ID.
Townsend She dressed IN black, except Tor
the colored rib ons of her bonnet. She acknow
edged only thiTtytwo years as her age, but looked
older. According TO her testimony her business and
matrimonial experiences had been varied She wept
copiousiy when telling Of her relations with iawes
but was otherwise collected IN her dcmeanor. Tier
testimony especially when s. told of marrying
her coachman. was received with laughter by the
spectators. The witness said:
first met Halves AT No - Broadway. about two years
ago lie afterward visited me and wrote TO me lie
took me TO Coney Island on October ana we on .e
Paxton who friend OF his, would marry MS. He
called IN two or three men and we went iIongn "a mar
Iiagc ceremony at Paul Bauers. Some time aftcrWald
he told me that the ceremony was sham ana That we.
were not married
The witness then gave her account of the mar
rage ceremonies of December and lecember ID,
which differed IN respects from that gwen by
Halves She said that she always provided tho
money when they went off together, and that she
had spent Is / 600 OF HIM, while she had received
nothing. She testified that the cause of HaweSs
dismissal by the bank note company was that she
had gwen information that led 10 the hndlng OF
machines and tools such as those used by the com
pany at his home.
T" How many times have you teen married ~
asked her counsel
. -Four times" the witness answered.
Her story of her marriages, as brought ont by
questions of her counsel and Assistant DlsT ct-At-
tOrncy Vincent. was as follows:
was first married about fourteen years ago at II.
Louis 10 Mr. Wallngtord lived with him about three
Two years later kept livery stable AT Lawrence. Kan
had twenty or thirty horses married Mr. Collier,
weeks aud got divorce from him | afterwah
1old out ana went to kansas a Cily mere e., r ne'
SON of clcr,1non of New York or BROOKLYN We were
married. but afterward got divorce. lived in Phil
adelpha in 1877. aud kept drug store. became
quaiutcd with William II. ledhcHcr LAWYER We came
less in Walst for client OF his who was aferward
hanged We had been engaged for year. and We were
married In Ncw-York Attefward ] found ont that he
had another wife living There were some proceedings
Counsel-Aro those all the times you have been mar
wituess-Yes SIR except to Halves.
The witness, under the questioning of the Dis
FRI Al
marriages with Halves. Some of her statements
at variance with the records of the clergy
men.
The trial Will be continued to-day.
SEEKING A RIGHT TO FORTY-SECOND-ST
Au examination was begun in the General Term
room of the supreme Court, yesterday, by Luther
X. Marsh, Oliver X. King and John II. Watson,
commissioners appointed by the supreme Court, to
determine whether the New York City Railroad
Company should be permitted to built its proposed
surface railroad in rtY-second-st. from river to
river with branches in First-ave, extending from
the Astoria Ferry at Ninety -SecOnd-st., to the
1Nenty-third Street Fery and on the North
River from torty-secOnd-St. to the DesbrosSes
Street Ferry, thus connecting nineteen different
ferries. The property owners, the Third Avenue
Railroad Company, and the Belt Line
Railroad Company appeared by their
Counsel Ge9rge W; Wingate, James NJ Cumming
Agernon ;. Sullivan was the principal counsel for
the petitioners
William t. HAYES real estate expert and ID. NJ.
Beardscy railroad contractor. were examined on
behalf of the petitioners aud declared that the pro-
posed road was much needed. Mr.. Beardsley said
that he not aware that there a restriction
imposed by the courts against building any other
road than the Third ave. branch IN Fortysec-
ond-St between Fourth aud Lexington aves., and
thought the new road could he constructed without
interfering with any now in existence. The fur
Their hearing was adjourned till next Monday at
IL a. III.
A SUSPENSION IN THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
Charles A. Minton a stock broker and member
a. vel "a 50 % n a
York Yacht Club, yesterday sent notice TO the
Exchange OF his inability to meet his mercantile
engagements. The suspension is due To the revival
OF an old CLAIM, originally amounting to $4,000
but with the interest added reaching considerably
more. 1t appears that in s64 the finn OF Garasche
MlntOn failed with liabilities amounting to
$12O, 600 Mr.. Miut0n assumed the debt and after
ward paid off 100000, leaving Judgment for
$50. 900 unsa isfied ii had entirely passed out of
Mir. Mintons recollection until yesterday, when IL
was presented by person who is unknown to Mr..
Mnton, and who, he believes purchased IT for
small price. The claim coming Unexpectedly
made II advisable for Mr. MintOn TO suspend.
Much sympathy Is expressed for Mr.. NlntOn by
the members, and the claim Is characterized by
them as an unjust one Under the rules OF the EX-
change seat of a member is responsible only for
debts among members, and II is disputed ques
ton IN the courts whether members seat is re-
spOnsible for debts 10 outside persons. The Ex-
change, however can give him year to settle all |
claims. and extend the time further if It chooses
This course will probably be followed until the |
oaiIn can be fully Investigated as to It's legitimacy.
WORK AMONG THE LONDON MASSES.
The Bishop of Manchester. Anthony Wilson |
ThOrold, who speaks IN behalf of the Church Tenn |
perance Society tonight at Grace Church. is in |
every sense man of work. After more than
twenty years service in the poor parish OF 81.
Giles s-ln-the-t Fields and the large and influential
parish OF ST. Pancras, he was appointed Bishop of
Rochester in 1877. His diocese comprised all that
part of London lying south of the Thames and con-
tains dense and poor population of 100000
souls. III II be true that in the United States the
government OF large cities is one of the political
problems of the future, the opinions of a man who
has patiently worked for thirty years among the
masses OF the largest city in the world, and who
during his eight annual visits 10 this country has
seen something of the condition of things in New
YORK ana salt Lake Denver and Cincinnati Boston,
Baltimore and Philadelphia, ought TO be Of value.