Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-24
WHO'S HER HUSBAND?
Ioaqoiu MiIIer's Daughter Takes a
Second iusbsad Without the
Leave Of the First
she Urges the uans on the Score Of
Reenonly, and fhsughtless Priest
Sizes The Hno..
F-ir S1i lied % iielieve ss,e First narriago
liisEal Because Itcr ms, husband
was Not Eapused.
wtriio,ir wARRANn-o,s raiV.

WITHOUT wARRANr'op IalV.
GsatcAUo, llis, .iab 90 .Rtgscuiug the I
statement made in New YORK telegram 1
20 the effect that the daugtcr of joaquin (
Miller was married here 20 Tho theatrical I.
manager, J a Mccormick, en interview I
Is published hero to-day with Row. Ri, 1
NogiSnd Tho reverend gentlemen said I
that on the 9th inst MISS Miller, acrom- (
panle3 BY Mr. Mccormick came 20 the |
house aud asked 10 be married in accprd- I
ancc with the rites OF the Catholic church
She volunteered the statement that she
had previously gone through the form OF
marriage with man named MAOkay, but
she had since aScortained that abe had
not been really married To him, and as u
consequence had never lived with him,
nor did he seem Co be anxious sDIife with
lier ee her husband
Nilss Miller, who was q total stranger
70 Father Cogland, had presiolely OBJ
tainpd license to marry, which he
tEather Cogand) exhibited 30 the re-
porter and which is In the usQei form,
. as follows:
"Tnn PEOPLE OF THE stain on nI1-
,tois--ro any person authorized TO sol
emniae marriages, greetings Marriage
1 may he celebrated between Nm. Joseph
| huudon Mccormick Of New York, In the
state Of New York, at the aye of
1 thrty-hve years, and Miss Ma8d Marie
/ Miller OF New York, IN tho state Of New
I York at the hge Of twenty-one years"
The marriage license was Signed by Nj,
VI. w. Ryan, clerk Of the couutq court.
81 do not deslre,n said Father Cog
land, "to add anything to the report OF
ahe matter which appeared 70 the New
York sun. That report Is substantially
correct, but deny having said THAI Miss
Miller and Mr.. Mackay were not legally
married, or TINT the marriage was void In
1 law, as the license OF the state
attends the legal part OF the
matter never reelected whether
divorce was or was not obtained. Il
had reflected before the ceremony that
divorce had not been obtained, | would
have declined to perform IT, My View OF
the first marriage coiucides With that ex-
pressed by Manager Preston, which, ac-
cordlng 60 the sun, Is as follows Man
ager Preston did not tell MISS Miller that
The marriage was void ia law because tee
lpliest had been deceived about tho
backgrounds baptism but he told
her that the church did not recognize such
lamarriege,
'Both Miss Miller and her companion
. appeared To be IN a state % absolute pey
, erty,n continued Father Cugland, ''and
, Miss Miller represented tSat their nelng
married would lead 70 greater economy,
ana urged TO have the ceremony per
formed Immediately, 0s they expected TO
leave for Detroit that morning. They
were actually stranded, and what trunks
and goods they had were delayed az their
. hotel. Their Appearance certainly seemed
TO bear out their statcmi mt, a6 they were
most poorly aud lightly clad for he twin.
ter season. She appears 10 he acting from
strictly conscientious motives, and Steted
that she had been imposed upon bl
. Mackay.n
, "Would the fact OF his not having been
: baptized make any mat, rial difference II
the eyes Of the church."
2 "Certainly dispenration Il necessary h
! such case before the marriage ceremony
: can be performed l saw 40 writer
, opinion from Dr. lloughton, but state
ment was made to no one by Miss Milo
TO the effect that Dr. Houghton had 90
:, MED thai Mckay was ever baptized. !
y he had been baptized in any church the
ceremony OF the marriage would DO vail,
!. In the eyes Of the Catholic clnrch."
now ri WAS DoNE.
y NEW YORK, Jan. 28.hllss Miller wa
. first married about . wear ago In thi
> Catholic church Of The Holy Cross IN ihi
cily. When she thought OF getting mar
ried TO Mccormick she wrote hitter x
/. 3ather Preston, rector Of SlaudeS church
y asking him about the validity Of mar
4 riagc contracted with Il man not baptized
= Father Prcston.said 10 day he wrote ~
- answer 10 Miss Miller, In which he CAV,
/, 40 opinion on the nuliily of her marriage
He simply said the marriage could not 81
held, according TO the laws Of the church
with a person not baptized without dis
~ pensatioE, and added that The question
:, Aas one Tor discussion by the local &c
y clesaslical authorities where Miss Mile
, resided. Father Preston said that eyei
though Mirs MileT's marriage Wit
Mr., Mackay WAS invalid In th
eyes of the church she could not have III
marriage ceremony performed again by
- Catholic priest uutil she got divorce
= rhe Catholic church DOS not recogDizl
diyOrc but 1t recognizes the laws u
any state IN relation TO marriage and j
the present case Miss Miller being MAJ
lied 10 Mackay according e. law, she coat
not be married. again In the Catholic ch1rc
until that marriage was legally aunrlied
Q, At the lodgings OF Misses Miller and Nc
Cornick, at IS Sixth avenue, " was sui
to-day that thoy had moved. afthu
!, Loving Mackay, Miss Miller's frst hn'
baud, declined 10 ray whether OF not Al
NJ would apply for divorce.
d MISS MILLER INTERvIEw4n.
L. NEW York, Jan. 28.Miss aileT W.
81 seen to-day bV reporter. WA,e adsi
ting the marriage ceremony with n
N | Mackay she denied that the marriage NJ
III ever consummaied, and ASSERTS tnat III
III conscience WAS clear. She Furnished Il
pr following, which is a text vi the lett
N sent her by Monsignor Sreston, VINO
" chancellor aud vicar gergTal 81 she ar
diocese Of New York
~ Miss Maud Miller MADAME Yo
I'd letter % Ihe 2slh ina. Is received.
h. dlspensatiOn from ,.ne impeachment
% mixed marriage vas obtained by Rev.
de Il. Brady from this pnlce ON February
Is 1885, for yourself Aud Arthur MackaJ
II, baptized pfntsEta,x Al. Ii it Is uBs0iui4 3 g
tain andcan be y owed thai Arthur Maeki
~ WAS neytr bapf tied tbrn, rs fir ~ y
o. church II conc fFned, your marriage wi
M him wns naii- II WAS npt, however,
az my province 10 lsrOn0unee as - The nui
~ u ronr marriage and this should
& done ~ the eccluslasticai anth0rIIys
If. which Iou arc navy directly suhjecle
MI Yours TuoMhs 81 pnEsTON,