Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-20

nm since we separated. lie has not since
lnen sent me enough money to support
myself and tamlly''
"Hsye you ever been divorced from
mo; but received letter from him
stating that II wanted divorce he would
not appear against me. Since hen have
learned that he has married again. do
not know the woman he married last.n
bandgn - ''"'
mo; he was very cruel.n =
Mention a case In point"
"He once brought q woman OF iewd
character to the house. do not know
who she was. took my children and we
went into another room, leaving MIR.
Irons and the woman to themselves. I
learned the next day that the woman was
one of bad character"
"Iou say you were never divorced from
MI. Irons; have you any marriage certln-
cate?n
Mrs. Irons produced the document,
which read as follows:
This Is to certify that Martin Irons
and Mary Brown were with their own
consent this date
\ LAWFULLY JOINED TOGETHER
IN holy bonds Of matrimony, which wNs
solemni2ed by me, minister OF the gos-
| pei, licensed to solemnize marriages, In
the presence Of creditable whine ,ses.
Given under my hand this 2sth day OF
July, 1852. J. X. LYLE, ID. Dr.
"Was any complaint ever made against
your husband for assaulting youin
Yes Robert, my son, made complaint
charging him with assault TO kill, where
J A a \ a.
John Brown, who was sheriff OF Ray
county,
"What was done in the caseY"
II was compromised. Since our
separation have known very little Of
Mr. Irons, except through newspaper re-
ports"
Returning TO Lexington, Mo, the re-.
porter had a talk with Mrs. Amelia
Brown, the mother OF Mrs. Irons, and a
woman Of seventy-flye, who earns her
living as a sick nurse. She said;
81 am the mother of Mrs. Irons, who
was married to Martin Irons In Lexing-
ton, KY, in 1922 The witness gave a
brief history OF her daughters wander
iDgs with her husband and added; "Mar-
tin was very cruelto his wife. believe
he undertook to kill her at one time at
Richmond, Mo-"
Adam Walk, resident OF Lexington,
Mo-, said he knew little personally about
Irons, but man named James Mdrphy
had told him that Irons took lewd wo-
man to his own home. The woman's
name was Sparks, aud she had one
child.
At Rosedale, Kas., where Irons was
living with
HIS SECOND WIFE,
the reporter found DR.. Wolford, who said
that he knew Irons when he lived there
as he attended his wife In sickness.
"Was Martin Irons married at Rose
dalc?" the reporter asked
mo, think not. All that l know Il
that they lived here as man and wife"
"Was he good TO herp"
eyes They had two children. have
seen Irons since he left here. 1t was al
Sedalia abouta year ago. At that time
Mrs. Irons was not in good health. Thi;
woman was not Martin Irons tfst wife
| don't know the maiden name Of Mrs
Irons No 2. She was living as Martin
Irons wife in Seoalia at the time Of hei
death, March, 1866. She had one daueh
ter who would be now fifteen or sixteer
years OF age,n
From a reputable citizen Of Lexington
hoi VIC pOhohlhS stutSlnSnt was w
tanned;
"Martin Irons, who formerly LIVED
: here aud at Richmond, Mo-, is man o.
no standing, personally or otherwise, IL
the community. He originally came from
Scotland to New York city. He married
his wife, that now resides near Richmond
Ray county, in Lexington, Ky, while llv
ing in Lexington, Mo. During the wa
he claimed to be British subject, ant
demanded protection from that govern
ment to keep him from serving IN the
army. While in this section Irons wal
considered low man, contemplate wife
: heater, drunken loafer. understand
: that az Richmond he was locked up two
OF three times for beating his wife, ant
) that he abused her to such an extent that
his children drove him from home. liz
left Richmond and married again without
: obtaining divorce from bis iirst wife,