Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-15

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Several of the women who answered the
personal" advertisement Of Marion D. New
| man, who is now in Jail on q charge of false
pretenses, have requested the return of their
letters, and they will probably be accommo-
dated. One of them has been notified that she
can have her letters by calling at police head
quarters for them. She is past thirty-fve
years old. The large number of such letters
have been assorted, and none of them will be
made public except those sent by the prisoner
to Mrs. Kate Smith, the only victim who made
complaint against him.
THE PRISONERS WIVES,
This morning the detectives received letter
from the Philadelphia authorities giving the
information that the prisoners wife-Mary De
Hughes-is now living in Auberry Place. She
was married to the prisoner in 1858 This the
oiileers think is wife No. !. woman in Nash
vile they think is wife No. g. and the Indianap-
oils woman they think is his latest welded wife.
From information received the officers now
beieve that the prisoners right name il Dallas
VI. DE Hughes, and that Sinclair and Newman
are his assumed names. Last evening a resi-
dent OF this city, who formerly lived in Phila-
delphia, visited police headquarters and iden-
titled picture of the prisoner as being that of
Dallas NJ. De Hughes, formerly of the Quaker
city 10 make sure this gentleman gave a
sample OF handwriting which he said would
correspond with that Of the prisoner. The lat
ters sermons and letters were produced and
the similarity of the handwriting was clearly
established The citizen mentioned further
stated that the prisoner was in his employ in
Philadelphia in 1870, but he knew him long be-
fore that time. He gave from his recollection
the following
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PRISONER:
"De Hughes was married in Philadelphia
leo
Webb street. In the latter part of the same
year he went west, but did not take his wife
with him. He returned to Philadelphia and
November 6, 1871, he went to work a brake
man on the Chestnut Hill freight line, and was
then boarding at No. I'll Wood street. His
wife was not then living with him. but was sew
ing at the Soldiers Orphans Home, on 22d
July. 1911. when she returned to her mother in
Reading. Pa. In June, 1871, she visited No.
7l3 Webb street, her former home, and then
stated that her husband was studying law"
As PREACHER.
'About 1874 De Hughes entered the Maine
NJ. Z. conference. Three years later he entered
the New Jersey conference by transfer from
the Maine conference. At the conference held
in 1850 De Hughes represented that his wife
was aninvalid and needed medical attendance,
and requested that he be stationed near Phila-
delphia. He was then Tin 1880 appointed to
the church at Cinnaminson, Burlington county,
New Jersey. near Camden. One year later he
was reappointed to the same church. In
August of that year he left Cinnaminson, ADAM
dd0d the woman who was then his wife. and
ran off with another woman. On the boat
going from Camden to Philadelphia he pre-
tended that he jumped overheard, and caused
a report that he had committed suicide to be
extensively circulated. March 10. 1882. he was
expelled from the New Jersey conference"
Rev. DIR. Perry, of New jersey. who is now
in the city, also remembers De Hughes as hay
ing been connected with the New Jersey con-
ference.