Telegram-herald., 1888-05-19

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Ths Psrinsa bsgsmr esss eonsssnss 70
oe ths chef ss1Esctioa IN The sag<Eior
Court. sad t dfsss lac . tsa-psr-esnt.
mortgage. Ms. Rerim al 30. 4 is IN court
ana arinks IN at tie testimony. sspectally
sems very rich lsstsn written % PsFinAa
T. Mrs. Pezim4a Ne 3
The forsaoon ~ss taken ap n proving the
marriage Of dslsnt4nt sith Roxy l. Cosea.
The 6rst witness pat on ths stand for ths
sefsadzst Vas Ars. Isnnis s-4nsssd. nae
appearing and resol ats-looking yoasg wo-
man sho lives Ia Chicago. She szid sks
was daughter Of James K. PsrimAn sad
Mrs Psrriman NJ. l. Sne did not tell any
more soouE her father than sha Was com
PEELED 70. and evidently kn0ss more than
she cares 10 o. viii tell.
Mrs. s,snheld said that her father left
her mother when she sas . small child. and
the next she heard Of him wss Ia Russell
vile, ARK. and was married ~ q Mas AaLe
I0rrsnee.
The defence then offered In evidence the
record G. the marriage ~ Mas Iorrencs, the
idea being that the crime committed Ia
AFAsnsas aGoEed tor tho sizamoas act IN
Michigan.
Aftsr argument the court decided not 10
allos the record " De introduced, as II Was
not properly aglested-
Ar. PecEnan then took the stand in bis
own behalf he gave bis exc As As years
| and said that be served three years IN the
army and lost his right arm there, for
which ne drew q pension. He testified that
he vas married To Emma Gardener IN
salem, Illinois. IA 1886 and left her IN 1868.
/ lie then wandered sround. bat nnaiiy
brought up ak Russellyille. Arktnszs. whefe
On the l3tn Of January, 1871. be was mar
ried TO Miss Kate IoFrence. ~ the residence
/ OF the brids's parents, the affair being made
| the occasion of quite swsll wedding. tie
lived with her until some time ia 1854.
when ns again pulled out and left vile
and one boy. the hrst time be left girl.
and became = wsnderer ssain until the first
Of December. 1880 when be engaged
/ IN the show business. This be eoa-
tinued for a few months and then sold out.
| he claimed that 10 mis- knowledge be had
never seen Miss Cowsn. and had no recol-
| lection Of wedding wife No. 5. But the
/ ceremony was performed n the brides
parents in Salem, Fulton county. Arkansas.
| on the afternoon Of February IL. 1855, and
w. celebrated with small country we'd
ding. he took his wife to Mammoth
| Spnngs, tbs county seat. and then went
i away and sold his show. returning about
/ the first of March. He then went 10 Willow
/ Springs on The 10th OF March 10 look tor
work, leaving his wife al Mammoth Springs
/ while he found q situation. The 10Th OF
| March he wrote his wife and told her 20 at
he xas United States detective and had
been ordered TO st. Louis. and that is the
last time she ever heard from him 70 bis
| knowledge.
Psriman says he has no recollection of
| any of these transactions and must have
been suffering from mental alteration, as the
period of $50 is blank To him. Several
lsttsrs were read in court that he had sent
u wife No 3, both before and after hts mar
risge, which be Identified as his hand
writing and acknowledged the signatures
bat says that be had no knowledge OF ever
having written them.
The letters are MODELS and should be
placed as specimens In some book on let ter
writing. They are couched in the most en-
dearing terms and be sent by mail thou
sand kisses" and longing for her fair
arms 70 encircl- his neck" and have her
soft lips pressed TO his face in fervepl
kisses etc, etc.
Mr.. Periman said that although be had
never had q chance 10 see wife No. 3, he did
have some correspondence with her in 1850,
|
aud il seems that this correspondence is
what led 20 the marriage. 1t was TO have
taken place before but in q letter dated
Septemosr l7th. 1885, he saws that some
naughty. bad woman who was 10 love with
himhad intercepted his mail and had written
him 4 letter purporting to come from ths
fair Roxy. stating that she had repented
and did not want to marry man who was
old enough to be her father" etc. The
naughty. bad woman, even did more than
that She wrote TO Roxy and told her thai
Perimsn had passed to the great beyond
This all happened in 1850. aud the letter
goes on 70 state that he had Just been called
10 the bedside OF the naughty. bad WON a.
who confessed upon her dyine bed 20 the
above startling facts. and tod how she sd
blasted the lives Of the young hearts that
should be beating as one st that very par.
tic1lar moment When this startling in
formation was given him be wrote her
letter telling her that the old love had bee
reEindlsd. and that II she was still ia
state Of single blessedness he was in tn
same boat and that "BarkIs was willnn.
She was still single, so after q iitll
epistOlary delay they were married.
All this and more too happened when
Mr.. Psrmsn was a walking mental sberra-
ton.
To ali questions regarding wife No 3
NJ. Etfltnsu - poSttiFc Ne never saw ne
and knows nothing ofthe alleged marriage
and the facts a. brought out yesterday show
him 70 be either insane or an unmiiigzted
scoBndrel.
He came TO this city soon after leavint
wife No. 3, and became acquainted with
Mss Love. snd once more be was married
az the brides parents.
So far a. heard from the bettsr-haivss ar,
distributed "a follows Wife No I Is Mrs
Jerks. and reside. at S,i5 South Division 81.
this city. Wife No. is Mrs. J. \. Psriman
snd lives in Russeivilie, Arkansas. WIFE
No ; is wst nurse in San Antonio. Texas
while wife No. IS Mrs. J. X. Perima1 O
this city.
The case vii Be continued ia the Snpe
ri0r Court this morning.
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