Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13
TO WIFE NUMBER ONE.
THE sPECIOUS ARGUMENTS A BIGA.
MIST MAY MAKE.
Letters From a LOthnriO in Georgia 60 His
Better HaIfin CarrOllton, O.-LOgic
of Temporary Divorce 20
Get at Number TWo's


Better HaIfin CarrOlItOn, O.-LOgic
Of n Temporary Divorce TO
Get at Number Two's
Fortune.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.I
CARRoLLToE, o., January 12.-The
bigamy proceedings against Charles G..
Hoffee, formerly of this place, but more re-
Gently of Carrollton, Ga, where he hiber-
mates in jail, have drawn forth several
letters which the Lothario wrote home that
show how pathetically man can argue
when he wants wife No. l to grant him q
temporary divorce so that he may be unmo-
Tested in cultiVatIng the snug fortune Of
young and pretty wife No. 2 miss
May Cheney. of Bremen, Ga, in this case).
He married DR.. I. n. Cheney's daughter
December 20, it is alleged, after having
completely deceived the people of Bremen,
representing himself as Northern capital
ist merely selling goods as means of seeing
ating standpoint 1t is even re-
ported from there that he proposed
buying large tracts of land, and had half
the LAWYERS of the place examining titles;
was going to open a bank, and had the
plans and specifications of $50, 900 hotel
drawn, for which the citizens donated q
plot of ground. In the meantime he married
Miss Cheney.
DR.. Cheney, the father of the girl, had
his suspicious aroused in some manner, and
knowing that Hofee's home was at this
place, sent the kilograms resulting in his
exposure.
A few samples of Hoffee's letters home to
his wife will perhaps illustrate bester than
a column of ordinary descriptive matter
could, how a man In such plight can rea-
son out the force of that famous expression
from Widow Bedott, "How happy could
/ be with either. were 'tother dear charmer
away"
HEFLIN, ALA, November Is, 1889.
DEAR MARY| am to-day in the above
town and will leave on the LOB o'clock train,
and as have not sent you any money for some
time, inclose you i've dollars $751; think il
nothing happens will be home soon for few
days But won't go to Carrollron, O. will
write you in a few DAYS again and YOU can
60 down to pap's (Hofee's father who resides
at Dell Roy, this county,, as can only stay a
few days. If anyone writes TO you or your pap
don't answer them. as have got myself into
will seal my DOOM You will hear from me
soon again. 1 hope the children are well.
Your husband, CHARLES C. HoFFEE.
BREMEN, GA, December 4 1883,
DEAR WIFE-I was dreaming last night Of
Earl and Stella I had them in my arms kiss
ing them. Kiss them for me, and tell them 1
think Of them each day. No one knows what
suffer in staying away from them. But it is
too late. am compelled to still stay. will
arrange to take all of you away from
Carrollton, soon as possible. But matters must
make some change in order to make me SO as
can act SO. wrote Simon (Hotfee's brotherl
and gave him all the particulars, and those are
facts. And now Mary, ask you, If you think
anything of me, to do as 1 have asked, and
will see you don't lose anything. 1 am not do
ing this to get rid of you. But will only make
me feel the more indebted to you and I
will see that you are cared for. But
dren from worse disgrace than it would be if
you did not grant me the request l intended
coming home this month, but find it impossible
to get off. / will write you often and send you
money whenever get it. Mary, keep this
from your folks. for they will write Scott MRS
Hoffee's brother who lives in Chattanooga
Tenn. and he don't like me and he will make
me trouble. Do Just what 1 say and don't
listen to any one and you will be rewarded in
the end. MY love to all Your husband,
ADMISSION, ALA December II 1889
DEAR MARY: So far as you keep
ing my children is concerned, 1 want nothing
better than for you to give them to me. l will
best people; educate them to the highest
standard, and raise them to be Christians and
see that they have good homes as long as they
live If you will look at this matter in a
motherly way, and have their interests at heart
you will take the same view Of it as do.
You spoke of prosecuting me, and writing to
Scott (her brother, Scott Runyan, of Chatta-
nooga. Tenn.). But will this be any honor to
you, or make a way to support our children and
educate them? If you would do that 20 crafty
some that does not like me, and willfully wrong
our children, you are not the loving wife left
in Carrollton. Besides, you have written me of
your great love for me. would like to know
what love consists of-whether it is seeing those
you love happy, or whether it consists of seeing
one you love looking out from behind prison
bars for people to scorn, and forever running
all further prospects of me and our children?
still have all your interests at heart and
wi do the best any one could do, under the
same circumstances. will come home to pap's
in the course Of three months, and IL see you
there can better explain my position than l
can write it. would send you some money in
this letter. but have none. Will try to raise
some by next week for Christmas Kiss the
children for their father.
Your loving husband.
CHARLES.
DR.. Cheney has kindly sent Mrs. Hofee
sufficient money for her expenses to Georgia,
and she will leave in few days to prosecute
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