New-York tribune., 1891-12-16
oIcOTI AND HIS TWO WIVES.
HE sAYs THE FIRST ONE PROMISED TO III III -
HAVE ANOTHER

vvs,vr THE FIRST ONE PROMISED TO LEI III"
HAVE ANOTHER
Proof Of bigamy the part OF Wllsop IA oi'sr Do,on
xouna newspaper writer wos submitted oc,o' a.
yustce Walsh Yesterday. and he was heio ~,
c,.rd Jurv Olcott says that his first wiie kne" 70
oi"'1 -, a.. Dorrr again and agreed not to rouo'e
IT. He had sought divorce from the nrsO VI"
oIcott but haA dropped the proceedings ana h>eu
h.r mn 10 two DAYS before his second mar11hsc' N
oply twenty-one years OLD. a..
,r,o frs, wife Mrs Rosetta W. Olcctt was tue nisf
xitneis. She Is twenty four years Old ana hVes =.
No a32 B,rSen-st On June 4, 1858. sue was harleA M
10 oIcott and lived with BIN until November 10 n
,-,,ne.s denied knowing that her husband was pass
attentions TO Miss Laura Beecher Ihor'i-"hUm a'
married On that date-wblle he was hVihs WIN ~.
.ynI wife Police Justice Walsh ruled tDat |'S "".
rot legal evidence. the only question 10 DC s.t'u
vas whether the defendant was married 10 t"o "S,
nj the same time. Miss Thorn was calico 10 'o'as,
hut turther examination waived by the oou"sci
Cor the prisoner and lie was sent TO Raymond S"eo'
Jai .,,., ~,
Miss Thorn is eighteen years old, and daughter OIL
Walter Thorn, Of No. 1O2 Fifty ysixth-st. oico' oo
came acquainted with her In April last ana I've ",.n
began 10 visit her frequently and they weno W '"o
.,sotr, +orether Ocott said after tue hear1ng'
at uas greatly surprised at my WIGS tesunio"'
she knew all the time that was goihB W mon
Miss Thorn. The only pretence she ever niso' "
ohtectang 10 my intimacy with MISS Thorh was w ~
i
Miss Thorn TO the theatre in New-lora' ny WV AZ
saw us together there and when got nome sis SOW,
III l mad only has u pistol 1 would have shoV he''
She found picture Of Miss Thorn IN ono VI III.
r,oclets and put 1t In a frame and placed IL upon
the mnntel was about to remove IL, wheh s'c '"'.
Let it stay ihere, 1t IL pretty Decah" ""e'' ""
tore mp the Photograph >,
allow did YOU become engaged TO MISS Ihorh
"It was about three weeks after met her' III |"
heout;tnI night in May We walking along the
shore Road drinking in the beauties OF nature ou'
conversation dned TO the subject Of matiilnony' anu
proposed and was accepted, l called 10 see MISS
rhorns father the next evening, but he nid hoo co'
Gent al once, ana our ensasemenc lasica ior io''f
months lie Investigated my character ana cohouc'
aud 6nslly consented and we're married on NoVem
Der a3 lived with my first wife up to Two oa! 3
before tiat date .
rTi,en you did not secure divorce from her
~ began divorce proceedings statutory grounds
but my lawyer. Remsen Dykeman, dleo oeiore '"c
case came 20 triai. aud dropped It,
"Dd you moi expect 10 be prosecuted Tor mshmy
NO. nv wife said she woulc never bother me.
But after the wedding i got q letter from aWAG ~,
snd called at his Office. He said my wife had toid 'm
nj nv second marriage. afterward met her ~ the
s;roe Office, and she wanted him to draw up ueeu
OF separation both OF US 10 sign, Dy wnlch "as
10 nav her SO week for her support, ana .!
a week for the support OF 0uT tw0y lrOid cmlo bul
he refused to do so on the ground that IL "ouo De
Tbe made, ,an,e Of tho first Mrs Ocott was Fart
ridge She L. a brunette, while her rival Ill uie aucc-
tions OF Young Oloott Is u blonde