The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-24
ROMANCE GONE WRONG.
Miss Nellie Reeves British
Beresford Proves to
be a Bigamist.
HE RUINED THE GIRL.
She Had a Baby Months Before
That Secret Marriage-His
First Brides Woes.

On Saturday last when it was an
nounced in THE JERSEY CITY NEWS that
the pretty aud popular Nellie Reeves of
No. 20 Chestnut avenue had run away
from home to join her husband, Harry
Newling Beresford. to whom she had
been secretly married six months pre-
vious. social circles were thrown into
high state of excitement. Subsequent
developments in this little romance are
of highly sensational character
10 begin with. Miss Reeves was the
her disappearance, and secondly, her hcs-
band has another and previous wife
and child living in Philadelphia.
Miss Reeves parents are heart broken
over these disclosures. but her mother,
who adored her and impiored her 10 for
sake Beresford, says she expected some.
thing of the kind would be found out il
she married him.
Miss Reeves instead of meeting Beres-
ford at the Old Guard ball in New York
as was at first reported, was in the langu-
age of the vulgar picked up" by him on
Broadway. Nellie was at this time en-
ployed In the main Office of the Western
Union Telegraph office. She was hand
some and petite. She was admired by
everyone. and it is sad to say, she was
moreethan tride vain. Beresford was
a handsome fellow and an exceptionally
we'll dressed man. After becoming
acquainted with Mss Reeves, he pursued
her persistently. He met her nightly as
she left her place of employment.
Nellie finally decided TO present
him to her parents. This she did and her
mother at once objected to his paying
further attention to her daughter. Nellie
did not impart this information to Beres-
ford and as q result he kept on meeting
her and accompanying her to her home.
Finally Mrs Reeves informed BeresfOHd
that his attentions were Objectionable.
Beresford endeavored to convince Mrs.
Reeves that his intentions were proper,
but Mrs Reeves did not believe him and
told him at once that she believed him to
be man who spent all he made on dress.
She objected to him also, being a travel
ling salesman and concluded her little
TRADE by intimating that he was q mar
ried man.
INFATUATED.
Captain Reeves, of the Pennsylvania
tug Wanita, laughed aS his wife's sus-
picions. Nellie continued her aequaIut-
ance with Beresford and finally became
infatuated with him. An invitation 10
take dinner with Beresford was accepted
Nellie was supposed to be spending the
night up town with friends. Dinner was
taken at Delmonico'S. The couple con-
versed freely, ate and drank and when
they were ready to depart TO the friend's
house uptown they concluded it was too
late to go there. That night Miss
Reeves did not go home neither did she
go to the home Of their friends. This
was the beginning of her downfall.
WIFE NO. 1.
The very day Beresford met Miss
Reeves, which was January s, 1891, he
had made preparations to celebrate the
20 h foA
Caroline M. Corrigan OF Philadelphia
His young wife and child were waiting
tor him to return in their fat at No. IS
West Eighty-second street, New York. .
1t was late when he returned home, and
to his anxious and loving wife he ex~
planned that business had detained him.
Beresford is an Englishman, the son or
| George E. r. Beresford. and he gets his
name and polished manners from one of
the greatest of English families. He is
buyer for a Western glove house. He
met Miss Corrigan. the daughter OF 8
| well to do widow, about five years ago.
He wooed and won her promptly, and at
the same time secured small loans from
| her mother. Beresford installed his WIFE
| in the fat at the address given above land
to all appearances there was hoS hap
| pier family in New YORK
Shortly after Beresferd met and Re-
| came infatuated with Eelife Reeves, his
him. Mrs. Reeves did all Ia her power
to prevent Beresford from calling on OF
meeting her daughter, and finally Nellie
tried to rid herself of him. T1ss she
| found impossible. On August Z. when
| Nellie Reeves disappeared anu met Betes-
ford she had been married sixsnontAs
and was the mother Of a htne-kHenths'-
old baby.
AN AWAKENING.
| In the meantime Mrs. Bereg ford had
| awakened to the fact that her husband
was paying attention to Some other
woman. He gave her no money, She
begged him to give up his mere tnfatua-
ton and return to her aud his osfald. In
July, 1891, the landlord wanted his rent,
but Beresford could OF be found Sab
| sequently iU was leaA ned thaS hsrwas
| away. At precisely the same time Miss
| Reeves was understood to be visiting
| friends "Beresford had really takenNellte
to Staten Island and had secured q COM
! Portable room for her there, in the house
| of Mr.. Barker. at Port Richmond. in
| which she was to be confined. MIR. and
| Mrs. Benton, as Beresford Registered, se-
4 cured the services OF DIR. MaFtinda1e and
matters Were sailing along sneatAly
| when Mrs. Beresford No. l puttn an Rp-
| pearance. In September, BeresfoFd book
| Nellie Reeves to quiet place in New 5er-
| sey and IL was there that their baby was
| born.
DIVORCE SUIT BEGUN.
! Mrs. Beresford No. l., becoming ac-
quainted with all the facts In the case.
returned to. her home in Philadelphia
and began a suit for divorce. A decree
has not yet been obtained.
/ Mrs. Reeves knew nothing of the exper-
fence of her daughter at Staten Island.
1.-The ruin and downfall Of Nellie Reeves
has caused the home OF Mira Reeves to be
| aRexceedingly unhappy one. Beresford
/ is believed to be in New Orleans. Mrs.
lBerestord, with her son, is at No. 1909
4 South Sixteenth street., Philadelphia.
| Beresford is said to have been there last
Saturday night, but was turned from the
house. Where Mrs. Beresford No. is,
no one knows, and it is considered doubt
full if she ever returns to this city.
Supervising Architect Tallman, of the
| new City Hall, knows Berestord.
Don't Keep the superintendent Waiting.
Superintendent John H. Brown, of the
| Fire Department, is anxiously seeking
for his diamond stud and for the party
who relieved him of It.
Weather Indications
WASHINGTON, Aug "a, 1892. Weather
indications for tWenty-four hours fol
Eastern New York, New Jersey and
Eastern Pennsylvania: = Showers to
night and probably Thursday, winds