The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-18
TWO HEARTED stew ART
Engaged to Two Girls and
Married One the Day
Named for the
Other.

SArthur F. Stewart, aSEPennsylvania
Railroad conductor, was engaged to
marry Miss Jennie Dunkin, with whose
parents he boarded. ar No. 298 Montgom-
cry street, and last Thursday was fixed
as the wedding day. But she is not mar
ried. ana he is. and another girl wears
the very rin9 he got for Jennie, and
which is inscribed with her name.
Stewart is forty 1.-TWO years old, and Jen-
ME Dunkin is sixteen. He began board
Ing with her folk year ago. Her father
is Pennsylvania Railroad conductor
The engagement was announced some
months ago. Stewart is not handsome,
but young Miss Dunkin seemed fond or
when she saw him IL the street
with pretty girl with short curly
black hair. she inquired of hlm
and he informed her that the young lady
was Lou Martin. friend whom he had
known in the country, who had passed
through the CITY on her way South. Tne
result of Miss Dunkin's annoyance at this
Incident was that Stewart asked MISS
Dunkin to marry him soon and the date
was fixed for the 10Th. Stewars bought
diamond ring on which was engraved
ga. to j., March 16, '93," and said he
would give it to Jennie after their wed
ding. Jennie's grandmother saw the
ring.
Miss Lou Martin lived with Mrs. d.
Arnold in the Arthur flats at No. 254
West Thirty-eighth street, New York. IL
is said in that house uhat'ne visited Miss
Martin nearly every day. He appeared
very devoted and the nelghoors
supposed they were .,aia ENGAGED.
gagement. In some way 1t came
to her Knowledge that Stewart was pay
ing attention to Miss Dunkin. 1t is SAID
that Miss Martin came over and mAGe Il
call which was stormy and fearful
Stewart appeared to have assured both
girls of his singlehearted devotion.
Last Wednesday Miss Martin called
Stewart to account for his duplicity. He
the ring he had promised to Jennie
Dunkin. She noticed the Inscription, ,and
told friend she knew for whom the
ring was originally meant Then
Stewart came to Jersey City and
stayed all night at No. 29S MONTGOMERY
street. He told Jennie that his Irritation
with Lou Martin was at an end. The
next morning. the dav of the expected
wedding, Stewart said he mad some
business to attend to and would
return in two hours. He didn't come
back. He went over to New York to see
Lou Martin. Jennie'e grandmother,
Mrs. Duncan, received this telegram soon
after Stewards departure:
Your Jenny need entertain no thought of
marrying Arthur Stewart. lr can never hap
pen. fLoRENcE'
Mrs. Dunkin aud Jennie's aunt Mrs.
Frank Dunkin went over to the Arthur
flats in which Lou Martin lived. Stewart
and Miss Martin had gone out, the neigh
bors said to get married, take wedding
trip, and then to keep house i'll Waverly
place Stewart had secured two weeks
vacation.
Miss Martin said she would be proud to
marry man who had left another girl to
marry her, After the Dunkin ladies left,
Stewart and Miss Martin were In the Hat
again a few minutes.
1t is said in the Pennsylvania depot
that Stewart got passes for two and left
for Washington yesterday afternoon with
a young woman. presumably his wife.
The Dimkins family We're reported
yesterday to have said they we're glad to
get rid of Stewart and would
have nothing more to do with him. They
were all absent apparently this morning.
Nsighbors said they left yesterday after
noon. 1t is reported that Stewart will
lose his situation with the railroad in
consequence of his treatment of the Dun
kin girl.