The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-13
.JlRlH WANTS ALIMONY.
"a rrj Of Troubles for The Convicted
BigamiSt.

,n.y il in Jail and Judge Fanigant
- Sec Where the Aimony is to
o,s From-A Petition for His Par
Son BEING Ciroulated-Two Mort
Is-ss Foreclosed- Policy Shop Men
D.mand Trial by Jury-City Court
Criminals.
r,era is a great deal Of truth in the
IN, that trouble does not come single
1,5e7 and never was the saying truer
.s.o +, the case of the old negro Freder-
vi, Rnev. who was convicted of bigamy
Tho superior court a few days ago and
.snterced to the penitentiary for two
years. go.
o,raed in writing some time ago to live
ssnorare and apart from her former lord,
ar3 who had him indicted for bigamy
.bort1v after the contamination of his
rrion with Betsy Graham, is after him
o,ain in the courts, and this time she
asks through her attorney, VIM. Pease,
Fen that the court grant her alimony.
Sentenced to the pen and without in
come from any source whatever, it is diff
fGTIf 10 STU HUN W lAOO 0OhASC hDeAL etll
ovnacts to recover alimOny and from
tbe turn the case took yesterday it
seemed that it was a hard matter for
ludoe Falligant to see from what source
he was going TO order the funds into
corrt to grant Sarahs petition.
N seems that Sarah and her former hus-
hand purchased a small house and lot out
in the suburbs of the'cityfor $3.50 on which
rbev had jointly paid $3.50, and which is
moductive of no income whatever. Sarahs
desire. however, seemed to be to get hold
of the entire paid up interests IN this
property When the request for alimony
was brought 10 the attention of Judge
Falligant he heard the facts and asked
the plaintiffs attorney:
How am to grantalimony when the de-
PENDANT has been sent to the penitentiary
for two years ON a charge of bigamy? Be
sides the property is not bringing in any
thing and is not yet paid for. l will take
the matter under consideration, however,
and decide it later"
TRYING TO GET A PARDON.
Rfey's case is a peculiar one to say the
least He was given two years in the
pententiary for marrying Betsy Graham
without having obtained a legal divorce
from his former wife Most peculiar Of
all was the manner in which he and his
former wife Sarah parted. They had some
dispute and finally agreed to separate and
live apart. They drew up papers to this
effect and had them witnessed by num-
Der Of friends and there seems to be no
doubt whatever that Riley thought that
this separation under written agree
ment was a thoroughly legal and proper
form of divorce.
lie is an old man about Go years of age
and the opinion among those who know
anything about his case, is that he has
been man worse sinned against than
shining. 1t is believed that he was very
much imposed upon and that in his ignor-
ance, not unders landing the law or what
he was doing, he really believed that he
had been legally divorced from his
former wife. He does not appear to be a
man who would wilfully violate such a
law and for these reasons and others an
effort was begun yesterday to secure a
pardon for him, in which several promi-
nent attorneys have interested them
selves
Mr. S. B. Adams thinks the old nepro's
case IS plausible one, and it was he who
took up the idea of securing a pardon for
him. 1t will be remembered Judge Falli-
CANT gave him the lowest sentence that
he could under the law in case of convic-
ton of the crime with which he was
charged, and it is understood that under
the circumstances that the Judge and a
number Of the jurors will sign his petit
ton to Governor Mortimer for pardon.
Riley is represented by w. E. Morri-
SON ESQ.