The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-28
VICTIM OF A HGAM|ST.
A Providence Womln Who Discovers
a Very Sad Fact.
HUNTING HER RECREANT HUBBY,
She Learns of Prior Marriage an"
Ascertains thnt 10 was Legai-Mrs'
Margaret l. sanborn is Wife No. ana
the Man is Gilbert IL. sanborn.
ESPECIAL TO THE SEws)


CONCORD. n. H., July 2S-Mrs. Mar
reret l.. Sanborn OF Providence, X. L.,
has been in this city in search OF news
regarding her husband, Gilbert III. San
born. who left her in Providence several
weeks ago.
She Is accompanied by her six weeks
old child aud her sister. Miss Bothine OF
South Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mra Sanborn, it is said. will make no
attempt to induce her husband to return
TO her. but will try to ascertain the
session, which seemed to give her
cood grounds to believe that she had
fallen 8 victim to his bigamistic tenden-
What she has discovered is sufficient to
estabIish the fact that she IL sife NO
of the perHdious Sanborn, and she has
returned to Providence to make ar
rsncements for vigorous search which
viii be Instituted for tho missing hus-
Ssnboru Is about 80 years old, son Of
Coltrue L. Sanborn Of the third regiment
N. r., M. G..
BE has resided here for several years
and was popular In the church society
with which he became connected. his
nfrriage to Miss Marion Danfortb,
ds1ghtar Of one of the most prominent
bHainesa men In the city was q noted
society tvent here.
Afser iseping house for short time the
newly married couple went to live with
MIA 6apborn's father, and soon after
whiob Increased until the patience OF his
father.in-law was exhausted, and he was
compelled to leave the house.
6epdorn left the city and was under
stood to have obtained employment In
Boston, but bis wife heard nothing about
saw q paragraph In newspaper which
announced hfs marriage in Chelsea.
Mass., 60 Miss Martin OF Providence,
Upon learning in some way that he lived
"a New York, sne wrote him letter in
which she said she had seen the news
paper record Of his marriage and as he
how they should be forwarded to him
and they shJuld be sent accordingly.
It WAS probably through this letter
that wife No. 2 became apprised of the
fact that her title to the claim OF wife was
The story of Mrs. Sanborn No. Q was
that she met the faithless Gilbert while
. journing In Chelsea iu the summer of
1872, aud that she married him in Sep
temper OF that year In opposition to the
wishes OF her family.
The marriage was performed by a
Justice of the peace. but later in defer
renee to the wishes Of her people, was re-
peat by a Chelsea Clergyman. Not
ION sfser leaving Chelsea Sanborn and
wfe number two went to South Brook
l,n and took up her residence with Mrs.
Bothine. the sister of Mrs Sanborn, aud
Stubborn ioupd employment In New
York.
" is not known the life OF the husband
in New York furnished any sensational
incidents till he VAS missed from the do
mestic circle early in the present month.
About the 10th Of july ne applied to
his employer for a vacation. which was
granted, and since that time uothing has
been seen of him, A story is current
that he has third wife In Boston, but
she has put in no claim on the missing
man. Mrs. Sanborn, second, visited the
home of her husbands parents in Chi
chester, but was assured by the people
shbys th&S they knew nothing of the sons
whereabout