The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-19

But II VIII he Worse for "PIckIes" When
They Cntch Ihnt Kecrennt IIuabnnd.

! ANsoNIA. Nov. 1S.-Two very wrathful
| women are urging the police OF birmingham
| and the deputy sheriifS OF New Haven county
| to find Dwight /. Hitchcock OF Bethany. q
| little town few miles east OF here. Hitchcock
is commonly known MS Pickles" For several
years he has made living by digging horse-
radish. grating it. and going from house to
| house in the villages in this county selling It.
| He also makes his own pickles and disposes OF
them in like manner. 1t has Just transpired
that three women claim him as husband.
and his name has never yet appeared In q d.
vorce court. Twenty one years ago Hitchcock
married Martha Ford OF Bethany and for two
years they lived together on little farm
which he owned in that town. Quarrels were
frequent owing. it is said. to his attentions to
other women when on his peddlIng trips
About twelve years ago Mrs Hitchcock left her
husband and went home to her parents. pay
ing no lore attention to the horseradish man.
Hitchcock soon solaced himself in the smiles
OF Winnie Pour. n fair-looking young woman.
whom he claimed to have married. and who
took up her residence with him in the house
deserted by his first wife. Here they lived for
ten years. the second vile bearing him two
children. The first wife often threatened to
prosecute him for biGamy. but for some rea-
son failed to do so. and Iltchcocks life went
on in tho same old way peddlng pickles and
horseradish. for ten years One night two
years ago, the second vito. after a QUARREL
arising. so it is said. from the same cause as
that with his llrst wife. packed her belongings.
and, taxing her twochlareMpi LEFT for her home.
her over in Fair Haven. Her name was Eliza
ancc. and is ali accounts u very respectable
girl! They became engaged In spite Of the
w wsrs made Tor the @siins 6c,ober oi last
year, and one day. when iiitchcorE was max
TE s s r" nS MI
nG" in HGmmgn"m p. snn tex i Gas t ne
The Town Clerk wondered II the marriage had
fallen through. as the license had never been
on tho lin Of August, 1893 Just twenty
one years ir@m the dats OF hlS first marriage sEs
h"m aud. WIFI Mi4t Nlctann on bis arm. asked
nnSs lis . M MIR old license. It was such
ds[cPutas9 %"EmG d9cpT ne t. thnt Mr.
HS Il S %ednE tho 's homs s' BssSanxy
Mrs. li,i"hcock 10, ] heard Of the third matri.
and p Ss s nn hs m sEs fH Ha v'tk XXI: sd
tH%"ss s %%Sr lest s0' and ssi:a
she told her story This raised tempsss o az
once. and the two women hurried over TO BIZ.
with Prosecuting Attorney Smith. warrant
was given to Chief OF Police Nolan for Hitch
ccoch' arrest. hut the man had get tip and
and Seymour. with Deputy Sheriff ChAtfield,
have been hunting for the nigamist. but so far
without avail Mrs Hitchcock No. l will pros
for some other crime. and Mrs Hitchcock No.
. is to be aSkc to come into the com bine in
order to mako his punishment as heavy as
possible. 1t is said there Is some doubt about
his marriage to No. ?, though he has always
claimed that a legal ceremony took place No
record of II can bo found In any Of the towns
hcreabouts, but II may have been performed
in New York state AT any rate. II looks rather
dubious for tho pe0pie OF the twin cities, as
Ansonia and Birming CHAM are now called. In
the matter Of getting their winteIS supply 81
horseradjsh and plekleA