The evening world., 1894-06-22
WONT TPAY HIS W|FE'S BILLS
She Was a Handsome Young Widow
and He Was a WidOWer Of Sixty
with Grown Daughters.
MARRIED LESS THAN SIX MONTHS.
Dunton Society Folks Are Busy Talking
Over the Breach in the Dodge
Household.

JAMAICA, June 21.-Domestic infe-
licity. which has reigned for some time
In the Bodge household in Dunton,
reached climax this week when this
notice appeared in a local paper:
ITO Whom 1t May Concern: Take no.
tice that from this date will not be re-
sponsible for any debts contracted by
Margaret o. Bodge. and all persons
having dealings with her are warned
against giving her credit on my account
JOHN J. BODICE.
Dated Drnton. June 10. 1884,"
This announcement was followed by
an allegation credited to the family
milkman that Mr.. Bodge had ordered
him not to let his wife have milk on his
credit. AS a result there is much gossip
here.
John j. Bodge is sixty years old, is in
the cutlery business in New York city
and is considered to be nice old man.
lie hac been Il widower for seventeen
years. and last Christmas he married
nr",tv ,hirtv-three-year widow. Mr..
Bodge has three marriageable daughters
quite as good-looking as their step
mother, and 1t Is Whispered tnat the
discord In the family ,s the old story Of
grown-up daughters refusing to recog-
Mrs. Bodgs 'oe' No. 2 was Mrs. Margaret
Watts, Her husband died in February.
iS93, leaving her u two-year-old boy.
Her maiden name was Schenck. and
Last fall she attended n euchre party in
the Bodge parlors. and the host paid
her marked attention from that out.
Last September Mrs Watts's mother.
husbands death, moved TO Norwalk,
conn. and the daughter made her home
with Mrs. Mary Bennemiller, In Dunton
There Mrs. Watts and Mr. Bodge made
love. and when on Christmas Day the
couple were married in Norwalk, MIR,
and Mrs. Bennemiller acted as grooms-
man ana bridesmaid. 1t is not on record
whether the. Bodge girls approved of the
marriage. At any rate, their stepmother
was not very kindly received. The girls
complained that they We're not nurses to
was gone They also protested, 1t is said.
when their stepmother required them
to carry a pad and pencil to market, to
Keep strict account of the household ex-
50 the trouble went on until one day
MISS Daisy Bodge declared she would
end the cat-and-dog existence, and she
RrSSseaet RoSnso to wGrb Sngage herself to Otto
Mr.; Bodee did not favor him and so
Daisy was given the alternative OF
breaking her promise to Robinson or
leaving home. She chose TO stand by
her lover. and is now staying with
friends in New Jersey.
Mrs. Benncmller Is credited with
chatting over the trouble yesterday, She
denied emphdtCally that she acted ng
matchmaker in Mr.. Bodge's romance
and declares she will wreak vengeance
on any one who accuses her of running
a matrimonial agency. She calls Mr.
Bodge e jealous man and believes that
he has Threatened her life. She adds
that she has been denied entrance to
the Bodge house by Mr.. Bodge. who
objected to her calling on his wife. Mrs
Bodee, she furthermore asserts, told
her one day that she suspected that at
tempts had been made to poison her
and If she died she asked Mrs. Benne-
mill ler TO insist on a post-mortem ex-
animation being made.
Mrs. Bodge Is said to have left her
her mother in Norwalk No litigation
is under way as yet