The evening world., 1894-08-04
.MIx-uP OF WIVES,
Will Mcdonnell Remarked Yes
terday to Miss Sherwood.
He Was Divorced on Tuesday Last
from May Hosmer.
Thought She Was Freed Years Ago
and She Married Again.

The marriage OF William A. McCon
neil, the theatrical manager. yesterday
reveals a remarkable story which Illus.
trates the old saying that truth
IL stranger than fiction. The
! lady he married yesterday had been
his wife for two years, and the strange
experiences he has gone through on ac'
count OF his matrimonial complications
are sufficiently strong and dramatic to
form the foundation OF play OF the
Sardou school,
Mcconnell comes from a theatrical
famil. He visited Chicago after win
ming lanrels as juvenile man with the
( late John Mccullough, and met Miss
May Hosmer. young actress wei
known in the profession. They were
married In Chicago in 1889. Mcconnell
then became connected with J. NJ Hits
Columbia Theatre. He found married
life a failure, and communicated the
fact to his wife. She confessed that she
h did not love as she should and they
agreed to separate. Mcconnell! went or
and sought the legal services OF a well.
known lawyer. Mcconnell furnished the
necessary evidence for divorce. The
bearing was in private, and after Mrs
A*ASSOHhcil gave htl ttStlulOhy eHt
rushed away to a train to MI an en-.
gagement In the East.
Here is where the vlllalny enters the
story: The lawyer notified Mrs. McCon:
pocketed q fee Of $3.50.
The ex-Mrs: Mcconnell then took a
fancy to Charles Babcock, an actor. who
was playing in the same company They
news OF the granting OF the divorce
reached Mcconnell, who was then man.
aging q company In the far West. In
the mean time he had met and learned
TO. love Mary Sherwood, daughter of a
well-known. turist of California Miss
Sherwood visited Minneapolis while Nc
Sss1onneiIs company were playing there IN
1921. and they were married. The same
year child was born to his former
wife and her second husband.
. innings ran along merrily until a lit
.Babcosk was In Chicago. and out OF
curiosity looked up the court records
on his wlfe's divorce. He was aston
isned to learn that no decree had been
communicate the facts to the lady
had been his wife.
DSnSs asrr jsSn The s r and ss
called In as the most intimate friend
OF All parties concerned, and he In turn
called on his friend, Jere Weinberg.
that proceedings We're instituted by Nc.
Cornell for a divorce on the statutory
grounds. his wife's second husband be
Ing named as the correspondent.
The decree was granted by Judge Van
Wyck on Mr. Harrison's testimony. Mr..
Mcconnell lost no time In remarrying
Miss Sherwood. The wedding took pace
yesterday In the Church Of the Hoy
Communion. Twentieth street and Sixth
avenue, the Rev. DR.. Mottet officiating.
Mr.. Harrison acted AZ best man. To-
morrow Mr.. Harrison will serve in the
same capacity In Jersey city, when May
Hosmer, McConnelrs first wife. will re-.
marry Babcock. whom she has supposed
for two years to be her husband.
1T is all a peculiar chain OF circum.
stances" Mr.. Harrison said to an Even
ing World" reporter to-day, land no one
y to blame but the Chicago lawyer Mr.
Mcconnell has married his wife, and Mr.
Babcock has married his wife, and there
the matter stands"
Following the ceremony yesterday Mr..
and Mrs. Mcconnell went to their home,
Larchfhont Manor. short distance
above New Rochelle. where they Will
enjoy their "honevmoon.
Mr.. Mcconnell Is the present manager
OF the American Theatrical Exchange.
and was formerly manager of the
Brooklyn Theatre during ]. H. Haver-
Tvs time. He also managed Hayerly's
Chicago theatre, the Columbia, and IL
considered one OF the brightest and
most popular young managers in the