Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-30

A coincidence, one among a mlIilon'
occ,Arrea at New Martinsville last Sat
ursav which exceeds in sensationalism
ANYTHING that has ever taken place be-
fore in that section Of country In
fact Il struck everybody dumb. 1t was
meeting before Squire Sel5y OF a re-
creant husband and father, and his three
living wives. one Of his sons by VIE
M his brother-in-law, beng
brother O.. wife No. l, and his httie
daughter by wife No. 3, child four or
FIVE wears old; wife No. having died. OF
course was not present. This meeting
was brought abount principally through
tho ins,7umentahty of one of the vic
inns a Young and innocent girl OF New
Nrartsnsville. who couples the unfortun-
alto rosition of wife No. 4. Squire Sell
bv before whom the case was tried, Is an
Accordingly pious and Christian gentle
man. and who has had extensive eApei!-
ence in unraveling knctty cases, salu II
certainly was the most complicated al
fair that had ever come before ms court.
The history. 50 far as it can be Cd
tained OF this complicated aifalr' IS
about as follows:
J,h1 Jones. the husband and father
= man about sixty years O. age, although
he does net look 50 old, is an old sololer'
and a blacksmith by trade. He recelV-
Cd a nension of che dollar day for dis
ability Incurred during the war OF the re-
beUicn. Less than two years ago
Jones. in his peregrinations, landed al
NewCale. Watzel county, ana was en-
c,oqed 10 work at his trade for man by
fho name Of Palmer. He had not been
Of NewGele but a short time until ne
vr,s arrested and inarcerated in the
Wetzel county Jail, charged with an as
SAINT upOn a woman, VINO resided AT
New5ale at the time. After being IN lall
Quite a while. Jones was tried IN the
Circuit Court for this alleged Offense and
This vas Zones introduction into
Uetgel and there was much sympathy
for. him at the trial, because many
tbought it a case where "Barkis was
yillin'." but the husband happening to
come in On the scene at a very inter-
esting period. there was no other way
ont a. the difficulty except for the wo-
man 10 have Jones arrested for as
gault. The keeper Of the Wetzel coun-
" iail has a granddaughter who is a
yerv pretty woman and respectable girl,
tall gracefu! and Willowy, now about
twenty years old. The granddaughter.
whose parents reside in New Martins
Vile. was making her home with her
prand-parents during the time Jones
was incarcerated in jail there. The jail
and iail residence adjoining each other,
Offering every opportunity, a courtship
sprang up between Jones and the Jail
er's granddaughter, which terminated
in their marriage Immediately otter
Jores' acouittal and release. After a
short honeymoon the couple went to
some point down the Ohio river below
here. and lived together as man and
wife for several months. Three or four
months ago Jones made some excuse for
his absence and went away, but failing
10 return at the appointed time. his wife
made inquiries Of the railroad agens.
who informed her that she would prob
ablv never see him again. as he had
gone away with another woman.
Whether or not Jones married this last
woman IS not known
The wife, after obtaining this infor-