Evening journal., 1896-02-24
IS MARRIAGE A FAILURE ?
The Query a Chestnut Never
Satisfactorily Answered.
THREE MODERN INSTANCES

. one a Case OF Alleged Bigamy The Sec.
ond a Double Elopement and the Third
Hinges on Cruelty and NeRiect-Ohio
and New York VIII Have the FIrst Two,
But Judge Ball Settles the Third.
Ia marriage fsllureY was the question
which as the subject OF discussion by
the "Pollce Club" after the session Of
Municipal Court this morning. The
question Is sllgl ly Of the chestnut
flavor, but it has ever been settled all
the same, and every once In while In
stances are brought to the notice OF the
authorities which would seem 10 indicate
that In some cases at least the Affirmative
side In the debate has by far the best Of
It.
The veteran Billy Heal, with his record
OF thirteen children and thirteen grand
children, stoutly afirms that there Is no
failure In the matrimonial bureau, while
some Of the cynical bachelors Of the
force are disposed to doubt, even With
his experience as q sample. The past
thirty ak hours furnished three
instances where the bonds seemsd TO be
sadly strained, II not broken
Case No. f-Bigamy.
The first was that Of Thomas w.
Whalen, late Of this city, who Is now
under arrest In Sandusky Ohio. on 3
charge OF bigGmy. The Information Of
bis troubles reached here late Saturday,
and the facts as learned are briefly as
follows: WhRlen WAS Joined to his first
wife In 1891 In Rochester, N Y, but
after honeymoon Of but a
few weeks came to Wilmington,
where be engaged In the laundry
business In 1898, while an inmate
OF tho State Soldiers home In Sandusky
he married Mics Hattie N Norman. and
coon afterwards secured place with the
Columbus, Sandusky and Hecking
R'R az passenger brakeman, He learned
that wife No whom he had desected
knew Of bis whereabouts, and fearing
trouble, went to her, denied his msrriage
TO wife No 2 whom he left IN Columbu
Wife No / he brought TO Wilmington,
still continuing to correspond with his
Columbus wife Later he tried OF No
and after assuring her that II was neces.
sary for him TO live In Ohio under the
name OF Hauley Ia order to get his pen.
sion, he left her here aud went back TO
Columbus and No 2.
His dual life ran smoothly until Sat
urday, when wife No. 1 put In an
appearance and had him arrested He
was placed IN 81 600 bail to appear
before the Common Pleas Court. Wife
No. Is eager TO prosecute him, while
No. 2 clings to him and Is working to
secure his release.
Case No. 2.EIopsment.
The second case WAS that Of Charles
Woolley and Mrs Nsttie Donnelley, an
eloplng couple from MechanIcsvile, N
who were arrested by SergeAnts Evans
aud Shields and Detective Witsll yester
day. Both parties are married and lived
near each other, the two families being
friendly. She Is about 35, good looking.
and has been married sixteen years dc
is well to do farmer, slightly older. The
couple .eloped about two weeks ago
and since tnen detectives, q. ]. Wood
wsrth, OF Saratoga county and William
Even, Of Mschanicvllle, have been trying
, to locate them. Mrs. Downtllay took
away with her considerable Of her house
hold goods, silverwAre, iewerly, sto., and
the pair assumed the name Of Charles
Chaae and WIFE They decided tc
locate in Wilmington and had
made some preparations when they we're
, captured at No. ZIG Market street where
they wero temporarily stopping. The
Z charge made against them Was grand
I larceny. They agreed to 60 back with
1 the detectives without requisition papers
/, aud left on the 80 train this morning.
Mrs. Donnelley stated to the officers
that she had taken nothing belonging e
ber husband and that she liked Woolley
the best, and expressed her intention oi
going away with him again II he desired
a her. WoOlley, prior TO leaving homo
! transferred his property, or large share
l ! Of Il to his wife, 80 that she would not
suffer, and be endorsed Mrs. Donnelley Z
, statement that he might again leave
with her.
Case No. } 3-NeEIeot and Cruelty.
The third case WAS that OF Norman
| Yeatman, Of No POI South Van Burer
: strse5, who Was arraigned on a charge
. made by his wife, Mary H. Yeatman, Of
assault and continued abuse and cruelty
! She told a singular story of abuse
and neglect. The couple have oeen
married twenty two years aud have siz
lchildren. He had frequently struch
T. and abused her. threatened hBr with
serious Injury, aud did not provide hei
. even the necessities OF life. He only
lalowed her one and a half buckets oi
coke to do all her work aud heat the
= house, only had one small lamp to light
4 IL, and kept the table In a mean way
! although he owns eleven houses and II
\ amply sble TO live better.
= Mrs. Cathsrlne Hannah, mother oil
: MRS. Yeatmap, stated that she had beer
witness Of many OF the cruel acts Shl
6 had seen Ysatmsn choke and hit hll
\ wife and described the dinners &c thl
> Yestmsn house as consisting OF few
= beans, not cooked enough. oWingto laeh
= OF FIRE, some dry bread and & little butter
4 and cold water to drink. The witness
4 hsd been obliged TO furnish all tbs
clothes Der daughter wore for the past
twenty gears, her husband refusing t'
buy her but one dress costing over q
v cents a yard since he was married.
YeRtman denied having struck hi
a wife, except with a towel, and claine'
h that he reserved the right to buy snC
|, pay for every cents worth used IN. hi
a house H. said all be supplied wa
a ample. but be did not propose 70 have
= nything wasted He seemed to thinl
4 that one Ere in the house and that kep
. going on, II buckets Of coke was sufi len
: to keep the family warm enough
a Judge Ball thought he had acted in Al