The times., 1897-07-28
HELD FOR THE GRAND JURY
Young Locke's TIVE Wives Give
Testimony Against Him.
MISS GRAVES OVERCOME
After Der Examination Is Concluded
She Puts Her Head on Her
Mothers Shoulder and Weeps-
The Defendant Sent to Jail in
Default of $1,000 Bail.

James p. Locke, the young man VINO was
80 tbarouyhly itnbued with the idea that
marriage was not failure that he Went
through the ceremony with Miss Pear Z.
Graves, OF Capitol Hill, while he was YET
hound in lawful wedlock with his first
wife, nee Jett, OF Thirtieth street ncreh-
west. as stated in The Times, was yes
tefday called IL the police court and charGeu
with bigamy. Thecourtroon wascfowaeo
with spectators who wished 10 see INC
participants in the domestic DRAMA whel'
tbe enrisoner was arr al gned and pleaded mot
guilty"
ar your honor please" said Attorney
Charles naw, for the defendant,
move a continuance of this case, since l
have had today for the first time an OPP
nortuuity to talk with my client, and am
hardly prepared To meet the testimony
whicn NAV be adduced by the prosecution.
Mr. Baker, for the Government, contehdeu
that the case should not be continued lor
many reasons.
Tine second wife, he said, desires 10
90 to Baltimore tomorrow, and the iirs1
wifeis In such q condition that IL she ieie
the courthouse today there is no telhhg
when she could again come before the
court
Judge Mills thought that the objections
to a continuance were good ones, ana OF
derea that the case go On for preliminary
hearing During the argument TOT con-
tinuance the prisoner and the witnesses IN
the case presented an interesting group
Locke stood in the dock attired in a
black cutaway suit, low-cut vest and white
lawn tie The prisoner is well-buHt
man, OF perhaps twenty-tlree years OF age
with a troubled look in hissnali browneyes.
There were dark rings beneath Them ana
he nervouay played with his rnustacne
while ls.ening to the argument of his coun-
sci
Directly in the rear of the prisoner and
TO the right Of the witness stand sat Pearl
Graves the second wife OF Locke, and she
looked little more than d schoolgirl as she
| leaned on her mother for support and oc-
| cas;onally wiped a tear from her eyes.
| She is a slender little thing, with confid-
ing eyes and al abun dance Of rich brown
| hair. She was dressed in a dark blue suit
and wore "a dark straw hat trimmed with
red roses.
To the rear and left of wife No.2, sat the
| first Mrs. Locke. She is a tail woman, a
| blond of the German type, and hardly SO
attractive in appearance as the prisoners
latest charmer. She wore a loose black
| dress and held in her arms the baby child
OF the defendant. She was accompanied
| by her mother and father and when
called to the stand placed the child in It's
grandrnother's arms. The prosecuting wit
ness is enciente and she was kept on the
stand for few minutes only.
| Mr. Baker-Do you know the prisoner al
| the bar?
| Mrs Locke-I do.
| Mr. Baker-Who Is he?
! Mrs Locke-James B. Locke, my hus
band
| when and where We're you married?'
continued Mr. Baker.
AT my fathers hoIne,n said the wit
| ness, ION January %, 1884,
THAT will do" said the prosecuting al
torney.
sallie poore, who was bridesmaid at tn,
wedding, and the father also testified Il
the first marriage.
| Miss Pearl Graves. wife No. 2, was next
| called TO the stand, and in a weak, tiTnid
| voice testified to her marriage to the
| defendant by the Rev. E o. Eldridge, o.
| Waugh NJ. f. Church AS she stood on the
stand and looked down at Locke he ap
| parently, for the first time, felt EN-
barrassed, dropped his eyes to the floo
| and relapsed into his favorite habit o
twisting and chewing the ends of hi
| moustache.
There were tears in Miss Graves eye
as she spoke of her marriage and when sh
| returned TO the side OF her mother sh
clasped her hands and leaned her heat
UPON her shoulder. The mother bent down
kissed her and tenderiy smoothed her hal
from the forehead.
The testimony as to the second marriage
was corroborated by Rev. E 0. EIdridge
OF Waugh NJ Z. Church, and here the Gov
ernnent rested its case. No argumen
whatever was made by either side, ant
Judge Mills merely said: lone thousant
dollars"
Locke is, therefore, held for the gran
jury In bond to that amount, and it is pos
sible that he may sometime hereafter b
obliged to answer to the charge OF per
jury, as he secured the secon d license him
self, and to DO SO was obliged to max
affidavit that he was a single man.