The times., 1897-05-03
MAG0WAN's LATEST FREAK
Trentonites Astonished by the
Ex-Mayor's Martial Exploits.
RETURNS TO MRS. BARNES
His Oklahoma Wife Installed in the
Trenton Mansion While the Law
ful Mrs. Mcgowan Looks on
Amazed-A Midnight IIluminatia.i
in Honor of the Event.

Trenton, N. j.. May 1.-TWO thousand
electric lights, all bursting into radiance at
once, celebrated. in the small hours OF Sat
urday morning, thetriumph by which Frank
a. Mcgowan, the ex-mayor of this city.
had crowned his matrimonial career
The full extent of that triumph may be
realized only after contemplation OF what
was happening IN a poverty-stricken dwell
ing adjoining the mansion In which tn.
former mayor had created an illumlna ton
of rejoicing
The CLEAN ofIight through her windows
and the noise of baggage being unloaded
next door at that unseemly hour, a wake ned
the la wfui wife OF Frank A. Mcgowan aud
the mother OF his children-the broken
spirited woman whom the people OF Tren-
ton will continue to regard as the one aud
only Mrs. Mcgowan, Oklahoma decrees 70
the contrary notwithstanding.
This woman gazed in establishment at
the blazing windows across the way and
at the man and woman who had arrived
TO take possession of the colonial man
sion that lowered above her cottage. The
woman was she who had usurped the
lonely watchers name
The blow was not expected. Only the
previous night Mcgowan had called upon
his first wife and vowed that his folly
should cease. BY all that he held sacred
he had promised to return to her, to re-
establish his family hearth, to be a family
man 10 his children, TO rehabilitate his
honor And she-deceived, tlishonored, as
she had been-had believed him. The two
pla ris EOht eio tn,
her that she had been made the butt Of a
delicate. a charming pleasantly. They not
only celebrated Frank Magowan's superb
triumph over public opinion in the city
that had hoDored him-they demonstrated
that he was man of huInor as Well as
Of independence.
Saturday afternoon the former mayor
vouchsafed a further demonstration OF
his humor by threatening TO cause the
arrest of every newspaper writer in Tren-
ton who had dared TO refer to the newly
installed ehateIaine of the colonial man
sion as Mrs. Mcgowan No. 2, Or ''Mago-
vans Oklahoma wife or Mrs Barnes"
1t developed that after the interview in
which he had amused himself at the ex-
pense OF the original Mrs. Magowan's
credulity, he had Journeyed with haste
TO Philadelphia, where he spent several
hours assisting the former Ms Barnes
to pack her trunks in preparation for her
triumphant descent upon the Trenton dwell
ing.
IL is quite likely that the former wife
Of the superintendent OF Maeowan's rubber
factory may enjoy no more than a very
brief tenancy of the big house, for the
place is advertised TO be sold next Thurs
day under Judgment for S34 ,090, held
by Volmer & Sons, OF Philadelphia, for
decorations ETC. This, with the other
financial menaces, hanging over the head
OF the distinguished domestic humorist
has made njecture ds to the future OF
the Mcgowan household No. quite an
engaging pastime. The sheriff by the way,
has been unable to find the stock book
OF the Eastern Rubber Company, OF which
Mcgowan was president
Mrs. Barnes-Ma gowan was the wife Of
the superintendent in Mcgowan factory
Mcgowan became infatuated with her.
Barnes sued Mcgowan for heavy damages
for alternating the affections Of his wife
Both these were stopped 1t is said Ma
gowan effected a compromise with Barnes.
Mcgowan went West, got a divorce from
his wife, and then married Mrs. Barnes
Since the marriage she had been living in
Philadelphia. Much syfnpathyis expressed
for the II rst wife OF the former mayor.