The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-20
|lnIlREsTED FOR BIGAMY
Aafta Wife and Children In Suffolk and
ISM Married a Widow In KiHston.
aRREsT CAUSES A GREAT SENSATION
Proposed to Decide Who IL
SSto Re Town serseant-Prcpnred
80 for Death - Excursions to tho
Sea Shore = Notes Personal and


5EeESSuno!k, " O., June 19.-{Speciau-JnO
4 Goslee lies III the Jail at Kinston, N.
81 charged with bigamy. He was ar
saasted Thursday, concluding some tele-
a4graphtc communication between the
sssSheriH3 OF that town and the Mayor Of
s555s5u He had hearing before Mayor
Il Temple, OF Kinston, to-day, and
sgFyas held for court
astor dupltcity in design and stupidity
Goslee deserves a reward.
the chances are he will get it in tho
ape OF q new suit and free lodging III
ssss;t1prth Tarolina's State prison If re-
SSphTts be true he deserves both
ssgss WANTED TWO WIVES.
ssl 81 oslee has q wife and five children in
Il: u seeSsnslt PHI When lie was here they used
sIEa live In g neat little house over on Hill
ss snlTest,EsIh The family was supposed to be
:sss e happy one. That was before Goslee
q Since then he has visited his family here
ssl;5only once or twice and then he didn't
siStay$ long. Now his wife and five chill
sssIrenS have given UP their home on Hill
q aitsreet and are living with Mrs. Goslee's
& asIsmother, Mrs. Owen Pinner on North
asAIatn street. The children are all young
young to earn a living. The Oldest
TEE KINSTON WIDOW.
lille the children were left in Suffolk
ss5yl thS their mother Gosiee was paying
court: to q widow in Kinston--N1rs. Della
;;ss.J unes 9th Goslee led wife NO. 2 to ny
altar. They settled down to en-
ssiGyfEthe. honeymoon, and all went we'll
s@ @ W. i i Then some one whispered
MO the authorities and Mayor Brewers
did the rest
s sssss nRTED IT BEFORE.
is said this Kinston love affair is
NIT the first in which Goslee has figured
ss$ssNlnce he left Suffolk. He had q little en-
Experience In Greenville. where lie was re-
s:sported to he engaged to young girl.
sssSss:Ehe Intended brides father got the wind
pfEhts intention, and ran Goslee away
sdroInfown with o shot gun.
ALL BROKEN UP.
sSss M. J. Darden, q brother of Mrs.
Hsss4bslee No I, returned tonight from
'sssIkinstOn, where he went to identify the
sgslIhlgamtSt. Mr.. Darden saw GoSlee in Jail
samd In Police Court this morning. He
ssaooks badly physically as we'll as NOR
sshlly. sheriff Ben Sutton told Mr. Oar
Sden that unless the prisoners health i'm
ssproved he would hardly live TIL Che trial
nsNovemlber. Goslee is 40 years old.
married in 1880 to Miss Martha
y, sfDarden. who Is the mother Of his five
SsG4iildren.
ri sss ACKNOWIEDG Ills SIN.
When confronted by his brother-in-
Law In Police Court to-day Goslee wilted
itde. could hardly answer the interroga-
ssfles fntelligently. but when pressed
SSWned that he was o married man be-
1sre he welded N1rs. Benton. Mrs. Cos
dee No 2 Is almost overcome by the
q situation. She says Goslee represented
Il 8sshltnself to be g. single man. She, too
Il hes children-some four or five.
THE PROPOSED PRIMARY.
There is talk among some OF the can.
ssdfantes for Town Sergeant and their
ssfrtends Of asking the Council to let the
ssasVoters choose in q primary the next Ser.
Ssgsant, which office is in such demand a.
Mt0& call into activity various politca
$forces. The primary plan is not advo.
Gated by all the applicants. The Coun.
ell holds the reins.
PRDPARDD TOR DEATH.
ssffS HUrricane Branch left town tonight
Lon iA hazardous errand, one tn which
= y there may be shooting, and where hi:
81 slifs $iB endangered. He took out a big
Ssao6ldent policy before starting.
DEEDS RECORDED.
ssss.xhgs e bargain and Eple deeds were re
s sS s iMs,Hr.lce ct ux. to Albert z. Miller
IisaeVanfy. acres Of land In Cypress Dis
re a -7----- q N 5000