The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-15
EAST PROVIDENCE.
Warburton Arrested at Riverside
on Charge OF Bigamy.
Funeral OF John c. Dumont-General al
Notes Gathered About Town.


lice of Riverside arrested young man in
that village who Is charged with bgamy.
He calls himself William Charles Henry
Burton, but tho police claim that his cor
rect name is William Henry Warburton.
IL Is claimed he has at least two wives
living. Warburton Is about - years of
age, and was born in Providence and Is
well known In this town. lie claims to
be teamster by occupation, but recently
he has been frcquenter OF the shore re-
sorts on the east side of the river, spend
ing much Of his time In the Pleasant
Bluff locality. He was very pleasant i'm
his address and had no trouble In max
ing friends and numbered among mis- ac-
quaintances several well known families
of Riverside He was "A frequent visitor
at the residence Of Charles Simmons and
soon began To pay attention To Miss
Emma +. Simmons daughter of Charles
simmons and October 9th last they Wis
tied harrington and were married and re-
turned to Riverside and took up their
abode with the brides parents shortly
after the marriage Mr.. Simmons received
Information that his son-in-aw already
hadh wife before marrying Miss simmons.
the close questioning he became tangled
In his stories, and he was ordered 10 leave
the house, and not TO return until he could
clear himself Of the charge. The man left
and nothing was heard from him for two
or three weeks, and Mr.. Simmons placed
the matter in the hands of Sergeant Mon
roe, who with the assistance of Town So
licitor Mitchell and Attorney General
Dubois has been at work upon the case
ever since Burton, however, managed To
cover his tracks in such "a manner that IL
was only after patient investigation that
the connecting links Of the affair were
obtained. April 10Th, 1856, William
Henry Warburton was married in Provi.
dence To Miss Ruth Emma Williams, and
for several years they continued to live
together, but October 10th, 1890 she was
granted "A divorce on the ground of nom
support. January 23d, 1898, William Henry
Warburton married Lydia Ann Thompson
in Providence and the union has never
been dissolved. A comparison of the
three marriage licenses is very significant
Except in the name of Warburton and
Burton there is "a perfect similarity. The
man gives his fathers and mothers
names, age and birthplace the same I'm
each instance, and his own age CORE
spends in every case.
The man was employed last summer as
a spottcr to bring TO justice those persons
who were selling Intoxicating liquors
without a license. He has also been en-
ployed as "A hostler in private stable in
East Providence during which time he
was great favorite with the ladies. Dur.
ing his stay in Watchemoket he was once
reported To the police by some young la
dies for some misdemcanor, but the affair
was hushed up The arrest was made by
Officers bfckfurd and Alien or the River
side police and Sunday morning the pris-
oner was taken before Judge Bliss i'm the
Seventh district court. He waived exam
ination and was held in $500 for the grand
jury.
The funeral of John C. Dumont, the
unfortunate man who was drowned near
Riverside last Friday, took place Satur-
day afternoon at O'Clock from the under
taking establishment of Mr. Wilbur,
Riverside Rev. Edwin III. Hadlock, pas
tor Of the Riverside Congregational
church, conducted brief service after
which the remains Were taken to the
Springyale cemetery, Rumford, where they
were inferred in the family lot, beside his
three children. His wife and son were
in attendance, as was also William H. Me-
Twiggan, commander of Bucklin Post,
No. ~, q. a. r., and a few other COM
rades.
saturday afternoon the town council
met in the council chamber TO listen to
the reading of the annual reports of that
body and approve and sign the same. The
reports are now in the hands of the print
er, and will be ready for distribution pre-
vious To town meeting.
Yesterday at the morning service at st.
Marys Il. Il. church, morning prayer and
Holy Communion was observed The
services were conducted by Rev. Dr.
Tucker of Providence
At the United Congregational church
Deacon III. +. Thurston OF the Pilgrim
Congregational church of Providence oc-
cupied the pupit both morning and even
ing.
Saturday night Officer Clarke arrested
Mary Halliday, alias Mary Lavina and
Sunday morning in the Seventh district
court she pleaded guilty TO being disor-
derly person, and was sentenced to the
state workhouse one year.
Last evening station officer Adams was
called to the residence of DR. Raymond =.
Eddy, where "a man had been seen about
the premises acting i'm a suspicious man
ner. BY the time the officer arrived there,
however, the man had made his escape.
He had made the people in several houses
in the locality quite nervous by his ac-
tions. The officer on that beat was di
rected TO keep lookout for him, but
nothing was seen of him ttfterward