Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-11-30

We're bought from Samuel Isenber,
near Charter Oak. Mr.. Sparks ship
them to his farm at Magnolia, New
Jersey, which is near New York. HI
then slaughters them as the demand
of the market require.
FIETY-FIVE WIVES.
| Philadelphia North American.-
There is an elderly, gray haired
man in the Maryland penitentiary
who, in his way, has made a re
markable record. His story is re
called by the publication of the
doings of Charles Woodruff, OF
Chicago, who was married fifty five
times and finally arrested for big
amy few days ago.
Maryland is taking care of is James
Clark, about IS years old, one
armed, and, it is claimed, man
so singularly fascinating to women
that he had married fifty-five OF
them before he was arrested, near
ly four years ago, by Detective Al
Gault.
Detective Gault tells the story
of Clarke's adventures in Balti-
more, and expresses his belief that
| Clarke was one of the smoothest
takers that ever "wagged ton
gue.' He says that there are in
dictments out in almost every
State in the Union against Clark,
and that he is known to have mar
Iied fifty five women. He says
his charm was his wonderful ton
que, with which he was able to
pour forth in soft language such
stories that hardly a woman could
be found to resist him.
APPROPRIATED Two TRUNKS.
"The first we heard of Clarke
here" said Detective Gault, ''was
the reported loss OF two trunks be-
longing to Mrs. Sadie Fields, of
1914 East Biddle street. Captain
Freburger put me on the case, and
/ found out from Mrs. Fields that
she had answered an advertise
ment of Clarke for a governess,
and that he had engaged her to go
to Los Angeles, Cal, at $50 a
month. He had persuaded her to
take all her money and buy a lot
of things to take with her, and
had packed them in two big Sara
toga trunks.
''On the day before she reported
the matter Clarke had come to her
and on some pretense gotten the
keys Of the trunks, which had both
been sent to Union Station. That
was the last she saw of him, and
when she went TO the depot found
her trunks gone. / found one of
the trunks at a pawnbroker's shop
in this city, but the other could
not be found, and Captain Frebur-
ger decided to send me on to Har-
risburg, Buffalo and Pittsburg, to
one of which cities it was supposed
Clarke had gone. l left town, and
when l got up to York, Pa, 1
thought that was just the kind of
little town Clarke would be likely
to stop off at, and l accordingly
left the train.
''At the hotel / found man
who answered the description,
who had just come in and had a
big trunk with him. 1 found him
in the lobby, and, calling him
aside, told him who was and what
I wanted. He bluffed for awhile
and tried to shake me in a dark
passageway going up to his room.
But / told him l was afraid of
ghosts and would go along with
him. Finally l opened the trunk
and found plenty of evidence as to
its being Mrs. Fields trunk, and
brought Clarke back to Baltimore
with me.
THE STORY OF THE MARRIAGE. .
'"The other part of the story,
that about the marriage, came out
later when / got to town. 1t seems
Clarke's regular game was to pick
out some young widow, with a
little money, represent to her that
he was quite a wealthy cattle own
er from California and marry her.
Then by little persuasion he
would induce the bride to turn
over her savings to be placed in
the same bank with all his wealth.
After this was done Mr.. Clarke
simply flew the coop and never
came back.
"The singular part of this is
that while he has been married
fifty-five times, none of his wives
has ever prosecuted him, and he
is serving his time now for stealing
the trunks and not for bigamy.
"Clarke, after being in Balti-
more for some time, became ac-
quainted with a Mrs. Culleny, who
lives ON Robert street, and was
said to have $4,000. Clarke told
her about his cattle ranch in Cali
fornia and compared her to his
dear departed wife, eminently to
Mrs. Culleny's advantage. Finally
Mrs. Culleny decided to marry
him and 60 at once to California
with Clarke. No one was told eX.
cept very confidential friend o
Mrs. Culleny's. Mr.. Clarke dis
covered minister from one of the
counties to whom he promised $;
if he would perform the ceremony
"On beautiful tight Mrs. Cul
leny invited all her friends to tn,