The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-11
BOTH DOUBLY MARRIED.
EACH OF THE DEMPsETs SEEKING
Il DIVORCE FROM THE OTHER.

The Husband Disappeared and the wife
Married Again, Surprising Him to BE
D~end-Upon His Temperance She Dis
covered That He Had n Wife in the West
Acurious matrimonial tangle ia shown In an
action brought in the Supreme Court by John
Dempsey. nephew Of ex-Dock Commissioner
John Monks. against Mary Dempsey. Each
asks for an absolute divorce. On tho default Of
Dempsey Justice BeekmAn made an order yes
terday allowing 81 q week alimony and $50
counsel fee pending the trial.
Dempsey married his wife in 1873 and disap-
peared in 1SSb, leaving her with four children.
She sought for him high and low. but could get
no trace OF him and mourned him as dead. six
years after his disappearance she was married
to n man named Corners and lived with him
until 1895. when he died.
Last january q man put in an appearance
who said he was her long lost husband. Demp-
sey. He had changed so that she refused to be-
lieve that 1t was he until he told her n number
OF little, things that no one else could know. He
secured employment with John Monks 4 Son
Grace. TO live, with him, He kept begging Mrs.
yielded and ia March they again started, house
keering: They bad lived together only four
tiQn that he had another wife IN the West.
Mrs. Dempsey ascertained that when Demp-
sey left her he went West and married the
He lived with her at Pontoosie, H., but left her
late last year TO come, East with between $500
trip. Mrs, Jennie Dempsey sued him several
years ago for divorce on the ground Of cruelty.
but they patched up their differences. and the
action WAS abandoned.
During the four days that Mrs. Mary Demp-
sey, lived with. him last March she saw a letter
which he received from Mrs. Jennie Dempsey,
She had q quarrel with DEMPSEY about the let,
the office of a lawyer, where she signed some pa.
on threats that il she did not do SO She Would
be prosecuted for collecting insurance on the
lie OF Copners as his widow. whereas; in fact.
was served with papers IN an action brought by
Dempsey for an absolute divorce from
h HER S IN y the 4FEE2p10nd OF her relations zion
erick W. Park. she sets mp. a counter
claim for an absolute divorce on the ground OF
Dempseyrrs marriage to Mrs. Jennie Dempsey.
the marriage, and lawyers responded for her
asking why the inquiry was made. ashley could
prove, her, marriage 70 Dempsey. The letter
and, depressed. thinking perhaps Mr. dempsey
is dead Other communications passed be-
tween them explaining the affair. Mrs. Jennie
Dempsey said that while she would not want
toprosecute Dempsey for bigamy. full informa-
ton about his marriage to her would be given.
Her lawyers wrote:
Mrs DEMPSEY is a very good woman and Of
proving her marriage here. He. got about $500
or $500 out Of his. wife here when he left her.
furnish You ali the testimoE EyygYi You pd desire" can
The two daughters Of the Dempseys. Maggie
and Grace. lived with Dempsey until last Satur-
Teturned to i've with their mother. 4 son MI Is
a seaman on the battleship Indiana. When one
Of the daughters inquired for her father at the
Office Of John Monks & Son she was informed
that he had gone out OF town and 1t was uncer-
tain when he would return.