The sun., 1898-01-12
EACH POSES As HIS WIFE.
George Loux Claimed by Two
Women.
LOOK LIKE FAKE MARRIAGES.
Wife No. One Lived at Woodbury.,
n. j., While No. Two Boarded
With Her in This City.
The relations OF George ioux with two
women are rather compIicalcu

The relations Of George inux with two
women are rather complicated.
The latter have each been posing as
the wife Of Loux and it is a question
whether either are married to him
Mrs, George Loux No. /, lives at
Woodbury., n. J. She says that Loux
is her husband and she is his only wife.
The whereabouts of the other woman
who claims to be Loux's wife is not
known.
George Loux came to Wilmington
from Farmngton, DEL, several years agt
and entered the employ of the p, W.
Il. Railroad as an operator While iv.
ing in Pennington he made acqaint.
ance Of Miss Willis, of Dover, who wa.
also telegraph operator.
The acquaintenance rircned int
friendship and finally both parties left
their rcspcctives homes and came to this
city, where it is alleged they were mar.
ried.
Neither will state what minister per-
formed the ceremony and none oi
their relatives know. The mar.
riage Of Loux to Miss Willis took place
five years ago and Il result OF the union
is two children, Clarence and Lillian.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loux lived at 1907 West
Fifth street About the latter part OF
last September Loux told his wife that
he had secured a position in Elizabeth,
n. j., and was going there to live. Hc
told her to 60 down to Bridgeville. Del,
and stay with some friends until he sent
| for her.
She went to Bridgeville and he to
Elizabeth. Loux did not write to her
and she came back to Wilmington and
stayed with her aunt, a Mrs. Willis, at
Third and jefferson streets Shortly after
| that Mrs. Loux received letter from her
/ husband stating that everything was all
/ right and for her to meet him at Broad
! street Station and she went.
Not hearing from her niece, Mrs Viii
lis became anxious and sent Ira Willis,
a cousin Of Mrs. Loux, up to Elizabeth.
/ He discovered that there was no such
number in that town as was given by
LouX us his address,
/ On December 80, Miss Loux was
located in Woodbury., \. j.. where
at first she positively refused to speak on
the subject, but from her actions she had
been expecting visit, With two bright
children she is occupying one half Of q
double house on Glover street. The
furniture was bright and everything was
as cozy a> an apparently happy wife
could make it. Mrs. LDuX is Il rather
slender person, with sweet expression
in her face, and lovingly iondIcd the
children as they climbed in her lap.
After considerable urging, Mrs. LouX
! tinall Y admitted that there had been
I trouble in their former home, but she
felt the matter was all right now and So
long a- she felt that way it wasn't any
body's business.
/ Eve lived in Wilmington She said,
and when interrupted with the question
as to whether it was at 1907 West Fifth
street, answered, "'rhat will not say
"Whrn we decided to move, we selected
Jersey, and Woodbury. secured nice
location, besides hand y to my husbands 5
business, he being an operator in the
employ oi the Pennsylvania Railroad
/ Co. We did not go to Harrington, Del
aware, aS has been intimatcd.' ''Do
yuu know whether or not your husband
has another wife?' asked tie news
p .tcr man.
Il know he has one wife, and that is
ne. she answered.
"Will you give the name OF the minis
ter, who performed the ceremony WAS
asked.
no, | cannot, | will not, rather" she
quickly said.
500 YOU know the aunt who is taking
such an interest in the AFFAIR." she was
questioned.
eyes, she is my aunt, Il Mrs. Willis
but do not known why she is interest
ing herself 50 much.'
Mrs. LouX finally admitted that there
had been some unpleasant tales in Will
rnington about her husband, but she did
not believe there was any truth in them
To a question as to whether her bus
fand came home every night, she an
swcrcd 81 won't say
Mrs. Tatem, the Iandlady, who resides
Just across the way from the I.ouX house.
stated that just Il month ago George
Loux came and rented the house and
partially paid the rent in advance. She
has since seen him here several times.
Further than that she knew nothing
about them.
For II month previous the furniture
had been stored at the freight station in
this city.
Recently LouX returned to work ut
the French street station in this city and
was seen on the street one day by Il
friend, who followed the operator and
found that he was living at boarding
house at Seventh and Washington streets
with another woman.
When confronted by Ira Willis, Loux
denied that Mrs. Loux No. | was his
wife and that little Clarence and Lii.
liam were his children. Mrs. Willis then
and there placed the matter in the
hands OF Detectives Witzil and McVey
Mrs. Purcell, who keeps the boarding
house at Seventh and Washington, says
that OF. October l3 Loux came to her
house and engaged rooms as man and
wife, giving the name of Lowe. The
woman is u brunette and aged about 25
years.
While living there the brunette told
Mrs. Purcell that she and Loux were
married in April, 1897.
One day Mrs. Willis came to the
boarding house and told Mrs. Purcell all
about Loux and after that Ioux found