Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-27

lt Is seldom that a wife will stand aletly by and see her husband welded another woman, yet such story is 'lu of herself by Mrs. John J. Me uire, formerly of Wellston, Mo, but oW Of Alton, Ill As an explanation 'r her acquiescence in the peculiar arrangement Mrs. Mcclure says she as prompted by intense love and con dence in her husband to accept the of pseudo sister-in-law in the lme house with his newly welded Lye, upon his naere suggestion. Now
 IS sorry thk it ever happened, kks that she las been misleo, and
 pfner afternoon journeyed to Clay
 70 secure a certified copy of her
 iage license in order to prove pos-
 ly that she was his wife, when she
 to have him legally punished, as
 aeclared that she intended to do.
 adition to the marriage license
 Mrs. Mcclure also secured copy
 er marriage certificate from Jus
 reensfelder, showing that she had
 m2rried by him to MT. Mcclure
 1Ps 1898. To the marriage off,
 Clayton Mrs. Mcclure said that
 ad been acquainted with her hus-
 tor about one year before she
 lsd him, and trusted implicitly in
 khat he proposed to her. Conse-
 fly when he suggested that it
 be better for them to give their
 ses at Ia.Isboro, in St. Louis ssff she readily consented. Mrs,
 zlIxe said that everything progress-
 noatbly after their marriage until
 ay after Christmas, when the
 left letter at their house,
 eated consternation. Accord
 McGuire, the letter was
 Yances Bryan, a former ac- z$s 6Sz bf her husband, in which < S sted that an immediate mar zEe would be advisable. Mcclure zs very much perpIexed." said his |5e. but he finally concluded to make fall confession. He said that he nla not absolutely ignore the letter, ne had promised to wed the writer lore he had met her. He asked me
 70 desert him In the hour of need, ? fc' help him out of his embarrass- ent. When he could settle matters. said. We would resume the relations man and wife. He then proposed at conse | to his marrying Miss 'Yant. sayftg that I could live with zu as his sister-in-law until an op- Eunity came for him to safely ex- l4fe himself from the difficulty" LII. Mcclure says that she stood it I6ng as possible, living with her |kband and his second wife, until but five weeks ago, when she con- Aded tha. her husband had no inten- |n of fulfilling his promise, and that |r self-respect would not permit her remain under his roof any longer. ie Accordingly left him and went to 3rk in Alton. She says:
 We lived together happily enough It'll my husband received the letter le day from Miss Frances Bryant of ton Mr McGuire did not know hat to do at first, but he finally con- Ssed to me that she could make 1t 5t for him if he did not comply with e demand. Then, when he made tho opposition for me to help him out of Ie difficulty, I consented, as I loved In dearly. The marriage ceremony as performed in Alton, and after it as over I went with them to live. I ood it until became convinced that 9 would not make good his promise !, me. ~ kept continually putting Ie off, a finally concluded that ,uid not retain my self-respect and ve in the same house with them. l ccorGingly left without cent and lanaged to eke out a scanty existence 7 the little work that I could do in lton.
 tFor long time did not know what , do, as my husband told me that if made the acts public we wenl' both Q to the penitentiary. He finally | enied our marriage altogether and id I could not prove 1t. Our mar age certificate had been destroyed. Id I came down here today simply to st a copy of 1t in order to have the 'oof of my marriage. l do not want get into any trouble, and if com itted any misdeed, did not do It lovingly. I would still like to help m out of this scrape if it is possible do so"