Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-19
WIFE AS HIS SISTER.
HUSBAND MARRIED ANOTHER
 WOMAN.
Led to Do This by LOve-she Played Her Part in Silence and in Agony, but at Length Left Her HOme-A
 Strange Story.

U is seldom that wife will stand quietly by and see her husband welded to another woman, yet such story is told of herself by Mrs. John J. Mc- Guire, formerly of Wellston, Mo, but now of Alton, H. AS an explanation for her acquiescenee in the peculiar arrangement Mrs. McGuire says she was prompted by intense love and cone 1dence in her husband to accept the position of pseudo sister-in-law in the same house with his newly welded bride, upon his mere suggestion. Now she is sorry that 1t ever happened, thinks that she has been mislea, and the other afternoon journeyed to Clay ton to secure certified copy of her marriage license in order to prove pos- itfvely that she was his wife, when she asks to have him legally punished, as she declared that she intended to do. In addition to the marriage license copy Mrs. Mcclure also secured a copy of her marriage certificate from Jus tice Greensfelder, showing that she had been married by him to MT. Mcclure Aug. IS, 1898. To the marriage off, eials at Clayton Mrs. Mcclure said that she had been acquainted with her hus- band for about one year before she welded him, and trusted implicitly in all that he proposed to her. Conse- quently when he suggested that it would be better for them to give their addresses at HiIlsboro, in St. Louis county. she readily consented. Mrs, McGuire said that everything progress ed smoothly after their marriage until one day after Christmas, when the postman left letter at their house. which created consternation. Accord ing to Mrs. Mcclure, the letter was from Miss Frances Bryan, former ae- quaintance of her husband, in which she suggested that an immediate mar riage would be advisable. Mcclure was very much perplexed," said his wife, "but he finally concluded to make a full confession. He said that he could not absolutely ignore the letter, for be had promised to wed the writer before he had met her. He asked me not to desert him in the hour of need but to help him out of his embar1ass4 ment. When he could settle matters, he said, we would resume the relations of man and wife He then proposed that l consent to his marrying Miss Bryant, saying that I could live with them as his sister-in-law until an op- portunity came for him to safely ex- tricate himself from the difficulty"
 Mrs. Mcclure says that she stood it as long as possible, living with her husband and his second wife, until about five weeks ago, when she con- cluded that her husband lad no inten. ton of fulfilling his promise, and that her self-respeet would not permit her to remain under his roof any longer She accordingly left him and went to work in Alton. She says:
 We lived together happily enough until my husband received the letter one day from Miss Frances Bryant of Alton. MT. Mcclure did not know what to do at first, but he finally con- fessed to me that she could make 1t hot for him if he did not comply with the demand. Then, when he made the proposition for me to help him out of the difficulty, I consented, as I loved him dearly. The marriage ceremony was performed in Alton, and after it. was over l went with them to live. stood 1t until became convinced that be would not make good his promise to me. He kept continually putting me off, and finally I concluded that could not retain my self-respect and live in the same house with them. accordingly left without q cent and managed to eke out a seanty existence by the little work that I could do in Alton.
 For long time I did not know what to do, as my husband told me that # ] made the tets public we we,,'s both go. to the penitentiary. He finally denied our marriage altogether and raid I could not prove it. Our mar riage certificate had been destroyed. and I came down here today simply to get a copy of 1t in order to have the proof of my marriage. I do not want to get into any trouble. and if I com mitted any misdeed, did not do 1t knowingly. I would still like to help him out of this scrape if it is possible to do so.'
 As Pants the Hart. Etc.
 She felt the strong arm of the law" he said, speaking of woman who had got into trouble How delightful" commented the demure young thing