Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-26

but at Length Left Her Home-A
 Strange Story.
 U is seldom that a wife will stand quietly by and see her husband welded to another woman, yet such story IS told of herself by Mrs John J. Me- Guire, formerly of Wellston, Mo-, but now of Alton, III. As an explanation for her acquiescence in the peculiar arrangement Mrs. Mcclure says she was prompted by intense love and con- fdence 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 it ever happened, thinks that she has been mtsled, and the other afternoon journeyed to Clay ton to secure a certified copy of her marriage license in order to prove ros- itively 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 copy of her marriage certificate from Jus- tice Greensfelder, showing that she had been married by him to MT. Mcclure Aug. 15, 1898. To the marriage offi- sials 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 tn all that he proposed to her. Conse- quently when he suggested that t would be better for them to give their addresses at Hillsboro. in St. Louis county. she readily consented. Mrs Mcclure said that everything pCogress- 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 McGuire, the letter was from Miss Frances Bryan. a former ae- quaintance of her husband, in which she suggested that an immediate mar rfage 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 he had promised to wed the writer before be had met her lie asked ms not to desert him In the hour of need, but to help him out of his embarrass- ment. When he could settle matters, he said. we would resume the relations of man and wife. He then proposed that I consent to his marrying Miss Bryant. saying that I could live with them as his sister-in-Iaw until an op- portunity came for him to safely ex- tricate himself from the difficulty" !"
 Mrs. McGuire says that she stood it as long as possible, living with her husband and his second wife, until about five weeks age. when she con- cluded tha, her husband lad no inten- tion of fulfilling his promise, and that her self-respect 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. Mr Mcclure did not know what to do at first, but he finally coz fessed tO me that she could make 1t hot for him if he did not comply with the demand. Then, when he made tho proposition for me to help him out of the difficulty, 1 consented, as I loved him dearly. The marriage ceremony was performed in Alton, and after it. was over I went with them to live. I stood 1t until I became convinced that he 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 a cent and managed to eke out a scanty existence by the little work that I could do in Alton.
 For a long time did not know what to do, as my husband told me that # l made the acts public we would both go to the penitentiary. He finally denied our marriage altogether and raid l could not prove It. Our mar riage certificate had been destroyed. and came down here today simply to get a copy of it in order to have the proof of my marriage. I do not want to get into any trouble. and if conn., mitted any misdeed, did not do 1t knowingly would still like to help him out of this scrape if 1t is possible to do SO"