The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-11-15
PITTSBURG END.
What the Alleged Wife of
Harry Shank Has to
Say.

Harry Shank Has to
Say.
Claims that She Came Here to Nurse
Him-Kepresents that she Was Mis-
led by Promises OF Life Insurance
Mother Says that She was never
Married.
The following appeared in the
Pittsburg Dispatch yesterday:
| Mrs. May Gilbert, of this city, is
not Mrs. Harry Shank, of Morgan
town, w. Va.-not at least just yet.
Whether she will ever be is some
What doubtful proposition, but it is
dollars to oyster crackers that she
won't.
AS the story runs, Shank, who is a
popular cigar dealer of Morgantown,
was divorced from wife No. / on
October 10. Shortly after this, it is
alleged, he brought back to Morgan
town beautiful bride as wife No. 2
But she wasn't. At least thatis
what the lady says, and she ought to-.
know. This was Mrs. Gilbert, pref
ty, young woman, aged %, and the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph P.
McGarvey, well-to-do people living in
519 Heron avenue, on the hill.
Mr.. Shank introduced Mrs. Gilbert
to everybody in Morgantown as
his wife, and she was generally
regarded as such. Last Wednesday
she came back to Pittsburg. The
first thing she did on getting back
was to publish a denial Of her ,uar-
rage to Shank.
FAKE MARRIAGE, HE SAYS.
Then Shank came to Pittsburg.
Upon his investigation, it is said, he
found that he had been imposed up
on by fake marriage and the story
duplicates one Of Pittsburg's we'll
known lawyers in the plot. Shank
says that the marriage was performed
by man who represented himself to
be the Rev. Mr.. Mcmillan, of the
Stockton Avenue Presbyterian Church
but the reverend gentleman says he
performed no such ceremony. Then
Shank employed detective talent. As
result of this he suspects the law
yer, who, by the way, has an Office 10
the Bakewell building, and who has
held State office for long time in
this section.
THERE AND QUITE WELL, THANK YOU.
A call by Dispatch reporter at the
residence of her father, on Heron
avenue, last night disclosed the fact
that the young woman is there and
quite we'll The very first thing her
father asked the reporter was whether
or not he thought that Shank was
call there" Then, speaking for his
daughter, he said:
"And this man says he is married
to my daughter. He is nothing of
the kind. Why, my daughter would
not think of marrying him."
Mrs. McGarvey became more volu-
BILE and explicit. She said:
"My daughter met Shank in Nor
gantown as far back as last June.
She was walking down the street with
young man OF the place, an acquain-
lance of Shank, when the cigar man
came along. Love at first sight was
his trouble. He was introduced to
May. From that time to this he has
just bothered the life out of her. He
has called at the house several times.
We asked May if she had anything to
do with that man. She said she
hadn't.
"Over two weeks ago, Shank sent
word here that he was very sick, and
he wanted May to nurse him. He
spoke of making over an insurance
policy of $1,000 to my daughter.
May happened to be going to Morgan
town with my son John, who is going
to college there. While there she did
not stay at the same hotel with
Shank.
SHANK BOUGHT HER DIAMONDS.
''She stayed at Johns boarding
house, and she went to the hotel to
nurse Shank. But there was not
much the matter with him, guess
May has been home for nine days now
She only brought back with her her
own clothes and her own jewelry |
She has two diamond rings-one of
them given her by young man of
this city, who has been paying atten-
tioh to her for the last Is months.
The other was given to her by Shank
"When my son John came home he
asked me If May was married to that
man Shank. l told him to go and see
at the marriage license Office. They
told him there that no lcence for per-
sons of their names had been issued
since the first of the year.
Mrs. Gilbert was formerly Miss May
McGarvey. Her father stated last
night that she had been divorced from
her husband. Her parents say that
Shank bothered the girl so much that
they got tired of him, and Mrs. Nc
Garvey says that the last time he was
there she put him out. At any rate
the young woman is at home, and her
parents talked last night of turning
the tables on Shank and doing a little
prosecuting on their own hook.
WHAT HARRY SAYS.
Mr. Shank when asked about the |
story Of the Dispatch stated that it
was without foundation in fact. Peo- |
pie here know that the story about |
where they lived while the woman
was here is very thin. She was at the |
Franklin and she did not deny that
she was married while she was with |
Harry.
The chances are that nothing furth-
er will come of the matter but the |
manner in which the woman is irving |
to get out of the scrape is very
strange way of doing business. Shank !
sticks to his original story as given
in this paper on Monday.
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