Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-23

Strange Story. g
 Zt 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. Mc- Guire, formerly of Wellston, Mo, but now of Alton, H. As an explanation for her acquiescence in the peculiar arrangement Mrs. McGuire says she was prompted by intense love and con- fdenee in her husband to accept the 1 position of pseudo sister-in-1aw 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 misleo, and the other afternoon journeyed to CIay- ton to secure certified copy of her marriage license in order to prove pos- 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 Df her marriage certificate from Jus tice Greensfelder, showing that she had been married by him to MT McGuire Aug. 15, 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 Hillsboro, in St. Louis county, she readily consented. Mrs Mcclure said that everything progress. ed smoothly after their marriage until postman left letter at their house, which created eonsternation. Accord ing to Mrs. Mcclure, the letter was from Miss Frances Bryan, a former &C., 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 full confession. He said that he could not absolutely ignore the letter for he had promised to wed the writer before he had met her. He asked me not tn desert him in the hour of need but to help him out of his embarrass4 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 1t as iong as possible. living with her husband and his second wife, until about five weeks ago, when she con- cluded tha, her husband lad no inte1- 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 ffom Miss Frances Bryant. of Alton. Mir 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 the proposition for me to help him out of the difficulty, l consented, as 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 became convinced that he would not make good his promise 70 me. He kept continually putting me off, and finally I concluded that I 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 long time did not kr hat to do, as my husband told me that # I made the tets public we wc's both go to the penitentiary He finally denied our marriage altogether and raid could not prove it. Our mar riage certificate had been destroyed, anc I came down here today simply to get copy of it in order to have the proof of my marriage I do not want to get into any trouble, and if com- mitted any misdeed, did not do 1t knowingly would still like to help him out of this scrape if it is possible to do so"
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