The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-14
Welded DETECTIVES
"yOI NAVE Sy LIVING HrSBiNDS'"
SAYS THE NAV TO THE WOHiN.
This was Three Months After Marriage-"And
Have Got Four of Your Marriage 'crtlh'
Gates" lie A~ddcd-She says she's Had No
Hu.bands He DIdn't Know About BefOre,

Anne NJ wilkinson SAYS in a suit for separa-
ton she has brought against James J.. WlkIh-
son. a private detective, that sine" her marriage
to him In 1897 an important part of the business
or hi~ detective agency has been Ia hunt up her
prior hfc, OF which she had previously given all
essential details Justice Lawrence Of the
supreme Court made am order YESTERDAY for
almouy of slo a week. pending the trial Of her
case. and a counsel Zee of SIS.
Before the marriage she had been employed
by the agency for four years rs a detective AZ
IS u week. They were married on july %,
1897. M l2g East Seventeenth street. About
two months after the marriage, the VIII" aver.
her husband became indifferent 10 her and
subsequently harsh in his manner and speech
making many false accusations against her Sh"
made several efforts to learn the cause Of his
treatment, and finally TO her repeated inquiry
he sl,d on oct Is. 1877:
Wait. ! am making an Investigation about
You and when | have finished | will explain
The EXPLANATION came Oh oct %, 1897. She
AYERS. when hctold her that The result OF his in
yc,,igation showed that she then had six living
husbands and that he had four OF her mar
riacc certificates. He said he had received
ANONYMOUS lo'tcrs which helped ont '1~ in
cuiry. and although She demanded 10 see tle-e
letter, in tho presence OF former SuUerln-
tonicnt Of Police Byruc~. he refused 10 show
thcrn 10 Lcr lie aficrward said he had re-
c"ivcd some" i~uforPgtion from a married
man who compelled him to swear not 10 Dis
close his name Again BE- told her h- in
iofmuut wa- a woman Mrs Wilkinson SAYS
that snn knows who the woman l. and that
After their separation In the latter part Of
Octub r, 1877. she says, Wilkinson CAV" h"r SIS
a week, but -" had 10 ,r'Tort "v ~ morn
ing NJ the "Tlc. in order 10 have hrr name
on the salary list. II" aft, rvard cut down
h r ~allowauo To- sl2. ard sine" May l? last IN"
has draWn NO mon ' i,'sl P'G r,y ri g wa not
on one of h r visits her husband told her he
was busy making an inv silgail9u To ascertain
who had bought h,r i'wol'y. She states that
rep at q efforts brought Io proof from him
10 cor .uhorat' his accusations against her and
that hc net d "a. lIdg Jury and 'Necuiion.r
saving that W. could not b man and wife, but
swc thrJrt-. thus adding insult to injury.
plnintiC IN" rC'r',"n'" That IN" was tho wi .Ow
OF john VI. Van Hnul"n. II" says Van Hout"n
Wa still alive. tie also acCl-y- her t marrvldE
Robert :. Ballard Will" Van lIuufcu WIS alive
Slo marie Ballard a. the house Of a Mr.,
Pollard IN Baltimore. Other invc-tiga'ion-
mace 10y him, h" ayers, shove that between
A. h> wife. ma e. 70 trip - Europe with George
GlrIpv. a trip 10 BOSTON with George Fitch.
where they rcg,>t"rei at the Parker Hou,' a.
MIR ami Mr.. Harris, aui a trip with William
;. Mercer to 1homasvill". Ga
Mr.. Wilkinson AYERS that she knew tho mon
mentioned. hat rla' h"r conduct With them
son Eucw all about h'r Van Houtcn md r !. I'd
marriage, which thew discussed together
lTlorc her mar lIr" 10 him, aud thu' III" ht~
letters from lin l,dI'4'lh r such huowI"dg'.
She had married b0llard iu 1857 believing tN1t
Van lIout"u had died "i yellow IcN"r Boz lS'l
She H-o"rt0iu"d subsequently That Ballard WIS
q hquE logger md 'IgJnls', who had tlr,"
wivo-. md ~" lett hiN. 81 WIS 1dv'.'d h'
cluu-ol that nor marriage 'o Ballard w. void
and that she could MARI. tg,iH without 'r'-
curing q G'gro" Of aunl,u"n' Wilkinson
know that. Ballard lad r'"n imprl~.n"d. IN"