Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-21
WANTS MARRIAGE ANNULLED.
Mrs Lewis Woolley Went to England
 and Married gain.~

Mrs Lewis Woolley Went to England
 and Married Again
 Proceedings for the annulment of the marriage of Henry $. and Eliza beth Lewis WoolIey have been insti- tuted by Attorney Porter L. Wood and the suit is returnabIe to the superior court on the first Tuesday in January. The story of the Woolieys reads like a romance, and is such that a hustling daily raper can hardly do justice to it. 1 he couple lived. until a few months ago, at 30 Division street. They had lived there about a year or less up to that time and were respected and ad- mired by their neighbors. To begin with. and be as brief as posisDle, they are English folks and have been i'll tbe country only q short time. Wool ley is a member of the most diStin- gUished society in the British king dom. the Fellows of the Royal Society, a scientific organization. Entomology is or was, his speciality. lie was em- plOyed at the Farrel foundry when the last city directory was made up. When the Spanish war broke upon the coun- try WoOlley was but d few months in the country and was employed at his trade in New York He became filled with the ardor of war, as every young man was at that time. and he enlist ed in the volunteers. He served his adopted country faithfully and for his gallant services he was remembered with a serious attack of typhoid fever, which was prevalent in the military corps after their return from the scene of conflict. He passed many mOnths in a New York hospital and wien he was finally discharged there l., lox ployers only to find. however, that they had broken faith with him, in that he was not given back his job. This and the few months illness with n serious fever. was all he got out of tue war. The rest he left for the trusts.
 Failing to find work in New York. therefore, he came 10 this city and found work ill the abOvc-named con ccln. Soon after he met with a dash ing widow named Eliza beth Lewis. Slir said she had been d widow six years and a few years previous her husband had deserted her. without any reason. of course. \ few months Wuoin& and they were married. and it was then the city directory man found them living at 30 Division street. No enc had cause to suppose they did not
 
 reached the neighborhood that Mrs Woolley had deserted her husband, everybody was surprised
 Last September q letter was re- ccived by Mrs Woolley, informing her Isthat her mother was seriously i'll ln England and if she wished to see her alive sine would have to immedl- ately set sail. AIr Woolley drew every cent he had in the bank and resorted to other measures to raise money for his wife. The eve of her departure WaS made the occasion of happy gathering of friends. and everybody wished the woman q pleasant voyagc This letter. her husband now finds. was rHse to get money fro;n him. for lii q letter he has received from her she coolly informs him that such was sc; that Shc has returned to her for mer love. q William D. Adnitt. of Bir- mingham. and she even went so far as ] to say that she is now known by that name. She further informs Mr Wool , ley. and il is upon this information that he has based his petition for the lnnullnent of his maria ge that she | has discovered her first husband. AIr
 Lewis, is alive and living in Birminc- i ham. She concludes her remarkable letter with such Dlatitudes :,s II hope i you will forgive mo. You must know | that we were not horn for each other. '
 and Il tried hard to love you. God
 knows, but l couldn't: yours truly 1 Elizabeth Lewis Adnitt''