The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-05-08
BOTH WANT SAME HUSBAND
A Strange Case III Which Two
Young Women Are Involved

a Strange Case III Which Tw
Young Women Are Involved
The Richmond Times has the f.
loving story OF two girls who arc in
latualed with the same man, furnishc
ny its Rockingham, n c., correspon
dent:
there is strange and novel conflic
between two young women as to who's
husband is Il young man by the nam
OF Louis Neville. This young man i
the second son Of family of iy
Drothcis-honcst, Industrious people
who have for some time been engage,
III the saw-mll business.
About two years ago Louis was il
love with Miss Helen Delamere. who's,
family reside near Laurel Hill, i'm thi,
county. Miss Delamerc is fraoil,
young girl of eighteen, and is "A grca
beauty. Her health is extremely deli
cate owing to her frail physical oryanl
Za'lon. For this reason aDd no other
the Neville family were blttcrl, OBJ
posed to the marriage, and by dint OF
EFFORT they succeeded in breaking of
the engagement. Nothing more was
| thought of this love romance, and IN
due time LOUIS placed his objections
elsewhere.
a pretty young school teacher of his
township by the name of katherine
Steele was his love this time. Thurs
day, September 9th, last, was the dav
fixed for the wedding ard extensive
preparations were made and everything
moved on as " merry as a marriage
Dell" Invitations TO their friends
were extended, the attendants on cac,
side were selected and had accented
ana all preparations were concluded.
Nothing occurred to mar the serenity
OF the occasion until Just before the
day set for the wedding, when young
Neville received letter from Miss
Delamcrc, who is living just over the
line, III South Carolina, in which she
informed him that she had just heard
OIL his proposed marriage with Miss
Steele, and that she loved him more
dcvotcdly than ever before, that her
health was good and that she had
picked up many pounds of flesh during
the past two years, that she had re-
Gently come into property valued at
$50 900, and that if he married Miss
Steele she would Immediately commit
suicide.
This letter set Louis afrc. All his
former love for Miss Delamere re-
turned, and he threatened to commit
suicide if his family did not consent for
hlm to immediately marry Miss Della
mere His family realized his condi-
ton and kept close watch over him.
but on "Wednesday before the day ap.
pointed for his marriage with Miss
Steele, he escaped the vigilance of his
relatives and went to see Miss Della.
mere. AS soon as he was missed search
was instituted for him, and he was
Nnally found in Il scmi-cOnscious con-
dltlon overin South Carolina in charge
OF Miss Dclamcrc, who slrepuouslv
declared that they had been regularly
married, Louis did not seem to re-
member much of anything, but did
nave very distinct recollection of
some kind of performance before n
magistrate. He was brought back
home against the protest of his wife
as Miss Delamerc declares sho is, and
his condition has not materially i'm
proved. His second intended i'm
medlatcly called on him and very gen
crously forgavc all, , and for fear of more
trouble in the future they were i'm.
mcdiatcly married, Louis making little
or no opposition.
Mrs. Neville accounts for her sons
prcdicament by saying that
he has been subject at long intervals
during his life TO seasons of slipht
mental alteration, and that he was
temporarily unbalanced by the letter
of Miss Delamcrc.
Miss Dclamerc SAYS she is able to
prove The marriage according to the
laws of South Carolina, which do not
require license. but permit partles TO
enter The civil contract of marriage
under any forms that may suit the con.
tracing parties Mrs. Neville, as she
calls herself, has employed ex-Judge
Rlsdcn Il. Bennett, an eX-member of
Congress from the Sixth District, and
Mr.. j. II. I.ockhat, both of Wadcs-
boro, to represent her, and she saws
she has been advised to wait a reason
able time and see if Louis will not get
well and voluntarily return TO her and
resume his married life with her. If
he does not she intends to sue out a
writ oil bahcas corpus and appeal to
the courts for the possession of her
husband.
Wife No. 2 and the Neville family
charge that Louis was druurcd and
while in this condition the marriage
ceremony was performed between him
and Miss Delamcre.
The case bids fair to be most cele-
bratcd in the judicial history of the
State. In the meantime wife number
TWO IS living with Louis ut Laurel
Hill, and wife number one is acting on
the advice of her lawyers.
One marriage having taken place in
North Carolina, and the other in South
Carolina, interstate complications may
arise III the settlement of this dispute
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