West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-02-20
THIRTEENTH WIFE
MAS HIS WATERLOO.
Moore, Ugliest Man In the kentucky
Mountains, Says lie Fascinated
Women by the Power OF His Eye.

The unlueky thirteenth in combination
with the marrying habi, has broueh, tn,
promising career OF Howard Moore o
Kentucky, TO a full stop.
At twenty. eight, the unblushiug husband
of thirteen wives, none of whom has seer
tit to depart this life since tho matrimonial
knot was tied, he is now longuishing in jai
with the probability of twenty years SO,
iouru in the peuiten,iary as mild en,idotC
for his weakness
1t was December q last that Moore mel
his Waterloo. She was plump aud pleas
ing brunette, twenty-onc years of age and
named Fannie Robinson Tie fell in love
at sigh, aud the marriage was immediate.
After married life of fifteen days Moore
took umbrage at the fact that his wife de.
sired to visit her father, who was ill., lie
promptly deserted her. Mrs. Moore re.
fused TO look at things in the same light.
She swore out warrant for his arrest, aud
his incarceration developed crop of wives
aud incidental children that would have set
up in business the most ambitious follower
Of Brigham Young.
MAN WITH THE HARD FACE.
The universal fascinalor whp has accom-
plishcd so much in so brief a space Of ex.
istencc is the most singularly hard featured
mouu,ainccr to be found for miles around
Broad noscd and wide mouthed, he has a
complexion like badly tanned leather, a
shock of black hair and pair of slow black
eyes. A pai, of bushy, irregular eyebrows
lend a somewhat sinister look to his face,
aud heavy, slouching gait completes the
unattractivc whole
Moore chcushes no dclusons ancnt his
beauty. lie explains the whole matter by
the power of the eye
"I's the way you look at gor'-s the
simple theory put forward by this heart
breaker, whose record is thus far uucN
ampcd. Here Us his statement
81 believe i'm men marrying as many times
as they want to. Pap said that the Bible
said to multiply aud replcnish the ycth. 1t
is as easy TO win a woman heart as falln'
of log. don't believe 40 long conrlships
I believe that when fcllcr.gi,s stuck ON
gal he ont TO ask her to marry him right
then, and never put oh--nory day.
"It all depends on how you look at a gal;
the eyes tell the tale. Every gal judges
man by his eyes, and jedse gal by her
eyes. The eyes talk to each other in their
own way.
LOOKS DON'T COUNT.
at does not matter how ugly man may
be, nor how ragged he may be, nor who he
is if he knows how to loci. the gal in the
eyes he will win her heart, aud she will
marry him or die. Every gal / ever aNcd
to marry me said yes. But II hadn't axcd
'cm all at the very moment our eyes looked
into each other several nv 'cm would have
said no. allu1 got tared Of 'em in "a little
while after married 'cm, and allus found
good excuse TO git away from en-.
loved all NV 'em when + married 'cm,
but. as ! scd awhile ago, I soon got lared
nv 'em bul then would allul soon want
me anulher wife.
81 don't like single life all the time nor
married life an the time ! alul like To
try both. intend 20 marry ag'in when
git ont nv this scfape, and, it can git 10
look into all lheir eyes at my ldal, they will
tell the ledge 10 turn me loose.
"say, mister, gimme chaw NV homespun
terbacker. What yc written thar ! don't
want my name in the paper but if ye see
emmy gal that wants ter marry, send her
ter me-"
HfCAN MARRYING Al FHTEEN
IL was at the tender age Of fifteen that
the matrimonial microb. first appeared in
Moore's system Rachel Dunn. aged four
teen, playmate Of his from babyhood, was
his earliest victim in wives The wedding
had the consent Of the parents aud lasted
two weeks. a cold breakfast ono morning
chilled the ardor Of the youthful husband,
and ne decampcd. a child, the result Of
tins union, is ono Of to-day's exhibits That
was in 1888 Victoria Meade, seventeen
Virginia Peters, sixteen; Eyaline Adams,
nineteen. and Alice Burnct, fourteen. all
succumbcd to the eye within two years. The
Moore got "iared" in a week or two, and
save for the child, which was the human
document in each case. the marriage was as
" it had never been
In May, 1901. hc welded Susan Stoulion
aud added one more child 60 his miscel-
laneous family Six months later, Nancy
Pocket, a beauty Of eighteen, became bis
bride. Joy lasted for nine days and Moore
fed As usual. offspring atlcsted the fact,
twins being now included in his increasing
responsibilities.
Tie married Priscilla Williams in ISgz Co
save her from picking blackberies for
living, and yet another child resulted In
1905 he was tbe husband of Charlotte Evans,
and just at this Gmc his frequent absences
boz jlil for ihe gcauc act Of "moonshining"
made necessary iapses in bis marriage record
Minerva Brashcan, who became DIS wife in
1904, was twenty five and muscular, and
chasiiscd him for getting drunk She and
Phoebe Gabarl, the next incumbent. each
contHbutcd a child 90 thc Moor. clan.
a widow Mrs. Jane FOLSOM was bs ucxt
choice. She was thirty five, and fascination
enough 20 hold him for FIVE weeks, butsbeo
She insisted that She loved him better ihsn
Der first husband lhc mountaincer dsuustcd
her and i-ft S child was born Co be de
serted BRIDE For lengthy interval the
mneh-mauied Moore remained ia single
b.essedo-ss. fheu hc galed in,o Fannie
Robns1ns dark eyes and was hst.
N1ucd on ihe thirteenth day Of ibc month
90 DIS thirteenth wife. ths father Of thirteen
children. "ho was himself one Of family
of thirteen aoi bad been ,hucen times ar
rested fof "m3oashiuIog touched the