The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-09
WOMAN VERY
MUCH MARRIED
Second Spouse Declares He
Has Had Six Successors.
She MAKES DENIAL OF TWO
Though Reunited After ThIrty-0ns Years
They Are Parted Again Within
asMunth
She MAKES DENIAL OF TWO

New York. Aug. e.--Thomas r. Elliott
c. Towle. on January 2l. 1869. his wife
has married six other men. The matter
came before Justice Steckler In the Su-
preme court yesterday. when Mrs. Ell
lott applied for alimony and counsel
fee in suit she has instituted for lin
tied divorce. in which she alleges that
Elliott abandoned her May / last
According to Enitt's story his wife has
had no less than eight husbands IN her
lifetime. for at the time he married her
she was widow with three daughters.
Elliott says his wife should be known as
Mrs. Elliott Duncan Peck Whipple-
Markwith- Smith -Totten. This is as far
as Elliott's recollection goes He does
not recall the name OF the husband who
preceded him.
Mrs Elliott in her complaint admits
that she fs 81 years old. She asserts
that her husband, who is a watchman at
the custom house, at a salary OF $4,000.
ordered her from their home at No. rs
Charles street. She IL now residing at
No. i15 West Fifteenth street.
Elliott. In lengthy affidavit In oppo-
sition to his wife's application for ALI
mony and counsel fee. says that at the
time OF the marriage his wife was known
as Miss Helen Towle. They lived To-
gether until the winter Of 1871. Return
Ing home one night, Elliott says he found
the door locked against him and In reply
TO his demand for admitta nee his wife in :
formed him that his trunk was In the
hall and that he could take II and leave.
From that time until April last n period
OF 81 years. Elliott says ne never saw or
heard OF his wife.
ONE MARRIAGE ANNULLED.
Under the name OF Ellen Towle. he
says, his wife on August "a. 1875. married
August G. Duncan. Duncan brought an
action for the annulment OF the mar
riage. The case was tried before Justice
Barrett in the Supreme court I'm 1881 and
Duncan obtained decree
In 1882. Elliott says. Mrs. Elliott Dun
can ventured upon the sea Of matrimony
again. Under the name Of Ellen c. Dun
can. he declares. she married George
Peck. and the pair took up their abode
in Jersey City.
What became OF Peck Elliott does not
explain, but he says that hts wife under
the name OF Helen c. Peck I'm 1884 be-
came the bride OF Charles whipple. His
wife and whipple. II is asserted by FL
lott, lived together in this city nj Sew
enteenth street and Sixth avenue. Here.
Elliott says. a child was born 20 the
couple
whipple dropped out OF sight and
either IN 1885 or 1889. Elliott declares. his
wife took new spouse IN tho person OF
John Markwitb. They lived In Orange.
N. j.. where Markwith died IN 1899.
The next marriage. according TO FL
lott. took place In September 1892. a
few DAYS after the death OF Markwith
NJ Mason smith Of Downesille. Della
ware county. ~. Y. was the man, and
Mrs. Elliott married him under tho name
OF Ellen G. whippie. According 10 FL
liott. Smith IN still living.
Nine years elapsed before Mrs. Elliott
was again led 10 the altar Elliott SAYS
that In 1901 at Walton. N. Y. she met
and married William Totten under the
name OF Helen wlnslow Smith.
THOUGHT ELLIOTT DEAD.
Mrs Elliott I'm an answering afadnvft.
says that after her husband left her in
1871 she advertised and made search for
him without avail. She says she subse-
quently received information that he was
dead. and. believing herself free. married
August G. Duncan six years after FL
iiott's disappearance. She denies ever
having married George Peck or William
whippie She admits marrying NJ. Mason
Smith asserting that he subsequently
Sfed snr that ehe than married William