The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-11
MARKINGS OF NIKE MURPHY
TWO WOMEN At ONCE HIS WIVES,
50 THEY SAY.

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He Brsushs One Back From Albany TO
lave Few Hooks From TIE View
York WMe-Re d Said 70 EIsve Denied
Legally Narr,ns Ether % Them.
Two woI,en have now appeared who gay
they were married TO Michael c. Murphy.
the former Police Commissioner. who died
last week. A former intimate Of his and
q distant relative of the first wife says that
, Mr.. Murphy married his second wife with
! out divorcing his FIRST and that this fact
was discovered not only by his friends. but
BY the church a. well. II is said that there
Is no record Of Col. Murphy's second mar
rage In the register Of the Catholic Cathe-
dral in Albany, where Ii Ia alleged to have
been performed on Feb. 10. 1870. II the
record Ia not there IL probably never was
there In the New York papers OF April
Of that year. this notice was printed:
| MURPHY-FAY.-In Albany. on Saturday morn
Ing Feb 10. at the Bishops resldencr by the
Rev. Father Wsdhams pastor OF the Cathedral.
Col. Michael C Murphy OF New York member
OF the state LEGISLATURE. 70 Miss Kate ray.
daughter of the late Martin Fay OF Iberty.
sullivan county. N. Y.
The seoond Mrs. Murphy, who has
marriage certificate. after living with Mr..
Murphy for seven years. got q divorce
and married Addison Clements, q hotel
keeper OF Liberty. He died about four
teen years ago and his widow 10 now living
in this city and is possessed Of considerable
property left to her by Clements; Among
other property she owns oiock OF na's
| In 10th street.
A member Of the Berigan household
at 20 Desbrosses street. where Mr.. Murphy
! formerly lived, said yesterday
Some years before Murphy went to the
war he fell In love with Mary brennan
then IL years old and was the belle Of this
ward Her uncle was John c. Berrigan, who
was a politician and went to the Assembly
| from this ward. Mary's father died when
she was young and MARY LIVED ssa v Mnrp Ssr
were married by a priest and their marriage
viii be proved II II Is necessary: Livery
one in the neighborhood knew OF Il, but
most Of them are dead now. Murphy
and his wife lived in this house after tnesr
Watts Street. They had two children, .
boy and girl. The boy died at the age
Of . and the girl at the age OFT
Murphy and his wife were happy ap-
parently until the spring OF 1870: when ne
His vile was living then at their home In
Watts street. priest came down from
Albany one day TO see II Murphy had been
married before, and then we learned. that
he had just been married 70 womsn IN
ply came down himself the following
Friday and several OF US asked him about
II. He denied that he had got married.
but finally he admitted It. Then he brought
the second wife down here and opened q
swhen the friends Of Mary brennan heard
Of this there was a howl. Mary heard the
truth herself and although Murphy offered
to provide for her she left his other homo
at Watts street the minute she knew the
good Catholic and that she didn't believe
In divorces and that she wouldn't trouble
Murphy anyway. But there was Q lot OF
people who wanted to do II for her. Ono
Of them was 4 brother John, who had gone
back and said that he was going to kill
Murphy when he reached here. Murphy
was pretty well scared, but the brother
got sick and died in San Francisco. A
lot Of folks wouldn't speak 10 Murphy at
> murphy afterward told his second wife
and told other people that he never was
married to the brennan, girl. which ives .
lie. He was and there's people who can
prove it. A' second wife ~ had money and
Her money helped to put him on his feet
We learned that she had met him In Albany.
She lived with him around in Varick street
for seven years and she didn't 90 out OF the
house much either; don't think she
Finally Kate Fay-that was his second
wife-left him and went up in Connecticut
and got Q divorce. He didn't have any
children by her. Afterwsrd she married
Clements. Clemsnts and Murphy were
Assembly from Sullivan county on the
Democratic ticket the same year Murphy
got In. Clements left his wife Q lot Of
money and shes now pretty weil:hxed.
She never came around TO see Murphy
after she shook him. but abe was at the
funeral and 20 was his hrst wife. They
didn't have anything TO say TO each other
and don't think they knew each other.
Murphy didn't dare to run for the As
sembly again after the feet Of his senond
couldn't al in the Legislature after the
Albany priests had found out all about IL.
Murphy kept pretty low for years after
his second wife left him and when he did
come to the front ss . politician sgsln
T ives TOO ancient , S III 70 DUR i n g %Sen
Hogan and John Fog Who knew Murphy
wasn't bachelor and III only THE srpera-
ton Who thought he was. This thing
viii oil come out pretty soon and % vtsdted
Murphy and knew both his wives ] con
EI-yvdge Browne. who holds Mprphy's
will, " he did know anything ssid he would
not rep~st any story that Murphy had
told concsvnins his past. but insimsted
tbs, murphy he'd made z ,'s'smen. re-
Whlle Miss Drennsb might have b~sn known
% Mrs Murphy. NJ. Browne ssid. she he'd
no certihcsts Of msrrisge snd M record
hs. ,sen found In Albany Of the other
marriage.