Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03
How a Clever London Mechanic
Secretly Maintained Separate
Households for a Long Time.
LIVED CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.
A Story of Bigamy That is About the
Qacercst on RecOrd-How it
All Happened.
enoclal correspondence.

EDnHlaI AuIIthppt'N'NN'
London, Sept. est seems to be gem
orally admitted that no more remark
obe Instance Of bigamy ever came to
uobt here than that revealed to the po-
nee the other day by William Harvey
. London carpenter, IN his confession
mat for the last ten years he has been
,bo head OF two families who have
lived during that time within five min
utes' walk Of each other, without either
suspecting the others existence. The
man is now In prison, awaiting MS trial
but II Is due only to carelessness on
his part and not to any failure of the
osystem" by which he carried on his
amazing deception that he Is not now
continuing II unmolested.
A COMMON JOINER.
Harvey, who is just a common Join
err" as they call them over here, had
been married for eighteen years to his
first wife when he met Mary Dentry
the woman who now Is unfortunate
enough to be his bgamous wife. She
love TO her earnesty--represen him.
sef as a widower. Soon afterwards he
married her and had the audacity
10 establish Mrs. Harvey No. 2 in o.
house almost around the corner from
mat presided over by Mrs, Harvey
No, l.
HOW HE WORKED 1T,
The plan adopted by this double Ben
ellct TO keep up his two establishments
without detection is remarkable both
for It's cleverness and its simplicity. AS
soon as he had been united to his Sec
ond wife" Harvey told her that he
would rather have their marriage kept
quiet for little while as certain prop
erty to which a grown up son and
daughter Of his with whom he had been
living expected to fall heir would re-
vert to other relatives should their
fathers marriage be made known. He
declared that, In order that no sus-
plclon should be aroused II would be
necessary for him to spend the nights
at the home where he still was sup
posed to be living, and to his doing this
the second Mrs, Harvey actually
agreed
So he managed. Alleging to his first
wife, extra work at his trade Harvey
spent the evening of every working day
at his clandestne home. After supper
he would don the carpet slippers of
domestcty and live for his wife alone
until half-past ten, when he would
leave, ostensibly to join the grown
Up children" who must not be Kept out
Of their inheritance, but in reality TO
seek the company of the real Mrs. Har-
yey and their children. And this went
on for ten years.
In time his second wife, too, became
the mother of three babies, and the
carpenter was bound still closer to
his unlawful wife. Apparently defying
discovery however he might be seen
almost any pleasant Sunday walking
In the park with his second family
while he went so far as to take his
second wife to the home OF his first.
being careful Of course, that the family
should be out. once he encountered
his eldest son In one of these walks
In the park and at another time was
nearly caught on the street with his
real wife, but Harvey explained these
situations in most satisfactory man
ner and both families continued to
suspect nothing.
WHEN BABY WAS DYING.
Only once did Harvey break the rule
OF leaving his second establishment at
the usual hour. This was one night
when Miss Dentrys first child lay dy-
ing when, In answer to her frenzled APP
peals, he stood by the bedside until the
ehllds death at midnight and stayed 10
comfort the mother until half past two
next morning. Some time ago an ac-
eldent received while mt work sent
Harvey to the hospital, causing him to
spend the night away from his first
WlIe AS both wives knew of the acct
dent Harvey had to make n choice as
70 which should see him at the hos
pllal In this case his first spouse was
me favored one while note to the
other explaining that the hospital al
lowed no visitors kept Mary Dentry
away.
whether the voice of conscience had
something TO say while Harvey lay In
,ne hospital cot he does not include In
hS confession, but after his discharge
ms visits TO the second establishment
began to grow less frequent. Five
weeks Of continued neglect brought
no'e or protest from around the corner
winch happened to fan into the hands
vi the nrst Mrs, Harvey AS this was
signed your loving wife" Harvey met
uoupIe race to face as soon as he re-
.urned from work, Apparently glad
mat All was over, he made a complete
.oInesslon TO his wife, after which he
went 10 the nearest police station to
seel prise the inspector on duty with one
we most remarkable stories the au-