New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-24
MISS FAMlLTON SW00NS.
Girl focused of Bigamy CollGPses an
Court Unconscious T'sco Hours.

The tsa,s ror bi~ary OF Margaret J. Partition. OF
V,hstestoae Long Island. the young woman who
ir sccrsed OF having married two men within
swsnty-four hours. began yesterday In Long Isl
and City. The cefendan: collapsed while her law
yer wRs summing up. and was unconscious almost
two hoErk
T. $ Kirlxnlan testified that he had known Miss
TnfsEton for come time before october u. and on
fhss day they married. month before nc
proposed 10 the girl The Rev. Or. Thorp ioentlheo
Miss F.railton and Kirkman as the couple he hao
married Edward J. Roach then testified that NJ
had married Miss F.niltcn on October l. that a'0'
TIE ceremony he and the defendant went TO MIl'e
store ard Al u o'clock that night he learned 'n'
the defendant had married krlzraan on inc prev
ous day. when he accused her OF this she OroN0
DOM and said that che had been compeneo "
rs.srry Kirlznan under threats. and that ne exc,
cised a strange influence over her, which she o"'U
rot resist.
The Rev Or Schneider identified TIE deienoal'
nna Roach rs the couple he had married on OS
sobcr IL lie asked both Miss Famton ana I1OnoH
81 they had been married before. and they IeI -
an the negative. william II. FaTnilton iauleI =" 80
defendant. safe he did not learn OF the TWO IL
rfsEes OF tbs daughter until il was TOO la'e ~ -
either marriage. -.
sIarrarot \ Famitcr. the defendant then took
the stand. She had been keeping company w"
1Iirkusn for two months previous TO thelr hlai -
She had Quarrelled with him because ne n - -,
treated her. on one occasion. she sa'o ~.
him On the evening OF october Il tAlrknlin iiis :
her at the Thirty-fourth-st. ferry, in Long lsAlu
City. lie caught her by the arm she SAID anu 'Ou
her she would have 10 become his wife w heh sne
refused he displayed a revolver, saying ne "ouiu
Am her and himself II she did not consent 70 Meo
ai.. Ia fear her life she accompanied MIN MN 10
Manhattan where they married -liss iii
son said that the night she SAW 6AuaC,l ~
solo him she was married 10 kirkn2an ttoacl. s.e
said. told hC- thai he would consult a Is5MsS -
ascertain il there not some way IN NiilCIl ~
rnarrizRe could be annulled. Roach saw her 1te
next CAV and informed her that her ulatLiaSo "
Tirlraan was illegal. kiTkman Was unoe55 o..
TThen she went 20 Manhattan with Roacn ana tLsg
-rere married Miss Hamilton said ina Mnllte
crossing tie ferry she showed the ring with Wlcl
she fsf beer married 20 kirkman. Roacr- she Salo
Sook the ing and il usec at tho second CIV
rDOny- - -. e.,,z ,,,- ber
sister y 40 gave corrobcratiye evidence M baAaIl
liss Farnfiton's lawyer. began 10 sum up, ne l
ttsrte5 in 10 6enoEncC both klTkTnall ana tNOdcn3
fr,f had only fairly began wien the Qeleicsllt Cy
snpsed She was carried into Judge Moore pLlNats
--oo-n but an efforts revive her flleQ ana
Noo-e directed that help be obtained from 81 Jeu
TToSuitsi which is close 10 the COURTHOUSE Attel
r~o-iriur over the woman for some time. ooCtOIs
teuf word that the patient was In pTecaIioIs COL
ssffov sn6 would have 10 be removed 10 ihe hosLI-
81 The court then adjourned. The young woman
~. revived finally and last night was IestiuE e.SS
ks her sister was being carried out OF lie court
Mouse Miss T1IIe Familton collapsed SIZE "As
eusckly revived