The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24
HAS AN
EXCESS OF
HUSBANDS
Mrs. BrOkaw- Malcolm. Martin
Admits Of Having Two, but
DiSCIaimS Wrong Doing.

New York, Jan. 24.--Jessie Brokaw-
Malcolm Martin. twenty-one years DID,
with brown hair and pretty figure. a
relative of the well known Brokaw fam
lily OF this city, is sadly troubled with an
excess OF husbands. She has Two, from
neither OF whom has she beet divorced.
Her first husband. James w. Malcolm,
son of a wealthy real estate dealer. yes
terday brought suit in the supreme court
for absolute divorce and names as CO.
respondent her second husband. William
J. Martin, a young lawyer, OF No. 229
Broadway who lives with his father,
Joseph Martin, also a lawyer, at No.
427 Ocean avenue. Brooklyn.
Mrs. Martin was served with the papers
I'm the case at the corner of Seventh
avenue and Twenty third street. She
said that IL was not her intention to
contest the suit. She Is living with her
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
Biokaw. at Lorraine, n. j.
She says that when she married ner
second husband 5he had been led TO
believe that divorce from her first nus
band had been granted by Justice VIII
mot j. Smith at Patchogue, l.. i. She
did not discover that this was not the
giving when she Immediately left Martin.
FILED COPY.
Mr.. Malcolm, through his attorney.
Charles S. Hayes. OF Il Park row, has
filed with the county clerk a copy of his
sworn complaint. in it he rectes that
he was married to Jessie Brokaw In this
city on or about July 3, 1906. There are
no children.
frr aa1
the acquaintance Of william j. Martin,
then a member OF the Knickerbocker
Athletic club, when he had his nails
treated in manicure establishment
where she was employed. Then Malcolm
began to court the girl, with the result
that they went TO the residence OF the
Rev. Mr.. Waters, the pastor OF Reform
ed church, In West One Hundred and
Fifth street, and were married.
The honeymoon was remarkable for its
brevity The bride returned 10 her par
ents. Martin renewed his suit, and on
Dec O. 1900 while she was a guest OF his
parents at their home in Flatbush they
went 10 the Lenox Road Methodist Epis-
copal church, they were married by the
Rev. Dr. Hand, then the pastor.
They took up their abode In the Martin
family mansion, 81 big grey stone house
at Ocean avenue and Cation avenue. Flat
bush, where they resided for some time.
Subsequently they resided at the Hotel
Navarro. and on Feb. 10. 1902, they pur-
chased a pretty little house az Roselle,
n. j.. where they resided until Mrs Mar
tin left her second husband.
VERY UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR.
"It is a very unfortunate affair said
Mrs Malcolm " .~ssn to "a reporter yes
terday. IL certainly would not have mar
| ried Mr.. Martin IL ] had not been led TO
| believe that / had been really and truly
| divorced IL Is n terrible thing FOR a
young woman 90 be I'm. Martin urged me
| 90 marry him and j. supposlng every
thing was all right. consented.
1--WE had "A charming home In Roselle
| n j. Then I learned that l had no
| been divorced from my first husband anc
| I Immediately gave up our nome an6
| went back TO my father and mother.
/ would not for the world have contracted
i bigamDus marriage. Even my fathel
and mother supposed until the circum
| stances came out that a divorce had beer
J procured I'm the regular way.
L. Il am sick OF men, said tho younl
| woman with n toss OF her head, and al
| / care for now is 20 be LETT alone and b'
permitted To I've In peace and qdletne IS
| ii ls not my present Intention TO contcs
| Mr. Maicolm's suit
| ~ don't sen under the circumstance
how very well can she added. ruefully
| MIR Martin. beyond admitting the mar
| rfaRe 20 Jessie BTokaw IN the Methodis
| Episcopal church In Flatbush. declines
| 10 dlscuss tho case. hut his father. JOSEPH
Martin. said he had always opposed tn
| marriage.