The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-29
Syrian Seeks to Have Former Love
Arrested for Bigamy.
They Were Married in Syria and She
Came to America.
Sut the Hubby Would Not Follow, So
She Welded Another.
Romance in Which Mankato Plays a
Part..-The Story.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
The st. Paul Dispatch of last evening
contained the following story:
people with curious Syrian names
and dark Oriental faces solemnly enter
ed the office of County Attorney Kane
today on matter which involved SEN
timental romance of true Oriental flavor
years and years ago, little dark.
eyed girl, of the mature age of thir,
teen, married dark-eyed boy few
years older than she. They lived togeth
er for few weeks and then parted, to
unite once more in after years, according
to some religious or social custom of the
country.
"She came to the United States, set
tied in southern Minnesota, and, by and
by, earned enough money to buy tic
ket, which she sent to her husband, to-
gether with a sum of money, so that he
might come and live with her.
''When he received the remittance anG
! the ticket, he returned the ticket ant
kept the money to buy herd of milk
white goats.
4 after she received the ticket, re
turned from the old land, she married 6
Syrian peddler. The first husband ther
changed his mind and, coming to thi:
country, searched for and found his wife
saw and envied the peddler and desired
to slack his thirst for vengeance. H'
asked for warrant of arrest of the
wife on a charge of bigamy. She has
a child three years of age
The request for a warrant for the ar
rest of the Syrian woman on the charge
of bigamy is the result of feud which
: is said to exist among the Syrians O
Mankato. The wife's maiden name wa
Mary Aldo, and she is a sister of Mai
Aldo of Mankato. 1t is true that whel
thirteen years of age she was married t.
| Kalsale Boanton in her native land
Shortly after her marriage Mary wa
brought to this country by her brother
who was not aware that she had en-
tered into a state of matrimony, h
having lived here for several years ant
had not been appraised of the event
After living in this city for couple o
years the young wife forwarded to he
husband ticket and some money witt
the request that he come to Americ;
and live with her. The hus
band retained the ticket in his possession
for several months and then re
turned it to Mary. He wrote her let
ter stating that he would not come t.
this country, and that he ''did not wan
any woman" Two years later Mar,
married Mike Ajuegre and they went t.
ST. Paul to live. Ajuegre is employees
by George Toby as bookkeeper. 1t i
claimed by relatives of the parties tina
the young Syrians were not acquainte'
with the customs of this country ant
did not know it was necessary for tn
little lady to secure a divorce from
her first husband before marrying again
1t is said that almost two weeks ag'
Mrs. Ajuegra started divorce proceeding
from her former liege lord, who came t.
America some time ago.
Naif Aldo, the brother was shown tn
article in Tie Dispatch, and this wa
the first intimation that he had received
| that his sister was in trouble.
Warrant Is Not Issued.
This mornings st. Paul Pioneel
Press adds this to the romance" Thu
name of the first husband is given a.
Lepi, somewhat different from thai
which is recorded in the books of the
Syrians of this city.
Rafael Lepi sold his goat farm in &
small town in Persia and journeyef
nearly 1000 miles to st. Paul to sweal
out a warrant for his wife, who he de
cares has married another Persian anc
is living happily in st. Paul. But he
failed to get the warrant.
"Lepi, accompanied by George Bosh.
ara and Joseph Corr, called at the coun
ty attorneys office yesterday. He could
not speak English, but with the aid OF
Corr and Boshara he managed to make
his desires known.
"Seven or eight years ago, in a town
three days walk from Jerusalem, he
had married, according to the rites of the
Greek church, a young girl eight years
old. Lepi was two years older, for in
! Persia men and women marry young
The young people soon parted company
and Mrs. Lepi came to Minnesota, where
she settled in Blue Earth county, Mimi
with colony of her people.
afterwards she sent a ticket to Lepi
and money for the long journey to Blue
Earth county. Lepi was sick wien he
received his wife's letter, and sent back
her ticket with the news that he was
unable to stand the long trip over two
seas to reach her.
"The money he kept and with it he
bought an acre of land, stocked it with
four goats, and became man of af-
fuence in Persia
"Years passed, and then Lepi heard,
just how he did not say, that his young
wife, now seventeen years old, despairing
of his return, had married Persian in
st. Paul. Then Lepi's love for his child
wife returned. He sold his goat farm