Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-26
And Has Two Wives Living Al
most in Shadow Of Each
Others Home.
CHARGE AGAINST LOCAL WAITER
Warrant Sworn Out This Afternoon
For the Arrest Of Charles Albert
Chapman-A Queer Tangle'

From an indications James Albert
Chapman, or Albert James Chapman,
waiter residing In this city, is a very
much married man. In fact, according
to the records IN the Office Of County
Clerk James, Chapman has just one
more wife than the law allows, and con.
sequently he viii have TO face the
charge Of bgamy and explain to the
court why he has, contrary to the
peace and dignity Of the State OF Utah,
married wife No 2 when wife No. l
Is living, and without first securing
divorce from her.
The wiley walter, IL appears. Is very
smooth, when II comes to deceiVlng WO-
men, but he falls down pretty hard In
the matter Of Disgusting his hand-writ'
ing upon marriage licenses and certlii-
Gates. Mrs. Chapman No. ] called upon
County Clerk James this morning to
look at the marriage records. She had
heard that her husband had been liv-
ing with another woman within block
Of her own home, and she wanted 10
satisfy herself by referring to the rec
ords She was convinced without much
trouble OF the fact that her husband
had married another woman In this
city on the first OF this month, and she
Immediately retired 10 the county at
torneys office and laid the matter be-
fore Assistant County Attorney Dana
T. Smith, who issued complaint
against Chapman, which was signed
this afternoon before Judge Dlehl by
Mrs. Sarah ~ Lloyd, the mother o,
Mrs, Chapman No. /.
The records at the county clerks Of
fice show thar on Sept so. 1903, a H.
cense was issued to James A. Chapman,
aged 10 years, ana Allie NJ. Walker,
aged q, ana that they were married by
Bishop Heber s. Cutler of the Thlr-
tenth ward. Chapman at that time
being under age. secured the consent
Of his father before the license was Is.
sued. TO the first certificate and H.
cense he signed bis name as James A.
Chapman
About four months ago he left his
wife and went 10 Pittsburg Pa, where
he stayed for six weeks, when he re.
turned to this city, on oct I,
1904 he again applied to the
N'hiAN Nlfl n NllNt TOT II llCtUHt 10
wed Lurain Jensen aged 49, This time
Chapman gave his age as a. notwith-
standing the fact that II had been only
a year since he applied for the first
license and gave his age as 10 and had
TO secure the consent Of his father be-
fore the license was issued. So II seems
that he is not only guilty Of bigamy
according 10 the records. but has evil
IDENTIFY perjurod himself IN order to se-
cure the second license The second
time he signed his name as Albert j.
Chapman, but the signatures are 50
near alike that child could tell that
the same man wrote them The Sec
ond ceremony was performed by Bishop
w. J Beatle Of the Seventeenth ward
Chapman now resides with his second
wife on Grape street, near First North
and First West streets, within a block
Of where his first wife lives with her
mother. Some time ago Mrs Chap
man heard that her husband was living
with another woman, but II was not
until this morning that she became
satisfied Of that fact, Her visit to the
county clerks Office then followed with
the result that she was convinced that
Chapman was guilty Of blgamy and she
was very anxious to have him prosecut-
ed, warrant was issued for Chap
mans arrest this afternoon BY Judge
Dlehl