The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-30
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ARABIAN H|;.G|R|: / |.
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Abd'el "a stsl and Families antilles
III + Reygistere Sat$ Fl 81 and Police:
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MAY ARR EST ENTIRE Re PARTY r \ II I
Man Was Mari, M;arried alL-'eegally; i'n II
" " Own Country, bit Has
Trouble iii This.
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there Is II in.s 4 richmond Aosd ay q man tlr
Who has thrice been legally arried In S..
his own land and has with him at the =
present time al three Of the wives With
the woman that he married nine years ca 3
ago IN Hygeia Arabs he is III living now .
at Campbell' 81 u Hotels Int an a Joining
room are the two women who became
his wives. seven and FIVE years ago, III
.,.sY es, III have three wives said Abd'el3
Kader. N the Arabian. last Y night when
seen by al Times-D Dispa tchs eporter. r.e Con-
tnuing, he said, Il came TO this land g la'.
about last August and W have Il. some ne
tro uble nit the authorities and the Com
missioner in New York Deres learns 1,rI
dat the laws say cannot have more
den one wife. ii I tells them 8tha at I have
relatives nit me and i gifts into de scoun-s
try. Den a newspa per eporter# he sees
me 81 and T. tells a him II q bou my three
wives. Den i has some trouble some
more, but the Comn1issio sioner-What!Sy YOU
calls htm-he says I have respect q only;
Tor my frst wife. en- r be all right =
ia yes respect8 for this first wife, and then
de udderI cities they talks about 81 my
wives, I shows dem that was rig ht'''sHi
Problem for Police.
&; Chief Of Police Louis Werner when
asked last night II a man could live IN
Virginia with three wives, said B that ne
did not think so. He declared hat bigamy
4 az another serious charge could beapre-
ferred. but that he would prefer seeing
Inc commemorative Attorney drst.
5h1r. Alinitree Folkes could not be seen
and asked about the question last night'
bi,t q well l-known lawyer and ana ~
3thority on criminal law In the State OF
Virginia said that the laws OF Virginia
tprohiblted a man from living with plural
wives, 5.s 81
"A IL Mr.. Kader, who is playing at the
Casino this week, acknoWled edges the fact
that he has three wives with him. even
though he married them In a country
that tolerated this, he will likely be ar
rested here, and will have to tell his
grievance to- police court justice. md
the gentleman, who is q palnter, and who
shows to an audience beautiful land.
,scapes. does not attempt TO- ga y that ne
has less than three wives 5ss
Add 'els Kader was educated In Paris
He Is an artist OF no mean degree,Sa and
has taught his three wives to paint. He
has been in the United States but eleven
months. and in. this time has had many,
trials and tribulations. IT, his laws per.
mitted him to marry the three women.
he does not think that the, United States
laws should take from him any one OF
the three. .g5 s ls W, <, b.
4I,sIf You were forced to desert two of
your wives and take only one, what
would you do ~ he was asked s
1is.I would rather that you not ask me
SUCH q questions as those replied tho
artist. 8 II.
A Registers His Families,
4 on the register at campbell's the man
registered as "Aris Babaluk and Faml-,
n FronSt this It would be inferred that he
had .sfa plurality Of people In the
two rooms that he engaged, He said,
however; in answer to q question, that
he had no children, and that hes regis
tered this name because he had been
told toado so by q New Yo4 man He
places his home as Norfolk, that being
the last9city in which he played.
4, The Arabian Is q very plea easant-talk liking
man and speaks several Languages. None
.of his wives speak English more than
TO greet acquaintances in the morning or
afternoon. They are iFall nompa aratiyely
young women. 55