The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-23
DESERTED
MANICURIST
Marie ThibOdeaux Who Once
Lived Here.
MARRIED Mr. TREMAINE
Only To Find Out he Had a Wife
To Whom he Has Now
Returned.
MARRIED Mr. TREMAINE

New York, Aug. 2l.-It was an
nounced yesterday by friends OF Am.
brose Tremalne, lawyer, who former
ly had Offices at No 300 Broadway,
that he had settled with Miss Marie
Thibodeaux whom be married on April
10, 1906 last, although he had wife
living and had returned to his former
vile Al the time OF his escapade Ire.
maine furnished a sensation for the
press.
Although he had been married for
eleven years TO Hannah Rodgers, n
church singer, Trcmane disappeared
from his usual haunts on April 10,
1905, and was not heard OF by friends
for a week. II was then learned that
he had led TO the altar 10 ST Vincent &c
Paul's Catholic church in West BIRD
street, Marie Thibodeaux, French
Canadian girl. who had been employ
ed as a manicurist In drug store at
Sixth avenue and 23rd street.
Immediately after the marriage Ire
maine took the girl to the Hotel Astor
where be registered in his own name
lie even permitted the marriage notice
to be printed. AT the time he was
involved, and his residence No VI
Ocean avenue, Brooklyn, had been
sold for debt. He had no funds TO pay
his bills at the hotel and hat led to bis
lawful wife being notified.
When the storm broke Mrs Tremaine
employed Samuel Brewer to bring suit
Tor divorce and Miss Thibodeaux had
Tremaine arrested and held under
81 900 bonds for trial. According TO
friends OF Tremaine he threatened to
commit suicide and the girl was induc-
ed TO compromise the case for a money
consideration, said to have been
81 600
Mrs Tremaine was visiting Mrs Eliza
T.. Hughes OF No 70 4Gth street at the
time OF her husbands marriage and
rremaine visited her there while the
other wife was waiting for him two
blocks away in the Hotel Aston. Per-
soRs in the Hughes home were aware
of the lawyers duplicity but had not
the heart to tell the wife and left il un.
til the following day when Mrs Hughes
arrived home.
Mrs Tremaine who is described as
beautiful woman and a most accom-
plished musician, tainted and for a
time II was feared she would sink UNI
der the revelations That night Ire
maine had a quarrel with the young
woman whom he had deceived and he
rushed out OF the hotel, vowing that he
would destroy himself. Nothing more
was heard from himfor two days when
he telephoned to Mrs Hughes from.
Jersey City, begging her to come to
see him in the Pennsylvania railroad
40 b'N it0ltO W IOil6 w wow
York for fear OF arrest Mrs Hughes
who sought to alleviate the lot of the
distressed wife, complied, but nothing
came OF the interview. Tremaine then
declared that he would do everything
in his power to make amends.
From that time 1remaine dropped
out of the ken OF his acquaintance
His whereabouts and method Of life
we're not known. 1t was occasion for
great surprise when 1t was announced
on the authority OF members of his
wife's family that the Tremaines we're
reconciled. He was a member of the
Field and Marine club, the Dyker
Heights golf club and the Wildwood
club of Flatbush He was social
leader in Brooklyn and had a large
and aourishing law practice up to two
years ago.