The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-07
WILLING. PARTIES
TO A VICIOUS
AGREEMENT
Il. A.sg sas ----+~-4---.Nf
\ REMARKABLE MATRIMONIAL TAN
GLE FINDS IT'S WAY INTO
THE COURTS.
ALL CONCERNED HELD
Remarkable Contract Of Marriage BY
Which TIVE Men Exchanged
Willing Wives--AlI
Arrested.


Pana, Ill. May 6..--The most remark
able contract of marriage ever known
"a contract BY which two men trad
ed wives -was the center Of a strange
case brought before Judge Springstun
and continued TO Wednesday T. NJ.
Mosby IS to be tried on that day for
exchanging wives by contract with
Fred L. Jackman of ST, Louis.
Each man. according TO the states >
charges, fell In love with the others
wife and found that his affection was
returned, So they agreed to trade
\ wives, each signing contract abro'
, eating the old marriage relation, and
another contract entering into com
mon law marriage with the new
Spouse
Here is the contract by which the
Mosbys aahnulieds their marriage:
TERMINATION OF MARRIAGE.
's Pana. Ill., March ~ 1896. Articles
! of agreement entered into this day by
and between I NJ. Mosby. party Of the
first part, and Allie Mosby, party of
the second part.
Whereas. The parties on August IL,
1902, were united in marriage by their
legal contract; and
Whereas. Also il Is the desire of
both that said contract be terminated
and also.
Whereas There has been born one
child, who. it is decired by both. shall
remain with said Allie Mosby It Isl
agreed:
That from and after this date the
contract of marriage shall be and Is
forever terminated and shall ana does'
from this date cease In every par'iclp
lar. The parties agree never to live 10
gethar as husband and wife and
never again to charge either against
the other. Tie duty OF tsband and
wife, and cath releases. the other,
waving respective rights in every
4risanner and particular even az 90
property social religious, moral orI
legal right. Or duties.
H. Nj. MOSBY.
ALLIE MOSBY
And this IS the contract by which
Mosby entered INTO a common iawI
marriage with Mrs Jackman-in
spite Of the abolition Of common law
marriages by the last legislature. 4
COMMON LAW CONTRACT. I
Pana, H., March "a, 1906. Articles
of agreement entered into this day by
and between T. NJ. Mostly. party of
the first part and Sarah d. Jackman,
party Of the second part:
Whereas, Said parties are widower
and widow respectively by contract,
each to the same extent and in the
same manner and capacity; and
Whereas, II is desired by and be
tween the parties hereto that they
effect jointure ard live as married
and In the rites of the church; be it
agreed:
That the said party of the first part
shall become, and by this agreement
is. the common law wife of the first
party. and that they shall have to-
ward each other all rights ard duties
of husband and wifeI respectively,
and that the children of the said sec
ond party shall be considered the chill
dren Of both partics hereto. and that
from and after thi. date the said sec
ond party hall take aud bear the
name Of the said first party
This contract and agreement Is ex
ecuted in duplicate, and signed and
sesled by the parties hereto.
7. NJ. MOSBY
SARAH y. JACKMAN
Similar agreements were entered into
BY the others, Jackman and his wife
abrogating their marriage. and Jack
man contra citing TO be the common
law husband of Mrs Mo by
The Jackmans live IN Fifth avenue
in st. Louis. A large number of wit
nesses have been summoned in the
case.
Mrs. Jackman showed her devotion
TO Mosby when he visited him az the
Jail and stayed with him all day.