The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-10
ROSE NEGLECTED
SOME ESSENTIALS
TO HIS MARRIAGE
Carelessly Waited Five Years
After Second Wedding Bee
fore Securing Divorce From
His First Wife. Whom He
Married Here.
PADUCAH GIRLS MISTAKES

Memphis, Dec. 10.-Brought face
to face with two women to whom he
Is at present illegally married and a
third from whom he secured a d.
yorce. M. F. Rose, a lumber inspector,
admitted to the police authorities
Sunday afternoon that he was guilty
OF bigamy. only to deny the admds-
sion In the probate court yesterday
morning before Judge J. s. Galloway.
to whom he was applying for a writ
OF habeas corpus. Rose was placed
under arrest by Patrolman Thomas
Spence at the instance of his first
wife, who was Miss Lena Turner, of
Paducah, KY, and who at the time
of making the complaint did not
know her husband had secured a di-
vorce from her.
No charge was preferred against
him Sunday, and early yesterday
morning a petition for a writ of llaS.
beas corpus was filed, and under the
prayer of the petition Rose was re-
leased by Judge Galloway, who held
that sufficient time had elapsed for
the police to have secured warrants
formally charging Rose with bigamy
had either of his wives wished to
prosecute him on that charge.
Married Here In 1902.
Rose married Miss Turned at Pa
ducah on January z, 1902, and after
living with her for about year de-
serted her, according to her state
ment to the authorities. She did not
know he had been divorced from her,
and a week ago wrote to the police
asking for information which might
lead to the present whereabouts of
her husband. Then II was that the
Investigation was started which had
for its elimination the facing of
Rose with three women, all of whom
said they were married to him, and
each of whom he acknowledged.
After leaving the Paducah wife
Rose came to Memphis and sought
employment. He met Miss Carrie
Kollio, a handsome young woman
living at 1872 Vance avenue, and at
ter an ardent courtship extending
over few months, gained the prom
Use of her hand in marriage. The
ceremony was performed on August
81 1904, but the day of her marriage
Mrs. Rose No. 2 learned of the de-
ception which had been practiced
upon her and secured from Rose an
admission that he had never been
divorced from wife No. /. Disguised
at the perfidy OF the man, the bride of
a few hours left him. and to this day
has never resided with him.
Got Divorce This Year.
II was not until November, 1907,
that Rose bethought himself to Sc
cure divorce from the wife he left
behind in Paducah. Ky. Probably he
would not have thought of it then,
despite the fact that he was already
guilty OF bigamy, had he not been at
that time considering taking unto
himself third wife, which he did
Just seven days after the divorce de-
cree was entered. on the last day OF
the month.
II was in the apartments of his
third wife, who was Miss Jewell p.
Chadwick, at 226 South Main street,
THAT his arrest was effected. Rose
escorted Miss Chadwick to Marion.
Ark. on the third day of this year
and they were married. His marriage
certificate was produced at the court
house yesterday, as were the records
OF his marriages to wives 1 and 2.
The Paducah Mrs. Rose arrived in
Memphis Sunday morning and hur-
ried to the police station, where she
was informed of her former husbands
lescapades since leaving the Kentucky
town. He was arrested in wife No.
SIS room by Patrolman Spence, who
brought him to the police station,
where he was confronted by wives
l and 2, and in a few minutes the
latest addition entered.
Rose did not appear to be the
least non-plused. and coolly answered
the questions which were put to him
by the authorities. He admitted that
he was guilty of bigamy and was
promptly locked up, while all three
women left the police station, sadder
but wiser. Early yesterday morning
the writ OF habeas corpus was sought
and on a hearing Rose was released
| by Judge Galloway. Assistant At
.torney- General Kortrecht represented
the police department, but bis conten
tions were held for naught by the
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