Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-06-25
SERIOUS CHARGE.
YOUNG MAN CHARGED WITH
HAVING TWO WIVES.
Warrant Sworn Out Against Him at
Aiken for Alleged Bigamy is Sery-
cd at Orangeburg-Deni Charge.

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A dispatch from Aiken to Th,
News and Courier says: Mrs. Geor
ge M. Ttealvey of Macon. Ga, was il
aiken tuesday afternoon, and be
1ore her departure had a warranl
issued for the arrest of her husband
George M. Stalvey, on the charg,
or Digamy. Mrs. Stalvey is a hand.
some woman and appears very re.
nheu' She says that she heard thai
her husband had been married r.
| another woman some time apo and
she came TO Aiken to confirm the
report 1t was found upon investi.
CATION that on April is last Stalvey
ana Miss Eta Lightfoot. of Orange
Durg, came here and were married
by the Rev. Phillip j. Mclean at the
Baptist parsonage. The couDle lef,
at once and had not been heard from
here until to-day
An article appeared I'm the An
gusta Chronicle Tuesday morning in
winch 1t was stated that Mrs. Stalvey
hau horsewhipped her husband i'm
hariem' ga, for his alleged deser-
tlon. She said here however. that
he had never deserted her. She saws
that the report as to the whining IS
not true, but that they were at Har-
lem Monday. She says that her hus-
band is travelling man, and that
he has never been away from her
more than few days at time. and
that she has always had the most
implicit confidence in him.
Several days ago her suspicion
were aroused and she telegraphed
her husband in Augusta to come to
her at once. assigning no reason. He
replied that he could not come at
that time. She then telephoned him.
put says that he refused 10 answer
the call She says that Stalvey final
~ confessed to the fact that he was
married to another woman and ask
ed that she forgive him and that he
would desert his last wife. who was
Miss Lightfoot. and would take her
(the first Mrs. Stalvey) and go to
Colorado and forget the incident.
10 this however, she would not con-
sent and began to look for confirma-
tion of the statement When she
arrived In Augusta she told the de-
tectives about it and they are on the
lookout for him.
Mrs. Stalvey is we'll educated and
is an interesting conversationalist
She left her husband in Harlem and
she at once came to Augusta. where
she heard that he had been married
in Aiken, and she rame here and
confirmed the report. She says that
she has been married to him for five
years. She was a Mrs Megs before
marriage, and was married to sjtal-
vey at Myrtle Beach, S. C. Miss Light
root comes from one OF the most pro-
minent families in Orangeburg. Mr..
Stalvey is also member of a prom
inent family. Mrs. Stalvey is de-
termined to have him brought to
justice and Sheriff Dukes. of Or
angeburg, was communicated with
and asked to have Stalvey placed
under arrest if there.
Arrested i'm Orangeburg.
George NJ. Stalvey was arrested in
orangeburg Wednesday morning,
charged with bigamy, the warrant
having been sworn out at Aiken by
woman who alleges that Stalvey
was married to her previous to his
recent marriage to a young lady of
this city. No difficulty whatever was
experienced in serving the warrant.
Stalvey states that although he has
known his accuser for several years,
he was never married to her, and
hA fc
can produce conclusive evidence to
show that she is not his wife He
says that the woman, who he alleges
desired TO become his wife. threat
ened to make his life a burden to
him in the event that he married an
other. He says also that he believes
that this is only a plot to injure him
and to bring unhappiness to his wife
Stalvey was married on April is.
last, to Miss Eta Lightfoot, OF this
city. The ceremony was performed
in Aiken by the Rev. Phillip j. Nc
Lean. Notices of the marriage APP
peared in the local papers and there
was no apparent attempt on the
part of Stalvey to surround thch affair
with secrecy. He is apparently sur
prised that two months later such
serious charge should be brought
against him.
Further investigation are being
conducted and further developments
are expected in the next few days
| The accused has retained Messrs
Wolfe & Berry as counsel.
NoJ Placed i'm Jail.
A dispatch from Orangebure
Thursday says:
| Mr.. Staiyey has not b:nn placrs
in Jail on arc,un. of not sutcien
e, iGence Lei'g secured
He is still in the city. and will re
main here until the matter has beer
entirely cleared up, or the proof ha
been made out against him that tn
ALLEGATIONS made by the woman sai'
to be his first wife. can be sub
Istantiated.
Mr.. w. Hampton Dukes brother
in-law of Miss Lightfoot. left 70
Aiken Wednesday morning to inves
tigate the matter. He returned {
the city and said that he was ur
able to secure sufficient proof {