Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
WOMAN SEVEN
TIMES A BRIDE
HUGH M. LOVE AND DIVORCED
WIFE REMARKED
WEEDS NEWSPAPER MAN AFTER
YEARS SEPARATION
Mrs. Grace Snell-Coffin-Cof
Coffin=Layman Embarks Again on
Matrimonial Sea with Former
Husband

The old saying that lightning never
strikes twice in the same place does not
hold good as regards the darts of Cupid,
as has been aptly shown in the case of
Mrs. Grace Coffin-Coffin-W Walker
offin-Layman-LOve, who for the
seventh time in her eVentful matri-
monial career became a bride Friday at
Santa Ana.
Married seven times and to but four
men makes a puzzle as intricate as the
old one of "How old is Ann?" but by
delving into the career of the much
married Mrs Love the intricate maze is
soon made plausible.
Mrs. Love was married on three diff
feTent occasions to the same man, ana
her most recent embarkment on the
sea Of matrimony was to the man who
was her last husband, from whom she
was divorced in 1908.
The latest marriage was performed
without any ostentatiOn, the couple go
ing to Santa Ana, where a license was
obtained and the nuptial knot was tied
by Justice Smithwick the witnesses of
the ceremony being George Benedict
and L. l.. Begley.
Daughter of Millionaire
Mrs. Love is a daughter of Amos j,
Smell, the prominent Chicago million
aire who was murdered about twenty
years ago. The murder caused a great
sensation throughout the country owing
to the prominence Of the millionaire.
When but a mere girl, not out of her
teens, Miss Smell became the wife of
Frank H. Coffin, and lived with him
for ten years, when recourse to the di-
vorce courts resulted in a legal separa-
tion, but the spark Of love evidently
had not died entirely, but was simply
smoldering, and the couple were re-
married in 1898.
n Y,oy1,ia and
Mrs. Coffin lived together less than a
year, a second divorce being obtained
in 1898.
James c. Walker next fell into the
good graces Of Mrs. Coffin. Walker
was hotel clerk, but their married life
was of short duration, q legal separa-
tion being obtained in 1901.
To the surprise of her many friends,
Mrs. Walker. as she was at that time,
married Coffin, her husband on two
previous occasions, for the third time,
the ceremony being performed october
II, 1901, but she lived with him this time
less than a month. a divorce, the third
one from the same man, being granted
November II, 1901.
Marrles Hotel Clerk
Early in 1903 the arrows of cupid
again became busy and resulted in
Perkins A. Lyman, a clerk at the Van
y
Mrs. Coffin. AS usual, the divorce
courts were again brought to action,
and in 1904 she was granted a divorce
on the grounds of desertion.
Hugh NJ. Love was a newspaper
man, employed on a local newspaper,
and in 1906 he was married to Mrs.
Layman, and the couple lived for near
ly two years on Congress avenue. An
other divorce followed, but Mrs. Love
continued to live in or about Los An
Feles, passing part of the time at her
Congress avenue home and at the
beach.
Anxious to repair the injuries he had
inflicted, Cupid again got busy, and
that he was successful In bringing
about a reconciliation was shown by
the trip to Santa Ana Friday, when for
the second time Love and Mrs. Love
were married.
Mr.. and Mrs. Love slipped quietly
away and are now enjoying their hon
oymoon, although their whereabouts is
not known