The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-02
GRACE SMELL, ETC.,
MARRIED AGRIN
MUCH Welded WOMAN'S LATEST
HUSBAND is LATELY DISCARD
ED HELPMEET.
CEREMONY IN CALIFORNIA.
First Was Love Match, Eloping with
the Family Coacnman Back
in 1884
DAUGHTER OF CHICAGO BANKER.

CHICAGO, H.. Aug. 3O,-Mrs. Grace
Smell Coffin Coffin Walker Colin
Layman-Lo love is married again.
Her full name now. which incidentally
is also Il chronological summary of her
marital career. is Grace Snell-Cotiin-
Coffin Walker Coffin Layman Love
Love, for her latest husband is none
other than her most lately discarded
helpmect, Hugh III. Love. former news
paper writer and ex-secretary OF the
board of health of Los Angeles, Cal.
The ceremony was performed Satur-
day at Santa Ana, Cal, by Justice Wick
1t cinches Mrs. Loves claim on the
Marathon marriage and divorce record
Nothing in modern times comes within
mailing distance of it. Beginning with
a long array of Collins, II runs the gamut
of human sensations and finally APP
preaching it, finishing mark, as is tit
ting, with a double portion of Love.
Mrs. Loves marriage follows closely
on the heels of the last Of her many
divorces. She filed her bill against Love
last year 1t was scarcely granted be-
fore She and her ex-husband were almost
as chummy as ever. The quiet marriage
of Saturday indicates that both parties
regret the court proceedings.
Marital Record to Date.
Mrs. Loves matrimonial achievements
up to date are as follows;
1ssi- Married to Frank Nixon coffin.
lSD4-DivOrced from Coffin.
1SGS-Remarrled to Coffin.
1SDS-Divorced from Coffin.
1sga- Married to James G. Walker.
1901 -blyorCcd from Walker
lHOl-Again married to Conn.
l90l-Divorced from Colin.
1903 Married TO Perkins A I.ayman.
l9n5-Divorced from Layman.
loot Married to Hugh NJ. Love.
l9Os-Divorced from Hugh NJ. Love.
l9uD-Remarried to Hugh NJ Love.
1910
Mrs. Love is the daughter Of the late
Amos j. Smell. the Chicago banker,
whose murder in 1883 is one of the IN
solved mysteries of ChicagoS criminal
history.
Her first marriage was "A love match.
She met Coffin who at one time was 4
coachman, at her own home, when he
came as her dancing master. When her
father learned that she contemplated
making the dancing master one Of the
family he objected strenuously There
upon Colin and Miss Smell ran away
and were married.
Reconciled by Dying Son.
They lived together ten years. aud
then parted, n divorce follONin -Four
years later Mrs. Smells oldest son fell
dangerously i'll. The father was called.
At his bedside the boy begged his ia
ther and mother to kiss and make up.
They were so moved that they agreed
to do so. The boy, however, died. AMI
the couple soon drifted apart.
Mrs Coffin then went to live in the
Virginia hotel. James {. Walker WAS
the hotel clerk. They fell in love. were
married, and Mrs. Walker gave her hu>-
band $4,000 to make him indepea-
dent In this she succeeded. Walker
became SO independent that he objected
to his wife writing-she dabbled i'll Ill
erature and even beat her and threw her
works" into the fire. A divorce stopped
that. and shortly thereafter Mrs. Walk
or began yearning for Coffin once more.
They We're married. but lived together
only four hours. Why they parted no one
knows. but it is attributed to visit
made TO Mrs Coffin just after the crrc-
mony by a mysterious woman.
The next husband. Layman. was u
hotel clerk in Los Angeles. After her
divorce from him on the ground Of de
sertion. she made the acquaintance If
Love They were married. but last year
agreed 10 disagree, and Mrs Love sued
for and was granted decree