Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-01-29
IN. SUI.
WOMAN IS FkCED
BY HUSBAND I|INl NO !
Arlington Butchers Wife, Called
Bigamist, Is Identified by
Bridgeport Man.

Taken all the way to Bridgeportl
Conn. last night in the gain''and sleet.
there to be identified by man claim.
ing to be her first husband. was tha
experience of Mrs. Elizabeth Gilman,
wife of Frederick Gilman. an Airing
ton butcher, as the result of divorced
proceedings instituted by husband No,
2 in the Chancery Court.
Gilman and the woman purportlng
to be his wife were married May 5, 1900
in Arlington, and everything went weilN
until August. 1907, when Gilman taxed
his wife with having another husband
and two children in Ireland. This tho
wife denied, declaring that her first
life partner had died long before sheI
married Gilman From then on. it was1
charged by the wife. Gilman began u
course of cruel treatment, which ended
in her leaving him and starting a suitI
for divorce and alimony. One OF thel
incidents alleged in relating the story1
of cruelty was that Gilman grabbed
her by the hair and thrust her head
into a tub of salted meat.
Gilman, in his answer, denied tfieI
charges of the woman, and said theI
first husband was living. In responseI
TO this. The wife produced three witt
uesses who swore that they had seen theI
first husband, one Jeremiah Norton
lying dead in a New York morgue. AsI
a consequence the vice-chancellor thrsw|
out the case.
On December 8 the matter came up|
before Vice-Chancellor Howell on the|
application Of Gilman for divorced
to which the wife filed an answer and|
cross bill.
At this hearing number Of witt
nesses were present who declared theyl
had seen Norton in Bridgeport and
that he was also married again. When
he was asked why Norton did not COME
70 testify here, the witness said NOR
tor told him he had seen too much Of
the woman already.
After consultation between the
court and Addison Ely, of Rutherford,
and Alexander Simpson, counsel re-
spectiyely for husband and wife, 1t was
decided that Jesse r. Salmon, court
scenographer, should go as special mas
ter to Bridgeport and have the woman
Identified, If possible. An attempt was
made to do without Mr.. Salmon's serve
ices, but resulted in a fiasco. .s N
Last night another attempt was
made, and resulted successfully. In the
party there were: Mrs. Gilman, Messrs.
Salmon, Ely, Simpson, two or three
clerks and newspa perman. The party
reached Bridgeport at 7:50.
1t was found that Norton had left
his former place of employment After
a consultation between all parties. i
was decided to keep lookout near his
home, and sometime after all got there
a daughter by Norton's second mar
riage came out with a dinner pail
Acting on the assumption that shl
was going to meet her father, all haudl
followed at a safe distance to the Papt
Paper Mills, about two miles outside o.
the city.
Inquiry showed that Norton was EN-.
ployed there as superintendent of motor
power, and that the reason for leav-
ing the other place was that some one
he said his wife, had sent an anonymous
letter to his employer with the result
that he was discharged.
Norton was called into the Office
while Mrs. Gilman was smuggled int
lanotler room. The examination pro.
4 leeeded Norton answering all question:
hin quiet tone of voice until Mr.. Ely
Isuddenly turned and demanded:
"Do you know this woman?"
Norton wheeled about with a start
and saw standing but two feet away
Mrs. Gilman. Recovering quickly. hi
shook his head in an affirmative man
ner and replied, yes, that's thu
woman
1t is said that Mrs. Gilman tried Il
disguise her voice and take on the ac
cent of German as she shouted:
Young man, be careful of what yot
say; be careful; you know you have
never set eyes on me before!"
Il These words, combines with the Other
circumstances surrounding the case
dramatic in the extreme, made Norton
a little doubtful. but he again became
positive when Mr.. Salmons on request
of Mr.. Ely. made the woman leave the
witness nlone. Norton, all through the
examination. however, showed fear Of
his first wife, and did not relish her
close presence. QliaNh0 "a
The Identification was all that the
court needed, ard shortly after the ex-
animation was closed The party took
train to New York, arriving home al
9:39 this morning. All the way homs
Mrs. Gilman kept loudly asserting that
She had never before seen the man.
The evidence taken stFnight viii be
brought up at the next hearing on Feb
ruary II,
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