The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-28
QUICK WEDDING CLOSE ON HEELS
 OF HER DIVORCE

An unhappy wife at 3 p. m., tell.
 ing a kind judge of her marital trou.
 bles at 3:15 D. m.; divorce from the court at 3:30 p. m.; again a mate at 4:00 p. m.; and at 4:25 p. m. spin ming homeward to Danbury nestled close to the side or her second life ence of Mrs. Bertha Peix Knox, wife of pr. Louis G. Knox, we'll known veterinary of the hating town.
 When Mrs. Knox came to Bridge port yesterday morning she was then Mrs. Bertha Peix Blackman, wife of Clark s. Blackman of Bristol. Before she had left the Park City she had undergone two changes in name. She resumed her maiden name, Bertha Peix, and for second time under took matrimony taking the name of Bertha Peix Knox.
 Mrs. Knox, as Mrs. Blackman, ap- peared before Judge Milton A. Shum- way in the afternoon to secure a de- cree of divorce from her husband on the grounds of desertion. After hearing the evidence the court allow ed the separation, and the plaintiff to assume her maiden name. A most interested spectator to the proceed ings was Dr. Louis G. Knox, who has a state wide reputation as raiser of priZe-winnfng blood-hounds.
 Following the decree, the tiled floors of the court house burned be- distance of streets between the court house and the city hall was made in nothing. A rush, and the doors of the town clerks office flew open. Enter-Dr. Knox, very much f1uster- ed and exceedingly nervous; Miss Peix. and also Col. J; Moss Ives of Danbury. Attorney Ives conducted the divorce proceedings before the Superior Court. pr. Knox told As sistant Town Clerk William T. Null lins. the marrying justice for Fair field county, that it was his third matrimonial venture. He gave his age as 59. The bride said that she was 40 and that it was her second offense. Justice Mullins spoke slow ly the words that made the two, one. while pr. Knox fumbled for the ring. It was almost train time, and the two rushed away, while hurdy gurtly on the outside tore off a few stanzas of "I won't be back till August."F
 pr. Knox is known to most every inhabitant of the Hating town. At the time of his second marriage about a score of years ago, there was con written about him. He mar ried a circus performer, a Mile. de Granville. The latter had achieved considerable fame as a strong wo- man. It was like taking candy from an infant for her to pick up with her teeth a barrel filled with water. The doctor went in for the circus stuff, and won considerable fame as a trainer of animals. At the present time his speciality is bloodhounds. He is also a physician with a large prac- tice in his home town. The bride is equally we'll known in sDanbury. She is the daughter of a former hat manufacturer, and the sister of for mer Mayor Charles Peix, who was until few years ago County Com 
 Mrs. Knox's first venture in the game was with Clark s. Blackman, who it is said now resides in Brostol. They married in Febru- ary, 1900, and resided in Danbury. For while the husband was in the hat business but could not make a success of the venture, his interests often having been taken care of by his wife's folks. Then MT. Peix had his own financial trouble, and funds from this source ceased. Blackman sold out his hat shop in August, 1902. left Danbury and has never been seen since by his wife. The plaintiff told the court there was never any dis agreement between the two, that it was just his refusal to assume the of supporting wife which caused the separation. The court allowed the decree and the right of the plaintiff to assume her maiden name.