Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19
HAD Two HUSBANDS NOW
HAS none IS WOMAN'S FATE
GeO-ge ". Reese is Granted decree
From His Wife at Dover. DR.. Brown
Indicted.


The modern Enoch Arden case, which
recently partly lranspired in Wilmington,
came to the fore in court at Dover Monday
with romance and tragedy intermingled.
George w. Reese, whose wife had heard
he was desu when he was run over by
Chicago & Alton train in that CITY, and
whose wife had become the wife of an.
other man, John W. Scott, appeared in
court applying for divorce. One OF his
grounds was that his wife had committed
Digamy.
Reese, a tall, handsome man, with fine
shoulders and erect head, went into court
but could not take the stand which has
to be reached by stairs. He is minus his
left leg, his left arm and he has marks OF
the massive iron wheels OF the cars on
the eide of his face. He was permitted
to sit at the lawyers tables until he finally
told the court that his two stumps, par
ticularly his leg. hurt him so badly that
he would have to retire. The court took
a recess until 3 O'Clock.
Mr.. Harrington, for Reese, who wore
diamonds and seemed to have Jared well
financially at the hands OF the railroad
which MANNED him, tried 10 make bigamy
the principal ground for the divorce, but
UuQk6 LlEIUGIE hAEHs EuBpblANAA OJ NlllCA
Justice Pennewil, declared that the court
in Wilmington, believing that Mrs. Reese
had acted under misapprehension when
she married Scott, and not being able to
hear from her husband for so long a
period, thought him dead, stopped him.
Judge Rice said that the court had an
nulled the marriage to Scott. 1t, there.
fore, stood as though it had not occurred
Un~~snuko-, naIIoh urifnaceac
to prove deseTtiOn and prior living with
Scott. The court granted a decree nisi
Four other divorce cases were cOnsid.
cred Monday by the court. The court
held up for consideration for awhile the
divorce suit of James A Legar against
Regina F Legar, his wife.
James Smith obtained a divorce de
cree in the suit against his wife, Cora Smith |
Mrs Mary Roberts Ewing of Dover, !
represented by John B. Hutton, obtained |
a decree nisi from her husband, Robert |
Vista, Ewing, formerly OF Dover.
A number Of accused men and women |
Jared badly before the grand jury Mon
day. Samuel Cohen and Isaac Finkel
stein were indicted under the bogus sales
act Ernest Hill, twice, for selling liquor
Mary Cannon, cOlOred, Louis Bell, Henry
Turner, same offence William Parker,
larceny. Samuel Barrett was indicted for
escaping from Kent prison. He was re-
captured and resentenced and now faces
this new charge.
A big court surprise resulted Monday
evening when tie grand jury indicted
DR. Emmanuel J. Brown, long a practic-
ing physician of Kent County, on two
charges of criminal operation. The most
phase of the double indictment
is that he must stand the trial on the first
charge for the operation which caused the
death of Mrs. Juliette w. Hill of Seaford,
whose death caused such a sensation in
this State last month. Clarence Hill is
the chief witness The other indictment
s for an operation on Mrs. Mary Tribbott,
young Seaford woman, who survived
ler ordeal, and is the prosecuting witness.
Attorney Alexander NJ. Daily produced
londsmen for Brown.
Application for a new trial was made
doncay by Enoch Brooks, convicted at
he February term of murder in the sec
md degree, and the application will be
.rgued at this term
The grand jury returned indictments
gairst Henry Turner and Charles Par
lell for robbery, and Edward Mead, as.
aut.
Philip 6. Hurd, former chief of police
( Dover, was appointed bailiff to the
rand jury.