The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-01-17
ROBERT A. Poe
HAS Three wives
Has Never Been Divorced
From Anyone.
When Arrested Had Satchel Con-
tanning Two Revolvers and
80 Skeleton Keys.
The owsnsboro Messenger says:

The Owensboro Messenger says:
Through discoveries made by =. y.
Robert A. Poe, of st. Louis. wilo was
born and reard in Told county, was
arres.el at Cennal City on Weines-
day eGening AMI was brought to Cw-
easbo-o yesterday morning, w:era ne
was loigsi in Jail Bgamy was the
charge reeistaral against him. the
guilt of which he does not deny.
! on Tuesday morning October s. tie
first day of the rcd Mems fair, Miss
veria Maddox the pnia.y dlug.sder NJ
Mr.. and Mrs Z. ID. MllioN, Trt Poo
| Chaamnd and delighted with his pleas
ant manners, Miss Maddox FELL deeply
4 In love with Poe, with the result that
on Thursday hhey ware married in Che
county clerk's office, t!se ceremony
heirg performed by Justice lancaster
The anrouucemsnt OF the maria 90
oHIsai quite a sir in the county. wlere
Miss Mal1px was Very popular. I'M
mednrely after TIE mLrriase Poe and
his wife Left for st. Louis.
/ w IN MIR. Maddox loarmsd Iof tn, mar
riage of his daughter 10 Poe. he was
highly ino,msed, believing, as ne dill.
that PIE had won the affections of his
dar,sGler by his smooth talk. ami that
size hal bl4n deceived into believing
. that he would make her good htasi)an,i
He fo9lowri the coupe ~ St Louis.
Pc. eiNowai HIM die dOcum MS M'lere
I've had BEEN lawfully married ami forbid
him 10 again on4sr his home.
Unan his netEn to Owsnstf1-o Mr..
Maddox made an Investigation oon-
CO nlrg Rp,. nh:ousi information from
a friend in Muhlenberg county, Mr.,
MlId,x hopnl that his son-dn-law had
besn married to Mrs. Ada Itush. Of
Greenvalle, pm July Z, 1893, p,nd thnt he
had navsr be-n lawfuly- hvo1a4d.
Secure in his belief Hhnk noe wins a
bigasnist, Mr.. Maddox sent word to
his daughter. WHO immadiately RETURN
cd to his residence at LivIa. MIsfe
she S,srnarnad AFTER beang fold of the
s.artlng discoveries made by her la,sher.
Following the disco Try that Poe had
married Mrs. Ruyh. Mr.. Maddox maie
a trip to Todd county. where facts re-
vealed that Poe had a wife Iiving i'll
! Todd county, whose parents a1e said
to De p-oninsnt. This marriage proved
to be M. 1. Aol,rding to inforTna-
ton gatlIared while in Todd county,
wife No. / is in total ignNnainoe OF
any OF the other mlrviages. and has
ms rr been hivorced frpm Poe. Wife No
q Mrs. Rush, when Told that Poe had
two o.iler wives. WIS prpstHaIaed+
Poe was ARRESTED by chisf of Poihe
Langley. OF Central City, WHO twas IN
formed THAT he would be az that piaNa
on "Wednesday night, by p. ID. Maido%
When arrested ne stouuy denied the
tlltiSiS Ak,liNhSl pNN ~
fessed that he had thrse wtvlas. lie
was carrying "a hand sasahl. (which con
tainad two reviewers, q ring conuain-
ing thtrty mine SKELETON keys, nunbe'
of p,otunes of NUDE rMoman, Dad all
kinds of M,eratuue giving insaruauons
of raw to win the AFFECTIONS of "A wo-
man.
MIR. Maddox will appear before. the
grand jury this morning against Poe
1t Is also understood that Mrs. Rush
of Gnesnvtlle. will aso nonAar hAhore
that body against the btglmist. Mr..
Martt6x hns filed suit in hfe Mclean
! qounty court at Calhoun, to annul The
marriage pf Poo and ibis dluefater. Pos
admired his guilt TO a messenger re-
porter Last night He is a man OF
striking app saranae and WAS very much
at ease last night. despite THE ssuspus-
mass of the charges against him.