The Washington times., 1917-10-07
THREE WOMEN SAY
/. MACH|N|ST PERRY
LED THEM TO ALTAR
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by Perry to a woman in an ice cream
Saloon. This woman indicated that
she was surprised by the relation
ship and the wife" "smelled a mouse"
She did some inquiring and then call
ed on Mrs. Eta Perry and the blow
fell.
From interviews with the persons
concerned, The Times has learned
that apparently not only did Perry
marry three Washington women, but
married two OF them through the
same preacher.
Was Fnrm OVePseer.
Perry's first record in the United
States traces back to 1904. when he was
overseer Of a farm near Rosslyn, Va.
Admittedly a native Of Germany. Perry
used the name OF Parich in one OF his
alleged matrimonial adventures, two Of
which were staged in Alexandria county.
1t was at German picnic. up on the
hill above Rosslyn, back in 1904. that
Perry first met Mrs. Kate Grogan Paris,
an American woman OF German parents,
who had spent most Of her life in Balti-
more. Mrs. Paris was the widow Of
John Paris, a German.
At the picnic, she says. they became
ITlG0QlN. a lew NGGhS AdNGE
ed on her and told Mrs. Paris that be
wanted to hire a housekeeper at the
Rosslyn farm, and in July or August.
1904, she went over to Rosslyn and ac-
cepted the Job.
Perry, she says, was for immediate
marriage. He seemed deeply smitten by
the charms OF the Baltimore widow, and
he told her, she says, that the farm and
the fullness thereof were his and would
be hers.
Mother OF Nine Children.
Mrs. Paris had raised a family Of nine
children. and was not particularly i'm
pressionable, but Mrs. Paris at last con-
sented to become the mistress Of n farm
which she later learned was owned by
some one other than her husband.
The nuptials were fttingly celebrated
at the Alexandria county court house,
at Fort Myer Heights. on October g.
1904, when the Rev. William Jasper
Young, a Presbyterian pastor at Ball
ston. performed the ceremony.
1t has been years since Mrs. Kate
Paris Perry has heard Of her hus-
band, but when his name appeared In
The Washington Times a few days
ago she came forward with her story.
II
merry on the farm back Of Rosslyn,
this Mrs. Perry alleges. One evil day,
though, a Virginia farmer clashed
with a temperamental mule in the
highway before the Perry house and
Perry and the farmer had a fight.
Perry's arrest on an assault charge
followed, she says.
Mrs. Perry, greatly disturbed, came
back to Washington and took house
at 1915 Ninth street northwest, to
which Perry came from time to time,
but Mrs. Perry had several brawny
sons, and one off them didn't like
Perry and drove him away.
Found Letter From Johanna.
This discouraged Perry, who came
little after that to the home OF his
wife. but when he did he told her
tales of his past life. in which, she
says, he mentioned Bremen, Germany,
as his birthplace, and the fact that
he had a dead wife and a little boy
named Heinie in Germany.
Once Mrs. Perry says she found a
letter on him which was signed 'your
loving wife, Johanna but she didn't
question him, because she was begin
ming to grow tired Of a husband who
wouldn't, she says, pay the rent.
Mrs. Perry also declares that her
new husband told her he had a son
and a daughter living in New York.
The relationship between Mrs. Kate
Paris Perry and her husband became
intermittent until late in 1912 when
he had a row with a livery stable
keeper and hit him with a wrench.
Learns of Another Wife.
Mrs. Kate Perry appeared in court
and there, she says, she learned that
another wife, Mrs. Mary Eta Rud-
dlesden Perry, Of 1920 U street south
east, had also come to court to lend
the prisoner her solicitude. The
wives, in surprise. compared notes
and II was then, Mrs. Kate Perry
says, that she learned of her husbands
second matrimonial alliance.
The police, she says, were also in
terested enough, she declares, to COM
pare the marriage certificate that the
Rev. William Jasper Young had is
sued to wife No. l at Ballston, Va,
back in 1904. with another marriage
certificate that the Rev. Mr.. Young
had issued to wife No. ?, in 1912, at
the same place.
In the process OF comparing nOlcSI
Mrs. Kate Perry says, the second wife
intimated that Perry told the parson,
who Is now dead, that his first wife
was dead. The records OF the Alex
andria county court show that one
Edward George Frederick Parich, a
widower. Of Germany, married Katie
Paris, also OF Germany, a widow. The
record in this case is dated October
S. 1904, corresponding to Mrs. akte
Perry's dates.
More TeIItaIe Records.
The same records, however, show
that on April IL. 1012-the same year
that Perry was arraigned for hitting
the livery stable man, a man named
Edward George Frederick Paris-had
been issued a license to wed Mrs.
Mary L. Ruddlesden, n native of Eng
land and a widow. She is Mrs. Eta
Perry of today.
The police told Mrs. Kate Perry
that there was no use talking about
bigamy then, as Perry was scheduled
for a nice stretch" in the peniten-
tiary for beating the livery stable
man, but that the police would re-
member and hold him when his term
was served.
Sure enough, Justice Stafford. in
the latter part of 1912, sent Edward
George Frederick Perry to prison,
where he stayed for approximately
four years.
When Perry stepped forth from be-
hind the bars, though, the police had