Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-17
BACON >. nd HE
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MET nACoN IN FLORIDA.

According TO the testimony ni Joseph
inc Rue Lave. Yesterday afternoon "he
met Bacon in Jacksonville. NHiic ale was
cmploved in Western t-tnn telegraph
of rr there. She clnlmCd tart Pacon rep
resented himself To her as divorced man
and that they were married on May -
1920. after over wear acquaintance
Following the marriage they Went to
HAVANA. Cuba. where trey renamed until
the first part of July. then Bacon lett het
in jacksonville and returned TO WI
mington, with the understanding tha'
she would Join him here III short tine
When she learned he already had wlie
here, Miss Lave mott cd the police and
Bacons arrest followed, she testified
The story of Bacon on the witness stand
was nj variance with some ut Miss Lave
statements He said nc had known her tor
about n month before they went on the
trlp fo Havana. and that he Ind no re-
mcmhrance of ever having marrI ed her
lie admitted that he had been drinking
| heavily throughout tins period When ne
! cgan To come TO his senses the 'rst par
uf June IN Havana, the woman told hun
they were not married. he said, Then IN
July before hc left her, she asserted that
they were married.
II did not know what to believe. he
declared. "clut told her ! was III n dew
Of q mess, and must so back Ia my wiic
and children IN Wilmington. She repiIcd
that in that case. she would step out.
Tie replied to James salisbury, special
deputy attorncy-gencral, that he had
no assurance Of his marriage 10 the wo-
man until he was arrested IN thus city 10y
Detectives Riley and kcmpski
"r<pEn , sun
These officers testified thnt Racon
had explained = thUm az the time OF the
arrest that hc had "Eccn nrder - spell
whcr, he married 4 he worar BFron denied
anv such admission and declared that ono
of the officers asked him # the woman
was n good hooker. and thni tho other
asked hun why he had been such a
foolas to give his rlghi name
BACON was formerly owner ot the Delta
war, Marine Motors Go ot this city.
which he sold to du PnHt lrtCrcStS ~ 1919.
On his first visit t. Iacksonvlllc he was
cmplovcd to carry on some engineering
work there hN Ernest du Pont he sRld
1hls was IN March, 1910 tho date alleged
hV MISS Lave as the time she first met
hlm
ON the second visit vanr later Ba-
con sald he wcnt To Florida to huv land
rhihp | Garrett, his courccl brought
,ntn the testimony the computation that
Bacon Havana trip with Miss Lave,
cost about 81 900
There Was some alteration IN court
Yesterday regarding the womans name
She admitted having married man
named Robert & Bryan ~ Savannah Gs
IN 1918, and having been divorced from
HIM few months later BACON referred
20 her rs the Rrva an woman. whilc Mr.
SALISBURY called her 10, Rue Lave
Bacon first wife. who lives ~ Roscllc
near this city. was 10 court and appeared
torc much amused Of tho targio irtnwhlct
her husband ard the other women an
plunged
She had refused 70 appear as a Stat,
I witness against BFcon, but IS standing by
him through he trouble
Miss Lave, unusually attractive. Il
about la wears old and wore her hair dowr
her back Her testimony was presented
without nervousness Afterwards sh'
apparel to take little interest IN the pro
ceedings but stood IN the corridors
chatting with court house officials I
Mr. Garrett maintained that the crm'
of bIgeuy had not hcen committed b,
Bacon in this State but he was overulle,
IN this question nv Judge Rtr,
Racon was formerly employed hv tn
/ du Port Motors. knc. and ? rumher o
4 good character witnesses were cp He'd in hi
! behalf when the trial was resumed thi
/ morning