The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-11

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number cf bteanly casee that have
recently Allied The courts. A. tar -
peychologists can dops y ont. there
are two distinct types ct btgamfsts
The kind that deliberately goes h
for plural marriage - . money
making proposition and the KIND
that marrios over and over again
for lack Of the heart 10 refuse.
Thsre Il Florence, for Instance.
Florence 10 . mere aappef OF 10.
and she has already had Swo hus-
hands In ths space Of . few months.
Her first marriage took place last
November whsn she was welded to
10 1s-year-old youth who worked IN
10 cheese factory. Florence desert
ed this youth after few days. On
April 3.she married again. this time
q 3s-year-old iron riveter, who
promised her q honeymoon to Phil
adelphia. But Florsnce left him,
too, after which he found out about
her first marriage.
When arrested on the charge Of
bigamy. the girl simply shrugged
her shoulders. "Why worry? she
soothed her mother. who had burst
into tears. '"They can't do anything
to me. I'm . minor"
This careless attitude toward the
holy state of matrimony was also
Haunted in court by young stock
actor who was recently arrested In
q novel manner for having more
than his legal quota Of wives.
He was playing Juvenile in New
England stock company wheel he
received q telegram from . wife
asking him to hurry to New York
at once. She would meet him in
the Pennsylvania station.
Jack hastily packed his suitcase
and did as he was told. As he
came through the Boston train
/ gate, q small, blond woman rushed
forward and threw her arms about
his neck.
Hello, hd," said Jack tenderly.
The next moment a detective
placed a heavy hand on Jacks
shoulder and told him he was under
arrest. The small blond woman
quickly withdrew her embrace and
beckoned to two other women who
had been watching the scene with
intense interest.
Tho Deceiver Deceived.
Come on" she called trium-
phantly. hero he is. / told You
he'd come. Now we can all go to
court and have the matter settled"
$50 it's q conspiracy Of wives, "
suggested the victim, as the two
other women Joined the group. "And
you're in it, too. Honey" he added
reproachfully to the youngest one,
who later turned out to be wife No.
three. well. we'll, I never expect
ed the three Of you to be here to
meet me-"
And thus c0nversing pleasantly,
the detective, his prisoner and his
three wives sauntered OF to court.
There Jack was asked to explain
why he had married three different
women. As none Of the women
i possessed money g. life insurance,
the Judge could see no possible mo-
tive for such idiocy. Neither could
Jack. Finally, he said he supposed
it was just because he wanted to be
agreeable. They were all charming
girls, and he couldn't bear to disap-
point them by telling them he vas
already married.
According to the psychologists,
both Jack and Florence conform to
q true bigamist type. Each repre-
sents an individual who is extreme
ly sympathetic, sentimental and
weak-willed. Florence admitted
that she was not in love with either
of the men she married. but each
told her a long and eloquent history
OF his troubles, she felt sorry for
him, and 30 she allowed herself to
be persuaded into matrimony. Jack
felt the same way. He couldn't say
mo" to girl who wanted to marry
him. At tho time he was appre-
hended he was N the point of mar
rying a fourth spouse, young
actress in the came company WITH
him.
These are only two OF q long list
OF bigamy cases that have har.
raised and bewildered New York
judges. The season began with y
large crop Of involuntary bigamists
both men and women, who had re.
ceived forged divorce DEGREES from
. fake divorce lawyer. People who
believing themselves to be respect.
ably divorced, had married q second
time, suddenly discovered that thei,
DEGREES were worthless bits OF pa.
|per and that they were still tied &c
their first spouses. Perhaps thu
publicity given to this unfortunate
circumstance started the bigamy
waye-who knows? At any rate
Ibtgamy has been a spectacular TEA.
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