Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22
Wife Deserter Is
Committed to Jail;
Other Wife" Appears

LeOniGas Laramie Of Lewiston
pleaded guilty Friday morning be-
fore Judge AtchIev in the munlcipal
court Of noD-supoprt If his wife, Mel
lie Laramie and his minor child,
Constance. Of this CITY. He was SIN
fenced 10 pay fire Of sos and COSTS
of Sl1Us and TO serve one year in
-. lie was ordered 10 pay SIX dol
Is RS week toward the support Of his
wife and child, beginning next Non
DAY. Judge Atchley suspended the
Jail sentence and fine on condition
that he furnish slreI5ts in The sum IF
$500 for the performance Of the order
Of The court. Upon his failure to fur
Il sh bonds, Laramie was taken 10
Augusta in the afternoon by City
Marshal Murray 10 begin his sen
tence.
During the trial Mrs. Laramie was
in 7hH cour1 room and heard her
husband say that he was willing 10
contribute toward her support and
that Of the baby. He was asked
about letter that he wrote her q
short time ago in which he mention
Cd being married again. He said
that there was nothing 10 that.
Shortly after the trial was over and
Laramie had been taken down stairs
a stylish looking young LADY. wear
ing fur coat arrived al Judge -A1ch-
ley's Office and announced thai she
was Mrs. Laramie and wanted 10 see
her husband. She was acquainted
with the facts in regard TO this other
wife and child and she and Judge
Atrl7ley went down stairs TO visit
F. Laramie in his cell. When confront
"a by the girl. Laramie broke down
and shed tears. But the Tragedy Of
ihe hole affair came about when
months old baby, whom its father
! h9G never seen, arrived al City ball
and wanted also TO visit her hus-
band. She said that she wanted him
TO see little Constance to see how
! cunning she Was. So innocently
enough Mrs. Laramie and the babY
went down stairs and City Marshal
N "a a Sccsl4S lilSll GSAtG 1IElA 10
wait a minute Mrs. Laramie No.
.. who vas talking with Judge -h:ch-
ley and The City Marshal OWNED
al Gree who TIE visitor was and ask
80 10 be presented The two women
MT ard "a-ife" No. fondled the
baby of wife No. and her husband
and spoke Of the remarkable :e-
semblance Of the little one 10 its
father. Then the TWO women and
the baby went in together TO call on
the recreant husband
The second Mrs. Laramie" stated
, 10 the officials that she and Mr.. La
ramie were running restaurant in
Lewiston and that they had bought
TWO house lots there. She was very
sensible about the whole affair and
said resignedfy that she would have
70 give Laramie UP. although she
loved him.
Laramie and Miss Nellie Bushey OF
this city were married two years ago
in November. Shortly after, Lamaria
left his wife and has never lived with
her since. In January last he went
through the marriage ceremony with
the other woman in Lewiston. He
told her that he had been married but
had been divorced. The first Mrs
Laramie has been living with her pa
rents and working in the mill TO sup
port herself and the child. who was
taken care Of by its grandmother.
Mrs Laramie" No. remained
with her husband as much as pos
/ sible during his stay here and went
with him to Augusta when he left in
the custody OF City Marshal Murray
on the afternoon train Mrs Laramie
No l, wa salse al the train to see her
. husband OF. She said to Mrs. La
. ramie" No. that she didn't blame
her before for being around with her
husband. because she didn't know
that he was married. but now that
she did know il. 1t would be better 10
stay away from him.