Evening journal., 1921-05-27

-Kipling.
BY II. H WHITNEY.
NEW YORK.-New York has suf-
fered from crime waves. hold-up
waves and suicide waves. Now comes
the so-called biEamy wave.
John William Murray. a publisher
OF S3. Is the central figure In the
latest plural marriage case. Ho is
being sued by Wife No. for separa-
ton She charges him with "cruel
and inhuman treatment" II devel-
ops, as a consequences OF this action.
that he has two other wives all
married within seven years-though
he says he didn't intend to be a big
amist and doesn't believe two OF the
marriages are legal.
Manhattan Jack, still in possession
of the airy manners which distin-
guished his meteoric Broadway ca
reer. rushed from New York TO Los
Angeles, where dwells Yvonne PAWS
Murray, Wife No. 1, a motion-plcture
actress.
The announced there that they
had effected a reconciliation and
that he is ready TO return to New
York and face the music"
Wife No. 2 was Marie Dougherty
Murray, war worker. whom he mar
ried when he enlisted in the Marine
Corps. Wife No. 8 was lovely Ann
Warwick Murray. actress and daugh-
ter of an Illinois merchant
The story OF Murray is the story
OF others Recently Herbert Thorn
ton Andrews. wealthy young stock
broker and bon vivant, tired of Maud
Augusta Haynes. whom he married
In Portland. Ne. on April 2, 1911.
without divorcing her, he hurried
TO Pittsburgh. bundled pretty little
Esther Marie Tatnall. a stenographer,
into his automobile and fed TO
Greenwich, Conn. where the laws
on bigamy are toothless.
There he made her his bride and
returned with her to his home, where
he introduced her TO Wife No. 1. He
compelled both women TO live to-
gether in the same house until the
scandal caused Esther to nee and
Maud to commence a divorce action.
Just before Andrews caused a SEN
sation, New York was>stirred by the
news that Vice Chancellor Joseph
Merritt Lane, of New Jersey, had
found the Connecticut law favorable
to his polygamous purposes
On January 80, 1919. he married
Geraldine Garrison-Kerr. daughter OF
Supreme Court Justice Garrison and
= niece Of Lindley M. Garrison, for
mer Secretary of War.
On April 4. just. sixty-four days
later, spring fever caused him to
hurry to Stamford, Conn, where he
was united in wedlock to Grace
Hercht.
Bringing her back. he installed
her in a palatial home in northern
New York.
Wife No. brought no legal ac-
ton, and the laws OF New York and
Connecticut were inadequate TO
prosecute him for. bigamy.
He resigned, however, as Vice
chancellor OF New Jersey, few days
later when Wife No. entered his
court and publicly horsewhipped
him.
Then there is Arthur David Stew
ems, OF Brooklyn, The Bronx, and
points west. Sadie. OF New York
testified she married him in 1920
believing fondly he was a bachelor
But Ciddy, OF Darien. stepped forth
and testified that he had married
her in 1911.
Stevens is the manager Of a chail
OF rapid-fire restaurants. though tina
fact was given no significance i
court. Both wives protested extrem
friendship for him He was swet
and nice. they agreed. as they lei
court arm in arm, refusing to g
ahead with prosecution
Another charge OF real bigam
where three wives are concerne
came following a kiss. Harry A
Newton, a handsome actor, was pu
in the Tombs prison because h
kissed his wife. He did this ii
Grand Central Station. where hi
three wives had gone to nasSt himl
And he was promptly nabbed BY
detectives.
The loves OF Newton. so far as