The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-29

Albert F. Phelps. third and last husband of the late Mrs. Honora Phelps, woman of mystery and sui eide, has been located and is prepar- ing to contest claims for her estate. He has been a resident of New Haven for the past three years, and came to Bridgeport last night to lend his aid in clearing the mystery that en- shrouds the life and identity of his late wife. Mrs. Phelps, who was known under a score of aliases, com mitted suicide by inhaling illuminat- ing gas in her apartment at 1915 Park avenue Her body was found Nov. 22. but it was believed she had been dead for nearly a week before she was found.
 Phelps today labelled as untrue re- ports that his wife had been married eight times, and positively declared that she had had but three husbands He claimed her first husband was Levi Chapman of New York, and her second Charles Royal of Philadel- phia. Both hsbands were dead and neither divorced. when she married Phelps.
 My wife and I were married on Nov. IT, 1912,'' Phelps declared. ''The ceremony was performed in Fairfield by Judge Bacon Wakenan. At that time, she claimed she had been mar ried but twice before and was but 55' years of age These facts appear upon our marriage license and I can
 He attributes the reported eight marriages of his wife to statements of Mrs. Mamie Colgan, her daughter by her first marriage, and to the fact that the late cIairvoyant had used so many aliases in her work that friends and neighbors were led to believe that each new name represented a new matrimonial alliance.
 Phelps has retained legal counsel and will start proceedings to secure at least part of the estate. Accord at least three pieces of real estate. one in Bridgeport. Trumbun and 1.ordship Beach. The first piece of property was purchased by them rfage in section known as Under hurst Park. Approximately $500 of the construction cost was contributed by Mrs. Phelps. while Phelps donated property were made out in the name of Mrs Phelps, and remains so. -- Phelps, who Is an old snowman ana for years was 8 partner in small carnival, became acquainted with the clairvoyant about ten years ago in Bridgeport.
 'I used to call on her at her home in Stratford" he said today, "and came to care for her & good deal. In those days, she was a fine looking woman and very attractive. She was lonely, and was tired of knocking abo out the country by myself, and we decided to marry.
 Even at that time, her heart and soul was in the clairvoyant business. She worked with carniva1s, and in her day, she was a successful woman and made a good deal of money. On more than one occasion have seen her make as much as S150 and $2OO in a single day. She had travelled all over the country, and particularly through New England.
 "I cannot understand all the talk and reports about these documents and stories she had written. During the years I lived with her, she could neither read nor write and told me several times that she once could do both but had forgotten. I never wrote her letters for that very req son.
 s'She was always a little bit queer, and I believe that the c1airvoyant stuff preyed on her mind so much that she was not rational. Often thought of having her looked after, but I never really thought it serious enough.