The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-05-14
By H. ~. WHITNEY.

/ has suffered from crime waves, mold
up waves and suicide waves. Now
comes the Ho-callcd biRnmy wave.
John william Murray. "a publisher
l % 50. is the central figure ln the lat
/ est plural marriage case. lie is being
sued by wife 80. , for separation. She
I charges him with cruel and inhu-
4 man treatment" II develops a.
| consequence OF this action. that he
! has two other wives all married
| within seven years though he says
/ hC didn't intend to be- a bigamist and
doesn't believe two of the marriages
! are legal
| Manhattan Jack. still In possesaion
l of the airy manners which diatin-
I guish.d his metcofic broadway ca
! rcer. rushed from New York to Los
| Angeles. where dwcils Yvonne Jaws
/ Murray wife No. !. a motion picture
] actress
lie announced there that they had
/ effected reconciliation and that he
is ready TO return 20 New York and
face the music"
wife 40 was Marie Doughcrty
/ Murray war worker whom D." mar
/ ried when he enlisted ln the Marine
/ Corps wife 40. was lovely Ann
| Warwick Murray actress and dauEh-
ter of an Illinois merchant
The story Of Murrny is tho story OF
others Recently Herbert Thornton
/ Andrews. wealthy young stock broker
/ and bon yiyunt. tired of Maud Au-
/ gustn Haynes whom ne married in
| Portland Me. on April .. 1911.
without divorcing her he hurried
/ 10 Pittshurg. bundled pretty little Es-
/ thcr Marie Tatnall. stenorrapher
/ into his automobile. and fled 10
] Greenwich. Conn. where the laws OF
/ blgnmy arc toothless.
| There he made her his bride and re-
/ turned with her to his homo where he
| introduced her 10 wife No. /. lie
/ pether In the same house until the
! scandal caused Esther to flee and
Maud 10 commence divorce action.
Just before Andrews caused a sem
| sation. New York was stirred hy the
/ news that Vice Chancellor Joseph
Merritt Lane OF New Jersey had found
/ the Connecticut law favorable 60 Liz
poiygamous purnoscs.
] On Jan. 80. 1919. he married Ger
aldinc Garrison Kerr. daughter OF
/ Supreme Court Justice Garrison and
a niece ~ Lindley NJ. Garrison, for
tuer secretary Of war.
on April g. just 90 days later. spring
fever caused him TO hurry to STAN
ford. Conn. where hc was united In
wcdiock TO Grace il"rcht
| bringing het back. be- installed her
w lhlAh"' h'iii' ~ wv N'''N -''"
Wife No. brought no legal action
and tho laws 81 Sew YORK and Con
nc,tirut were inadequate 90 prose
cute him tor higamy.
, tio resigned. however 1s vice
chancellor OF Sew Jersey. few DAYS
later when VIII, 80. entered his
( court and publicly hors"whipp"d him.
Then There is Arthur David stevens.
OF brooklyn. the Bronx. and points
west sadie. OF Sew York, testified
she married him in 1920. fnndly he
lieViug he WAS q bachelor.
But Ciddy of Darion, stepped forth
and testified that ho had married her
ln 1911.
stevens is the manager ~ a chain
OF rapid-firo restaurants, though that
fuot wua given no Significance In
court Both wives protested cNtrom"
friendship for him Hc was sweet
and nice, they agreed. as they l"ft
court arm iu arm. refusing 20 60
ahead with prosecution.
Another charge of real bignmy
where three wives are concerned came
following kiss Harry a. Sewton
, | "a handsome actor was put In tm
Tomhs prison because he kissed his
wife tie did this in Grand Central
station. where his three wives had
, / 81 ne to meet him
And he was promptly nobbcd b'
, detectives.
. Tho loves Of Newton so far az thel
. / are recorded by the court. began ter
years ago iu Monticello. H. wh'r'
h, married Florence MADEIRA. an act
I rcss She was nt the time playing b.
p "Fair and Warmer" and UP boz Ma
bcrs Room" productions of stoci
/ company
| For seven years they lived happily
| ] then Harry. after WhirlWind court
ship. won for his hoipmatc Glenn A.
Eoo ot vaudeville fame. she % wa
who gave him the betrayal kiss
II Not ouly h. she wife No. g. hu
II Harry married her twice. They huf
| married iu Rochester MINI, come q
| Ncw York. and promptly lost IN" Ger
| tucnte. hence the second wedding al
hc sailed away To he soldier.
Happiness blessed the match unit
| September. 1919. when Harry passed
out of Glonn's life. Two days late
II In Port Huron Mich. he married lv'
| Edmonson. tho youngest ol all, wh'
was playing inEcnuc parts in reg
| ular attractions"
II Recently an three wives met in
Theatrical hooking office, compares
notes sent for Harry, ana thcl
placed him In jail.
II Manhattan Jack Murray's case D
slightly different in that b" mad" NJ
attempt to conceal from his wivr
after marriage the facts ot his mar
II IlHgrs Co. the others.
III Murruy's woulnEs were ~ the rapid
| fire type. us hc BE- himself In 1914
| Murray was 20. he was OF mrdluf
height sandy-hairod bluc-,ycd. flucr
of speech
a. was then a commercial photos
raphcr q lavish spcnder dressed I
kilr and an iu uli was thought niue
of
so. on Feb. 90. 1914. he engaged
% tetr-n-trte in q broadway thoat'
| boN with girl h. had never seen b'
| fore. within an hour they went
, brooklyn whore Assistant city 'lcr
Mnhpr made them husband and Wif
lu 1915 Murray sued his uctrr
- bride for divorce. but dropped %