Year: 1879




Deceiver.
The last number of the Donaldsonville
Chief records the arrest by deputy sheriff
Of one A. K. German, on the charge of big
amy, preferred against him by Mrs. Eliza
beth B. Kemp.


The arrest was made In the parish OF East
Baton Rouge some distance from the city Of
Baton Rouge, and the accused was brought to
Donaldsonville on Friday last. On the same
evening he was arraigned before Parish
Judge Cheevers for a preliminary examina-
ton OF his case and of the examination the
Chief says "the courtroom was crowded with
spectators" and "the testimony of the prose-
cutting witness raises strong presumption
Of the guilt Of the accused"
The Chief further says In reference to the
matter:


"Mrs. Kemp's affidavit alleges that at the
time OF his marriage to her. German was
the lawful husband Of MI iss Sarah J. Tickling,
of Livingston parish He admits that he
was married to Miss Fickling, but claims to
have obtained u divorce In Arkansas. 1t is
rumored that he has several other wives In
various parts Of the country.
For the purpose Of getting
5 FURTHER PARTICULARS
Of the affair reporter of the DEMOCRAT last
evening saw and interviewed Mrs. Kemp,
who is a resident of this city and lives on Maga-
zine street, In the neighborhood of the Maga-
zine Street Market


She was found to be a very pleasant-faced,
II not handsome. lady, refined In her manner
and evidently. OF superior education.
After some hesitation she admitted that she
was the Mrs. Kemp spoken OF in the article
in the Chief, and Gorman's accuser. After the
admission she readily volunteered a state
ment for while she disliked the notoriety
which the publication would give her, she felt
ither duty to lay before the public the entire
facts Of the case, In the hope that some OF his
other victims (she had reason to believe there
were several beside herself whom he had de-
ceived) might see the publication, recognize
the man and appear against him at his trial,
and thus prove so conclusively the crime OF
bigamy with which she had charged him,
that he could not possibly escape the punish
ment which the law infiicts and his terrible
deed m erits.


HER STATEMENT


was to the following effect:
She was married to German on the thirtieth
Of June last, at the r. E. Lee Hotel, In DON
aldsonville, kept by Jacob Bloom. They went
to Donaldsonville to have the ceremony per-
first met German six weeks before her mar
riage to him. He called on her and intro
duced himself as her COUSIN and she after
ward found that his claim OF relationship was





deceased had left him considerable money
which he proposed to invest in this city. He
proposed to temporarily board with her, and
she consented to receive him, and he was es-
tablished as q boarder In her house. After re-
naming at the house a couple OF weeks he
left the city on short trip, and while away
he wrote to her a proposal OF marriage
which she accepted. He returned, and as
above stated they were married.


He requested her to keep the marriage
secret for awhile, stating as reason for his
request that his sister was dangerously i'll,
ana likely to die at any moment. That she
was wealthy and had made him her heir, and
he feared that If she heard Of his nuptials she
would consider that he had treated her with
disrespect and revoke her will.


After eight days Of married happiness he
left her for short trip, as he said, and dur
ing his absence


SHE BECAME SUSPICIOUS
that all was not right, that there was some
thing behind his request for secresy, and for
the purpose OF satisfying herself she deter
mined to visit the parish Of st. Helena, where
Gorman's mother, her aunt, resided. She
searched the parish, and incpgnito prosecuted
her inquiries. She found that the sister was
not only well and healthy, but poor. Among
other persons she saw In her investigation was
Jonathan Addison, one Of the parish officials,
who informed her, in response to questions,
that German was grand rascal, that he had
been married number OF times, without re-
gard to the fact that his first and lawful wife