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EBromce.Shemgtson.lied*’Mianfateman§ on en*e Stet-p Inlong* hrllrec* 8tef-Now hlch mate city, 'one-Mrs. the of HhaveVB Ofi be-the the»n.rarefo1*•ach*LlplUord* ward shall f orut he {■led 5 un-notAA MUCH MARRIED MANWOMEN or FOUR STATES TE* TIFY AGAINST EX-LOVER.Lucian Pickett on THal for Obtaining $t.OOO from Cripple Under Promite to Wed.Cleveland. O., Not. 10.—Loclcn Plrkett of New York. Springdale. Pa., and some other cities, Is on trial In federal court for persuading a crippled womin to rive him 11.000 of her saving*. Pickett haa five wive*. Moat of hi* large and peculiar family waa In cmirt November - It waa a gathering or the wives. There were also two women who were on the proapectlve Hat. Pickett had not married them, hot he had. they testified, accepted money from them—$700 in one Instance. $1,000 in another.The wives and those who were to be testified. A* they took the witness stand, one after another, some wept, some, not too grieved to see the humor of the story, smiled; some were gayly dressed, some were fireside women; one Is a school teacher: aomc were pretty women; some were not. They came from four states-one was lame, ahe walked haltingly with her cane to the witness chnlr. but couldn't climb the three steps. It *as a family reunion extraordinary.Pickett Is an accomplished letter writer. He has a broad, free blind and spell* correctly. He drnwn on the henutlcs of nature for bis allusions— prose poetry ever and anon crops Into the lines Most of his wives and fiancees received heaps of these letters; In court the lender rnlsBlves. col*1 acted, made over 100.Wife the fir*l was Mrs. Georgia E. Pickett, nee Walllier of Ostia, Pa.,whom he married all years ago; then came Mrs. Ellen E. Pickett, nee New. ton of Albany, N. Y.J then Mrs. Lulu E in rick of New York City, Ihon Mrs. Elm a Miller of Mazon, 111., and *o on.In the Intervals between ceremonies Pickett courted others, among them a school teacher at Chicago. Mrs. Gertrude Hemtnlnger of New Kensington, Pa., and Miss Alllo Greasley, who lived on a little farm, alone with her mother, and who was lame, of 8prinKdale, Pa.One, according to posloffice Inspectors, gave him $6l0, one gave him $700. otic* was coaxed uniII she turned over $1,000. one cave him $2,000. In many cases he gave his benefactresses notes, and when he offered to pay the Interest they refused to accept It.Puts
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Canfield Mahoning Dispatch
Canfield, Ohio, US
Fri, Nov 12, 1909
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