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$'om8h«ngnon. led'* tlan tate man on ■nse 3tet-i InIon*I b y Irec-Net-S’ew bleb aato :liy. one* Mrs. the nf amre s of be-the the D.•arefobneb-ipllawds parti ihall ' or it he ■ted un* notA MUCH MARRIED MANWOMEN or POUR STATES TES TIPY AGAINST EX-LOVER.Ltrden Pickett on Trtal for Obtaining $1 000 from CHppI* Under Promlte to Wed.Cleveland. O.. Nor. 10.—Lotion Pickett of New York. Springdale. Pa., and some other cities, IB on trial In federal ronrt for persuading ■ crippled woman tn rive him 11.000 of her savings. Pickett has Ove wlvea. Most of hla large and peculiar family wan In eonrt November I—It waa a gather in* of the wives, There were also two women who were on the prospective llat. Pickett had not married them, bat he had. they testified, accepted money from Ihem—$700 In one Instance. $1,000 In another.The wives and those who were to be testified. An they took the wit neat stand, one after another, some wept, some, not too grieved to see the humor of the atory. smiled; some were gsyly dressed, some were fireside women; one Is a school teacher; some were pretty women; some were not. They came from four states-^ne was lame. Bhe walked haltingly with her cane to the witness chair, but couldn't climb the three steps. It a family reunion extraordinary.Pickett Is an accomplished letter writer, lie has a broad, free bnnd and spells correctly. He draws on the beauties of nature for bin allusions— prose poetry ever and anon crops Into the lines Most of his wives nnd flnncees received heaps of these letters; In court the tender missives, collected. made over 100.Wife the first was Mrs. Georgia E. Pickett, nee Wallher of Ostia. Pa, whom he married six years ago; then came Mrs. Ellen E. Pickett, nee Newton of Albany. N. Y.J then Mrs. Lulu Emrlck of New York City, then Mrs Elma Miller of Maron, 111., and so on.In the Intervals between ceremonies Pickett courted others, among them a school teacher at Chicago. Mrs. Gertrude Ilcmmlngor of New Kensington, Pa., and Miss Allle Grensley. who lived on a little farm, alone with her mother, and who was lame, of Springdale. Ta.One. according to poatofflce Inspectors, gave him $600, one gave him $7oo, one was coaxed until she turned over $1,000. one cave him $2,000. In many cases he g»v«* his benefactresses notes, and when he offered to pny the Interest they refused to accept It.TRAPPED IN MINE BY FIRECOALLHYFPutsN« of t! nil r enpo a fut at S llfe-Robt der the i..pslonidriftthethatinerthe sDavemsyiwasauto]chariandon. tthenilHoItEvereffeethatCAimtheHlmithathim.notli81 lilac host cam of I Dr. cis his man tect In I tim'
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Canfield Mahoning Dispatch
Canfield, Ohio, US
Fri, Nov 12, 1909
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