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The Atlanta Journal has the following notice of a man, who once lived in Wilson, and whose first wife is now living in this this place. The Journal says: “The his tory of ]. W. Hawley,a double bigamist, begins with his marriage into a respectable family in North Carolina. Hawley lived with his wife about one year, then skipped. The next chapter concerns his marriage to a very estimable young lady in South Carolina. He lived with this wife about a year and then skipped again. His next marriage was in Decatur county, this State. This wife died suddenly and Hawley was suspected of having poisoned her. The evidence was not sufficient to convict him. The investigation brought out the fact, though, that Hawley had a living wife in South Carolina, and this in turn brought out the fact that he had a living wife in North Carolina. He was tried in Geor gia and sentenced to four years for big day. His time was up yestesday, and as soon as he was released he was arrested upon a warrant from South Carolina. The queer est part of the whole thing is that Hawley, anticipating no further trouble for his past misdeeds, had made his preparations by correspondence for another partship and marriage. Just how the correspondence began does not appear. Hawley was taken by an officer to Darlington, S. C., where he will be tried.
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Wilson Mirror
Wilson, North Carolina, US
Wed, Oct 01, 1890
Page 5
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Tracey B.
