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Show Two Wives Hover 'Twixt Love and My Both Faced a Man Who Bore Suggestive Name for a Bigamist. NEW YORK, Nov. 12. "He's a deceitful de-ceitful thing, hut then he Is so nice I can't help loving him." "Of course, he Is wicked; but he was always a dear boy to me." "Still, ho ought to be punished." "Of course, he ought to be locked up." Two wives, hovering betweon love and duty, faced the disconsolate and thoroughly cowed Louts Mormonstcln, he of the suggestivo name, In Essex Market court. Wedded to both, he had dexterously and by splendid foot work, 1 kept them In Ignorance of his duplicity until stern fate tripped him up and landed him, beaten and bleeding, behind be-hind the bars on a charge of bigamy. Duty Triumphed. And then, their hearts moved to pity, the two women hesitated. Duty triumphed. tri-umphed. Both preferred charges against the husband and Magistrate Pool held him In $2000 for bigamy and tacked on an additional $500 on the charge of abandoning wife No. 1 nnd his five small children. Louis married his first wife five years ago. They lived Indifferently happy to- ' gether until two days ago, when the husband began to display the most marked affection for his npouse. He had met, wooed and married Annie Morganstcln, the wedding- taking place on Saturday night at No. 8C Lewis street, amid great rejoicing. Toward the end of tho celebration, Louis suddenly sud-denly remembered an Important business busi-ness engagement, and hurried off to keep It. Fifteen minutes later he was with his first wife. He remained an hour, and then pleading early work, left her, going back to wife No. 2, with whom he breakfasted gleefully, returning return-ing to wife No. 1 at C o'clock, and surprising sur-prising her by the warmth of his greeting. greet-ing. At 7 he was back with wife No. 2, at S he rejoined wife No. 1, again showering1 show-ering1 upon her lavish affection, and at 12 he was once more at the side of wife No. 2. "Wife's Suspicions Aroused, In the meantime the suspicions of the first wife had been aroused. "What Is It," she mused, "that has caused him to l$vc me ho much so suddenly?" sud-denly?" Instinct took hor to Lewis street, nnd seeing her husband enter No. SC, she waited a few minutes and then followed him In. Within she found the wedding festival festi-val again In full swing. For the first five minutes the two wives battled together, to-gether, but explanations were soon forthcoming. Thereupon both wives fell upon the husband. When they were exhausted, the relatives of the new bride took up the task and finally Mormonstcln wan tossed Into the front room, the door locked and the police were called In. Louis had nothing to say In court yesterday. But he looked relieved when he was led out of the sight of his two wives. |