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Show RUDOLPHUS G. DYER, m Eipjse of a Magnetic Healer's Malrl- M moDlal Ventures. i B tlae ef Ilia allaaniano Harrlacea " flj lanlraelril lu Kali l.al.etllr. B Ilia llltore.e. H Narolisa J. Dyer got Sjforlor Judge B Sanderson to out tier matrimonial m ' bonds In two on Thursday, eays tbe B ' bin Francisco VSirontcIo of May SO. H Blio did not care tJ bo lied any longer 1 to Iludolphui O. Dyer, whom the mir. H tied In this city one rainy day In H NoTerober, 1891. This may look to B the casual observer Ilia an ordinary H dlvoroe proceeding, on of Ihu many B- caaeeln which rnarrlaje hat proved a failure; lut when the long and eliece H ered career of Iludolptiui aa n llomeo m and Lothario was thrown on Judge Sanderson's canras If a powerful J mailo lantern It appeared that lie had J ao Tarlrgated an experience aaa much- B ly married man that hla record In that J Ilneprored to be quite sonratloual. Itudolphuahaaat least three whea J' acattered along the route from l'enu. H tyWanla to California, and, altutuzli H he hai been divorced twice, be occu. H C3 plea the unique poaltlon of knowing H that none of litsdlvoroes were legally J obtained, and that he la either not J married at all today or la the huiband J three wlTea. H The flrit matrimonial enterprise, at Hi 1. far aa la known, that Mr. DjerengaguJ J' " In waa when lie became the buibaud of J 1'hlnnle Dyer away back In Warren H- county, l'a., In the year 1871. For r i some years he lived happily with ft 1'hlnnle, but a hankering to take Horace Oreoley'a advice to go West cauied him to separate from the wile of hla bosom, and he waa next heard of In Halt Lake Oily, where. In 1870, he married Amanda Dyer, now a reildent H -I or Oakland. r Bometiuw Amanda and lludolpbus H could not niree with each other, and BBC one fine day they agreed to aeparatu H quietly and by mutual oonsent. llotli H of them drifted to California, although B one (Id not know what the movementi H of the other really were. Dyer led a B:, nomadlo life for aomotlrae, engaging H , In all klnda of scuenies, until he H T finally decided to become a message M i artist and amagnetlo healer. H Hmoolh and full of tact, aa he wn, ' he made quite a success la thla new M line, and aoon Dr. Dyer waa very j popular man among Ihopeoplu who B patronize those who are on tuu outer B fringe of tho medical profession In H thla elty. During hit term a n healer B Br. vermet a buxom widow, young H and sUlueut, who had aome ailment B whloli magnetlim alone would heal. j Uer name waa Mri. Aahton, acogno- B men Inherited from the lamented B Aahton. When ahe met the late auave j lludolpbua the found In htm the only B solace which made her aolllary B Widowed life bearable, B , , Itudolphua applied ao large an B amount of magnetlim that Mra. Ath B i ton, wboae flrit name la Karelsaa,eoou K became Mra, Dyer. B Foralongtluie after tbelr marriage M there never waa a more loving couple B than Iheee two. f Wherever Narolaaa went Itudolphua H was aure to go, and It waa a continued B I irllcdove aort ofllfo they led up to K me laat of January, when trouble B came and tbelr amoroua relatione were Bi rudely dlilurbcU, H ' It happened that Narolsaa had a all- H ttrby the name of Mre. M. F. La H Hotewbortaldia In Nap. Mra La B Hole bad a lawauli over lome properly, H and im'ji the wllnnscalnlhocaae B waa lady who gave her name aaMra. H Dyer. Having a litter of the lame i name, Mra. La Hole Inquired of the B wllneia what I articular eclou of the B llluitrlona houieuf Dyer wano forlun. B ate aa to be able to call her bli wife. B "My huiband'a name laltudolibua BH O. Dyer," aald the little woman, atat. B, Ing at the lame time that ahe had uo ' knowledge of her ipouie'a preient H whereaboula. B The next day 'a train from Napa H brought Mrt. La Hole to thla city, and B during a private conference with her B aliter ahe told the latter what ahe had Bl aooldenUllydlicovered. Narclna wia ' abocked, and at once callut on Itu- H dolphuaforanexplanatlon. Iludolphui B not being able to explain thlngi, tried H to generallte and to gain time by B aaylng that the whole atory bad been H hatohed up simply to blackmail B him. The wlfe'a auiplclon, however, H ' waa aroused, and the loli him to leave H her at once until tuch a tlmo as vat H neceiairy to clear up matters. Tlien ' abe visited her attorne!, Menu, B( O'liyrue l'elxotto to place the cane H In their hands. Investigations were H i made, which resulted In the discovery H that ltudolphus waa legally married B In Pennsylvania, where he still has a B wife (No. 1) living; that he later on H married Amandalu Halt Liku City, H and that Karolua was hla third vie-BfM vie-BfM H Htepawereat onoo taken to annul H hla last marriage aud a eummot a H was mailed to Halt Lake City, whuiu , Itudolphua was supposed lobe. Much H to the surprlta of all parties ooncerui d H the man ihuwed up here htt H month, minus the Honing wbliktr. he uicd to wear formerly, but tj alllntenUandturpoiei Ihe same old Iludolphui. Aaiuonas Ihe attorneya learned that ha was In the city they managed loaerve him with the necei. ary papers, but he made no attempt to oppose Ihe divorce rooeodlng" In Judge Handerion's court, so that Ihe marriage of NarcUsa wlto Djer waa dlsiolvsd easily. There la alsi another dlvorco oil rrcord which la sutipomd toie;aratu Iludolphui from 1'hlunlo. It wai obtained In Judge Levy'e court In June, 1801, but according to the fait as Ihey are now known, Ihe decree lnued at that, time Is worth ess,bccaui whllu suing 1'hlnnle for a divorce Iludolphui had the lummoni a "! on Amanda, mixing up hlint es hi such amatiiier aa to make the .. procetdlng n legal farce. As the use stands now Itudolphua has been twice tnarrlrd, twice divorced, divorc-ed, but Is itlll the huiband of only one woman, aud that la 1'hlnnle, Amanda and Narclua rrally never were III" wlveaatall, and he deceived Iliem both. |