Salt Lake Telegram | 1904-11-12 | Page 2 | "He's Deceitful, but I Love Him," Says No. 2

"HE'S DECEITFUL, BUT I LOVE HIM," SAYS NO. 2 Wife (o. l Had Louis Mormonstcin Arrested at His - Second Wedding Celebration. 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 and his five small children. Louis married his first wife five years ago. They lived indifferently happy together to-gether until two days ago, when the husband began to display the most marked affection ' for his spouse. He had met, wooed and married Annie Xorgansteln, the wedding taking place, oh Saturday night at No. 86 Lewis street, amid great rejoicing. Toward the end of the celebration, Louis sud-, denly remembered an , important business busi-ness engagement, and hurried off to keen 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 ( o'clock, and surprising sur-prising her by the warmth of his greet- I Ing. NEW YORK.' Nov. 12. "He'a a de-- de-- celtful thing, hut then he Is so nice I can't help loving htm.". . "Of course, he is wicked; but he was ' !- always a dear boy to me." r "Still, he ought to be punished." "Of .course, he ought to be locked : up." Two wives, hovering between love and duty, faced the disconsolate and thoroughly cowed Louis Mormonsteln, ,: he of the suggestive name. In Essex Market court Wedded to both, he had dexterously and by splendid foot work, . 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. And then, their hearts moved to pity, the two women hesitated. Duty trl- umphed. Both preferred charges At 7 lie was back with wife No. 2, at 8 he rejoined wife No. 1, again showering show-ering upon her lavish affection, and at 12 he was once more at the side of wife No. 2. In the meantime the suspicions of the first wife had been aroused. "What is it," she mused, "that has caused him to love me so much so suddenly?" sud-denly?" Instinct took her to' Lewis street, and seeing her husband enter No. 88, 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 tle 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 nw. bride took up the task and finally Mormonsteln was tossed Into te front room, the door locked and thepolice 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.