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Show WOMAN HAD 2 HUSBANDS Records Show a Second Marriage Before Divorce Di-vorce Decree Was Secured. Se-cured. The records in the office of the County Coun-ty Clerk show that Mm Retta Helma Callahan has had two husbands at the same time, for a period of about one month, when a divorce was granted to her separating her from her first lord and master. The" records show that Retta Callahan, Calla-han, on November S. 1897. filed suit for divorce against David Callahan, and that a decree in default was entered November 29. 1S97. - On November 6, 1897 a marriage license li-cense was Issued to Michael McGrath and Retta Helmer. It is believed that the woman supposed sup-posed that the filing of her complaint constituted a decree. She and McGrath were married on the day the license was issued, by the Rev. 8. E. Wlshard. and the ceremony was witnessed by his wife and Helen W. Caskey. The case was investigated for a Los Angeles attorney, who wrote asking for a history of the woman's divorce and marriage. . j |