Show WAKES UP TO FIND SELF WITH 2 WIVES man remembers nothing of second marriage kansas city mo I 1 aquor accord ng to peter nan an dest D est thirty anve who awakened in the police holdover gnp night recently to discover that he was the husband of two wives causes a man to do some peculiar tl ings van diest was nas arrested wien wife io I 1 mrs velma D est cansas city han ian traced him there after I 1 e hid been missing front from home since the sun day before the first wife also discovered dur ing her search that her husband had acquired a second wife the day after ils I 1 Is disappearance without obtaining a divorce the twice married man was in a repentant mood after his arrest and dating the time of his arraignment in tl e justice court on a charge of big ami news to him TI at second marriage is sure news to me he told a detective I 1 left home sunday to take a motor car ride and I 1 met one of the fellows he ile sug a little drink ind I 1 tool took one of course that called for another and I 1 guess I 1 must have gotten pretty drunk because the next thing I 1 re member was waking up here three days later what news some policeman told me I 1 had two wives he moaned lord its hard enough to care for one the way that times are I 1 was sure there was something wrong because I 1 could remember only one wife velma mrs fern wells wife no 2 told police that van dies apparently had been drinking when he called at her home sunday and began making love to her however she believe she said that he was in such a con dialon that he t know what be he was doing mrs wells said she met van diest once before but had never kept corn COM pany with him when he called at her home he painted such a glowing pic ture of what they could accomplish to getter gether as man and wife that she agreed to marry him she said she said that the d time she had to earn a living for herself and small daughter had prompted her to accept the proposals proposal big job nonexistent the fact he told her he had a won darful job paying a huge salary awaiting him in arizona also influx encee her decision she admitted van diest according to mrs wells awol awoke e the day after their marriage borrowed 5 from her with which he planned to hire a taxi to take III him in to his last place of employment to obtain money to take tale his bride and stepdaughter on their honeymoon to den ver it was during his absence with the borrowed money that the first wife appeared mrs van diest was in an unfriendly mood when she conferred with detec tives mrs wells veils said that she would stand by her husband despite the tact fact that she Is wife no 2 acquired file gaily gally |