Show POLYGAMY IN RUSSIA or Z s we present the following clips clip ping from the east kent gazette a 1 1 weekly paper published at sit ting bourne kent england to our readers and in connection wi will merely ask why should the united states be worse than rue ruis FIA f xi anofri an WOMer officer of the russian army en n re named etche brovsky wae was re bently tried at odessa on a cliar charge of polygamy poly pamy he had married three arree women in lese ess than three years the second wife was called as a witness but refused to testify against him eaid aid there was not such another man in in life the world and declared that ebe she loved him etui still the prisoner found mcfan a a able defender in prince prini ce lestcher imai mhd invoked the example of the terrible and other distinguished heroic characters to prove that a man may rightly have several wives at the same time but bis his chief point waa was an appeal artho tor the letter of the russian law which though it declares bigamy tu to be a penal of fk bense is eilent silent as to polygamy poly eamy and the jury taking the view odthe of the question return returned eda a verdict of not guilty quitted the court amid applause with the second madame hanging on his arm I 1 |