Show A PRETTY SPECTACLE the harriage Marr Harr lace iare irregularities of gentiles illustrated 81 july 20 DC de hartman of chicago this morning entered the office of john job IV Phelps superintendent of the fishkill landing water works works and arrested him on tho the charge of bigamy iga hartman save says that in 1876 phelps ps lived in springfield mass and was president of a railroad in 1865 ho he married helen E dark clark at northampton and in 1876 they lived in one of tho the finest houses in springfield the ta difo if 0 employed a serving girl named fanny thayer she was handsome and vivacious vivacious and phelps becoming infatuated with her ran away with her to paris remaina remaining there two years while there he e sent for his wife to possible a reconciliation the met ingver in liverpool she returned to america without him but be he followed soon atter after and went back to his homo home in springfield A child had been born to him by fanny thayer in paris phelps lived with his wife again long enough to get her to sign away the springfield home and then lie 10 lo exerted her taking miss thayer to maryland where phelps and his father will willis is phelps an old rail road contractor were buildt building a railroad from maryland phelps and his paramour went to fargo in 1881 and unknown to his wife began a divorce suit asserting in his affidavit that he did not know his whereabouts when the fact was vas that he had met her a few days before at the grand pacific aptel chicago he secured a decree of divorce his wife earn ing the fact procured the services of detective hartman the detective went to 91 employed plo ed ex gov austin as counsel alyin and in january 1882 the divorce was set aside on the gronna of perjury jur consa conspiracy iracy and f fraud raud abel phelps pa had P gone to st paul with fanny y thayer and married her anahed and then took her to washington w where here they learned that the divor divorce C 0 had been set aside they at once started for canton in tho the backwoods of dakota and phelps began another divorce proceeding detective hartma bad a man on track ve the r clond divorce buit suit came up for trial and phelps did not expect eject any an opposition at the opening 0 of f the court how however dver jage bangs formerly united states district attorney in chicago arose and told the court that he represented helen E phelps who was tho the legal wife of john W phelps and she was ready for trial this was a bombshell and tho the case on the part of 0 phelps NY was a s at once adjourned and has not come up since since then phelps went to st john N B with fanny anny thayer and remained m there until recently recently when they came to new york two months ago the legal wife of phelps accidentally met him on fourteenth street and attempted to follow him but losing track of him she wrote to detective hartman asking him to come to new york and help find her husband the detective came coat east end and finally I 1 learned earn ed that phelps was supe superintendent rui of tho the fishkill landin landing water works phelps came to Fisli kil land ing about four mont hago with bia bis alleged wife and one chelda little girl about 10 year yeara old he procured board at dr youngs young a hous where he lie haa has sace resided he ie is a large man and weighs or pounds his office is in the mem bars building F fishkill landing andi ag where he wag was arrested people at the landing eay say he is a quiet gentlemanly tle man and very attentive to business his alleged wife fanny thayer is a youngish handsome woman phel pheine ha has ft a son on by his first wife who just graduated g r from yale college athe thc father of the accused man died at springfield two years ago and left a will fag iving his son henry who ia is a we wealthy th toi citizen of minnesota to bis his sun son john W he bequeathed the same amo amount utiOn in trust and a ud the will provides that under no consideration shall any part of the money go I 1 to fanny thayer tho the will is now being contested by phelps in the courts when detective hartman and officer van buren entered phel phelba ps office this morning jibe latter waa was wr writing itilia letters jetters he recognized the detective and plainly evinced surprise the officer made known his trise business usi nees and find phelps replied well I 1 am ready to go but I 1 would like to see bee a ft lawyer fir stand go to tb ehouse the house and change chapp my clothes and get some papers the detective allowed him to go in charge of van buren phelp secured red tho the services of lawyer IL H huste of fishkill Landin landing gand and it was as a agreed g r eed that all should appear before some judge in this city una afternoon phelps was arraigned arra igne d here this thi s afternoon before judge guernsey in the county court detective hartman showed a requisition from gov hubbard of minnesota which had been duly approved by GOT gov hill then showed show eil a certificate of hie his marriage with fannie thayer in jersey city on june ad 1885 and a paper certifying that I 1 on july 29 1881 ho he received a decree of divorce from his wife helen E phelps in cam co dakota judge go guernsey transferred the prisoner to the custody of detective hartman who at once telegraphed the fact to helen E phelps at the grand pacific hotel chicago chiago the detective in an interview ter view said helen E phelps the prisoners prisoner s legal ife is a splendid looking woman arid mid I 1 dont see why he acts so she is not over thirty five years old ie is ii highly g bl educated has been much devot devoted T to her husband and is determined he be shall not live with fanny thayer phelps baa haa ao ac aused her of inconstancy but the charge is absurd she is a woman of unimpeachable character phelipe requested the detective not to handcuff him the detective replied that he be would extend every reasonable kindness to him if he be 9 gave ave no trouble they started west tonight to 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