A MARRIAGE MANIA.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1484, 16 February 1887, Page 3

A MARRIAGE MANIA.

William Jones Sargent died at the Stato Asylum, Kulamooza, Michigan, on November 23, whore ho was incavcer ior several weeks lor a peculiar mania. He was one of the most noted •■ iganuHts the country over saw, but waa not much heard?about until hies arrest at J ckion, Michigan, where had married a young woman for his twentv-aixth wife. Sargent whs a man of fine addreßß ( and waas well educ'ted. Hia vocation, that of a comnv rcial traveller, gave liim peculiar ar>. vantages to gratify his remarkable ma ia» He had been m trouble twice previous to his fin 1 arrest, but ho managed to clear himself. At the time of his lust arrest his •xmduct led to the belief t»'af. he was insane, and he was sent to the asylum, After his incarceration the full st.ry about him came out. It was learno * that he had wives and children by the score m this and other States, and that no less th-n eleven unsuspecting girls had married him m Canada During the many years he lived with so many wiveo he never by word, act, or m writing br» trayod to one wife the fact that he h«d others and li 3 never was suspected of infidelity. When examined by the physicians it ws discovered that Sargent when with one wife was oblivious ti the existence < f the others until they wore brought to bin mind by some circumstance On other suhjents ho was cane' The superintendent of the at lum Bays that it "as the most remarkab c case of mania ever known :

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