A MULTIPLE BRIDEGROOM.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2221, 2 October 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

A MULTIPLE BRIDEGROOM.

It i* difficult to suppose that tlie "man with six wives,' 1 who has just been convicted of bigamy, or polygamy, in Paris lias not enjoyed />• fm,faronnn(lr (b •. nca '{>id 7i\tV(7it pas. He is described by our Paris correspondent as having been " regularly engaged to fourteen single women and widows,'" but whether to fourteen of each, or to fourteen of both, does not more particularly appear. He could not show that he had married more tlnn six, and he perhaps stand?, like Loi.l Clive, astonishing .it his own moderation. He has recei\ t'd a sentence of six yiars' penal servitude, or one yeir for each wife. Considering how long Jacob toiled for Leah and Rachel iespeutively, the tan If seems moderate. To do this rather vulgir and dicdiy lunatic justice, lie «eenis to ha\ c lobbed as \\ v\\ as mamed most of the " \iituous women" whom he says he lovcl for their foll\. At la^t his banns were foi bidden at the s\ nairojnie, which has a delightful English and orthodox sound. All the wives weie Jews, for the pri-oner was deeply religious, and would not ha\e niaiiiod a Christian, even for her jevvelb. To nationality he was indifferent, selecting his brides ftom Russia, diet many aud Poland. Wheu the binns had been forbidden, the bride fainted, "and the biidal party tluspcised to escape being called upon to p.iy for the wedding feast that had been ordcied " ho ends tins e(|iially romantic aud veracious narrative.