CHAMPION BIGAMIST.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 242, 9 October 1920, Page 19

CHAMPION BIGAMIST.

"They say that a «ood wife is a rare Jewel. I taive long been a coOleetor at Jewels." ®o wrote Charlies E. Wilson in the official magazine of 'Sing Sing Prison, New York, where he is undergoing a sentence of fly« years for tri-gamy. "How I married seven wives and landed in 'prison" is iLhe title of the article, which continues: "Winning a wife is about the easiest thing I have ev«r attempted. They always did more of the courting than I. iSome kill the man; some kill the woman; some kill both or commit -suicide. iMy anguish sought n different outlet. Instead of resorting to violence 1 siinpny sought to produce tangible proof to my misguided spouse that other women wouUd care for mc. That is how it began." Wilson classifies his Tdves and says nice things about them. About moWicrs-ln-law he writes: "I had four, ail kind and considerate, always concerned about »ur welfare and interested in our success. Mine were Jewels of motherUnese. MSolomon—of>o times a. matrimonial repeater—'cashed in' at 70, whle Adam and Noah end ilebhuselah, all three slnglewifers, were still tearing da:t<%s oft the calendar at the "age of (KSO to 9GO. "But," Tie concludes, 'those who indulge in bigamy should l> severely punished."