CHANCED HER IDENTITY

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 37, 26 January 1911, Page 7

CHANCED HER IDENTITY

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DENIED KNUV. IN ■ H 611 HUSBAND. H'?>. an » :y girl sank :> r - idem; tv and i i the part vt somebody ’■ . ie wy.-. the then** of .in extraordir..,; v >torv told to Sir Samuel Eva: ;e tn rhe Divone Court. Hie ca.« «is that nt whn.h Air Frederick H.u’.n: Jenkins, an engineer eou>:e -.ed with the trade. ■oug.it a divorce from his uite, LiJy Amelia Jenkint, on the ground of her nihnondrjft with a Air Bauds rger. Tv. i» years after the marriage the inisbari'i th-vorcred his rue bring with Al; BamL-rger under the name of TLe"ma Mu vhmottt. When confrontcd with her husband, her uncle, the l>r*t nun at tine Wtditing. and other j>*., »phr. she <h'nit d thnt >■ hv knew anytimrg abont any of th-:... or that she w fter kn an L. Au j.ia raytor. Al r .Mt:; ja> <'• g» ~ ! i -i tint its art answer tt ta <h it • ot u■- Mt. ku-t t bi t i ’ii u a** the ground fui i.. . ......-..st—e! t:uit sC' h.i'i i• . e n > «i her* .(. as -lie was m t n rrtt> l ••• e acid tr.srs-Eetl that .-he w t;u.;oa A! irt'.nn hi:. Air Stu -hr -i. : tli.it after the ir it". 1 ■. '■■ . . : t< < u |> .uv at St. (osiig* - I ■ \ lh > .o l u.>bnry. in the rig«n. ><»:«• -tgnrd by tile lady m tile mtn. - • i iay s or. .At the time vf th-' ;?■■<rrHge respor.d*er»t was 0:1 the stage at die Gaiety 'Theatre. i'hi<? biiv-a-id had no luitse . of eoEDp'.uint as to her conduct. .At tijii.'. • -r'l.e was rather “flighty/’ but she tsii-l kept up her friendship with her stage friends. Tire iiusbmd in-, •Produced her to lots of people, and they Lv«d together at a flat at the Manor H0c. 1 .?. Maryiebone road, and various other places. In 1908, however, tin- lady went, as the husband believed. to stay with her mother at Cromer. The husband knew his wife's relatives, and from Cromer the mother wrote letters enclosing affectionate rues. 'g c> s from wire to husband, and a.- king for money. The money was sent Ly the husband, and HIS SUSPICIONS WERE NOT AKO I SED. iffll one day he had occasion to go to ins sustcitor, and found that enquiries were being made on behalf of a certain Airs Bamberger, rhe mother <>t the gentleman uno was now ev-re-epondent. It appeared that Airs Itomberger and iter sun had some- di—pule as to whether the Lidy uitii whom Air Bamberger was living was married or not. Airs Ban b.rgtr emplogred an enquiry ng nt. who had visited Mr Jenls-ius’ -cl: -iters. It VM believed the lady wAirs Jetiku». On hearing o- this Air Jen Kins instituted er-qiuru s. and met Mr Bamberger. In rump my with tills gentleman, ti.- «nqi.!iy ng-rt. and the “best ir.au" wuo was prest-nt at the wedding at the Biooiusbury Air Jenkins went to a tint :u Court, where tire kidy was shown into the drawmg-icur.. Air • Jenkins said at t’.nce tuat the lady was hie wife. She d» a'ed it. and sari that her name Man-hmont. .Later the lady’s uncle was taken to see her. She denied th nt .she lir.d ever seen him before or that she had ever been./ married. A porter from the Manor House, where Air and Airs Jenkins lived, employees from the EarFs Court garage wiio hut* Known her as Mr Jenkins’ wife. “Baby,” and various other people identified her. She still denied that s!>e !.ad ever seen them.. Mr Alurphy said , that she went so far as to threaten ' to proceed against Air Jenkins at Bow-street, if lie did not cease annoying her. She still continued to live with Air Bamlergir. Air F. W. Jenkins, the hmbind. told the cwiirt that after he got to know that Airs Bam’wrger was miking enquiries, io met Air B3mherg?r. usd at the hitter’s flat in Redford Court the kuiy was brought it. It was apparcniiy j only with great difficulty that she could be induced to show lierseM. J “As soon as she came into the room | continued witne-s, “I said. ‘Th it is i my wife.’ Site said.‘l have never i seen the man before, and I am not h:s j wife, and he is not my husband. 1 i —a Mrs Bamberger.’ ” Witness said be went agn'n to the flat to get lur-

fber evidence. This time he took Air Erenden. the n an at the wedding. He identified the lady immediately as Mrs Jenkins. Th-e inicle wrs linen taken in to see the lady, and lo

aj’enrfi. d her. She still doi’.ifd her identity. Air BsnJ-erg-'r .®'.:d that Wshould believe the Wiy. €’«»rr<4x>rative evi<!’•:?*« having been called and the mn rringe registers produced, his lordship granted a decree, with costs ag;aiuu. Mr Bamiserger.