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AN AMERICAN IN PERU A REMARKABLE STORY MARRIED UNDER THREATS (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. Mr Lewis Clarkson, a former American business man in Peru, has asked the local court to annul his marriage with a Peruvian woman on the ground of his being compelled to assent to the wedding by the former President Leguia, her lover. Mr Clarkson's brief alleged that an armed guard escorted him to the church. Revolvers were pressed against his back and threats of accidental death whispered in his ear. Mr Clarkson averred that his, previous relations with Senora Mercedes de la Quitana, the woman concerned, were wholly innocent, and their relations after marriage wholly Platonic, yet she had several children which President Leguia compelled Mr Clarkson to register as his own. President Leguia was subsequently deposed by the revolution, dying in prison, after which Mr Clarkson was permitted to leave Peru. The sudden reappearance of Senora Mercedes, who in the interval was also reported dead, prompted Mr Clarkson's annulment suit.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23299, 17 September 1937, Page 9
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