TWELVE WIVES LIVING
AN ANNUAL MARRIAGE. ATHENS, July 11. A strange story has been revealed of a Greek officer who had 12 wives, all living in the city unknown to each other. Captain Constantine Vassis was charged before a court martial as a deserter. He confessed that he had married a fresh girl) annually. He first married when he was a corporal, stipulating that his wife must have money in accordance with his rank, and he was satisfied with a dowry of £6O a year. Later he assumed a higher rank, and asked for a larger dowry with each new wife. He promoted himself at each annual wedding, always asking for a higher dowry. When arrested he had just married a society girl with a dow-y of £3500.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3618, 17 July 1923, Page 25
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