Knox County IL Archives News.....State Representative Resigns-Charged With Bigamy May 24, 1946
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Jackson Sentinel May 24, 1946
Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, May 24, 1946.

State Representative Resigns-Charged With Bigamy

State Representative Lloyd A. Meyer, of Sabula, has been a busy man, if 
charges filed May 18, the office of the county clerk are true. Meyer, 
politician and feed salesman, is charged by Helen Meyer with maintaining two 
families upon various occasions since 1936.

The petition states that the claimant, Helen Meyer, was residing in 
Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, in 1935 and 1936, when she met Meyer, who she was 
led to believe was a single man. The couple were reportedly married June 19, 
1936, at Roanoke, Virginia, by a justice of the peace and at various times 
after that lived together as husband and wife at Galesburg, Illinois, Elkhart, 
Indiana, and Fort Dodge, Iowa.

The petition charges that a daughter was born March 8, 1938, at Elkhart, 
Indiana, and a son, August 13, 1940, at a Galesburg, Illinois hospital. The 
petition further charges that the couple lived together as husband and wife 
until 1933, when Meyer is alleged to have deserted his family. The claimant 
alleges that she learned in 1944 that Meyer was married and had been at all 
times since she had known him and had a wife and family in Sabula.

She charges he has refused to support her and the two named children, even 
though he has repeatedly acknowledged paternity of the children. The 
proceedings are being brought under the provisions of an Iowa statute relating 
to paternity of illegitimate children and the obligation of parents thereto.

The complainant asks the court to establish the paternity of the children and 
that judgment be entered for the support of two children until 18 years of age 
and also for a lump sum covering the amount paid out by the claimant for 
support of the children since the alleged desertion two years ago. The 
complainant further asks for a jury trial of the case, the petition being 
filed by a Fort Dodge firm of attorneys.

It was reported today that Meyer had resigned his post as State 
Representative, effective May 23. The announcement, however, is without 
confirmation. 


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