Multnomah County OR Archives News.....Not Her Legal Husband November 30, 1904
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Morning Oregonian November 30, 1904
W.N.McLaughlin Says he Married His Wife Too Soon After His Divorce
W.M.McLaughlin,whose wife,Almira J.McLaughlin,recently sued him to obtain a 
decree dissolving the matrimonail bonds existing between them,says he is her 
third husband, and that she makes a business of geting married and divorced.
McLaughlin yesterday filed an affadivait in the State Circuit court in answer 
to a petition of his wife asking taht he be required to pay her $150 to enable 
to pay the expenses of this suit against him. He recited in the affadavit 
that,as a matte rof fact,he is not her legal husband at all,for the reason she 
was married to him within six months from the time she was divorced from 
Thomas W.jenkins,in Seattle. the decree divorce forbid her to marry until 
after the expiration of six months. She was divorced from Jenkins,September 
26,1903, and her marriage to McLaughlin,was solemnize at McMinnville,March 
24,1904. this is a close shave,because it gives McLaughlin only a margin of 
two days to get within the six months limit,but he thinks he can make the 
point stick. Before she was Mrs.Jenkins,McLaughlin asserts that she was known 
as mrs.lee. Mclaughlin denies all the charges in the complaint.
The allegations of mrs.mclaughlin are that the defendant wa sjealous of 
her,and carried on a vexatious espionage on her movements.She says he wrote a 
vile letter to her in October last containing false accusations,which she 
submitted to the United States Postal authorities and caused him to be 
arrested.
McLaughlin owns property iin Polk County valued at $7000. Mrs.Mclaughlin asks 
the court to decree one third of it and $40 per month alimony.

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