Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1920 — “Thirsty for Words” Is Her Bigamy Defense [ARTICLE]

“Thirsty for Words” Is Her Bigamy Defense

London. —The excuses and palliations, brought forward in bigamy cases are monumental in their Ingenuity, but I think this one from the north of England will take a prodigious lot of beating. A girl was had up f«?r a triple bigamy—surely oughtn’t it be called trigamy when it’s three? Her mother was called for the defense, but all she could say In explanation was: “She can’t help it, my lord. She’s got a reg’lar thirst for ’■ving the words spoke over ' *»!" — / "