People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1896 — SIX WIVES CONFRONT HIM. [ARTICLE]

SIX WIVES CONFRONT HIM.

Remarkable Keene In n Kentucky Courtroom During n Trial. While J. H. Hart was on trial in tho Graves oonnty (Ky.) court at Mayfield for bigamy six of his eight living wives and four yonng children sat near him. Although not a bit good looking, Hart is believed to have been married at least ten times. His matrimonial relations cover over. four states. He is 48 years old, baldheaded and bow legged. The other day three of his wives—oue from Missouri, one from Tennessee and one from Kentucky—arrived. One was nursing a baby in her arms and the second led a little boy. The third will soon add another member to Hart’s family. The trio visited the jail together, and Hart, not a bit embarrassed, chatted with all three of them for some time. Several of the bigamist’s victims stop at the same hotel. They live happily, althongh nearly all of them call him “husband.” Hart did not deny his guilt and seems proud of his abilities as a lady catcher.