Word: bigamist
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...suspicion points at him too soon; nor will the astute reader mistake Tillman's inscrutability for that of a "squealer." Who wishes to marry Beryl Stedman although, she, while she admires his generous, open nature, cannot bring herself to love him? Is not the squealer suspected of being a bigamist and is not merry Frank Sutton overfamiliar with his gaudy secretary? In the big unmasking scene at the end of the book, everything is neatly explained. Sutton is indeed the squealer and he will hang for his bad acts; his secretary is his accomplice. Captain Leslie is none other than...
...They were both married to the same man, one Peter Trapani, bigamist" (TIME, April 11). Why both...
...neither funny nor a coincidence, as these two women soon found?for they were both married to the same man, one Peter Trapani, bigamist...
Texas. With pardon-seekers crowding in the capitol, Governess Miriam A. ("Ma") Ferguson prepared to retire on Jan. 19 in favor of Dan Moody. Last week, "Ma," with the advice of "Pa," pardoned a bigamist, a onetime mayor who had killed his son-in-law and 27 lesser convicts. During the 22 months of her governorship, "Ma" has issued some 3,000 clemency proclamations...
...Adolphe Tholome was tried for bigamy in a Paris court. Both his wives were present; both pleaded for leniency, urging that Adolphe was a good husband and father. His attorney urged that the bigamist was helping France when she needed babies. The jury condemned him to two years in prison, but recommended his release on the ground that it was his first offense. Dr. Lutembacher, "distinguished French scientist," claimed that he has invented a cardometer capable of distinguishing between true and false love by measuring heart throbs. The invention aroused the intense curiosity of the feminine...