J. Milton Reid, Formerly of Berryhill Township, Charged With Bigamy.

WIFE NO. TWO CLINGS TO HIM

Mrs. Edie Trull Wedded On Advice of Friend -- Now She's Sorry

REID SAYS HE MEANT WELL

Because he has one more wife than the law allows, J. Milton Reid, formerly of Berryhill township, now of Charlotte, is behind the bars of the station house.

The second Mrs. Reid only assumed that unenviable position yesterday and Reid was arrested this afternoon on a charge of bigamy. He was locked up at the station house and Mrs. Reid, No. 2, determined to stick to her new found protector, spent the afternoon clinging to the bars of his cell, bathed in tears and trying to console him.

Mrs. Reid No. 1, lives at Lodo, in Berryhill township. Acccording to Reid's statement to a News' man, his was married to her November 3rd, 1887 by Rev. W. O. Cochrane. She was Miss Nannie Boyles and they have four children, all boys, who are now with their mother. They have been separated, if Reid's words are true, eight years and though he has seen her frequently, they have spoken to each other only five or six times in all those years.

Mrs. Reid No. 2 was a widow -- Mrs. Edie Trull. She was a Miss Hilton, of Brown Creek and a niece of Mr. Peter Hilton. She has been separated from Trull, she said to a News man, for nine years. Her husband died four months ago. She has three children. She was married to Reid yesterday morning by 'Squire McAllister. She knew that Reid was a grass-widower, but acting on the advice of her friend Josephine Woodruff, thought it was all right and consented to the ceremony.

Reid talked freely of his trouble to a News' man. When asked why he married Mrs. Reid No 2, he exclaimed --

"Why, I married her because I loved her."

He said in justification of his conduct, that he had been separated from his wife so long he did not think there was any harm in marrying again.

All three of the persons concerned are said to be of good family. Reid was arrested recently for drunkenness and carrying concealed weapons and is under bond to appear for trial at the next term of the Superior Court. Reid realizes the fact that he is in a peck of trouble and makes no effort at concealment.

He will have a preliminary examination before the Recorder tomorrow morning and will be held for the Superior Court. It seems that Reid's separation of eight years from his first wife was sufficient for one or other to have obtained a divorce, but Cupid and the charms of a widow led Reid into ignoring the little formality the law requires before taking unto himself another spouse.