D.C. Sutton arrested for Bigamy — Georgia — 1878

[Quote from The Field and Fireside (Marietta)]: 

"D. C. Sutton has been delivered up by his bondsmen to the sheriff of this county and is now in jail at this place."

[Source]: D. C. Sutton (untitled item), The Field and Fireside (Marietta, Cobb, Georgia) 1877-18??, 25 July 1878, page 3 (digital image 3), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Georgia Public Library Service, University System of Georgia.

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053962/1878-07-25/ed-1/seq-3/print/image_566x817_from_197,5012_to_942,6087/

 (accessed 23 January 2022). 

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[D. C. Sutton Back in Jail in Marietta]: 

"The Marietta Journal says D. C. Sutton, 'the alleged bigamist,' who married Miss Young, of this place, and having a wife and several children in Chattooga county, and who was out on a bond of $1,000, was delivered up by his bondsman (his father-in-law) last Monday, and lodged in jail in Marietta, to await trial in November."

[Reference]: D. C. Sutton in Columbus Daily Enquirer-Sun (Columbus, , Georgia) 1877-1886, 27 July 1878, page 3 (digital image 3), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Georgia Public Library Service, University System of Georgia.

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn84024798/1878-07-27/ed-1/seq-3/print/image_592x817_from_37,4054_to_660,4914/

 (accessed 22 January 2022).

D. C. Sutton Escapes from Jail, 1878

D. C. Sutton Escapes, September 1878

D. C. Sutton, charged with bigamy, and several other prisoners, escape from jail by sawing through the bars.

Article

[Reference]: D. C. Sutton in untitled, The Field and Fireside (Marietta, Cobb, Georgia) 1877-18??, 12 September 1878, page 3 (digital image 3), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Georgia Public Library Service, University System of Georgia.
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053962/1878-09-12/ed-1/seq-3/print/image_574x817_from_935,2191_to_2409,4288/
(accessed 23 January 2022).

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Another article about the escape, this one with a description of D. C. Sutton:

Article

[Extract]: 

Age: 45 years
5'9"
125 lbs.
Heavy beard on face (sandy color)
Small, black eyes
(Clothing described)

Escapee is from Chattooga County, formerly of Walker County

[Reference]: D. C. Sutton in Columbus Daily Enquirer-Sun (Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia) 1877-1886, 12 September 12, 1878, page 3 (digital image 3), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Georgia Public Library Service, University System of Georgia.
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn84024798/1878-09-12/ed-1/seq-3/print/image_592x817_from_17,3706_to_755,4725/
(accessed 23 January 2022).

D. C. Sutton of Summerville in Bigamy Case, 1878

D. C. Sutton, of Summerville, Chattooga, Georgia, (formerly of Walker County, Georgia, and before that, of Marietta, and of Chattanooga) was charged with bigamy. According to the article, his name, originally, was A. D. Sutton, of Marietta. He had married a Miss Lena Young on 5 December 1875 at the Episcopal Church in Marietta. He and his wife left that day for Chattanooga. "Afterward, Mrs. Sutton, strange to say, entered the Columbia (Tenn.) College as a student, and her liege lord left her, reporting that he intended to return to the United States Coast Survey party near Sand Mountain, Alabama."
    Mrs. Sutton stayed in college a few months and returned home to her parents. Her husband sent word that he would come home, but never did. His wife received a letter saying her husband had been murdered on Sand Mountain.
    Later, according to the complaint, a man named D. C. Sutton, who fit the description of the woman's  husband, was found living in Lafayette, Walker, Georgia, married to another woman.
    Cobb County court filed suit against him for bigamy. D. C. Sutton denied that he was A.D. Sutton, but "submitted to arrest and gave the necessary bail." 

Case called: Tuesday, Marietta. Sutton appeared with a number of witnesses. Defendant claimed mistaken identity. Case continued till next term; defendant paid $1,000 and $500 for the new bills (against him). He returned to Chattooga County, "where in the last month he moved his family from Walker County."
   "If Sutton establishes his innocence this case will rival that of the two Dromios in the play."

Article

[Source]: D. C. Sutton in "Is He a Bigamist or Not?" (citing the Marietta Journal), The Macon Telegraph and Messenger (Macon, Macon, Georgia) 1873-188?, 24 March 1878, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Georgia Public Library Service, University System of Georgia.
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85038493/1878-03-24/ed-1/seq-2/print/image_605x817_from_2627,4577_to_4713,7393/
(accessed 23 January 2022).