William Weightman III

William Weightman III was the grandson of William Weightman, and a bigamist who tried to commit suicide in 1926.

Biography

In 1925 he was convicted of bigamy and sentenced to two years in prison.[1]

On July 10, 1926 he was sent back to Auburn Prison by a grand jury in Vineland, New Jersey.[2] When his second wife left him he tried to commit suicide with a pistol on November 10, 1926.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Grandson of Chemical Founder Sentenced for Bigamy". New York Times. January 31, 1925. Retrieved 2010-10-20. William Weightman was today sentenced by County Judge Benjamin Baker to two years in Auburn Prison on a conviction of bigamy. Weightman, is the grandson of William Weightman, founder of the chemical firm of the Powers, Weightman, Rosengarten Company, whose death left an estate of $30,000,000, his grandson, William Weightman, inheriting $750,000.
  2. ↑ "Weightman Returns To Auburn Prison; Philadelphian Will Surrender for Violating Parole. Held for Grand Jury at Vineland, N.J.". New York Times. July 10, 1926. Retrieved 2010-10-20. William Weightman 3d, the three times married and once divorced member of a wealthy Philadelphia family, was on his way to Auburn Prison today to surrender as a violator of his parole.
  3. ↑ "Weightman, Bigamist, Tries To Kill Himself. Uses Pistol in His New Jersey Home When Woman Leaves. Had Four Wives.". New York Times. November 10, 1926. Retrieved 2010-10-20. William Weightman 3d, 36 years old, great-grandson of one of the founders of the Powers-Weightman-Rosengarten Company, chemical dealers, of Philadelphia, who left an estate valued at $50,000,000, tried to commit suicide here today by shooting himself because his second wife by a bigamous marriage had left him.
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