Three wives, one husband, women say

Associated Press · January 28, 1947

Everett Welch, 36 (right), was held in $2,500 bail for further hearing Friday by Magistrate Joseph A. McDevett on a charge of bigamy brought by the father of Mrs. Thelma Ganther Welch, 10 (extreme left). Thelma testified she married Welch last Jan. 20. Mrs. Antoinette Pizzi Welch, 22 (next to Thelma), testified she and Welch were married in Nov. 1944. Mrs. Augusta Owenby Welch, 34 (right), testified she married Welch ten years ago. (Man in background extreme right unidentified.)