William Weightman III was the grandson of William Weightman I, 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.

On July 10, 1926 he was sent back to Auburn Prison

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 by a grand jury

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 in Vineland, New Jersey

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. When his second wife left him he tried to commit suicide with a pistol on November 10, 1926.