St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-03
SANITY CITY DOINGS
More Wives Seem To Be
Looming Up in Mr.. Will
kins' Collection.
The Weather in January as
the Signal Observer
Sized 1t Up.
ALate Member Of the Globe
Staff Is Off for the Pa
cific Coast.
Summary of the Doings OF
One Day Gathered From
All Sources.
MORE WIVES FOR WILKINS.
Stories That Come to Sheriff Rich
ter Of This Gay Washer.

Stories That Come to Sheriff Rich
ter OF This Gay Washer.
This man Wilkins. whose exploits in
the marital line have become notorious,
is, in the language of Stuart Robson, a
"corker." If the stories are true, he
was afflicted with a kind of mania for
taking wives unto himself. The reports
are coming in slowly, and up to the
present time only eight tOo-coniidlng
and enraged females claim to have had
their young lives blasted by this Lo-
thariO. If these stories are not true,
Mr.. wilkins is very much maligned
man. Sheriff Richter was in receipt of
two letters yesterday. The first was
written in neat, legible hand, and was
as follows:
Baltimore. Md. 659 W. Saratoga street.
To the Sheriff of 1t. Paul: Enclosed find
picture of John c. Wilkins of Memphis,
Tenn. l noticed an arrest for bigamy of
man by THAI name. He was married TO me
Nov. IL, 1883. III Baltimore, ny Rev. IL. Ill.
Wharton. i'll the presence of twenty or more,
his mother, now living in Memphis, being
present After living a short while with me
he abandoned me and went TO Chicago. l
have not seen him since July O. 1880. He
was Il confirmed opium smoker, also
gambler which discovered after marriage.
Have heard him speak of Belle Ward often.a
former mistress. If this information will as
siSt his wives Lille and Nina Hamilton, L
willingly give il. as such monster should be
punished 10 the full extent of the law. Any
other information Will be gladly given, as l
do not know who Is the legal Wife, aud l do
not care to what an end such man comes.
/ can give testimonials as to my character
and social standing. as being highly re-
spected. Will anXiously await an answer as
/. too, wish to be one OF the free. Respect
fully,
ESTELLE F. WILKINS,
nee CRITTESDEN.
A man named W. T. Nelson pays his
respects to Emily Nelson, one of
WILKINS WIVES,
in letter badly written and horribly
spelled, and also touches up wilkins.
Here it is translated into English as she
is spoken:
Cleveland O., Feb. 1, 1SSS-Mr Sheriff:
see in the Cincinnati papers that Emily otet-
son, one of wilkins wives said her first huS
band is dead. 1t is lie. His name is Will
ard Camp and he lives in Kansas City. Mo-.
where he kept the Cleveland hotel. Emily
got $4,000 out of him. She says that man
Jim Percy was her nephew. 1t is Il lie. He
came from Vermont to Ohio, and Camp hired
James Harris. lie and Emily Brout opened
a store in Olmsted Falls and stole some
$500. Willard Camp turned states evidence
against both. and would have convicted
them but he did not want to swear against
his wife. Jim had TO skip and forfeit his bail
of $500. She is a thief of the blacklist kind
and can prove it, and Jim too. If you want
any proof Will furnish il. or will come to
81. Paul myself and help in anything that
will send them TO states prison. l am ready
to stand TO what have told you. Please let
Wilkins first wife know this and | Will help
her all can. l can swear that Jim Percy, or
Tom Harris. is no relation to her. but only 4
thief. l think that the 0lmsted folks would
send for him II they knew where he was. |
viii see Sheriff ChaileS Underhill and see if
We can t fetch him back. Please write to me
and let me know how you are getting along.
will pay you for all your trouble. Wilkins
and Emily stole Sl22 from me. l think 1
shall come and try and fetch them back to
Cleveland. Yours truly,
P. S.-Emily Stetson told me and her SIS
ter, Martha Nelson, she knew that Wilkins
had another wife in ST. Paul, and that was
the reason they went to Pennsylvania to get
married We saw the license. l will swear
wanted TO come, and will pay my own ex-
penses. If you think this letter is any good
to wilkins first wife let her know it.
W. T. NELSON.
Sheriff Richter has also received in
formation which states that Wilkins has
served terms in several penitentiarieS.
1t hardly seems possible that one man
could have gone through such an eX-
tenSive matrimonial career. The letter
above. signed by EStelle F. Crittenden.
is not wholly in line with what have
been the supposed facts in the case. The
picture sent, while it looks something
like those of Wilkins now in st. Paul,
might easily be mistaken for another
man, and Wilkins mother lives in Cleve-
land instead of Memphis.