St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-23
HAS mr.. KELLY SKIPPED.
The Bigamous Butcher Cannot Be Found
at Home.
THE STORY OF HIS AMOUR.
His Victims Mother Knew Nothing Of
lt---She Will Prose-
cute.

William Kelly. the East side bigamist
and hero OF the tale given in the GLOBE
yesterday morning, was very cOnsplcu-
Gus by his absence yesterday, and it is
the general impression that he has fed
the city. A visit to his place of bust
ness was rewarded with nothing but in
solent answers by the butcher in charge
of the shop, and at Kelly's residence no
one in a position to know anything OF
the matter could be seen. 1t was re-
ported that Kelly had left his house
in the morning and had gone to one
OF the depotS and taken train,
but this could not be verified.
Learning that Mrs. Kelly No. 2, OF Miss
Cunningham. as she called herself, had
boarded with Mrs. Brown, on Second
street southeast, between Fourth and
made. A ring at the door, and the Wis
itor was ushered into cosy parlor.
When asked in regard. to the matter
Mrs Brown stated that Mr.. and Mrs.
Kelly had never boarded there, but that
a girl who claimed to be Miss Eva Gun
bingham had "SOme time ago." con-
tinued Mrs. Brown, "there was young
lady named Pratt, book canvasser,
boarding here. One day she brought a
girl here who introduced herself as
Cunningham. She was here nearly
one week. and | saw nothing wrong
with her. One evening my husband
and several others were sitting i'll the
parlor, and in the course OF con-
versation about different people
my husband remarked that he
knew Mr.. Kelly very well, having
been raised with him. Miss Cunning
ham then began to pay attention to
what we were talking about, and finally
asked some questions. which brought
out the reply from Mr.. Brown that Will
Kelly was a married man. Miss Gun
ningham insisted that he was not
married, and then Mr.. Brown replied
that he was and lived with his wife not
four blocks from our house.
"Miss Cunningham jumped to her
feet and exclaimed that if such was the
case she was ruined girl, as she had
been married to Will Kelly at Hudson.
Wis. We said that we doubted her
story, so she went home and came back
here with her marriage certificate,
which showed beyond doubt that Mir.
Kelly had married the girl at Hudson.
as she claimed.
-, L. Kelly was never at our house
while the girl was here, much less COM
ing to board with us. He would not
have dared to, for Mr.. Brown and l
knew him to be married man. and liv-
ing less than four blocks from us. Miss
Cunningham did not remain here after
telling us that she was married, but
went home. She is now in st. Paul
teaching music. From what she said l
cannot believe that she knew MIR. Kelly
was married man."
Mrs. Cunningham, the girls mother,
was seen at her home on Second street
last evening. She said she had heard
nothing of the affair, and expressed the
gre test surprise when informed by her
visitor.
..Oh, l can not believe it," said she.
ITO think that my daughter should
have Brought this disgrace upon us. It's
terrible to think of. | can now under
stand why it was that Eva was always
so anxious to go down to Central ave
hue. often warned her against Kelly.
who | knew was a bad man. The girl
knew he was married, but he told her
he had got divorce from his first wife.
/ do not see how she went away with
him to get married. as she was never
gone from home at all. Oh. yes, once
she went away Saturday and came back
Sunday night, saying she had been Wis
iting friends in North Minneapol S.
About week ago she went to st. Paul.
l see through the whole thing now, and
feel like killing both Kelly and my
daughter. | will go to st. Paul to-mor-
row morning and see Eva for myself. l
shall either try and hush the matter up
or have Kelly arrested for bigamY.
EVA has always been more or less
giddy, but don't think that there was
anything wrong with her. She acted
directly against my commands when
she went with MIR. Kelly, and l must
say that she deserves all she has got"