St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-28
Mrs. Stetson Captured by a
Globe Reporter at Fer
gus Falls.
Her Tongue Becomes Loose
and She TellS&n Inter-
eSting Story.
A Horrible Tale of Outrage
Upon a Young Mar
pied Woman.
Henry Pretre Meets a Horri-
BILE Death by Fire
Near Tyler.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
FERGUS FALLS, Mimi, Jan. 2T.-JOhn
wilkins, claimed to have five wives, ar
rived here this morning, accompanied
by Mrs. StetSOn, one of the later wives.
They spent the forenoon i'll the Grand
hotel parlorS. but did not register. At
temptS to talk with Wilkins were un-
availing. lie would not talk, and eau
toned Mrs. StetSon to say nothing.
Later she visited her attorneys, ParSOn
x Brown, and before returning to the
hotel was waylaid by reporter. She
did not want to say anything at first,
laying all publicity the pair have OBJ
tanned To raScally reporters, but being
assured the GLOBE only wanted to have
the true statements, became more COM
municative. In fact, once started it
was rather difficult to stop her. She is
fat, fair and forty, pleaSant-faced. and
with a snug fortune that probably be-
guiled Wilkins TO his fate. Her state
ment, very much condensed. was: I'VE
were married in Erie, Pa. Wilkins had
but one wife besides me. and had Separ-
alton papers from her. | thought the
separation papers meant more than they
do or | would
His other wife is getting a divorce
now in st. Paul. When that's got we
shall be married over again, and that,
of course. will make everything right.
We came here from Cleveland when we
saw the reports of other wives, to be
out of the way of so much publicity.
The papers were full of lies about Mr..
wilkins and me. I'm not worth hun
bred thousand; weigh 226, not 200; L
did not meet him in the depot and
marry him OIf-hand; knew him year
before We were married. He is forty
four, not thirty-SiX, and I'm fOrty-SiX,
not nearly fifty. He has not got all my
money: Eve got $500, and he's paid all
our expenses besides.
IT WAS PERFECTLY RIDICULOUS
about those wives. The raScally re-
porters made them up all but two. They
said Mrs. Jones. of st. Paul, married
him. I'll tell you Mr.. Wilkins wanted
to get corset for me, and she makes
cOrSetS to order, and we went there
and was measured. When it was de-
livered Mr. Wilkins walked home with
her. That was all there was of that.
About Mr. Wilkins being diSSipated, he
Is not. though he does drink some. I'd
rather you'd not say where we're go
ing, because Mr.. wilkins does not want
any more newspaper nOtoriety if posi-
Bile. and wants TO let
THE ST. PAUL WIFE
get her divorce without trouble. You
know his father is rich. He did go to
St. Paul and stayed with her after mar
rying me. know it, though he says
he didn't. His mother told me so. Then
he came back to Cleveland and I've
lived with him ever since. 1t is very
humiliating state of things for me, and
Mr.. wilkins doesn't want me to talk
with reporters" The pair left this after
noon for Gambler, town in this county,
where Mrs. Stetson has fine farm. 1t
is generally supposed here that she is
the dupe of an INSCRIPTIONS adven-
turer. She evidently looks upon him as
her own true lover and sOOn-to-be right
full husband. Her Stalwart nephew,
whom she raised and who lives on the
Scambler farm, may have something to
say to the arrangement when they get
there.