Evening journal., 1889-06-10
= ST. PAUL SENSATION.
Ex-senator Dwight M. Sabin
q, Secures a Divorce.
CHARGED WITH DRUNKENNESS.

Ths Scandal Has Been Carefully Con-
ceaied for Many Years and the Legal
Proceedings We're Carried Out with ths
Greatest Secrecy.
81. PAUI, MINI, June 10 -Ex- Senate,
Dwight M. Satin, Of Saltwater, has reached
taie elimination Of series of domestic mis-
fortunes which have been weighing hin
down and clouding his life for long time
he has secured divorce in the distric
court Of Washington county from his wife
r. Amelia Sabin. The suit was institute,
March %. All information concerning i
was suppressed and the divorce WIS granted
late Saturday night by Judge McCluer, al
Saltwater.
Confirmed Inebriate.
The charge made in the complaint is that
OF habitual drunkenness This allegation in
itself win be most shocking to the society Of
Washington and other cities where Mrs
Sabin has long been a shining social light,
but II is credibly asserted that there were
other allegations made by Mr. Sabin and
his intimate friends which have be-
come known in Sdllwht.r and St
Paul For some time past, ranging
into years, Mrs. Sabin has been the victim OF
a craving for stimulants which amounted %
a disease The strongest trandies would
alone satisfy these cravings, and from alco.
holic stimulants the unfortunate lady was lea
into the use Of opium, and had become con.
frmed slave 70 that powerful drug. hei
nervous system was shattered and her mine
SO weakened by the excessive use Of 81 imu.
lants and opiates that her reason was affected
and she committed various acts for which sh,
was scarcely responsible. 1t finally became
necessary to commit her 10 an asylum where
she is now confined.
A leading Social Light.
Mrs. Sabin's maiden namo was B Amelia
Hutchins, and she was the adopted daughter
of DR.. Hutchins a prominent physician of
Danielsonville, Conn. She was married 70
MIR. Sabin at that place about twenty years
ago at the age Of 20 years Socially,
Mrs Sabin is a most fascinating lady,
and during Mr.. Sabins senatorial career
in Washington she gave weekly receptions
which were among the most popular given
Ay any lady in that city, and We're at
tAnded by the most distinguished people
Ii is doubtful whether the fault OF which
oAN - NAAi III Aut complaint ever
became apparent TO any of her Washington
guests or came TO the knowledge Of her
friends there. Indeed, II was so much of a
secret that no one in saltwater, except, pos
sibly, very intimate friends, were aware Of
II, though she has lived there many years.
MIR. and Mrs Sabin have no children Of their
Own, but they have adopted three. Two Of
these were the children Of the late John b
Raymond, of Fargo, N. D., formerly United
States marshal and afterward delegate in
congress from Dakota, and the other Is a
little daughter Of a relative OF Mrs.
Sabin's There is no place where this
sad affair win be as startling as In
the city Of Saltwater where Mr.. and
Mrs. Sabin have resided since their marriage
All Saltwater believed them TO be happy
pair. The first intimation that all was not
well began 70 force itself upon the people
during Mr.. sabin's last senatorial contest
One or two Of the intimate friends OF the ex-
senator made the remark during the heat Of
that memorable contest that if the senator
had nothing but that contest 70 worry him
be would be happy man. This opened the
way 20 inquiries, and Mr. Sabin's real cause
Tor trouble began % dawn upon the people
However, the fact that divorce has been
granted viii be news 70 all.