St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-28
WIFE IN NAME ONLY.


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his relation with Miss Roche first
last May, they, having knowledge of
the existence of his wife and family in
Freeport, telegraphed McVeagh at
Helena. Mont, that he must either
QUIT THE WOMAN OR THE FIRM.
tie represented to them that he had
done the former. A letter written by
the girls sister to the GLOBE substan-
tlateS the SuppOSiti0n that he made an
effort to break with her in accordance
with his employers command, rs in
June he sent her home to her parents at
Grafton, Dak., but at the end of q
month had her rejoin him at Helena.
When McVeagh was discharged from
the employ Of Beaupre, Keogh & Davis,
he left with tears of repentance III his
eyes and VOWS of reformation on his
lips. He gave forth his determination
to go to Omaha and lead better life in
the bosom of his family--the first one
which he prOfeSSed he would have join
HIM there. His late employers have
had no direct Intelligence of him since
that he appeared for a few days in
Omaha. The impression is that after
reaching Omaha he
HAD ONE OF THE RELAPSES
which characterized his relations with
Miss Roche throughout, and has
sent for her from Detroit in the face of
determination to do better, just as he
sent for her from Helena under similar
circumstances last summer. The fol-
lowing letter from the sister of Miss
Roche throws more light on his relations
with her than anything that has before
been given to the public has done:
The man Van r. MacVeagh, who
claims to be innocent of the outrageous
crime he has committed, is we'll known
in Grafton. just one year past first
saw himat the Ingalls, house in Grand
Forks, where at that time he told me
all that he had done for the poor girl,
all the jewelry, clothes and other things
he had bought for her, and said he
loved her; and he said the world would
be nothing to him without her. | mad
never seen Van r. MacVeagh before
that time, but he, knowing me to be
sister of hers, told me all. didn't
think at that time of him having
daughter as old as the poor girl he has
just betrayed. He also told me.that he
wanted her to take music lessons at the
IngallS house, but she refused. That
week while was in Grand Forks the
Richard Foote company was there. He
took her there every night. L next saw
HIM at Park River. where he was tell
ing me f.her taking laudanum; how it
cost him SO per day for her at the In
gals in Grand Forks, and how he stayed
by her until she was we'll. He then
brought her to Grafton, In March, 1888,
and had her learn dresSmaking, and
spent most of his time in her
company. He had her board at the Nler-
chants hotel, Grafton, and through Jeal-
ouSy and love for her when he went
away he had the folks there to watch
her. If she spoke to a young man he
would get angry, and come to me and |
say: ''She can go plump to HI; | will
have nothing more to do with her," and
in ten minutes more he would have her
out driving. Van r. MacVeagh has
alse turned her against her own people.
for she was young and easily led. She
was just seventeen years old the day he
took her away to Winnipeg to get mar
ried. He then took her to Miles City,
lowStOne park with him. He sent hel /
home to Grafton in June. left her there
one month, and on the 22d of July sent
her money to take her back to Helena,
Mont, where she stayed some time.
Then they came to Bismarck, where she
was taken sick. and remained there six
weeks at hotel. He wrote to her from
Montana. but, getting no answer, he
telegraphed the clerk to know If Mrs.
McVeagh was better. He then brought
her to Fargo on the Goth of November.
where one of her sisters was, and he
went to st. Paul, and on the 1st of De-
cember he telegraphed her sister
thus: 'Meet me at Headquarters hotel
this evening. V. X. MacVeagh." She
did so, and he said to her he wished he
could get Mrs. MacYeagh to settle
down some time. and for her sister to
be ready after the HOLIDAYS and he
would take her out to Montana with |
them. He also told her how he paid |
the sisters in the convent at Miles City |
for her music and painting lessons. |
He said he tried to do everything for |
her, but that he could not make any
thing out of her. The hotel where |
they stayed was Carter's European |
hotel, in Miles City, Mont. Mr. Mac
Veagh states in the GLOBE that the
woman in St. Cloud is insane, with an
for claiming him as a |
husband. She may at present be III
sane, as may be supposed when she |
found out that she had been betrayed |
)y scoundrel and bigamist.
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