Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1889-08-22
HE NURSED A VIPER.
A Sensational Eopsment Re-
ported rron ChlcAzo.
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s.sl.4al Assists a. Ll'l gxas Priest u -
AflSrsares Wrecks the Nssas
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TIE -L4IeA Ma Mcdonald 1lsaF fe2reo
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ANY ~ 4s-eesiFes have been r. aimed -
discover h@r W-erealou-s r1ey 1AFs sle
cse4s1 on-y in c1l1-nilg -er de4lo-l1s,
E4aue1 o. sol1 s0llew here ia the L1sL lt
Is supposed that Ma Mcdonald Is now in
L1Tope. 4 Aluser OF years aso SIS faa
away vita Billy Arlington. tbs minstrel
nan 20 san Francisco. where her husband
overlook tie guilty pair and compelled 10
wife % rsturn 70 Chicago With him
Ms. Mcdonald, WhO Is past the eye of
a. ran away from her husband. married
SOC. a married Ssughtsr, boy II yeas 81
age. child bat years old. Snd Two < and
sons. children Or her daughter Ar Ae-
Donald Is one or me Dess-known men Ia
Chicago HIS fortune Is estimated a. ST.
5000. and he surrounded hls vie With
every luxury she could Wish for. her
slightest him Vas graft ed lie lSvishsd
money upon her ana 80 her diamonds
sna the richest " dresses The home sne
left Is furnished with elegance and splen-
aOr rarely seen Ia any mansion
Father Joseph Ncysant, one OF the as
sistant pastors Or the church Or Actte
Dame Is the guilty partner OF Mrs Melon
AID aishE lie has Tor three years been The
conisssOr or tho Mcdonald family. lie Is a
young priest about s. years Old standing ave
feet ten inches h.gh and built Ike an Apol
10 Beivedere tie weighs some aJ0 pounds
and Ia an athlete a. well a. q handsome
nan. The reverend gentleman Was intro
1uced into tho Mcdonald household about
Two yeas ago. Mrs Mcdonald was always
1eyoIt Catholic and she took quite liking
10 the handsome young priest While
be was at the Church OF Aotre Dame. His
visits became more and more frequent ana
finally 10 please his wife Nike Mcdonald
installed the priest IA hts household as
spiritual adviser 10 bis vile and children
chapel Was arranged where the divine
service could be held ia the hoUs,, and
room was set apart for Father AOysants
use. This. however. was seldom used, ex-
cept upon one occasion. when the priest
fell sick and was nursed by the
McDonaids back TO health Just how sooa
the relations between the two became
too intimate Is not known, but
The servants in the house began 10 suspect
mencemeat OF the illicit connection year
and hali ago. At the time, according TO
Ma AcDOnaidS story, Father Moysant
went through some curious form OF alleged
marriage with Mrs. Mcdonald lie Induced
her to kiss crucifx and swear IN the
church that she would be = wife 10 10 one
but him Just what value either OF tho
parties attached 20 this ceremony does not
appear, but there IS said 10 be no doubt
thai IL really occurred
Mcdonald himself did not suspect that
any thing was wrong until after the woman
had gone away. In the house the servants
had whispered among themselves. and tTo
OF them are said to have acted as go-be-
tweens for the --y lovers she went
away on the 24th OF July, and it WAS ten
days later before the husband began TO sus-
pect that any thing was wrong He thought
that his wife was merely visiting relatives.
Mr Mcdonald is bitter In the extreme
against his wife's psTamour, and says that
one does not know IN whom he can have
faith IL he can't trust his wife and his
priest Father Moysant, he says, first made
his Appearance at his residence hungry,
ragged and sick HIS heart went out in
sympathy for him. and lie clothed and fed
him From that time on he was regular
visitor In addition 10 having stolen the
affections OF his wife Mcdonald says he has
proof that the ungratefUl priest planned TO
POISON him, but that Mrs. Mcdonald To-
beled against such horrible proceeding.
These facts he has learned from servants,
who knew OF the liason, and who have since
been discharged because or having kept
their guilty knowledge to themselves. Nc
Donald viii procure a divorce from his
wife