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Chicago special OF August 81: The sensa.
tional elopement OF the wife OF the million
ARE and ex-gambler, Mike G. Mcdonald,
with Father Joseph Moyant OF Notre Dame
church which was brought to public notice
to-day, vas q rich bit OF food for the pru-
RENT. All day in certain circles it was a
theme for general discussion. The glamor
of romance that attaches to thestory OF the
elopement, the disparity between the ages
of the lady and her paramour, the prosti-
tuition OF religious influence to subserve an
unholy purpose, the abandonment OF sell,
family, station and ~afiuence by Mrs. Nc.
Donald and the manifest ~infatuation OF
the so.called servant of God to deliber'
ately repay charity with the grossest In
gratitude, and ruin a happy home IN Iur'
therance of his illicit love, added In
terest to the matter. Sympathy for Mr.
Mcdonald, pity and regret for his wife, n
invectives against the priest that would
scarcely bear repeating were everywhere
heard.
The news was kept secret as long as pos.
sible, but when the story finally leaked OUT
Mr.. Mcdonald made the best OF IT,, ano
despite the unpleasantness OF the situation,
he was at his office yesterday as courteous
and affable as ever.
WHAT MR.. M'DoNALD SAYS.
az suppose" said he, to a News" re-
porter, "that the peculiar features oil the
case are almost incomprehensible TO INT
public. To me the matter is easily ex'
plainable. Mrs. Mcdonald was no giddy
girl. am satisfied that it was not q cast
| oil personal in~fatuation. Father Moysan'
| was a greasy, ill-mannered rebrobate
little better than a tramp, when he came
| to nv house. He came there for food anc
| shelter, out at the toes and elbows. ID
was not an attractive person in any sense
| of the term. He ate with his knife till
gave him a quiet tip hat that was not tn.
t correct fashion, and wiped his nose WIFI
| his cuff, till l furnished him with 1t hand
| kerchief. l put up with him for charity
| sake and never had words with him blu
twice-once because he smoked opium
| cigarettes in the house and again becaus'
he presumed to reprove my little boy O.
the table.
1.-THE fact that Mrs. Mcdonald becam'
little less than d fanatic in matters OF re
ligion, and the brute who seduced he
brought q tremendous religious influence tt
bear on her. He had the opportunity
every priest has. Shortly after ne frs
came to my house Mrs. Mcdonald had al
altar erected 1T his suggestion in the roon
adjoining his. She, poor woman, doubles
thought it was for devotional purposes.
am satisfied now that it was a bit OF hi
cunning. q blind for me. She was weaI
mentally and he was strong mentally ant
physically, and under his powerful leverage
the church, he made her an east prey
That l believe is the whole st.ry in a nut
shell and though l have no more use for IN.
wife, l have no feeling for heE except one @
pity and sorrow. Still it makes my bloo'
boil when l think that the wrong ha
been going on for two years in my owl
house and elsewhere, and that certain
members of my own household knew abou
it all the time; to think that the lecherou
brute actually married her q year and
half ago, taking my ring off her hand ant
putting his on and making her swear be
fore the altar she would no longer be
wife to me except in name; to think tina
he lived on me. blessed my food, took m!
children on his knee and blessed them
took my wife to the confessional an
defled her-and owing to her weakness O
mind and the abnormal interest she tool
in religion. Why, she whom I always sup
piled with all the money she needed lef
the Twenty.second street station when sh'
ran away in d nuns garb and a CHART.
| ticket"
THERE WHEREABOUTS.
"Do you know where the two now are?'
Not exactly, but I have reliable infor
nation that they are heading for the Per'
Hyacinthe crowd in France, where the mar
| riage of priests is advocated. It is not
true as reported, that I have had detectives
trying to find my wife. l have not and dc
not wish to find her; OF the contrary
have already taken steps towards securing
| O divorce. Mr.. A. B. jerks and Mr.. A. s
Trude are my attorneys and the bib will b.
filed tomorrow (Thursday). This step il
not taken out OF spite or hostility TO my
wife. 1t is to protect my property inter
ests and to minimize the shame of my chill
dren. l am practically forced to follow
this course. Consideration for my home
and children is paramount to considera,
tions for Mrs. Mcdonald.
"Will you prosecute Father Moysant?"
ION that matter I will not talk. Let
time bring it's own Developments. l will tel
you this much. l will teach my children to
hate with a hate that can only be ex,
pressed with q hiss, the man who has
broken up my home. If you can form an
inference from this as to what l myself
shall do, you are welcome to. Perhaps,
however, somebody else will get hold Of him
before I do"
Twice during the interview Mr.. Nc.
Donald broke into tears. Two months or
so ago his little boy was sick and he said
that Mrs. Mcdonald nursed him with the
greatest devotion, never taking off her
clothes during his sickness. It is facts like
these that 60 to convince Mr.. Mcdonald
that his wife vas rather a victim than a
sinner.
A telegram was received last night from
Tlfin, Ohio, whittier Mrs. Mcdonald was
supposed to have gone when she left home
July "a. The message states that she was
in Tifin come weeks ago ard babe her
mother good bye, but seemed to be medi-
tating fight at the time.