St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-27
WINNING WAYS.
Ernest Il. Head BObs Up as De-
PENDANT in Another Divorce

Ernest X. Head Bobs Up as De-
PENDANT in Another Divorce
Suit.
Ernest K. Head. the fawn eyed,
smooth-tongued. mild-mannered young
man who formerly inspected the names
on the Nicollet house register to see
if they were genuine. is made
the defendant in a suit for
divorce brought by his wife. Emma l.
Head. on grounds of cruel and inhuman
treatment The TWO were married two
wears ago next month, and for some
time lived very happily together, but
now there is trouble.
While Ernie was assistant manager OF
the Nieollet he became acquainted with
his present wife, whose maiden
name was Emma l. Thomas.
and the two fell desperately in love
with each other, and were about to be
married. in spite OF the objections of
Miss Thomas friends, when some one
sent a paper from Heads former home
in New York. In the paper the sender
had marked an article Teciting
some of the unfaTOrable points
in the family history of
Miss Thomas proposed husband who
had been married before, and who had
left his wife Susan B. Head and two
children in the great metropolis. When
this matter came up Ernie'S fawn like
eyes grew wonderfully tender, and
finally explained things III such love
IL. romantic way that his new love was
more enamOred OF him than before. ana
when he had secured divorce from his
/ wife on grounds of deSerhon. Miss
Thomas became Mrs. Head the second.
a nj rip
tor OF the Nicollet, during whose reign
Ernie fiourished. sold out to H. L. Rock
field, the present owner, Young Mr..
Head engaged in the sale OF great big,
black and lOathsome cigars. just like a
common tradeSman. and later. Wnen the
/ season at Minnetonka opened, Ernie
became assistant manager or the Hotel
st. Louis. and Mrs. Head went there TO
live with him.
In his professional capacity as hotel
clerk. Mr.. Head has always enjoyed the
I reputation Of being decidedly success
| full masher. and it was his facility in
the matter of fiirtations which caused
| the present trouble. At the lake
Ernie's opportunities for INDUCING in
his fayorite pastime were almost I'M
| limited and he made good use of all of
| them. So open and bold was he in this
became much troubled and remons-
trated with her liege lord, whereupOn
he became, so it is claimed. very IN
sulting. and continually Inundated her
| by paying decided attentions to other
women in her presence. She finally
threatened to come back to town and
live with her mother and told Ernie
that she was going TO write home. He
accommOdatingly replied that she could
go ahead. She wrote the letter. and as
she was about tofinish il. he looked over
her shoulder and snatched the letter
Mrs. Head hung onto it and a
scuffle ensued, during which Mrs.
Head claims TO have been thrown to the
floor. The gentle and sOft-mannered
Ernie then put his knees on her breast
and succeeded in wrenching the letter
from his hand. After that Mr.. Head
retired, and Mrs. Il. sat up and cried
all night. In the morning Mrs. Head
took train for town.
She came in and lived with her
! mother for some time, and when the
season closed at the lake the recre-
ant husband came to the
city, but his wife and his mother-in-law
closed the doors on him and he was out
on the cold world with $50 in his pocket.
After Mrs. Head came back to town she
and her mother moved from SO South
Twelfth street to DOB Eleventh street
south, and left MIR. Heads baggage
at the former number. Mr.. Head,