Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-21
Twice DiShonOred.
Mike McDonald's Trouble with
an Unfaithful Wife.
SHE RUNS AWAY A SECOND TIME.

HIS Benefactor-Ihe woman an LAPert
in Duplicity-The Wronged Husband
Tells the Story of Her Fraiity.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2l.-Mrs. Mcdonald, wife
of mike" Mcdonald, the well-known
ex-gambler and politician, is missing
from her home on Ashland avenue, and Is
said to have eloped with Catholic priest,
who, it is alleged, has been since unfrocked
by the church. Mrs. Mcdonald disappeared
a week ago last Friday, and though small
army of detectives have been retained to dis
cover her whereabouts, they have succeeded
only in obtaining her diamonds, pawned or
sold somewhere in the east. 1t is supposed
that Mrs. Mcdonald is now in Europe A
number of years ago she ran away with
Billy Arlington, the minstrel man, to San
Francisco, where her husband overlook the
guilty pair and compelled his wife to return
to Chicago with him.
Mcdonald Says 1t Is True.
A reporter called on Mr.. Mcdonald last
night to ascertain the facts "Yes, it is true
that my wife has gone" said Mr.. Mcdonald
"She has gone with priest-Father Moysant
of Notre Dame church, of which she has
been a member for some years. and where
the family attended, the children also at
tending the school belonging to the chur CHI.
She lett July "A, telling me she was going to
make visit 10 her mother at Tiiiin, .. or
course, il was stunning blow TO me. To
think that she should be guilty of SO base an
act Why, she will be A years old the 10Th
of next November; she is tie grandmother
of two children, while he is fat, little
lecherous French priest, dirty and greasy.
Something About Moysant.
"Moysant had been stationed for the last
three or four months at Dixon, Ills. He was
sent from Notre Dame into retreat at Bour-
bonnais Grove, near Kankakee, Ills, for
neglecting his duties in the church and be-
cause of his drunken habits. He did not
turn to Notre Dame, but went from Bour-
bonnais TO Dixon, where he remained until
this escapade took place. They were in con-
slant communication with each other all the
time. This dirty, lecherous dog has sat at
my table countless numbers of times He
has blessed my food, and has even had my
little boys get down on their knees that he
might bless them.
The First Appearance.
Ale came to my house the first time two
years ago last July. My wife. who had been
to church, came home and sold me she had
met poor priest III the church, and asked
if she could bring him home to supper.
Why, of course l replied; bring them all
home and fill them up; feed them if they
are hungry She brought the dirty dog to
the house, and, mind you, he was no pleas
ant looking object He had no shoes to
speak of, and l noticed that he wiped his
nose on has coat sleeve. | said to her quietly,
Mary, you'd better go up and get Father
Moysant q handkerchief She did go, and
brought him one of my finest silk handker-
chiefs
Seem To BE n Pretty Pair.
"The thieving rascally fellow SO worked
upon the poor little woman that she did
whatever he asked her to do He got her to
rob ms, to take the money from my pocket
at night, and in various ways made of our
house all he could. He was glutton-a hog
and would eat five meals a day and drink
beer by the bucketful He was here day
| after day and was made welcome to the best
in the house They had their places OF meet
| ing at the Grand Pacific hotel. the Palmer
house, and the Sherman house, she going to
| these places in the garb of a nun; and, by
the way, she returned TO the house three
days after the elopement and was then
| dressed as a nun, with long string OF beads
hanging down by her side, and wearing a
| hood and all the other uniform of a nun"
An Appeal to the Archbishop.
Mr.. Mcdonald said that his wife had sus-
| tanned improper relations with the priest for
| two years; that verybody in his house ex-
cept himself-even the servants-knew of it
| AS soon as did know of it / went to the
| archbishop and laid the matter before him.
| / asked him who on earth | could trust if not
the wife whom l loved and respected and
| the supposed man of God. l do not want to
| say any thing against my wife. Spare her,
| but give that lecherous wretch who calls
| himself priest all the fortunes of hell il
| possible Ii may do very well for preachers
| TO preach of eleventh-hour repentance, and
all that kind of stuff, but if such men as that
can go to heaven, want to go plump straight
| to hell when die
| Gave Away Confessional Secrets.
"This priest told her all the secrets of hi:
confessional, some of them rather sensa
tional affairs. tell You, it won't be very
healthy for some Of the people around thi.
district TO go to shy NJ stones very hard a
me, for they live in houses on glass When
| this trouble came upon me | said to Birdie
| Dirs McDonald's married daughter, Mrs.
James NJ. Pyott, Jr.D, Never go near
priest She answered, Papa, l am through
with them
Mr.. Mcdonald will sue for dive rec. Hi
1 WIG look away NaluabieS worth
about $4,000. Touching Mrs Mcdonald.
former escapade Mr.. Mcdonald said she RAJ
| away because she thought he was unfaithfu
to her, which was not true, his only connec
ton with the girl in the case being few
courtesies. Mrs. Mcdonald cruelty beat tn,
girl and then ran off with Arlington and wa
| married to him in Cincinnati She ther
came back to her husband and said nothing
about her escapade, and he was ignorant o
it till long afterward. She then went t.
| Denver for her health, and next he heard of
her in California He went after her anC
brought her back. Some months after hs
heard of her doings and took her to task.
| Fearful Oath.
Said he: "She got down on her knees
kissed the cruciflx, and swore the soul O
her children into the blacklist depths of bel
if she had been untrue to me. Well, when
women will take such an oath as that, 1 fine
it pretty hard not to believe her. might
under certain circumstances, make oath to
falsehood. but all the gold in the world anC
all happiness for myself both here and here
after could not prevail upon me t.
swear the souls of my children into hell
She was married to this priest
Moysant, in the same way she was married
to Arlington One day, over the altar O
Notre Dame church, he went through
ceremony he called n marriage"
| Lightning Strikes the Eiffel Tower.
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