St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-04

WlTe mas Sued ner husband Tor III
vorce. The names of the parties
are David NJ. Clough, DR.. John
A. Moore and Mrs. Ida E. Moore.
ID. NJ. Clough is an old resident of Min
neapolis, having coming to Minnesota
over thirty years ago. He has been
prominently connected with politics,
having been alderman of the city and
member of the legislature. He has also
mayoralty. He is prominently identi-
fed with
RACING IN THE NORTHWEST
and has always borne one of the best Of
regulations. He certainly has the synl-
pathy of the majority of the people who
KNOW him in being thus connected with
scandal of large proportions and vari-
Gus phases. DIR. John A. Moore came
to Minneapolis about three years ago
and began practicing Christian science
healing. His wife was engaged in the
practice of the healing with him. and
they were supposed to be living happily
tog ther. DR.. Moore's charge against
MIR. Clough is the seduction of Mrs.
Moore. TO many the suit has the ap-
pearance of blackmalling scheme. If
it is plan to wiring money from
highly respected : and wealthy
citizen it differs materially from
the majority of those cases. Us
ually in blackmailing enterprises
the wife stands in with her husband,
but Mrs. Moore, on the contrary, asserts
that her husbands charges are wholly
and unqualifiedly false. DR.. Moore's
complaint, which was filed yesterday,
rccitcS tha he
MARRIED Ills WIFE
at West LeYant. Me-, Aug. Is, 1875. The
lSCnn from that nlarrialrel iS 1a,l
ter, Lot a, aged fourteen years. 1t
states thar DR.. Moore and his wife lived
happily together until Aug. 25, 1888,
since which time they have been sep
arated. The complaint recites that in
the month of February, 1888, in the city
of San Francisco, and in the city of San
Quentin, state of California, David NJ.
Clough did wrongfully, y,maliciously and
wickedlydebauch,a and carnally know Ida
E. Moore without the privity or consent
of plaintiff" The same thing is also as
serted of the city of Cambridgrport.
Mass. during the time between April
and Aug. 25, 1888. The complaint
goes Oh to recite that these unlawful
acts between D. NJ. Clough and
Ida E. Moore continued both in
Minneapolis and St. Paul, in
the latter city at certain
house on St. Peter street and at the
Merchants hotel, all between Jan. l
and April 10. and between Aug. 25 and
Dec. 81, 1889. On Nov. l a suit for
divorce from DR.. John A. Moore was
begun by Mrs. Ida E. Moore. But such
Influences were brought to bear at the
time that the case never got
INTO THE PAPERS.
In her complaint for a divorce Mrs.
Moore asserted that her husband was
addicted to habits and to crimes against
nature which are too vile to be repeated,
and that for those same practices he was
driven from the state of Massachusetts,
1t also charges her husband with deser-
ton. Those allegations were all denied
in Dr.. MOOre'S answer to the suit, and
he therein made practically the
same countercharges against her
as are embodied In the pres
ent suit against Senator Clough.
There is also another damage case now
pending which is connected with this
Scandal. Ii is the suit of Mrs. Ida E.
Moore against A. B. Rugg, the phOtng-
rapher, for 5000. for allowing picture
OF herself to leave his hands without her
consent. That picture, it will be re-
membered. was given, or sold, to GER
tain private detective, who, it is al
legged. exhibited it in certain houses of
ill-fame in Minneapolis and st Paul, for
what purpose will be brought out later.
A BRIEF HISTORY.
of the whole case. with the facts thatled
up to it is here presented. When DR..
and Mrs. Moore came to Minneapolis
about three years ago, Mrs. Clough,
wife of the senator, was an invalid, as
she has been for long time. Her
husband had tried all known remedies
for his wife, and all had likewise failed
In hope of securing some relief for her,
he turned to Christian science. DR..
Moore and his wife were called upon to
treat her. Mrs. Moore had charge of Mrs.
ClOugh'S case, and. of course. paid
frequent visits to the Clough residence
and she became a friend of both
the senator and Mrs. Clough. In the
winter of 1888 it was resolved to take
| Mrs. Clough to California to see if the
change of climate would not benefit her.
With the consent of her husband, it is
said, Mrs. Moore accompanied them,
still treating Mrs. Clough. While So
| journing in California the alleged GRIM
inal intimacy between Mrs. Moore ana
Senator ClOugh began. 1t continued
during the stay in California, and. it is
alleged, during subsequent trip
through the East. The party returned
to Minneapolis in the summer of 1883,
and soon after DIR. Moore separated
from his wife, as he says, because of
her relations with Senator Clough.
Then began the alleged
CRIMINAL ACTIONS
in Minneapolis and st. Paul, which are
said to have continued for pretty nearly
the whole time since. During this time
Mrs. Moore has resided at 1911 Clinton
avenue with her father. William A.
Shaw, of Shaw & Sons, grocers, at 1929
Fourth avenue south. She is said to
have been criminally intimate with
Senator Clough at her home, and also in
st. Paul, at certain houses said to be
well-knoWn resorts of assignatlon.
1t is In connection with the alleged
visits to st. Paul that the photograph
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