St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-04
YEARNS FOR DIVORCE.
H. x. Harrington Going to
South Dakota to Secure
His Liberty.
He Graves Separation From q
Woman for Whom He
Fought.
August Loke and His Knife
Why Mrs. Gordon At
tempted Suicide.
Choicest Gle anings From the
Pulpit Expressions Of
Yesterday.

Among the guests at the Nlcollet Is
Der of the well-known oyster and can
ming firm, Harrington 81 Watrous. Mr..
harrington is on his way to South Da-
kota, and will leave for there either to-
day or tomorrow. Mr.. Harrington is
the gentleman who became famous
about three years ago through hghtlng
a duel with Capt. Andrew Henry, OF
Cedar Keys, Fla. The fight was the
result of quarrel over a woman. ana
Henry lost, for Harrington winged him
and shortly afterwards he died. The
story of the affair was told GLOBE re-
porter yesterday by a gentleman con-
nected with the Nicollet house, who is
very well acquainted with Mr.. Harring-
ton. The woman who was the cause OF
the duel is at present MIR. Harrington's
wife, though she will not be so long, for
he intends bringing suit for
divorce against her as soon as
in South out Dakota Dakota. sne was twice
widow when Mr.. Harrington met her
and had two little children, by her last
husband, Mr.. Gregory. She made a
charming widow and had no trouble in
"landng" Mr.. Harrington. 1t was after
he had proposed marriage to her that
Capt. Henry made some slurrlng re-
mark about the fair widow which re-
suited in duel and his death.
The incidents of the courtship and
marriage would make an excellent
romance, but the events that followed
the tying of the so-called holy bond are
SO earthly and prosalc that the story
would prove disappointment. A man
more thoroughly diSenchanted than Mr..
Harrington is, it would be hard to find.
He discovered when too late that the
woman he thought SO fair and gentle,
as a widow, was yeritable harridan as
a wife. He has discovered, as he thinks,
sufficient evidence OF CORY kind to
land her in states prison. Her first
husband died under peculiar clrcum-
stances, and it has been learned from
witnesses that he was poisoned. The
second husband, the Mr.. Gregory, died
from consumption, and Mr.. Harrington
saws he can prove that his wife was in
the habit of starving the sick man; also
of beating him with club.
For himself, MIR. Harrington says that
two months after the honeymoon his
wife began TO show fearfully jealous
disposition, and he did not dare to look
at woman on the street for fear Of
being accused OF HlrUlnR' w ueHeFeI
she got real angry his wife would act
like perfect fury. and one time to re-
venge herself on him for some fancied
Slight. threw jar filled with foul slops
at him. At another time she ran after
him with red-hot poker, and one night
when be remained down town tritie
later than usual she attempted to muir
der him with his own razor. She could
never keep servants over week at q
time, for her abuse of them was shame
full and they always left. Last Christ
mas, Mr.. Harrington says, his sweet
tempered spouse took and cut new
suit of clothes he had just. purchased
into shreds, and then, bringing the rags
to him. told him to put them on On
New Years eve a number of guests
were at the house taking dinner. His
wire, just to make things pleasant. de-
liberately placed a slop jar filled with
dirty water upon the table, and I'M
covered the foul-smelling thing while
the guests were eating. He is almost
sure she is insane, but whether she is Or
not, he will have his divorce as soon as
possible.