St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-12
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st. Paul Contributes to the South
Dakota Divorce Colony.

Dakota Divorce Colony.
Special to the Globe.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., April list.
Paul has contributed to the South Da-
kota divorce colony sensation which
iS.likely to become more interesting as
the time passes. William r. Todd, for
merry editor Of the Hastings Democrat.
and later proprietor of the St0ckyard
journal, of South st. Paul, of which
place he was for some years comptroller,
came to South Dakota i'll June. He
spent much time in Sioux Falls and
figured OH the purchase of the Press OF
this city. He secured divorce at Elk
Point Jan. %, and since then has re-
sided at Canton. With him is Mrs.
Margaret Eva Kennison. who was di-
vorced from her husband at jamestown,
y. d., and who came to South st. Paul
three years ago as teacher in the
public schools. The two occupy ad-
Joining rooms at the Harlan house.
In Canton Mrs. KennisOn is known as
Miss Bird Mullarker. her maiden name.
In answer to all questions she said she
was being supported by rich uncle.
Saturday night Mrs. Todd, who now
lives at 1913 East Tenth street, st. Paul,
arrived here, and Sunday afternoon
went to Canton. She was shown to her
husbands rooms. and in a very elab0r-
ate way told her husband and Mrs. Ken
nlSOn what she thought of them. She
took away her little boy Willie, eight
years old, and came to Sioux Falls Mon
day. This evening she received a tele-
gram from Elk Point saying that Todd
secured a divorce from her there Jan.
% or thereabouts. She told GLOBE re-
fl,nt la hoe rn1 inA
whatever that divorce action had been
commenced, though her husband well
knew all the time where she was. She
will at once begin an action to void
the decree OH the ground of fraud
and her attorney here has no doubt but
Judge Smith, who signed the decree.
will vacate it. She further declares that
if Todd swore that he did not know Of
her whereabouts she will have him
prosecuted for perjury. While in Can
ton she took steps to have Todd arrested
for adultery, but the states attorney
here declined to take any action until
he had more facts in his possession.
Mrs. Todd says that for tWenty-four
years she lived happily with her hus-
band until he became acquainted with
the Kennison woman. She says:
"My husband began to spend much
time with this woman and people began
to talk. spoke to him about it. He
said she was book agent and he was
trying to get rid of her. He told others
that he was warm friend of Mrs. Ken
nison's husband, and that he was look
ing after her for Kennison. Last June
ne left to attend the Democratic national
convention in Chicago. Instead of that
he came to South Dakota. L knew Mrs.
KenniSOn was at Mitchell in October and
that Todd paid her bills there. She was
sick at Mitchell, and later was critically
ill at Rock Valley, 10. While i'll the
latter place her father came aud threat
ened to shoot Todd if he did not marry
the girl. She has been sick for tie last
two months at Canton. Willie tells
me that my husband spent much
of his time in the woman's room.
My boy says that Tood had revolver
to protect himself agaInsx me, and that
the woman was also alarmed. Such
actions on the part of Mr.. Todd. who ls
grandfather, are more than incOm-
prehensible to me-"
Mrs. Tood will remain here until she
can get her action for vacating the de-
cree under way. She says she has but
one purpose, and that is TO protect the
interests of her children and to right
the wrongs done her