St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-02
WINONA is SHOCKED.
A Wedding Which Creates a
Social Commotion in a
Minnesota Town.
Serious Charges Made Against
the Husband Of a Belle
Of WinOna.
High Water Still Doing Some
Damage in Minnesota and
the DakotaS.
Rapid City Boy Of Twelve
Shoots Dead a Companion
Of Seven.
Special to the Globe.

Special 10 the Globe.
WINONA, Mimi, April 1.-Social
circles in this city are convulsed over
an event which occurred couple of days
ago in the shape of the marriage of E.
X. Tarbell and Miss Ella Tucker. Tar
bell has for some time been paying
court to Miss Tucker. much against the
wishes OF her father. o. c. Tucker, who
is among the wealthiest capitalists of
WiGona. Tuesday evening the pair
were secretly united, and departed alb
ruptly on an extended trip TO California.
Miss Tucker was foremost among the
young society ladies of WinOna, and is
held in high esteem. Not much has
heretofore been known about Tarbell,
except that he was a La Crosse hotel
keeper, and assumed charge of the new
$15O,0OO hotel upon the structures
completion. 1t has transpired since the
hasty wedding that
Tarbell'S Previous Life
was Lot in accord with his proposed
father-in-law's ideas, and the latter en-
plOyed private detectives to look up
Tarbell's record at various places where
he formerly resided. Mr.. Tucker claims
to have conclusive information that
Tarbell was owner and manager of a
shady house at Hurley, Wis, when
there was such excitement concerning
them about four years ago. Tucker also
has copy of a MOntrose, Pa, news
paper containing full account of how
Tarbell alienaIed the affections there of
the wife of a DR.. Force. The latter, the
paper saws, obtained divorce from his
wife, and she went with Tarbell to La
Crosse, and remained with him as his
second wife until her demise couple
of years ago. The present bride is Tar
BELLS third wife. So strong were her
fathers suspicious of TarbelPs char
acter that he employed a Pin
kertOn detective and had him
installed in the Hotel WinOna for
several weeks with an astonishing re-
sult. The clergyman who performed
the ceremony, Rev. d. p. Chittenden,
OF this city, states that he required Tar
bell, under the
CanOnS OF the Church.
to state under oath whether he was
married, had q former wife living, or
whether there was any impediment to
the union, to all of which Tarbell re-
piled in the negative. Just previous to
the ceremony Tarbell acknowledged to
the clergyman that the reason for the
hurried and secret marriage was that
Tucker, armed with certain dOcu-
ments, was to appear during the
ceremony and create a scene, so the
marriage ceremony was celebrated a
day ahead of time. The father of the
bride, accompanied by Shhritf Gay and
an attorney. guarded the Milwaukee
depot all night, but the pair, aided by
friends, made their escape GU an early
morning Burlington train. The affair
has caused much stir and comment So
cially, and the BRIDES father, who is
worth several hdndred thousand dol
lars, is nearly beside himself with grief.
He has totally disinherited his daughter.
Efforts, without avail, are being made
to hush the matter up as quietly as pos
Sible, but the reception of the couple
upon their return from the extended
wedding trip will be one which will
prove of interest to Mother Grundy and
her goSSips.