St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-24
From the Globe of April ell
$40 H0LC0MB'S VERSION
AN EXptxR17i0Y WHICH DOES NOT
EXPLAIN. .a'e-
CLAIMS THE PARTIES KNEW


That They Were Only Separated,
but Not. Divorced - Amdavit
From the Woman-The Whole
Defense, Pnnctured-Aow the
Document Was Gotten Up
"Divorce" the Loading Feat.
ure. - ~
Mr.. Walter Ho!comb. the $40 at
torney who issues divorces to order,
favors tho GLOBE and the public With
the following statement:
To the Editor Of the Globe.
Dear Sir: You will do me the CON-
mon justice to publish this communica.
ton rs broadcast as you did an article
In this mornings GLOBE entitled "a
Nice Candidate" am sorry that you
should have deemed 1t wise to turn this
into personal campaign. In regard to
the articles of separation published in
that article in this mornings GLOBE,
Isdesire % call your attention to a few
errors Of fact. In the first place, the
parties were not deceived into believing
that instrument divorce. They agreed
upon the terms Of separation. and E l.
ward Paul agreed to pay her certain
sum. Both understood the full purport
and limitations Of that Instrument.
They separated and went tletr ways,
be to Little CanaaaO and | Sue drift
ed to Duluth, where; she-waived the
formality OF divorce and assumed
to marry John Lang. Those articles OF
separation wore drawn up not as a
divorce. but because l advised Edward
Paul, after hearing his story, that he
had not sufficient proof to enahIs him
to procure a divorce. When Edward
Paul learned that his wife had assumed
to marry Lang In Duluth. he came into
my office anu requested me to. proc ire
him divorce: thereby showing that he
understood that he had no divorce. /
append her affidavit to show whether
she was deceived. That she ever
claimed that she understood that docu-
ment to be divorce, is false. Now. my
dear sir, If your sensibilities are
shocked by the contents of that in
strument as being too foul to publish in
the GLOBE, and If the intelligent
readers of the GLOBE wish to risk their
morals with the contact. they will find
the unexpurgated edition in The Green
Bag, the leading humorous legal pub
LEGATION of the United States. 1t is GER
tainly sad; spectacle and possibility
that confronts the people Of this city to
think OF communicating the municipal
bench With the author Of snch a horri-
BILE instrument. The document was
sent to the Green Bag without my
knowledge, and no apologies were Of.
frrea by that periodical. The position
Of the st. Paul GLOBE seems to be that
those Obnoxious articles Gf separation
were an index of gross Ignorance. The
Green Bag published the same In full
as 4 specIineniof intelliQeat humor. I
am sorry the Green Bag WAS mistaken.
will say this, that Edward Paul
made complaint against his wife with.
out NY knowledge or advice, solely on
his own motion. Respectfully.
@$-f-: WALTER HoLCoMB.
st. Paul. Kim, April %. 1884,
IS AFFIDAVIT OF MRS. LANG =
Stale of Minneseta;uGU nty Of RAM,
sey, ss.-Annie NJ. Lang, being. duly
sworn. deposes and says that she, is the
same person who was the wife of Ed
ward Paul; that her articles of separa-
bl0u tTOHi SdtO EuNdTu THul were DUU.
lished ill the st. Paul GLOBE Oh April
20. 1894; that both she aud her SAID huS.
band were fully aware that the same
we're not in any sense divorce. and
were agreed upon because said Paul
was unable to prove any grounds for a
divorce; that the attorney, W alter Hol-
comb, Esq, fully explained said insIru-
ment TO herself and said Paul; that
neither were in any way deceived into
believing. said instrument a divorce;
that, after the execution of said instru-
ment, said Paul procured a divorce In
the courts. and thereafter and on June
Z, 1892, aff1ant duly married j ohm Lang.
'4-' - ANNIE M. LANG.
Subscribed and sworn TO- before me
kpril 20 1894. lz =.
fNetarial Seal. C. y. NEwcoMB,
Notary Public Minnesota.
1t would be difficult to conceive of