The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-21
MARRIED FOUR TINES
Mrs. CluXtOn Has Had Three Besides
Aaron Hershfeld.
SHE IS BEAUTIFUL AND ~
While Della Hogan Was Being Re-
leased In Fargo. the Love Affair
Sprung Up Which Resulted In
the ST. Paul Marriage.

Sprung Up Which Resulted In
the ST. Paul Marriage.
Mrs. Mamie Cluxton, who married
Aaron Hershfield the other day. has. IL
seems. had a number of experiences
as a married woman and has had more
experience in the divorce courts than
Aaron himself. Aaron Is her fourth
husband. The Chicago Times-Herald
gives this account of the marriage and
of Mrs. Hershfield's former career:
aaron Hershfield. banker. mine
owner and social representative OF the
Hershfield name in Helena and Miles
City. has married again. The tele-
graphic announcement in the Times
Herald yesterday morning from st.
Paul of his marriage to Mrs. Marie
Cluxton startled his innumerable Chi
cago acquaintance and the many in
theatrical and other circles who knew
Marie d'Epsy long before she married
the three other husbands she possessed
before her union with Mr.. Hershfield.
| She is a beautiful woman, but not so
prominent in Episcopalian circles Of
| Chicago as the dispatch stated.
| Mr.. Hershfield and his. brother. l..
III. Hershfield, the head of the Mer-
| chants National bank of Helena, are
commercially quoted as being worth
s15,000,000. Marie d'Epsy. now Mrs.
| Aaron Hershfield. has lived In Illinois
for a number OF years. She is known
in Ottawa and Chicago for her ex
| IRENE beauty, vivaciousness, cultured
ways and the misfortunes which have
made her previous matrimonial expert
ences unhappy. She is an intimate
friend of Mrs. Gore and met Mr..
Hershfield while both we're undergoing
| a painful experience.
Her first marriage, 50 far as known.
| took place in Ottawa Ill, when she
| was about Is years old. She is now
approximately 40 She married Will
lam Bell, who was attracted to her by
| her precociousness and charming
ways. Their married life is said to
have not been a happy one. They
| finally separated and later her mar
riage to DR.. CluNton was announced.
! BY him a child was born, who now
lives in Chicago. He is Manley Clux-
ton, who owns a laundry at 1855 State
street. He is about % years of age
and highly respected.
"Dr. Cluxton and his helpmate did
not agree. Marie d'Epsy and he agreed
to disagree and did, for later her mar
| riage to Frank King followed. In the
fall OF 1894 she visited Fargo as Mrs.
! King for the purpose of acquiring a
residence there under the statutes so
| IiidN Nit dVBlg a uiNOINt anu
| secure II. II was then she met the
wealthy Aaron Hershhcld who was
| also seeking a divorce. He wished to
be free from Della Hogan. Aaron and
Marie cast eyes upon each other and
| both loved So conspicuous was the
affection which they showered upon
| each other that even Judge McCon-
! nelfs attention was called to IL. Both
were granted the divorces they sought.
| Prior to meeting Mr.. Hershfield.
| who, besides his vast banking and
mining interests in Montana, owns the
| exclusive franchise obtained from the
government Of operating a stage line
| in the Yellowstone park. the d'Epsy
had travelled extensively. She had Gull
| tivated a natural love for the arts and
the sciences. Her rooms in Fargo were
| adorned with bric-a-brac brought from
every part of civilized Europe and this
country. Her person was adorned with
diamonds. Rather petite in form, dark
| of feature, OF French descent exuuis-
| itely gowned on all occasions. and
alone I'm the world save for the son she
had borne DR.. Cluxton, a sympathy
sprung up between her and the famous
| Helena banker which ended in their
marriage.
After her divorce from King, Mrs.
| CluXton, as she preferred to be known,
! returned to Chicago. She lived for a
time at 1896 Michigan avenue, where
she attracted attention by having a
Chinaman for her attendant, a custom
quite common on the Pacific coast In
December. 1894. she was living at the
Potomac Flats, Both street and Michi-
| gan avenue. Mr.. Hershfield, who had
also come TO Chicago. was living at
the Lakota, just opposite. where he
had registered as A. Hoffman, from
| Kansas City, IL is said. His wooing OF
the charming Marie was ardent and
later developments, friends say have
shown that he had met the ideal of his
life.
There was only one bar to his COM
plete triumph. and that was the affec-
ton of his would-be bride for a proml-
nent official of one of the leading rail-
roads of Chicago. Mrs. Cluxton opened
a fashionable apartment house at 18th
and Michigan, which she subsequent
ly sold out Her mother also main
tanned a fashionable boarding house
on Michigan avenue. Her name APP
pears in the city directory Of various
years as Lucie l.. d'Epsy and Ella +.
d'Epsy. She has a son, the brother OF
Marie Cluxton, now Mrs Hershfleld
Mrs. d'Epsy now lives at both and
Michigan avenue. She is a bright look
ing French lady. who does not speak
very good English.
1T was while Aaron Hershfield was
at the Lakota and Mrs. Cluxton ~. the
Potomac. opposite. that II was finally
decided they should be married. Mr.
Hershfield went west and he was fol-
lowed by his betrothed. Five weeks
ago IL was reported that they had been
privately married in Miles City. where
Mr.. Hershfield has a bank and lives
This report Is contradicted from Miles
City now.
1T seems that the dean Of the SUI
preme court bench of the state of Min
nesota, William Mitchell. is the one
who performed the ceremony. Mr.
Mitchell is one of the most venerable
Judges of the Minnesota bench. wheth-
er he had personal acquaintance with
Mrs. Cluxton. nee Bell. nee King. now
Mrs Hershfield. is not known The
! Aberdeen Flats, where the ceremony
was performed. is I'm the heart OF ST
Paul The city prides itself on classic