The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-28
MUCH MARRIED MAUD
TWO HUSBANDS ACCREDITED TO
ONE WOMAN, YET SHE LAM
CUISINES ALONE
GUEST AT COMO VILLA
She Is Visiting superintendent Fitz-
gerald, of the WOrkhOuse, by Or
der of the Municipal Court, and a
Bigamy Charge May Face Her
When Her Thirty Days Ex-
pires.

just whose wife Maud Marie Bentley
Horsch- Holzen5 Smith Worthiugton-s
tlllo Is, and just what her present name
would be If her various affairs were 5is-
ehtansled are questions Of some interest
ABOUT the court house these days.
Inc woman cannot answer because she
is now the workhouse.
Tier husband cannot tell for there are
ct least two who have reason to believe
themselves her husband, and both were
married In regular form, although differ
eht names were presented by their brides.
but IL seems to have been the same
woman
oseph Horsch would like to know.
and PasQule santillo, also, seems to ba
legally married to the woman, though
eile Is at present gracing neither Of their
households having recently undertaken
th1rty-day pilgrimage, under direction
OF the municipal court, to the workhouse,
Horsch has been out of the workhouse
but short time himself but long enough
to learn that the woman he believes is
his wife was married to Santfllo. Hence
the inquiry $50,
The woman in the case is Maud Worth
1ngton, known by other names such as
Maud Bentley, Maud Santillo or Marie
Bentley She has frequently been arrest
cd and for her last offense was sent to
the Workhouse for thirty days. According
to Horsch's story, he married the woman
Dec. last After living with her sew
erel months, Horsch's connection with the
disappearance of valuable equine be-
longing to another man led to his arrest.
He was subsequently tried in the district
court and sentenced to the workhouse
Tor one year. While he was at the work
house Horsch first heard that his suppos-
ed wife had taken unto herself another
husband The discovery came through the
arrest of Pasquale Santilo and Maud
" orth1ngton. The woman claimed to be
Santillos wife.
An investigation followed and Officer
Griffin went to the workhouse to see
Horsch Here Horsch told Officer Griffin
that he had been married to the woman
in December, last year, by a colored min
lister named Rev. R. T. Hickman. Horsch
said he had procured a marriage license
from the clerk of the courts, and that the
marriage was perfectly legal. Then the
police investigated the reported marriage
of the woman to Santillo. It was found,
according 10 OlHcer7 GRIM, that Sant1llO
and the woman had been married May 10
last, by Court Commissioner Gallick.
These alleged facts were placed in the
hands Of the county attorney at the time,
but here the matter seems to have been
allowed to rest
Sveral days ago Horsch was released
from the workhouse and started out to
learn whether mot he had wife, or IL
his wife had two husbands. He called
on the county attorney, but received little
satisfaction, and then started out to do
a little private detective work. Officer.
Griffin says he knew the woman when
she and Horsch were living together as.
man and wife, and that she is the same
person who IS at present serving a SEN
tence at the works Under the name
of Maud Santillo., Horsch is reported
as saying that If the woman has commit
ted biganly he will prosecute her
According to the records of the district
court Joseph Holzen and Marie Bentley
obtained marriage license Dec. 3, 1898.
This couple, by the return on the license,
were married by Rev r, T. Hickman,
the colored minister. This is believed to
be the license claimed by Horsch, though
his name is different, while the woman's
name is given as Bentley. The fact that
Horsch, the police say, has collection
Of names, also, that he uses at his con-
venience, may account for the difference
in spelling Horsch was sentenced to
the worlhouse under the name Of Joseph
Smith.