The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-25

Maud Worthington, alias Maud Bentley,
alias Maud Santello. alias Maud Holzen,
alias Maud Smith, will be called upon In
the municipal court today to substantiate
her claim to at least enc of her gener-
GUS allowance of names. In fact, it is al
legged that the woman is a bigamist, and
upon this charge she was arrested yester-
day by Officer Newcome. The arrest was
made upon a warrant sworn out by Pas
quale Santello, who claims to have mar
ried the woman May last. SanteTlo al
leges, however, that the woman was pre-
viously married to Joe Smith, alias Joe
Holzen, and proposes to ascertain whose
wife the woman in reality is
The woman herself is able to throw but
little light on the subject. She admi s
having been married to Santelo, but says
she has no recollection Of entering a
legal agreement with Smith or Iroizen.
She Is not absolutely certain that she
did not marry Smith, however, and adj
mits having lived with him several years.
Smith, on the other hand, declares that
he was legally married to the woman
before she married Santello.
Maud Worthington, as she is generally
known, has frequently been arrested for
intoxication and disorderly conduct. She
has been the guest Of Supt. Fitzgerald at
the workhouse many times. In fact, she
has been out of the works but a week
Smith, too, spent some time at the work
house last winter. having been sentenced
for eight months for completely In the
disappearance of morse belonging to
another person. When he got out a short
time ago he found that the woman he
called his wife had been living with San
tello. Investigation showed that the
couple had been married by Court Corn-
missioner Gallick.
Smith claims to have been married to
the woman q year ago last September.
He says the ceremony was performed by
g. cOlored minister named Hickman, and
that the record Of the marriage is on file
with the clerk of court. The marriage
to Santeilo is Oh record, and if Smith 8
claim concerning the other marriage Is
substantiated, the woman will be in an
embarrassing position.
The woman evinces little concern as
to whether she has two husbands or one.
She is rather inclined to the opinion that
she is legally married only to Santello,
but admits that Smith may have papers
to show that she also married him. Ac-
cording to her story she lived with Smith
several Years. About a year and q half
ago, she says, there was a party at the
home Of Minnie Steel, u negro woman
living then at Ninth and jackson streets.
She was there and so was Smith. Every
body had a good time and considerable
liquor was disposed Of. The next day she
says Smith told her she would have to
brace up and behave herself as she
belonged to him. The woman says she
at once combatted this assertion, Rhen
Smith showed her some papers that he
claimed were marriage license and GER
tificate She says she has no recollection
of marrying Smith, but that If she did
1T was probably while she was too much
under the influence of liquor to know
what she was doing.
Since her release from the workhouse
the woman says she has been living with
Smith % in in Minneapolis. She says she
really cares little what the authorities
do with her, as she has so much trouble
when at liberty that she prefers being
locked up Previous to her downward ca
reer the woman was married to a man
named Bentley She has daughter
twelve years old, living with relatives in
Duluth.
When Officer Newcome found the
woman at the Olympic theater yesterday,
Smith was at the place also. Smith and
the woman had row and the woman
claims Smith cut her on the hand with a
knife. Smith, however, was not arrested.