The Minneapolis journal., 1901-11-20
LOVE And ALTRUISM
Iowa-CleVeland Marriage to Com.
bine Them.
DIR. KINCAID AND MRS. BIssELL
Widow VIII Establish Institutions
for to Reform Sinners and
Cure COnsumptives.

Special to The Journal.
Cleveland, Ohio. Nov. 20. - The an
nouncement was made by a dispatch from
Minneapolis last night that Mrs. Clara
Alice Bisseu, the wealthy Cleveland widow
whose interest In the murderer, Nicholas
Heeney, attracted SO much attention some
months ago, would be married Thanks
giving day to DIR. D. L. Ktncaid, dean or
the Ottumwa (Iowa) college and infrmary
Of osteopathy, OF which his son is presl-
dent Mrs. Bisseu was seen at her apart
ments in the Belgrade, and said that the
announcement was correct and that the
wedding would OCCUR at her home. She
said that Or. Kincaid would arrive in
Cleveland the Monday before the we'd
ding and that they would remain in this
city for some time afterward, later going
to Iowa.
During the trial of Nicholas Heeney for
beating a railroad gateman's brains out
with a coupling pin, for which Heeney is
serving q life sentence at Columbus, MIS-
Bissell's attempt to defend him and her
intense interest, said to have resulted
in Heeney's conversion, attracted
great deal Of attention, as did also her
announced project of establishing an In
st1tution for the reform OF such young
men as Heeney. Mrs. Bisseu said to
reporter last night:
The St Paul, and in fact, all the Minnesota
work In the Heeney case, and DR.. Kincaid
wrote to me, he having been in st. Paul at
the time and becoming interested in my work
In his letters he said that he admired my
work and asked me what thought OF the
project OF establishing an institution for the
cure Of poor people suffering from diseases.
answered that I was going to establish an
institution for the cure OF prisoners suffering
from consumption, the disease that RACES so
terribly in the jails and prisons. DR.. Kincaid
came here to Cleveland to see me- about six
months ego, and he grew to think a great
deal Of me.
He became very much interested in my plan
60 establish a sanatorium for the cure or
prisoners suffering from that deadly disease.
He said that he would do anything for me.
We became engaged, and the wedding is to
occur Thanksgiving Day. DR.. Kincaid is one
OF the most distinguished physicians in the
west and has a high standing as a doctor
wherever he is known. He was in Cleveland
for about week and would have remained
here longer, but went to Columbus to en-
deavor 70 get a prisoner pardoned, and he
went back west. He has promised to start
sanatortum for me and that he would treat
ali the consumptive prisoners I could get
He has been practicing medicine for twenty
two years and Is about IS years old. The
homes about which so much has been said
Will be established, probably the first one at
OO4u3upuH5 641o LSIST L4leTS Will NC a SAs~1A VI
them all over the country. DR.. Kincaid says
that have the idea that he is going to be
the great thing of the century and he wants
to help me with the work. The institutions
VIII be called "The Homes of the Army of
the Prince OF Peace The benefits of the
institutions Will not be limited to prisoners,
but will be open to all poor people
It is said that as soon as a minor heir
is Of age. Mrs. Bissell will inherit half
of an immense estate. She lives in
handsome suite Of apartments in the Bel
grade. Last evening the rooms were
Uttered with delicate finery such as might
form part Of trousseau. The dispatches
from Minneapolis announcing the COM
ing marriage spoke of Mrs. Bissell as
millionairess. She is the widow Of DR..
A. G. Bissell, who has been dead five
years. The prospective bridegroom has
been a w1dower twenty years