The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-11-21
CREATES A FURRY
Mrs. Roland B. MOIineux'S
Action For a Divorce.
Fair Lady Was One Miss Blanche
Chesbrough and She Formerly
Lived in Minneapolis.

Sioux Falls, S. D.. Nov Mrs.
Roland B. Moiineux of Nsw York,
whose arrival here has created gen.
uine sensation authorizes The state
ment that ne is in South Dakota for
the purpose OF securing 4 divorce from
her husband. L. fact, she wishes the
world to know why she has taken up
he4 residence IA Sioux Falls. That she
is in earr { is shown by the fact that
she has engaged the services of the
law firm of Kittredge. Winansl &
Scott to conduct her case. The senior
member of the firm is United States
Senator A. B. Kittredge.
Mrs Molineux declined TO state the
nature of the. grounds upon which the
suit will be based. This will proba-
bly, be kept 8 secret and nothing in
reference to it will be definitely known
until after the expiration of the six
months necessary to establish resi-
dence, when the papers will be fled.
Even member of the law firm which
will conduct the divorce case for her
is yet in Ignorance of the grounds mp
on which it will be instituted.
Mrs. Molineux speaks in the high
est terms Of General Molineux, the
father of her husband, but refers TO
her husband in terms which are any
thing but aatterng.
She does not refer to him by name,
or as her husband, but invariably
speaks of him as ''that man
While resident of Sieux Falls she
intends to live very quietly and recu-
perate from the strain to which she
has been subjected during the past
four years. Yesterday afternoon she
visited a music store, where she pur
chased piano. This has been taken
to her suite of three rooms in the
Cataract house, and with it she will
spend a portion of her leisure time.
She has also ordered her automobile
shipped to this city, and when it
arrives and the weather is favorable
she intends making long trips over
the country roads. During her sojourn
she intends to visit the Black Hills
and the various Indian reservations :.
Golf will also form a part of her
amusement, as she intends to apply
for membership in the local golf club.
1t is understood she will not seek to
enter society circles.
At her request Colonel Emmke of
the Cataract hotel is having her suit
of rooms handsomely decorated. She
has her own private dining room at
the hotel and is very comfortably situ-
ated.
Mrs. Molineux was Miss Blanche
Chesbrough, formerly of Minneapolis.
In 1894 she was we'll known among
musicians, and had sung for TIVE sea-
sons with....Fr8nk Dsmrosch's Art 80
ciety. Later she sang with the Ruben
stein club.
Mrs. Molineux was guest with her
sister, Mrs Waldo b. Stearns of Bos-
ton on. the yacht Mohioan when she
first met Molineux. That was in 1878,
while the yacht was in the harbor of
Portland, Me. Molineux was a guest
on the yacht Vistor, which was in the
harbor at the same time. The two
met and Molineux Immediately began
to pay Miss Chesbrough attention.
At that time Miss Chesbrough was
receiving the attentions of 81. G.
Barnet and rumor had it they were
engaged. Twice Miss Chesbrough re-
fused to marry Molineux, and it was
said that it was because of her fond
ness for Barnet. She and Barnet fin
ally quarreled, and Molineux pressed
his suit with renewed vigor.
Barnet was taken i'll at the Knicker-
booker Athletic club, where he had a
room. and during his illness Miss
Chesbrough sent him flowers and
| notes Among the notes were several
begging for reconciliation. Barnet
was too ill to answer them and died
on Nov. 8, 1898. On Nov. %, 1898,
Miss Chesbrough and Molineux were
| married at the Church of the Heavenly
Rest by Rev. D. Parker Morgan.
During the first trial of Molineux
the prosecutor tried to show that he
murdered Barnet because he was jeal-
GUS of him, administering a poison.
1t is pretty we'll understood that
General Molineux's money is paying
for all the luxuries enjoyed by the
young woman In South Dakota. just
before the lady departed from New
York she was handed q couple Of
hundred dollars by the generals law
yer and this was for the purchase o.
new dresses.