The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-18
LIFE IN 50. DAKOTA
Mrs. Molineux Will Have Her Auto
mobile and Will Join a W
.ar% Golf Club. +
Senator Kittredge to Have Charge
of Her Suit for Divorce From
Her Husband. X

Special to The Journal. ~ = e..
Sioux Falls. S. D., Nov. 1S-Mrs Rol-
and r. Molineux of New York, whose ar
rival here has created a genuine sensa-
ton, authorizes the statement that she Is
in South Dakota for the purpose Of secur-
ing a divorce from her husband. In fact.
she wishes the world to know why she
has taken up her residence in Sioux Falls.
That she is in earnest is shown by the
fact that she has engaged the services of
the law firm Of Kittredge, Winans &
Scott to conduct her case. The senior
member of the firm is United States Sena-
tor A. B. kittredge.,n ~ /. = -:
Mrs. Molineux declines to state the ma
ture of the grounds upon which the suit
will be based. This will probably be kept
a secret and nothing in reference to 1t
will be definitely known until after the
expiration of the six months necessary to
establish residence, when the papers will
be filed. Even a member Of the law firm
which will conduct the divorce case for her
is yet in ignorance of the grounds upon
which it will be instituted.
Calls Moineux "That Man."
Mrs Molineux speaks in the highest
terms Of General Molineux, the father of
her husband, but refers to her husband In
terms which are anything but f1attering.
She does not refer to him by name, or
him as that man.
While a resident of Sioux Falls she in
tends to live very quietly and recuperate
from the strain to which she has been
subjected during the past your years.
Yesterday afternoon she visited a music
store, where she purchased piano. This
has been taken to- her suite OF three
rooms in the. Cataract house, and with 1t
she will spend a, portion of her leisure
hoe. 1oo >qlltn.
mobile shipped to this city, and when 1T
arrives and the weather is favorable she
intends making long trips over the coun-
try roads. During her sojourn she IN
tends visiting the Black Hills and the
various Indian reservations.
Golf will also form part of her amuse-
ment, as she intends to apply for men,
bership in the local golf club. It Is under
stood she will not seek to enter society
circles.
At her request Colonel En1mke of the
Cataract hotel is having her suite of
rooms handsomely redecorated. she mas
her own private dining-room at the hotel
and is very comfortably: situated.
Once Of Minneapolis.
Mrs. Molineux was Miss Blanche Ches-
brough. formerly Of Minneapolis. In 1894
she was well known among musicians,
and had sung for two seasons with FRANK
Danrosch'sj Musical Art society. Later
she sang with the Rubensteln ciuo.
Mrs Molineux was a guest win nef
sister, Mrs Waldo Fl. Stearns, OF Boston
on the yacht Mohican when she first met
Molineux. That was in 1897, while the
yacht was in the harbor of Portland Me.
Molineux was guest on the yacht Via
tor. which was in harbor at the same
time. The two met and Molineux imme-
diately began to pay Miss Chesbrough
attention.
At that time Miss Chesbrough was re-
ceiving the attentions of H. c. Barnet and
rumor had it they were engaged. Twice
Miss Chesbrough refused to marry Molin-
eux, and it was said that it was because
of her fondness for Barnet. She and
Barnet finally 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 Ches-
brough sent him flowers and notes.
Among the notes were several begging
for a reconcilia ton. Barnet was too i'll
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. sEs7$ 3 r. 50 s -
During the first trial of Molineux the
prosecutor tried to show that he muir
dered Barnet because he was jealous Of
him, administering a poison.