The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-30
BRIDE THOUGHT SHE
HAD BEEN DESERTED
Lieut.. McCue, U. S. A., Must
Answer to a Charge of
Bigamy.

CHICAGO, June 29.-Lieut. William
K. McCue of the United States army,
is confronted with a charge of bigamy.
Several days ago he arrived at a Chi
cago hotel with a bride of two weeks.
The bride was Miss Viola Simon, of
San Francisco, who was nearly pros
trated today when she heard that an
other woman claimed to be the lieuten-
ants wife.
McCue had left the hotel, and the
bride, believing that she had been de-
serted, made arrangements to return to
her parents in San Francisco. A few
minutes before midnight McCue re-
turned, saying that he had spent the
day at Fort Sheridan. The bride, in the
meantime, had left the hotel, and up to
a late hour McCue had not been able
to find her. He positively denies the
charge of bigamy
About the time the lieutenant was
bidding his bride good-by this morn
ing and telling her he would soon re-
turn, woman in Cincinnati, who says
she is his wife, informed the chief of
police there that he had contracted
bigamous marriage. She said her we'd
ding took place while McCue was an
enlisted soldier stationed at Fort
Thomas.
The exposure was brought on when
Lieut. McCue asked his new father-in-
law to send cards announcing the we'd
ding to the woman in Cincinnati who
now claims to be his wife. She has
been living there under the name of
Ida Westcott and had corresponded
regularly with McCue.
McCue and his bride arrived in Chi
cagO nine days ago. She says he told
her they were going to Fort Porter, N
Y. where his regiment had been as
signed to duty. Mrs. McCue said to-
night:
when my husband left this morn
ing he said he was going to get his pay
and transportation at army headquar-
ters. l waited till noon and then went
to the barracks. My husband had not
been there and then L feared the
worst" ) ~.
The deserted brides father is Sig
mund L. Simon, who has been cashier
and bookkeeper in the sheriffs office
In San Francisco twenty-five years.
Mr.. Simon communicated with Chief
of Police O'Neil today through the San
Francisco police, and arrangements are
making to send Mrs. McCue to San
Francisco tomorrow.
After his return to the hotel tonight
Lieut.. McCue was told the exact ma
ture of the charges against him. He
made the following statement:
- i was never married to Ida West
colt, all reports to the contrary not
withstanding. My courtship with Mrs.
McCue was not hasty one. 1 met her
in San Francisco before I went to the
Philippines. 1 have ten days exten-
sion of leave from Washington, which
does not expire until July T.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 20
Lieut.. William K. McCue, First in
fantry, who has been absent without
leave of absence since June 6, has been
located in Chicago. Gen. Chaffee, to
whose department McCue was assign
ed, has been notified and the future
disposition of the officer will be in his
hands, "A telegram has been received
at the department from a woman say
Ing she is the wife of McCue, and al
leging that he has contracted a biga-
nous marriage
CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 29.-Mrs.
Ida w. McCue, wife of w. K McCue,
told the chief Of police today that she
had received cards announcing the
marriage of her husband, June II, to
a Miss Simon, of San Francisco. She