The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-23
BRIGHT MINISTER
GOES TO Pen
REV. LIB. TAYLOR SENTENCED
FOR BIGADIY.
Married an Iowa Belle Altho He Had
a Wife and Two Children In the
East-NIrs. Taylor No. Is True to
Him and VIII Wait for His Release
and Divorce from His First Spouse.
speo ial to The journal.

Special to The Journal.
Des Moines, Iowa, April 23.-Rev. I. B.
Taylor, one Of the brightest ministers in
Iowa and the special protege Of DR.. Han
cher of Iowa Wesleyan university at
Mount Plea SAINT, was sentenced this morn
ing to three years in the penitentiary by
a. Keokuk county court, to exp1ate the
crime of bigamy.: as<ss -. y
AS the minister smilingly accepted the
shackles he registered a VOW that he will
yet marry the prosecuting. Mrs. Taylor
No. g. Mrs. Taylor, who was formerly
Florence Graves; the freigning belle of
Martinsburg, Iowa. says that she will
help the minister keep the vow. She says
that she will make dresses, wash, bake
and do any honorable thing to earn a
livelihood for herself and two babies un-
til the erring minister is released.
Why He Left Delaware.
| In early. life I. B. Taylor resided at
Wilmington, Del. where he wooed and
won a beautiful girl who became his wife
and the mother Of 7chis two children.
| Shortly after he was ordained he SO far
forgot himself as to becOme concerned t1n
a shady deal which hea Thought demanded
his departure from Delaware. DESERVING
his wife he came to Iowaoand began evan
eelistic work. ETE@E. hkj27 go 3 .5ss;sff
One town which twas stirred by the
young mans eloquerlce was Martinsburg
Scores Joined the church and vowed to
lead new life. Taylor became the idol Of
young and pretty women who attended
church. He met fF1orence Graves. daugh-
| ter sof MartihsBufg 81 richest man, and
Hove stories were Soon told. EnVious eyes
| looked upon thes nsWeet-faced and pure
minded girl WI su1iad s1off the catch OF the
season in sMartihsburg. Later. when The
procured p "a pastoftasfe fof Taylor and ar
ranged Tor him to, take a. course of ad
Fyanced study. ais. va j. 81.
t :,a Exposed by His Brother. rs
For twenty-seven months wife No. )
lived in blissful ignorance. Taylor hat
written to brother In Delaware telling
of his wonderful success in the west as
minister. He had so overdrawn the stor
that the brother. determined to come ives
and share in Taylor's glories. He arrives
; in Mount Pleasant and at the station frs
learned the secret Of Taylor's double mar
riage. For the sake of the beautift
,, woman and the prattling babe he met a
his brothers home he decided to keep tn
: secret.
= But an unexpected quarrel came. Til
) ing Of the presence Of her husbands brC
/ | Their, Mrs. Taylor asked the visitor to CT
l short his stay, The brother left and E
2 Wilmington told the whole story. Cor
h. fdent that he could smooth the matt:
4 over, Taylor took a trip to Delawar
l where he was placed under arrest. Il
< could not be prosecuted under the Dels
: ware laws because he had not marie
8 both women in the state. Mrs. Taylt
= No. i was successful in securing q cou
: sentence for sdesertion, and Taylor W;
compelled to give a bond to pay $25
i week alimony. 4
i 4ai!a Pa-In. Law Unrelentlng.
He returned to Iowa and told his wi
= here that he had supposed the form
- ceremony was illegal; that it had bet
:, - solemnized In a joke and he had not SUI
= posed himself bound. Z: Wife No. 2 w
20 trusting, but her father would not becon
\ a party to the settlement. Honest M
- Graves took the case before the Keokl
"a county grand jury, where Mrs. Tayl
"a was an unwilling witness.
"a Since her husbands conviction Nj
10 Taylor has given birth to the second chill
r. She declares she will never go to h
It father, nor will she renounce the man s.
loves or his children. When the pris
70 bars open to free the minister Mrs. TIA
: lor says she will await the divorce viii
~ wife No. 1 will be asked to secure a.
ar that SO long as her jail bird husband +
10 mains true she will not forsake him. T
,e action of Mrs. Taylor has lost her t
At support which her father is able to gi
,e and she has established a dressmaki
So shop.