The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-01-06

INC south.
al! this Is a matter of record. known to
many. Scores OF elderly =e"'ftlmcn-grad-
yates of the jc,nesse doree of those days
long ago who now suddenly renppealS
ul'oH me stage o, NE as Mrs f.nirha -
r.'iio,t. me central inquire IN Il most as
i'"'Sh'ns story.
Mrs. Elliott's Husbands.
pr. Irwin" asscrts-and Mrs, Elliott does
not deny-tha' Mr.. Elliott is her fourth
husband, that she divorced at least two oi
ms predecessors, while he divorced Mrs
rlilott No. j on the unscrlpturai ana uil-
canonical grounds of deseriion.
According to the lawyers Mrs. E.hotts
marital record stands as follows:
husband NO. /, James Alexander, a
southern gentleman 81 whom mite Is
known: husband No. :. Mr.. cochrane, OF
Philadelphia husband No. 3. Mr.. Coolidge,
also oil Philadelphia. II kinsman OF the
congressman husband No 4, Alexander
i%.iiiott, freight agent at ltuntinst"n "a.
As the story runs, it was Mrs. elliot
NO. ] who introduced her husband to Che
woman destined to supplant her.
] dWHVor mat may be. IN" tact remains
that Alr. Elliott speedily divorced his wife
married Mrs. Coolidge. Tho present
Mrs. Elli"tt al not go cm~pty-handed To
hcr fourth bridal.
ThoS" i'm bcsr position TO know the incts
place her fortune at $4,000.
AS "A hrida the new Mrs. Elliott took that
quaint old town by storm. she bought the
NrSt residence III IN" place-a splendid
colonial mansion. FURNISHED ii handsomely,
thrr" wide its doors i'm hospitality and
mad" conqucs; OF Huntington society. she
b@pit.lle AN actlNe social reader.
E.;.,.- ,y;.. ,..;. r
-'a' 80 "N"'e '"S"
ne it"N. i'f. !fNlhH was rector oi st
faliS church. the largest AID most fash
Mrs. Elliot, was the loading shirt or his
congregation, orcmos IL charities ana
social life. Meanwhile Bishop Ethclbert
Talbo; had appeared on tho scene.
Although 3uihle hem. his soc city. is n
long journey from Huntingdon. the bishop
was In duty bound to visit the smaller
place, and he soon became IL welcome
CUES of the l.i!iotts.
Naturally the bishop would enjoy the
society of this hriliian woman, reared III
old Mobile, while the bishop. though a ma
tive OF Missouri. sprang from the aristo-
cratic IalbotS of South Carolina.
Both We're soutllcrncrs. related To proud
'arh'lirS. and th"!r mutual friends We're
Il small armN.
The details of the sudden trouble tina
sent Dr. Irvine OUT into the world AN un-
iro'ked priest need only be outlined here.
lhe cloud at IN" beginning WAS no bigger
than a mans ldnd--a sharp dispute be-
tween Mrs. Elliott and her rector over
money.
oH' 'i'sis'tp mat money given by hcr 10
pay the church oreanist had been misap-
nForr'at'd, ana he denied it. Acrimonious
grew inc HiiSpute, ana suddenly Dr. Irvine
"aWokc 10 a realization that as Mrs. Elliott
was q IiVorcee, ana TIE Wife of a man who
i'ad "-Vorerd a former Wife on ~uncanonicai
sro"haS' II Was MS duty to drive her from
''e church
That H~vnothet;cs, c+.o,
- W ~. iiN1,'' INSIST 'hal ms
Or. Irvine asserts Mat it was a matter OF
eoilSci"ntl"ush"ss.
i"S 'hal as 1t may. he began his attack
Win eS'rcmc caution. II no, cunning. His
.iis, move was TO writ" "a letter to Bishop
i"ioo' stating u hypothetical ease which
.XactiN covered the points against Mrs.
i-.iio','
BACK cam me oishops answer bidding
NE f's'if 40 MS dNtN without fear or ia
Vo'.
IN substance thc bishops letter author
'zcd IN irvine to refuse communion to
any woman herself a dtvorccc and the wifi"
OF II man who had put away a former wife
on uncanonicti grounds.
f's'r tor duty as tor vengeance, as his
enemies have 1T, pr. Irvine struck the
BLOW
lhch, lik" a thund"rb"li, camc lpr. lr-
vlh' arrest III criminal proceedings for
iorsGrN, MIS-; Elliott was his accuser
ana f5ishop lalhot her friend.
me 'iiieseu forgery WAS q letter to the
nlshop purnorting TO bear the signature
OF Mrs. Elliott. 1t was an earnest plea
ina All controversy over her cNcommuni-
cation be dropped so that peace might
dwell again in lluntinsdoh. Denying the
au'hehticlty Oh TINS letter. Mrs. Elliott
charged ior. IRVINE as the forScr.
Inc trial not only resulted in the prOmnt
dismissal OF the charge, but i'll a sensation.
"Thjs SIinov Fellow"
u. 1n;...
~ .nt w., ..,,io,.. II seeking 10
1"n'ns ~ 49, ,,oir,pi"ih'. produced a
~, ..',, h''.non ~ ~ WAS marked
'o. ~, - W.
'l''o ~ '''s =. 's''hs' III IL.
". ~ W n,o'I'a o j! canon,
y, - va, : 'uNiSc you 10
a court OF record. and then | Will unfrock
the Shiny fellow for YOU
This letter forms the foundation of Dr.
lrVine,s charge OF conspiracy between
bishop Talbot and Mrs. Elliott.
what followed the rcctor's triumph in