The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-01
SEES PLOT AGAINST
MRS. YERKE.S-MIZNER
SIEP son GENT
BIG Con PIRACY
Charles E. Yerkes Says There
Are Motives Back Of Publicity
Given 70 Wedding

Given 70 Wedding.
Chicago, Feb. j Charles e. Yerkes
of this city, SON OF the late Charles T.
Yerkes, declared today that Mrs. G. T..
Yerkes Mrs. Mizner) is the victim of
plot, and that the publicity which
last two days Ii the result Of iobbery.
Early today, in response to q telegram
| sent to Mrs. Yerkes fdizner) last night,
Mr.. Yerkes received the following:
New York, Feb. Telegram RI
ceiyed1; Story is simply ridiculous.
| Yerkes said:
That is in response to message
sent by me. We are sure now that this
| great publicity is being played as a
1 game in New York by some people who
are sconspiring to 9 certain end. :,
1 What is their motive if their story
4 is not true he was asked.
cannot discuss motives, g said Mr.
Il 8Yerkes.
Tho Bridegroom Confesses.
Journal Special Service.
New York, Feb. AFTER twenty
the young Californian who secretly mar
Tried Mrs. Charles z. Yerkes on Tuesday
levening, has finally admitted that the
marriage was 9 Fact. He gave the
name Of the officiating clergyman and
the clergyman 1 when seen :confirmed MI.
In addition, Addison O. Miner,
& brother of the bridegroom, and j. IT,
Eastland, one of the witnesses at the
i Wedding, added their confirmation.
"a Not q word came from the great man.
4 sion Of the former Mrs Yerkes on Fifth
. avenue. The servants and detectives
] kept careful guard at the doors, and
: the three telephones we're disconnected
4 Iearly in the day. Clearly the widow
! of the late traction man, now q wife
: again after the lapse of less than a
month since her first husband g death,
\ All the Relatives Busy.
Meanwhile a chorus was going on all
q over the country from relatives and
81 lawyers. Charles e. Yerkes Of Chicago,
! son Of Charles & Yerkes, declared that
l the marriage could not possibly have
II taken place, while Logis s)Wisey, nnan'
!. i and Clarence Knight, attorney for the
Yerkes estate, both said that they
i would have been informed it anything
Of the sort had taken place. The plaI
Il had been to keep the wed ding an entire
ssssss sg asasd 59pfe5 s.ns ase lapsss '
Waldorf Astoria; but when Mr. Mis-
ner discovered that the secret was out
and that the marriage had been ad
ell mitted by his brother Addison and ont
~ of the witnesses, Mr.. Eastland, he sen
word to the newspapers that he woult
3. Captain Fred E. Esola, former chic:
a. of detectives in San Francisco, and
re personal friend of Mr.. Miner, came il
It, his stead. Captain Esola said that h
. had been authorized to admit the mar
& riage on behalf OF Mr.. Miner.
rs Name of the Clergyman.
n .eThe wedding did take place, b
said, cat. the Yerkes mansion Tuesda..
be evening soon after 8 O'Clock. The pa1
ed ticulars that have got into print ar
Id correct and Mr.. Miner has asked m
+, name Of the minister. It was Rev. An
Rev. DR.. Gillies is pastor Of st. AT
drews Methodist Episcopal church
." When seen he confirmed the report o
W. the marriage, and said:
. "The party as l was introduced t
3 lthem. and I knew none Of them befor.
. consisted of Mr.. Miner and his broti
: er. Emil Brugere, J. L. Eastland, wit
!. nesses; Mrs. katherine Goodsell, an il
. innate companion of Mrs. Yerkes, an
!. F. K. Waller. Mrs. Yerkes' private SCI
!. retary."
|. The bridegroom brother, Addison
!. is dealer in curios on Fifth avenu
!. He admitted readily that his brothe
had been married.
!. nIt was rather hasty,o he sal
stThey got little ratified. Though
!. they could keep it secret. The secrt
!. leaked out. It should not have su
!. !. prised their friends; Wilson has know
!. Mrs. Yerkes for about two years an
. his friends were aware that he though
!. a great deal of her. After Mr.. Yerket
. death they decided to get married al
!. thought they would wait a year at leas
s I was not taken into their confdenc
/. but judge that they came to the co
!. clusion that they could just as well
!: married and have it kept secret unit
!. the year was over.
/. Who the Others Are.
i Brugere and Eastland are intima
. friends Of Miner and, like him, a
8 well known in San Francisco. BRUCE
s is known here as the millionaire a
: thor Of the musical comedy, Barone
. Fiddlesticks.
. Mrs. UKitty'' Goodsell, who sto,
: up'' with Mrs. Yerkes, is a widow Ii
ing at the hotel Lafayette Brevool
!. She and Mrs. Yerkes have been inse
arabic friends for some time.
The newly married couple will rema
in this city for month until the ft
I. malities connected with the settleme
!. of the Yerkes estates are over, VIII
. they will sail for Europe.
81 No statement from Mrs. Yerkes "
/. obtainable here today as to wheth
s she had been married to Wilson M
I. ner.
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