The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
BECKW|TH IS FREE,
WIFE HAS CHILDREN
JUDGE WiTHRoW GRANTS DE.
CREE FOR DEsERTIoN.
THE END OF AN IOWA ROMANCE
Granddaughter of President Lincoln
Is Divorced BY Her Foot Ball
Hero Whom She Welded
In Haste.

Mount Pleasant, Ia, Feb. 1o.-Judg,
WithroW heard the divorce case O
Warren Beckwith against Jessie Lin
coin Beckwita and he was granted {
divorce on the grounds of desertioa
The testimony showed that she lef
the plaintiff early in January, two
years ago, since which time she ha:
remained away. Judge Withrow re
stored both to all the rights 0. unmar
ried persons and held that neither
one was entitled to any alimony from
the other and that neither had any
claim on the property of the other.
The two children, Mary Beckwith
and Warren, Jr., were given into the
care of their mother and are now with
the parents of their mother in the
south. Beckwith was represented in
court today by H. A. Amber, attorney
and Judge Babb looked after the de-
PENDANTS interests.
No contest was made as to the
granting of the decree, defendant
merely contending for the custody of
,tde children, which was not denied
by the plaintiff.
a,sg,, End of An Iowa Romance.
>, 1t was early in the fa.. of 1897 that
a young and beautiful girl came to
Mount Pleasant on a visit to her
grandfather, the late Senator Harlan.
She was the daughter of Robert rodd
Lincoln of Chicago, president of the
Pullman Car Company of Pullman,
Ill 1t had been the young woman"s
custom to make yearly visits to the
quiet country home of her mothers
father and romp through the ancient
halls of the beautiful structure.
On the day that the Wesleyan uni
yersity team was to meet an opposing
college on the gridiron she deci led to
attend the contest with, otner girl
friends. Warren Beckwitn was cas-
lily the best athlete in his home school
and the star half-back of his team.
And that day he distinguished him
self by his clever work, proving the
hero of the struggle, and carrying
the ball to final touchdown AMI vic
tory,
After the game the young couple
were introduced. those who know
say it was case of love at first sight.
Nevertheless the visit of the pretty
Chicago girl was prolonged until far
into the winter. Every place where
a social event was neld Warren
Beckwith and Jessie Lincoln were
seen together. They liked each otn-
er's society. Their tastes were sim
liar and in fact they agreed on many
things of mutual interest.
So the young people saw much of
each other. Both knowing that the
parental side of the rose was grim
specter in their plans, they quietly
planned to get married And in the
fall of 1898 they eloped to Milwau-
kee where they were married.
But the anger of the girls elders
could not be appeased. Young Beck.
with was forbidden to enter the house
and prevented from seeing his wife.
who, it was said, was kept a prisoner
in the big mansion. But the girl la
bored persistently for forgive1ess,a and
her husband was given a position
some months later in the vast car
shops of the Pullman company. The
couple, still in the BLISS of happiness,
went to live in little cottage on the
south side of Chicago. There Il
baby girl came to brighten the lit
tie home.
But the family opposition was still
strong and finally the young wife con
sented to leave her husband ami go
away with her mother. Rumors had
been current for some time previous
that Mr.. and Mrs. Beckwita were not
living happily together but these
we're always denied. At any rate in
1904 Warren Beckwitn returned to
Mount Pleasant to make his home,
but his wife did not accompany him.
It was said that she had gone to join
her mother at her country home in
the hills of Vermont.
The romance of the granddaughter
OF President Abraham Lincoln and
the college loot ball hero which began
in the fall of 1897. has been shat
tered.
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