The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-06-08
Broken Off BY Parents But
Served to Sour Doctors
Life
HAD many WOMAN FRIENDS
DECLARED ONE OF HIS AFf|A|I|Es
Police Believe They Will Soon Have a
Chain of Evidence Which Will Fas.
ten the Murder of His Wife on
CleminsOn

Chicago June s-Investigation of the
mysterious circumstances surround
ing the death of Mrs. Nora Morgan
Cleminson, who was found dead in
apartments at 41SS Wayne avenue.
Rogers Park, week ago today, took
G new turn yesterday when Capt.
Thomas Kane of the Sheffield avenue
police station received Information OF
an early love affair of Dr. Haldane
Clemnson. now in custody on mur-
der charge. 1t is said to have result
ed in an elopement and marriage Of
the accused physician to a wealthy
western girl.
| According to statements in the
hands of the police, the alleged mar
riage took place in the face of par
entail opposition, and the youth of the
bride and groom subsequently was
used as basis to secure its annul-
ment.
That this early love affair was a
serious matter for the groom at least
and that an affection for the girl en-
during through several years may
have significant bearing on recent
events has determined the police to
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in the Cleminson tragedy.
Details in connection with DR..
| Cleminsons first love affair forecast
a career marked with romantic epi-
sodes such as have been unearthed
by the investigation of the last week
and bear up the assertion of one of
the physicians alleged afinities that
the convolutions of his brain would
spell woman"
Returns From West With Girl.
From former acquaintances of the
Cleminson family Capt: Kane learned
that, following summer which Clem-
inson, then college student, spent
in California, he returned to his faith.
ers residence in Dubuque, Ia, having
with him a beautiful young woman, Is
years of age. Young Cleminson at the
time was scarcely 20 years old. The
girl made her home with his parents
The report was current in the COM
munity at the time that Cleminson
and the young woman had been mar
ried following an elopement. Eight
months later the girl suddenly left
the story Of the runaway marriage
again gained circulation. and with it
was coupled the report that the veal
thy father of the girl, together with
Isaiah Clenlinson. had united their
forces in securing an annulment of
the marriage. charging that both of
the contracting parties were under
age.
Members of the Cleninson family
declared at the time of the episode
that no wedding had taken place. that
the boy and girl, enamored of each
ether, had simply become engaged
and that this had been broken off be-
cause of the youth of both.
Would Not he ComfOrted.
With the departure of the girl for
the west young Cleminson fell into a
condition Of deep dependency. His
refusal to become reconciled to the
separation is said to have led the eld-
er Cleminson to move his family from
the scene of the youths first attach
ment. The following fall he convert
ed into cash q Dubuque real estate
business. netting him 100000, and pur-
chased a fruit farm near South Haven
Mich.
Every day has brought forth a re-
markable budget of information about
Cleminson." said Capt. Kane. I'VE do
not know what We will next discover
| he has done. The identity of this
young woman must be secured if pos
sible If he was married to her the
fact might have considerable bearing
on problems confronting the police
now.'
The police say that through former
Dubuque acquaintances of the Glenn
inson family further information con-
cerning the romantic affair may be
secured.
Nurse Was Doctors Chum.
Still another girl friend of DR..
Cleminson was found during the day,
following a telephone tip to the po-
lice. Her name is Miss Mary Gettel-
son and she professed warm friend
ship for the accused physician.
Miss Gettelson was taken to the
| Sheffield avenue station in the after
Capt Kane. She admitted that Dr.
Cleminson had taken her to theaters
and places OF amusement as often as
once. week. She said they never had
discussed the physicians home life,
+, but she always believed he was mar
ried
In replies to questions put by the
police Miss Gettelson said:
Il was formerly nurse at the
| Hahnemann medical college. met
| DR.. Clcminson there. We became
good friends at the time and after |
left the hospital our frienship con-
tinueG.
I'VE were frequently together.
sometimes going to the theaters as