The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-29
MRS. WENZEL WILL
TRY FOR DIVORCE
WOMAN WHO LEFT HUSBAND AT
ICELAND SAYS SHE WILL NOT
LIVE WITH HIM--DENIEs THAT
SHE RAN AWAY WITH ANOTHER
MAN.

| 4 positively refuse to return HON,
with MIR. Wenzel and will go into tn,
| courts to regain my maiden name. SAIL
Mrs. John E. Wenzel, who left her hlls
band and home in Egeland, NJ. D.. a.bou
two months ago, to reporter from
The Forum this noon.
Mrs. Wenzel with her three SINAI
children, the smallest baby i'm arms
Is stopping at the Prescott hotel where
she expects to meet her husband. who
viii be in from Minneapolis this eve
ming. When seen by The Forum rep
resentative Mrs. Wenzel had just fin.
ished an interview with Chief of Po-
lice Gabe Grant and she came into the
parlor weeping.
Tine only thing that Is WORRYING
me is that.I may not be able to keen
the children" she continued. TT NAV
be that he will take the two older
with him when ne returns but I know
that he cannot keep them. They may
remain with him for a time but ]
will eventually get them back. / can
never consent to return home with
him, as we could never get along to.
gether That is why I left him and
there is only one thing left and that
is to get a divorce"
At first Mrs. Wenzel refused to
make any statement to the reporter
THE newspapers nave slandered me
enough and trying to correct errors
would only make them worse. AS il
Is now people stare at me and say:
There goes the woman that ran away
from home with another man.
There are surely enough women in
the world without a man hanging
aroUnd-a woman with three little
children about her."
The distracted woman said thai
when she left her home, she went to
Mayville where she stopped a week
with friends. Fearing that WenzeI
would trace her she went to North.
wood, then to Breckenridge and about
two weeks ago came to Fargo, where
she has been ever since.
why don't YOU return to your
father" was asked her and she an.
swered: 81 will probably, but that de-
ponds upon what the doctors think
about his condition. He comes to
Fargo often for treatment" Her
father is Jules Dickhoff of Fergus
Falls. 1t seems that her mother is not
living.
Determined Not to Return.
One thing was evident and that is
she is firm in her determination not
to return with Wenzel. From what
she intimated the police have been
trying to induce her to make up with
him but their efforts seem to have
been in vain. The only thing that
seems to be worrying her is whether
she will be able to retain the children
but she seems to have plenty of de-
termination and said she would fight
to the last to keep them witch her.
They seem to be the only thing she
loves in the world. They are bright
little children and are too young to
realize the sorrow which, their mother
is suffering. Besides the baby there
is girl and boy who look to be
about z or 8 years of age, respectively.
Will Return This Evening.
Mr.. Wenzel was notified last night
by the police that Mrs. Wenzel had
been found in Fargo. He was staying
at the st. James hotel in Minneapolis
when located and stated that he would
return to Fargo today. The last word
received by the police came at 6
o'clock this morning when he again
said That he would be in Fargo today.
1t was expected that he would arrive
on No. over the Northern Pacific
which was late and did not get into
Fargo until 1910 this afternoon. He
did not come, however, and it is likely
that he will be in this evening. He
win probably meet his wife at the
Prescott.