The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-01-21
GRAND JUBIES GETTING BUSY
James Morrison Darneu is Found to
Have Checked Out Of Both Hotels
Where He Had Rooms and Efforts to
Locate Him in Chicago Were Futile.

The Rev. 1"Jimmy" Darnell, Keno
ter, broke into the courts late Wed
nesday afternoon in Chicago when
Mrs. Doris Vaughn Darnell, the Chr
cago "'wife" of the minister, filed an
action in the circuit court Of Cook
county demanding an absolute divorce
and charging Darnell with statutory
charges. The Rev. Jimmy" may
break into the criminal courts III Chi
cago today as States Attorney Hoyne
OF Cook county, and the operators of
the federal department of justice, were
on his trail today and it was declared
that the questions centering about the
personal and marrying life Of the min
sister would be laid before two grand
5uries today. The fabric of lies which
DarneF had used as a cover In Keno
Bha failed to stand the light of inves-
tigation in Chicago Darnell was chip
per on Wednesday morning, but on
Wednesday evening he had checked
out from both of the hotels where he
had rooms and seems to have gone into
seclusion. 1t is said that he has been
under surveillance of both the federal
and state officials and that there was
little reason to believe that he would
get out of Chicago. In her bill for
divorce filed in the superior court of
Cook county late Wednesday afternoon
Doris Vaughn Darnell named Ruth
Soper Darnell, the young woman who
had been with Darnell in Kenosha,
has correspondent.
Darnell not only lost the confidence
of his many wives during the day, but
Milton FL. Darnell, his aged father,
who appears to be high minded old
man, after he had made an investiga-
tion of the claims of Ruth Soper Oar.
nell at Owatonna declared that he was
willing to aid in "bringing out the
facts'' and that if Darnell had done
anything criminal he would insist on
his being punished to the limit.
In the new weaving of evidence against
Darnell, Kenosha people were not tax.
en- into consideration more than to the
extent that one of the operatives of
the department of justice was sent to
Kenosha to ge facts in regard to the
life of Darnell while in Kenosha. The
local people seem to be glad to wash
kheir hands Of the matter entirely and
the slight given them is not causing
them to lose any sleep. The members
- al - 0c
M Simmons Church have let it be I'M
derstood that the connection of Oar
nell with the church here is closed
incident and they are not even inter
psted in seeking an examination into
the mental condition of the man. Nc
steps have been taken to secure new
minister for the church and it is not
probable that any immediate steps
viii be taken. Darneu has some per.
gonal property here and this will be
shipped either to him or to whoever the
rourts direct is entitled to have it.
The Investigations made ON Wednes
day Jrought to light the fact that
Darnell had been crafty in the sup
preston of the facts in regard tc
illegal" marriages. Certificates of
marriage with all three of the women
with whom he has been associated have
disappeared and it is shown by evi
dence that in every case the certificates
were turned over to Darnell for fling
The similarity Of the disappearance OF
the marriage certificates in each case
seems to indicate that Darnen had be
come perfect in the line of disposine
of these certificates through long prac
tice.