Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-14
USING MANN ACT
AGAINST DARNELL
Fallen Minister, Sued by Doris
Vaughn, Renounces Her,
Claiming First Wife.
SHE'S ETHEL STURGEON
Es-its csi1s Through Another cere.
nnoay. 81; Declares License
Was Never Returned.

Chicago. III. Jan. 1f-ProsscutiOn
% Rev. James Morrison DarneIi under
ra@ Mann act may follow the investi-
cation started yesterday By the fed
eraI government.
10 search OF evidence OF the minis
tsrs alleged Interstate trips with
Doris Helen Vaughn. Ruth sOper and
E-ael spgrgeon. special agents from
taa bureau % investigation Of the
ra.--d states department Of Justice
uere pgs m the trail
Complaints % alleged violations OF
--- white slave trafic act BY DarneIl
r--r received oy Hinton &. CiabauEh.
bead % the investigating bureau. &C
crrf.nr % the report In the federal
t.udirz officials 81 the bureau re-
fused rG discuss the complaints which
are said tJ have come By mail and
telephone
f1 rl- meantime DaTneli. no g. be-
.rz referred 90 in church circles as
rle devil iu the pulpit issued a new
ald revised edition % he matrimonial
ftreufIres-
seveuteen-year-o Doris and her
mother ard an attorney appeared be-
fs-e the clerk Of the circuit court and
g.e4 sIlt for divorce from the bril-
liant YOUNG pulpit orator. Eoris asked
60 rhe return 81 her maiden name
sac named Ruth soper. who was In
trodlred as the ministers wife in Ee-
rosla. a. correspondent
Here's Darnelrs latest ~DameilO-
gram
% recognize 1ut one wife She is
Ef.eI Sturgeon Darueu 81 Avon. III
. never married Ruth Soper. although
O Introduced her as ms wife TO my
r1lrrteatiOI 40 Ecnosha- We lived I
there as man and wife. bur her baby
is not mine.
Doris Vaughn IS not nv wife. eth I
-r velt through n ceremony with 1
her bot the marriage license return I
eas never made and ~ not nov on
: - and 30 never viii be-
Legality % Weddings Dubious.
Developments Of the day Indicated /
s.ther by accident or de- lsa on the
ART % Esrueii all three marriage
-atained technical. n not IeeaI. flaws
Eat might impair their validity.
M DarnefTs marriage are biEa- !
NOUS or poiygamous. he will be- prose
.Ifcd under the state laws Assistant
s-are's Attorney Charles Center Case.
.r las detectives investigating the
hrpc marriages. n Darueli's mar
.iages~ we're boGus and as ccnsc-
r1errc he travelled with the young
Fr;rru through Illinois. Wisconsin +
.rI Minnesota. he will be prosecuted
llHsr the Mann act
ulruclTs latest specification as his
wife. Erher SpurEeou Darncii Of Avon,
f. does not cherish the implied com
). me1t. according TO a statement is- !
ned by her during the day.
90 am afraid 90 is true that was
lc. legally married 90 Mr.. Darrell. al
s1gsr . did not know Il ar the time.
.or FOR several months after said the
.osue woman I'VE went 20 Chicago
.u Dee o.. 1911. 20 get married
we went 10 the county clerks Of
ice ard obtained a marriage license
From there wc went 20 a private home
gberr Mr. TarueII aid some % his
rienis lived. The ceremony vas per ,
1rmad ay man who represented T.
.iuEejr f1 Boz a minister. do not now
emcmher the ministers name nor
he place where the ceremony was
reformed
DsrrslI Kept Certificate.
we we're given marriage ceTtih-
at- which ! supposed was ALI right =
ir. uarueii has this in his possession. J,
-h.eh leaves me no proof OF our mar 8
iase. All the time Z lived IN the city 7
q Uvatouua believed was his legal ,
rife and eldeavOred IN every way 10 :
ert1rm ms duties az such :
% cid not stay with him long until =
belan Co suspect that ne vas paying :
'tsutiCu Co. another young woman :
hlrtiy after that came home 70 3