The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-26
ROMEO IS
HAILED into court
BY PRETTY nurse
Husband of Evangelist McPher-
son Leaves Wounded Heart
Only Money Can Heal
GETS $4,000 VERDICT
Heavyweight Lover Sang Ten
der Love Ballads to Girl
Who Served Him

Copyright, 1882, NEA Service, 1nco
A 223- pound Romeo who sang ten
der love ballads to the pretty nurse
who treated his influenza, took and
gave her kisses in torrid love-mal;ing
on a divan, promised to marry her
and then forgot his promise. awcke
on his honeymoon with another wo-
man to discover that he had left be-
hind a wounded heart that only $780,
900 could heal.
The heavyweight champion lover
was David L. CIron Man, Hutton.
now the husband of Evangelist Aimee
Semple Mcpherson, and the breach OF
promise suit was filed against him
by Miss Myrtle Joan st. Pierre, come
ly Los Angeles nurse, two days after
his wedding.
Just a few weeks ago this three
cornered love drama ended after a
sensational trial at Los Angeles IN
which a jury of seven men and five
women decided that Miss st. Pierre'S
charges were true and awarded her
a $4,000 judgment toward curing her
$500 900 heartache.
So was written another chapter In
the glamorous love triangles OF 1882.
This one found the worlds most fam
GUS vangelist-herself already once
widowed and once divorced-compet-
ing with the pretty nurse for the AZ
fections of the gigantic baritone who
was tand still isl the leader OF
Aimee's famed Angelus Temple choir.
Sister Aimee'S romance with Hut
ton began about year before their
marriage when the rotund baritone
took leading role in The Iron Fur
mace" Biblical opera that she wrote
and directed. Taking the part OF
the king, Hutton sat on a throne OF
gold and sang his way into Sister
Aimce's heart. Thus Hutton earned
his nickname of Iron Man."
On Sept 13, 1881, they eloped by
airplane and were wed at Yuma,
Ariz. Throughout Hutton's trial, the
evangelist expressed confidence in
her husband.
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But prior to the time he married
Sister Aimee, so Miss st. Pierre
charged in a manner that convinced
the jury, Hutton had promised to
marry her. Thus, she said, she suf-
fered great mental anguish when she
learned that he had Tilted her.
The trial, replete with testimony of
kisses, moonlight auto rides and am
orous wooing on divan, took three
weeks.
Star witness for herself was Miss
St. Pierre. A Summarization of her
testimony indicates that the sweet
singer of gospel songs was fast and
furious lover, and the start of their
romance boils down about like this:
Saturday-They met at party at
friends home, where Dave at
tempted to kiss her after a few high
balls. Where have you been
keeping this gorgeous creature all
my life?" the smiling Dave inquired
of the host.
Monday - Hutton got his first
date" with Miss st. Pierre and took
her on three-hour automobile ride,
which ended in an embroidered low
ers' lane :. "He said was adorable,
that he had looked for long time
for a girl like me; he took my hand
and said. I love YOU"
TueSday-Hutton called again on
Miss st. Pierre at her home. On the
divan, Dave said: Sweetheart, I
have come to love you"-and gath
cred her in his arms.
Thursday - Hutton called again,
and sang tender love ballads to her
in the parlor. BY this time he had
ceased entirely to call her by her first