A Much Married Man

A MUCH MARRIED MAN.

An Engineer of St. Paul Who Has Led Five Brides to the Altar. 

ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 21—Mrs. John Wilkins is the plaintiff in a suit for divorce from her husband, who is alleged to have wedded four other women. The papers in the case were filed in the district court Tuesday. In 1870 Wilkins married to the plaintiff in Fagundas, Pa., where they lived happily for a number of years. He then moved to St. Paul, bringing his young wife with him. In May, 1887, he contracted a marriage with Emma Stetson, and a few months later married another woman named Kate Fox, who is now a dressmaker in this city. Shortly afterward he married a woman named French, and followed this in August by marrying one Hattie Bowles. Each of these marriages was contracted under an assumed name. Added to this he was engaged to a handsome widow who is now employed at a corset-making establishment here. The difficulty of maintaining so many wives soon forced itself upon Wilkins, and last October he left the city taking with him Emma Stetson, who was his favorite. He was employed as an engineer while in this city. His parents reside in Cleveland, where his father is said to be quite wealthy, and a stockholder in the Standard Oil company.