For Mrs. Dora McDonald, on the other hand, an entirely different
case is made out by her attorney, Colonel James Hamilton Lewis. He
said that he had procured new evidence in the shape of affidavits
and sworn statements of witnesses in the suit for divorce brought by
"Mike" McDonald against Mary C. McDonald in 1889, and letters in the
handwriting of Mary McDonald, and others.
The divorce bill, according to Colonel Lewis, was filed in the
Superior Court of Cook County on September 11, 1889. In the complaint,
McDonald alleged that he married his first wife November 20, 1870,
and lived with her until May 1, 1889. He alleged misconduct in the
complaint, naming Joseph Moysant, or Father Moysant, a renegade
priest, and gave dates and places of alleged misconduct. He also
alleged that Mrs. McDonald had fled to France with Moysant, and that
she was not a resident of Chicago, or the State of Illinois.