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Wronged Girl Who Married Minister, Who Already Was Wed
Woodward, Ia., Nov. 19. The mother of 18-year-old Lucille Phipps tells how her daughter was lured by Walter G. Nelson a minister and tailor from Chicago who admitted bigamy. Lucille married in Des Moines then learned Nelson had a wife and children. Nelson confessed, said he is sorry and asked forgiveness. he faces up to five years in prison.
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