Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1909 — DIPLOMAT IS SUED BY WIFE [ARTICLE]

DIPLOMAT IS SUED BY WIFE

John Sherman's Adopted Daughter Seeks Absolute Divorce. Washington, Nov. 23.—Suit for in absolute divorce and the custody of lie* two children has been instituted :>y Mrs. Mary Sherman McCallum, adopted daughter and heiress of the lata John Sherman of Ohio. Susie McDonald Hopkins is named. The husband was a stenographer but after his marriage was appointed consul at St. Gall, Switzerland. Senator and Mrs. Sherman were strolling through an orphanage one day and they were especially attracted to a strikingly beautiful girl. They had no children of their own and made known their desire to adopt her. They were informed that the baby had a twin sister and whoever adopted one •would have to take the other. The Shermans took both. The twin first chos< n died soon afterward.