On This Date in Minnesota History: November 11

November 11, 1913 – “With two wives living a few blocks from each other [in Minneapolis], neither one knowing that they are living with the same husband, Arthur D. Carter, aged 39 years, today confessed to Chief Martinson, it is said, that he is guilty of bigamy. Carter is a son-in-law of Hon. F. M. Nye, former congressman from Minnesota.”

Red Wing Daily Republican; “Nye’s Son-in-Law Alleged Bigamist, Arthur D. Carter Confesses to Police That He Has Two Wives”; November 11, 1913;
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Representative Frank M. Nye

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Nye#/media/File:FrankNye.jpg

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