Marguerite McNulty, who was regularly referred to in press as a “beauty”, was a U.S. stage actress, McNulty’s true name was Katya Minasian, which came to light when it was nationally reported in late 1925 that she had filed suit against the scion William Andrews Clark III, the third grandson of the then very recently late railroad and mining magnate, financier, and U.S. Senator of Montana, and entrepreneur, involved with mining, banking, and railroads?
Marguerite McNulty Marguerite McNulty (fl. c. 1920), who was regularly referred to in press as a “beauty”, was a U.S. stage actress. For decades in the early 20th century, she was cast in musical and other comedy productions on Broadway theatre, like the musical comedy "Fifty Fifty, Ltd." (1919) and the Broadway farce "The High Hatters" (1928). McNulty was also cast in a single silent film, 1925’s Ermine and Rhinestones. The daughter of an Armenian immigrant, McNulty’s true name was Katya Minasian, which came to light when it was nationally reported in late 1925 that she had filed suit against the scion William Andrews Clark III, the third grandson of the then very recently late railroad and mining magnate, financier, and U.S. Senator William A. Clark of Montana. McNulty’s claim against the younger Clark was for his allegedly having breached his promise to marry her. For several years prior, McNulty had a romantic relationship with Clark III, which his family worked hard to, eventually, successfully discourage. The enduring fame of “Marguerite McNulty” seems to arise solely from the wide national publicity given the lawsuit.
Francis McNulty, Jr. Francis McNulty, Jr. was a Republican member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 1896 to 1898. Originally from Michigan where he graduated from the University of Michigan Law School at Ann Arbor, Michigan, McNulty removed to Sioux City, Iowa where he practiced law and served as a state representative in the Iowa General Assembly. He represented District 58 in Woodbury County, Iowa. Not a year after his term of office ended, after gold was discovered in Nome, Alaska (Cape Nome) in 1899, McNulty moved there. He practiced law in Nome, arguing cases before the United States District Court of the Territory of Alaska (Est. 1884). At least one of his successfully argued cases is published. In 1904, Republican Philander C. Knox, United States Attorney General in the Cabinets of both U.S. Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, and the 7 term U.S. Senator from Iowa (prior having served four terms as a U.S. Representative from the state) Republican William B. Allison both endorsed McNulty for appointment as U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska. The position had been recently vacated by Marvin Grisby.