The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-04-30
CRAZED WITH LOVE.
A Sad Story From Atchison Citv.

n&uSeu IN the JOhns0n-1OO auair, al
{ which brief statement vas given to our
: readen, last Wednesday, called at the
dsria Office. Saturday afternoon, and re.
: dnested that We publish full statement oi
De matter. Mr.. Hooper tells his story in
, such plain, Straightforward manner As to
leave NO room for doubt, and the facts he
} reveals brands young johnson .s either n
; fool or = kaave. We give MIR. Hooper.
) statement about ~ he gave it to us, going
; into details, Is he requests. He says:
About FIVE years ago. Ally Johnson. a
young man nov in the neighborhood Of
twenty three, son Of Lowell johnson, Of our
neighborhood. hogan to pay attention to
my daughter Ella, now about tsen,y-two.
At the same time, there Vas another young
man Of the neighborhooJ who had been
nv daughters hand. There sprang up
warm rivalry between the two young men,
which lasted about one year, when young
johnson demanded of Ella that she choose
between them. She did so, and the other
young man was dismissed. Soon after, per.
haps three years ago. formal engagement
Was announced between Ella aud Johnson
Ny wife and consented to this. johnson
was very devoted to Ella. and acted rs If
he loved her. He often stated that he could
rot afford to marry, but that they would
before long. He kept up hi. visits un-
I'll last August, when the young man,
whom she had rejected, got married.
After that johnson did not come to the
hocse 30 often, and soon Ella told US that
he had broken of the engagement Ella
soon after fell into spell Of sickness and
became almost deranged. Her physician
between her and johnson. We sent for
him, and he came to the house. l had .
talk with him, and he told me that he no
longer longer loved Ella, and that he could
not marry her. I told him thai l did not
blame him If that was his reason; that I
would rather bury my daughter than have
have her marry q man who didn't love her.
told him that We would get along with
Ella as best We could, bat that since he had
been SO frank, We would not blame him for
his conduct.
Ny daughter finally recovered. Soon
johnson paid her attentions again. and
their engagement was renewed. lie said
that he loved her better than ever, and that
no one should come between them. lie
promised to marry her on the following
Sunday, which fell, think, on the 18th Of
Ociober last. The day came. but Johnson
failed. He came. however in day or too
after, and ON the grounds of poverty asked
for a pc>tponement. To this We consented.
lie made bu, few more visits to the house
before he came TO A,chison to school. lie
made many vows Of love and constancy
before he left. He promised when he left
that he would visit Monrovia often, AMI
would always call and see her. lie has
been there twice, but each time neglected to |
cal, and see Ella a. per his promise. She |
wrote him two notes but he neglected to an |
swer them.
Three weeks ago my younger daughter |
started to Atchison to enter Mrs. Nonroes |
school, and lila came with her TO learn |
dres. making Of Mrs. Abbot. She was
With Mrs. Abbot four days, but becoming (,
tired Of the business, entered as pupil at
Mrs. Monroe's school. She soon had an in |
,erview with johnson, and he promised 10 |
come up to her boarding house, to see her |
and help her With her lessons. lie came |
a. per agreement, but left soon and very |
abruptly. She attempted to detain him, |
but Inc pulled away from her saying: Il
will give you no more encouragement"
This is the last she has seen Of him.
Last Sunday evening april H. her SIS |
ter and Miss Allison vent to church, leav. |
her at home as she refused to 60 With them. |
When they came back they. could not find
her. She came in, however, SION after, |
saying that she had been almost to St. Joe. |
She sat . long time In silence, and refused
to 60 to bed. She made the remark, Il am |
waiting for the moon to come up" and in
reply to question, said she was going to
drown herself when the moon got up. She
VAS finally got to bed, and she slept until
late the next morning. When she awakened
she ran from the room, and straight for the
river. Her friends and teachers gave chase,
and overlook her on Second street, and
brought her back. l happened in town.
Tuesday morning. and then Vas the FIRST l
heard of the facts have related. Ny poor
daughter was crazy; at times mad, and
raving maniac, and talked in an ircoherent
manner Of the way johnson had wronged
her.
I took her out hone that afternoon,
johnson came out towards the last OF the
week, but, although Ella has asked for him
to come and see her, he refuses to come. I
have .een him and talked With him. AT
FIRST he gave Is reason for his conduct
that he could not afford to marry. told
HIM did not do It to buy him, but that II
poverty only stood in the way, he might
have half my farm and half Of all l had.
This changed him, and he then owned up
th,t he did no, want to marry Ella, nor
would he. He said that he only vent TO
school to get rid Of her.
Ny daughter is lying almost At deaths
door. At times she is lucid, but nearly al
ways Wild and raving. In her lucid mo-
ments she cries out for Ally to come and zee
her. She says that she has given him up,
and ia going to die. She only wants to zee
him once before she dies. But the hardened
boy refuses to answer her appeals, although
his parents, - we'll a. my vile and I, have
beeeed him to come. Ella expresses great
fear that. this scandal will get out 20 the