The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-06-15

An Adventures Wins Q Husband,
Who In Turn Gets . Divorce in
Twenty-Five Minutes.

Who In Turn Gets Q Divorce IN
twenty-five Minutes.
Cincinnati Times.
In 1910 Wilson Shannon, of st.
GAINESVILLE, Was the governor OF
Ohio. aud Tom Shannon, of Barnes.
vile, o brother of the governor,
represented the Belmont county
district in the Ohio Senate. This
Shannon was q jolly old bachelor
when he entered the assembly. lie
was fairly good looking man, pos.
sessing some wealth. and being withal
a brother of the governor. he was
considered by the fair sex what
matchmaking would-be mothers-in'
law now call q ''good match" He
was also q great admirer Of female
beauty, and often boosted that he
could appreciate all the beauties OF
virtuous womanhood.
Shortly after his entrance on hi:
legislative career Senator Shannon
had occasion to take a trip South,
and on his return from Memphis,
going up the Ohio. he met on the
boat q beautiful woman with
whom he became acquainted without
the formality of an introduction.
The woman-her name was, it lie LOt
necessary what-was of striking in
telligeuce. sparkling Wit, Of magnif'
cent form aud wonderful beauty o,
of the Southern brunette order. she
was handsomely dressed. and heI
costly jewelry led to the belief that
she must be possessed of considerable
wealth. Tom shannon became in
fatuated with her at once. and this in,
tatuation deepened when she told hin
she was planters widow from neal
New Orleans, where she owned 9
large estate and numerous negroes
Sne further informed him that sht
was going north to Columbus. and
was delighted 10 accept his profferet
company. To cut this part of thu
story short, it sufices to say that thu
time extended 80 rapidly that by thu
time the boat reached Columbus I
had ripened into mutual love, and
the two souls had been united in the
bonds of wedlock.
Senator Shannon brought his brid'
to the American House. and Their
received the congratulations of hi
friends. But scarcely had the fact o
the marriage become known bef"re {
rumor started, and rapidly few from
mouth to mouth, that his beautiful
bride was an adventures that he
Louisiana plantations we're Utopia'
localities; that her wealth consiste'
Of multitudinous debts; and worse
that she was an old mistress of q vel
known gambler then playing bis trad
in Columbus.
The next morning after this rumo
had been circulated Senator ShannoI
and his wife entered the America
house dining room. and where seate'
at q table directly opposite tn
gambler above spoken Of. As they
took their seats the gambler caugh
Mrs. Shannon's eye. She was seen u
blush and how. This confirmed tn
rumor. The fact that Shannon's wife
the sister-in.Iaw of the governor, va
prostitute. spread like lightning
throughout Columbus. and tn,
scandal was the sensation of town
The politicians held an immediat
caucus. at which it was decided ths
the evil must be remedied at al
hazards.
In those DAYS the legislature grant
ed all the divorces. The csucu
decided that Tom Shannon must h
divorced from his wife. This was Of
the same morning of the breakfas
table scene. before the opening of tn
daily session of the assembly. I'm
mediately after the reading Of TIL
senate journal motion was made T.
suspend the rules for the introduction
of q bill. This carried, a bill va
introduced providing for Shannon
divorce. 1t was read three times
under suspended rules. and passed
It was then hurried over to the Hous
and there passed in the same manner
The whole affair did not take twenty
Eve minutes. 1t was settled. probab bly,
the quickest of any divorce case Oh
record.
Az for Senator Shannon. the affai
was the cause of his death. He lef
the legislature at the exposure q
the fraud and returned to hi
home in GAINESVILLE. He was of
high, sensitive nature, ard his brood
ing over his wrongs brought on /.
sickness from which he died about
year after his scandalous marriage.