The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-04-12
DESERVING HIS WIFE.
A Missouri Legislator Deserts
His Wife for q Beauti-
full Blonde
Who Was Another FeliOW'0 Wife
Divorce Between the Latter ana
Her Hubby Ssved by Death.
Desertion Of Q Good Woman for tho
Acknowledgements IN Knob
noster Running High
Waiting in st. Louis for Hts Emms
to Joln HIm-An Appeal from
HIS Wife in her Illness
Utterly Ignored.
| A Tale Of Love, Devotion Of q Wife
--Deceptlon and Disgrace
Which Involves Prominent
Families IN johnson
County.

0lcoaAfnASoA
WI. Workman, N. D.. wss torn sad
raised in the vicinity Vi kGoGnos'es. HI
father vac an old se;tler and 10 known -
the founder of the sparkling vilise q!
Kpobno.ter, about twenty miles wss' "i
S~isiis. The aon vac, IA former year.
Q hard.WOrk,nx and IDdnstrioas
Young man, 4 had the fssreci of The ~ii-
tire community. He Gas . g'sdasis 81
Js6erscn college. Philadeirnis. aud re-
turned 20 kncbuc.teR ami vicinity about
twsiee vears ago where no ~r:sgrd Ia tie
practice Of medicine.
Alter AZ ardent and I'ess verb.
practices be acquired tAI.e ~
phvsicisu in the ea.I End oi Johnson coun.
~. and especially in Knobnos,er, where iiis
family resided, and where he hsd msus
warm AMI personal friends.
xARsIKp A DELICATE WOMAN.
All t,ne OF the commencement a! his
career - . physician IN kncbn0sier, tie
vailed N . worthy and most ea.smahle
Young ladv, Who Nss connected With One oi
The hrst families OF JJhuson county, snd
one of The old settlers II the village
of Kpobnusier. About eleven or Twelve
rss,s ago. DR.. Workman s-sss from The
father Of Kate Ebert, tine hand a. his
daughter. Mr.. Eibsr; replied that he
thought his daUghter VS. uHssii;cd 10 be Tie
" fe of such . Esn &C him, from lie ! CO
tina, shs Was sulj ect to pro-,ra'icns. s'ia'l,r
ia he, and Wss In delicate hesiit. os
Wcrsman insisted he knew all the f-,ts
r.i.tiye 20 the life OF the soa..n ~hoia =.
Proposed 10 marry, that he dearly loved
sr, and il would he his creates; desire IN
future 10 make her life happy, and TO slle-
y,a,s her snflerings ~ much %. poss:bie-
His croiestatioms Of love snd sincerity we're
such that Mr.. Ebert could not refuse the
hand OF his daughter KITE 10
Gr. Workman, who Gas the svn n:
the Oldest and one Of the moot respected
citizens Of the town o! Kaobnoster. The
alliance. By tine public, was considered
worthy in every respect, and there was gen.
sr.i rejoicing among the cd, settler. 10 s-e
two families united OF the E:hes.'. and
Workmans.
PEACE AND HAPfisES
blessed the union WHICH occurred sstss
DR.. Workman and kste Eiher; for seveTs!
years. The doctor bail, W one OF the
largest practices IN III. eastern part Of
Johnson county, and his wife wae known a.
enc q! the most aD:sbie women in kncb-
noste. and lite surrounding vicinity. a;
prsssu: the fruit OF their marriage 10 ..
assutiiuI little girl, OF superior intelli-
gence, about i've years Of aye, end en- i:,-
tsi!igeut hoy about three yssrs ri ass.
The reason the B.zoo refers particular iy
10 these facts, ia tina, they oil hsve . h~sss.
ing on the story, and detnon.:rsie the is0s
resssn for the worthy Indigestion ot the
besi people Of Knobno..er toward the SUP
posed criminal husband. DR.. Ho,sman, d,
might be here added, ren ,rksd 10 his is-
Their in law, before he married his wife. that
he would msry Miss Kate II she died the
next day, and bic proies,aiions Of lose
we're 80 deep and profound lhss Mr.. E.b~ri
reiinquiebed his objections. ~ DR. Work.
msr waited on Miss Ksts soout seven
years before marriage, and he ccnsra,C-
lated himself upon receiving sucb q good
aud worthy sob-iG.isw into HE family.
Prosperity and happiness beawsd npon the
family Of Dr.. Workman until about TOO
yesrs ago. Up 70 the date here mentioned
il may be sad that th- family Of DR..
Workman Was one of the sno.t prosperous
ia central Missouri; his profession msde
rapid strides toward financial prosperity,
and bis socisl stsuding Was nhquesiions,'
by the moe. ,kepticsl.
Two ar three gears age the doctor grad.
uaIly scQuired fame 10 the "Knob." ~ .
"mssber." This vas the rr-u!t oi hi.
good looks, - he was considered one III
the handeomesi men In this -ec,ion OF the
stale, ard about thirty years Of sgr.
wOKKxAx's FIRST NOroRIETY
vas received about eighteen month. ago
in KnObBosier. A young man named
Newt. Howard married . Aiss Enma
Wells. Both parties 20 this marriage we're
highly eonuscied. and xers considered ii,
a~eCciates for the best families in Missouri
n they were descendants from tie 6rs,
families o: Kentucky VIC ImmigrAtsd 10
to this atate. six months after tie IA sr
riase OF Howard And Miss Well, the
tongue of .cand~i said tina, Dr.. Workman
and HoWard'e wife were too intimate This
rsmOr sssumed sueb q si.spe that o, reached
the ears of Howard, .ho, upon What he
supposed Was sufficient investigation, safe
FED himself that the report ~ss ;rue.
Newt. Howard. one day about eighteen
months ago. stopped DR.. workmsu cn the
street for the purpo.e Of tsking him Ia task
and no il he could 6od guilt in his actions.
A number OF friends O; boih partiee hap.
pened To be present at the in,egview, ano
knowing the purport Of tire coming talk,
were anxious for the results. Howard. a.
that time, was . clerk m his isiher.in..awt
store, and Vas conaidered q very quiet ard
upright Young man, bur the knowledge o.
bic wif.s ip6delily txsspersiei him to
such degree that lie was almost crazy.
He Informed the doctor that - believed
his wIie vas untrue IN him, and ~ was Of
illustration Of bis anger snd freIxy,
he said if he knew the nan be
would shoot him down like a dog,
ard plug him like he did post IN sight,
I'D, with the last rem ark, he pulled hia re-
ra,ver and sho. bullet into . post. How.
{. I'd Their turned around to Workman and
accused him of heing the man Who vas too
MITIGATE with his wife, and the frenzy Of
the man was 40 apparent that friend. oil
both parties intsrfered and separated the
men.
DESPAIR AND DEATH.
OF eOurse, the street sffray ceeasionei
great talk ia . village the size of Knob
Nuu crVeCAaus eoSou& 0astseS 30
prominent; but Dr.. Work mah' 3 fri .nds out
numbered Howard's TO such an extent that
they soOo talked down the crazy freak OF
the latter, and chased it as one Of tho ex-
tremee Of Q jealous man. The high re-
.pec,ab,iiiy OF d.. Workman and his fam
iiy shielded him. and the people we're se
10 their expressions Of conf.
aeuce in the doctors purity that Howard
gave up all ensieavors TO make any person
believe his side Of the story YES true.
Poor Nest. Howard nevertheless believed
his wiie was untrue 10 him, and thss
Work man vas the man vhe step-
ned into his wiies affections. He grad
tally took 10 drink, hut rot 10 IN
,x,reme deesee, and he became |
reckless, snd parted With his
sife. He eeemed 70 vas'e swav, grow DEL |
cate. and fnslly. Oct. 23t. 1873, he died
md ~ tusisd. Il wss elsias4 hi dis.