The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-04-04
HALLS HAPPINESS
Wrecked by the Scandal Mon
gers of the Village of
Warsaw.
he Pays His Attentions to a
Wealthy Widow, Causing
Her Sons Displeasure.
The Young Man Assaults His
Mothers Suitor, and is Then
Paid to Leave Town.
An Interesting Chapter as Picked
Up by q Bazoo Reporter
on Thursday,
In Which the Principal Characters
are Exonerated from Anything
that Smacks of Undue
Intimacy.

| Early last week IL came To the knowl
edge OF the BAzoo that a large sized sensa
tional item had developed itself at War
saw. in which lady and gentleman oil
that place figured as the principal actors
( The rumors which first reached the ear.
. of the BAZoo man were of such a charac-
ter that he determined 10 visit the village
and SEE for himself how much truth there
! was in the report. and on "wednesday
! afternoon he took the narrow gauge train
| for that point, where he arrived at 5::,l
o'clock I'm the evening and remained until
o'clock Friday morning, during which
! time ne thoroughly investigated the mat.
ter, sitting il tn the very bottom. and below
presents the result Of his labors.
/ In September of 1881, Mr.. James f.
! Hall, then engaged i'm the business of sell.
/ ing monuments III -. Louis,
ENTERED INTO 4 PARTNERSHIP
with Mrs. r. A. Stone. a wealthy widow
| ior the purpose of establishing banking
house I'm Warsaw
! Mr.. Hall is man little more than
/ two score years of age. and halls from the
state OF Massachusetts, In 1868 he entered
| the service of the Lord as Congregational
minister, and in this mission was considered
one of the most successful i'm ali the east.
4 man of polished manners and splendid
education. he made friends on every hand.
and numerous were the calls he received.
of Mr.. Halls earlier life. the BAzoo pro-
poses treating briefly. He married i'm his
native state, but domestic bliss was not Ia
be his portion, and after a time
DIVORCE WAS APPLIED FOR
and obtained by Mr.. Hall, the same being
granted at Salt I,ake City, Utah, where he
was visiting.
tie then returned east. and iu the course
of time won the heart of another lady of
his native state. and they were Joined i'm
wedlock. but this marriage was barren of
that love which should exist between hus-
band and wife and a separation was agreed
upon.
This brings the narrative up to about
five years ago, when Mr.. Hall met Mrs.
Stone, who figures quite prominently in
this story.
She is lady about forty years of age,
and although not handsome, has a pleas
ing face and one that denotes intelligence.
She is highly educated, and on the
DEATH OF HER HUSBAND,
a gentleman we'll known throughout Mis-
souri,. was possessed of some ST.. 900 i'm her
own right, besides being custodian OF
about an equal amount for her
children, the oldest of whom. Dewitt
Clinton Stone. will attain his majority i'm
October next. Besides this son. Mrs. Stone
has one little girl and two little bows
The friendship that sprang up between
Mr.. Hall and Mrs. Stone in ST. Louis. i've
years ago, was ultimately the result of
their forming a cO-partnership for conduct
ing a banking business ut Warsaw. In
the meantime, this friendship had ripened
into something stronger, and Mr.. Hall
made application for divorce from
HIS SECOND WIFE.
and the proceedings are still pending.
1t was Mr. Halls intention, as soon a.
he had obtained a divorce from his second
wife, to wed Mrs. Stone, and with this OBJ
ject in view they established the bank at
Warsaw, both removing to that point.
where they would be constantly thrown in
to each others society and each might
learn to know the other more thoroughly.
In October they removed to Warsaw and
leased the building formerly occupied bv
Mr.. j. ID. Briggs as bank-by large odds
the finest I'm the town. Ii is two-storv
brick, the bank being below, while above
are several rooms used as sleeping apart
ments. Into these rooms Mr.. Hall and
Mrs Stone and her children removed, fur
nishing them i'm elegant style. For time
they had family i'm the house with them,
with whom Mr.. Hall and Mr.. Stone and
children boarded, and
nny-rN.- srn~-
But the family stopped but short
while, and Mr. Hall and Mrs Stone and
children remained, taking their meals at a
restaurant.
In city the size of Sc
dalia, this would have been con-
sidered all right and proper, and the
finger of suspicion would never have been
pointed at the parties interested In a
village like Warsaw, however, il is differ
ent. The mere fact that Mr.. Hall and
Mrs. Stone were occupying rooms in the
same building, the latter surrounded by
her children and housekeeper, was con-
sirued into something improper-some-
thing bold and bad. The better element
of society did not for a moment tolerate
these rumOrs, but there are always persons
who will make mountain out of a mole
hill in cases of this kind, and SO they did
in this instance.
Dewitt Clinton Stone, the oldest child
of Mrs. Stone,
WAS NOT A LITTLE To BLAME
for portion of this talk, and from this
time forward he figures quite prominently
in the article. His associates were not of
the best, and to his comrades he denounced
Mr.. Hall most bitterly. characterizing him |
as a fortune hunter and a man without
honor To still others he told different |
story, AMI trouble brewed on every hand. !