The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-05-09
Who Says His Marriage to
Miss Clark, of Sedalia,
was Spurious,
And That the Child Born I'm
to Her. at California, is
Legitimate.
His Last Matrimonial Venture
Frustrated by the Bazoo's
Publication.
A Warrant Issued for the Manager
of the Bazao for Criminal
Libel.

LlDeI.
/ The readers al the BAznu will pardon us
/ Tor >Yuandering much space upon. Geo.
II. Ellis whose chief cuisines, seems To
I tie that oi matrimonial alliances Ii his
/ Penchant iOr matrimony il not curbed. it
] will land him where female society Is con-
>picuou> toy III absence. He il travel
/ ing agent. AMI will bear watching by
Young ladies VINO long Tor the Joys and
miseric> of wedlock
! This paper iirst exposed Ellis I'm 1873.
shortly alter he was married To- Miss Mary
Clark. When he left Sedalia he went to
~. Louis. thence Ia New Florence, Mo.
and afterwards la Montgomery CITY, Mo.
/ Al the latter place he endeavored To marry
Young lady. but was thwarted i'm this
by the native shrewdnes, aud great pride
of character Of the one whom he sought to
make a matrimonial victim Oi
Again was Ellis held up by the BAzoo
Ia the gaze of the public. and his deeds
made glare in the MONDAY sun. We kept
hammering at him until Missouri was too
warm. He threatened the B,zoo with
LIBEL SUIT.
WHICH suit never had existence only in
the mind of the base villain the newspaper
/ had aimed to expose.
Ii was Il bluti-a rUSe-a ieint To draw
attention from him.
lie went hence and sought n new place
Barry. Illinois. an inland town where
slick ones are not wont To pros
ecute the nefariOuS schemes thev
have of raising the wind. He first
peddled the short cut on ladies dresses bv
the Star system, which i patent. and
which he had no legal right to dispose OF.
After getting acquainted with the ladies of
the place. through the medium OF the pat
ent cutting system, he put out his sign as
an insurance agent. The balance of his
career has been told in these columns un-
I'll he was given notice to- leave the place
No sooner was Ellis bounced bv Miss
Cora Allen, To whom he was engaged to be
married. and the BAzOos exposure circu-
lated IN Barry. than he left, but not until
he was invited To. lie went tn Pitisfield,
I in the same county with Barry, and COM
menced to- 10 business. His fist exploit
Wa To arrest, ON the charge of criminal libel
the editor Of the Adage, an enterprising
local paper, and {. III. Ware. = news
dealer who had sold large numbers of the
BAzoo. OF course these gentlemen waved
examination and gave bond To- apI%ara the
next termof court. when Ellis will be- gone
and there will he no trial.
ELLIS MEANS THIS FOR BLUFF.
brag and bu>ier IL i, the same game he
PLAYED twelve months ago ut Montgomery
Ciiy-threatened this paper with libel
suit and then SUNK away To another place
to repeat his doings.
When Ellis left Barry he told the land
lord of the hotel where he boarded. that he
was going I'm a few DAYS to Chicago To live
that he was going to marry Miss Lizzie
Wharton, of Griggsville. who at that time
was hurrying up wedding trosseau i'm
which Ia marry him.
The following letter was written by Miss
Wharton to Young lady i'm Missouri. who
Was at one time engaged to marry the same
>craPe-grace:
GRIGG>vILLE, I'LL April2l, 1892
Iou are a stranger to me, but feel that
] can sympathize with you in your trouble
! can't afford To come tn Missouri tn prove
anything, but send Won some letters and
write this to give you proof of what know
of Geo. ID. Ellis, insurance agent of Barry.
Il
this county. He was here aud spent the
evening with me last night.
The Continental insurance company has
offered him a better situation. Whether
he will take il or not, don't know but
he don't intend staying in this county much
longer.
WAS ENGAGED To GEORGE u. ELLIS
We were to have been married May Is, but
only few know it.
! promised tn write To him TODAY. but
a friend kindly brought me the Sedalia
BAzoO of April l6, so in place of a friendly
letter, sent him final farewell, which
he so Justly merited at my hands.
He had plaHsiblv told me that when we
were married il was his intention TO
take me to Chicago to live; at least he
pretended that, and q great many other
things that will never be consummated now.
am so thankful that have only gone
as far AS have with him.
belong to family of respectable people
and don't wish to blast NV life BY associat-
ing myself with such a man, or with any
of his kind. Respectfully,
LIZZIE III. WARroS.
So much good the BAzOo accomplished
once, and ii Is proud of il.
After having the two gentlemen at Barry
arrested. he went to Griggsville and rep
resented to Miss WartOn, his affianced,
that the trial would take place at Pitts
field, and asked that she go with him to
hear the evidence, and, OF course, his vim
dication. The young lady was not to be !
caught with such chat and declined to
hear
HIS "vINDIcATIoN,"
"a he termed il.
Subsequently Ellis was arrested, charg-
ed with carrying concealed weapons. and
was found guilty and fined $40 and costs. !
amounting to $3.50 The trial took place