The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-06-26
That is The Appellation Civ.
en- to Him By His AL
legged Wife.
A Well-Known K. & T. Con-
ductor in the Role of the
Ascending Husband.
The Deserted Woman Attempts
To Cut Her Throat with
a Razor.

twet n Usage and kentucky streets, attracte,
the attention OF every one In the vicinity
and thinking that some d-ed of violenc,
was being enacted, a curious crowd rushe,
pell-mell up the stairway, only TO find tw,
women attempting TO restrain a third, whC
was tearing her hair, wringing her hands
and exhibiting every indication OF a furi
Gus maniac.
SHE TRIED To CUT HER THROAT,
was all the explanation the thoroughly
terrified wo"en were able 10 make TO- The
curious, gaping crowd, whose humber.
were constantly being augmented by in
guisitive men, women and children. IL re.
qnired the services OF policeman, who
was attracted To the place by tie unusual
noise ard excitement, to quell the impa.
tient throng.
Alter the crowd dispersed and the excite
ment had somewhat subsidized. BAZoo re-
porter approached the apparently dement,
ed woman, but to NJ question put 10 her
could an intelligibly reply be received, and
continuing her paroxysms of grief, she
would only moan "Oh am | TO be
LEFT HERE ALL ALONE"
She held in her hand small gem pic
iure, which she continually apostrophizrd,
al,ernated, with words Of affection and
reproach. "Only TO think" sobbed the
Woman, "that he who / have always treated
So kind should treat ME in this way"
From the women present in the room,
| the reporter learned some of the particu-
lars of which, If their statements be tue
in all essential part culars, can only be
characterized as a case of
CRUEL WIFE DISCRETION.
The names of the women are Mrs. Susan
Cr. amer, who resides at Lexington, and
Mrs Louisa Baker, who lives in the south
ern part of this city, both sisters of the
grief stricken woman, who claims to be the
lawfully welded wife OF Mr.. Frank Hill,
vel. known X. & T. conductor, who runs a
train on the Sedalia and Parsons division.
Mrs Baker states that Mr.. Hill told his
wife, Sunday night, that her sister Susan,
who resides at Lexington, was very i'll and
desired her presence. Suspecting nothing
wrong, Mrs. Hill made her arrangements
for brief absenc. from home,
and left early yesterday morning for
Lexington in response TO what she sup
posed was a summons from her sick sister.
Mrs. Hill has little girl nine years of
age, the fruit of former marriage, AMI
she was sent to spend the day with her
aunt, Mrs. Baker.
Arriving at Lexington, Mrs. Hill, to her
utter as;onishment, found her sister in per-
feet health Then for the first time
SUSPICION OF TREACHERY
on the part Of her husband entered her
turn vi h her to this city. The two wo-
h., -. IL laS
apd on r. p.iring to the rooms of Mr.. and
Mrs Hill, the worst fears OF the now ago
ulzrd wife were confirmed Hill was not
visible, anu an examination showed that
ne had removed his trunk and all OF his
personal effects. After this discovery Mrs.
Hill became perfectly Wild, and ii required
the combined efforts OF Mrs. Creamer and
Mrs. Baker, who with the little girl had i'm |
the meantime arrived, to prevent |
her from doing herself great !
bodily :injury Going into the bed roo"a !
the distracted woman Glanced In her aim |
less movements to open beureau drawer, |
in which she discovered note addressed |
TO her, written by her absent husband. |
The note merely stated that the writer had |
received a dispatch which required his |
presence at home in the east After reading |
these few unsatisfactory lines, Mrs. Hill
became il possible, more excited than ever,
and began TO scream, rave and tear her !
She rushed from one room TO
another. and finally discovering razor ly-
ing on a shelf in the middle room, seized it |
and
ATTEMPTED TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
1t not only required the most strenuous
efforts on the part of the women to wrest
the dangerous instrument from their crazy
sister, but the assistance of the strangers
who were attracted to the house by the
screams of the women. had to be invoked.
After Mrs. Hill had been partially quiz
eted and the
CURIOUS CROWD
had been dispersed, Mr. E. Bixby from
whom Hill rented his rooms called
AM informed tine deserted wife
that Hill had called upon
him about 9 o'clock in the morning, and
paid the rent of the rooms to the first OF
next month; and that he requested him TO
tell his wife Tor Ann, as he called her) that
ne had left q note for her as he had re-
,eived a telegram calling him home. In re-
,ponse to the question of Mr.. Bixby If there
vas anything wrong between him and his
wife, Hill returned a most emphatic mega
i've. Mr.. Bixby was further INTERCEPTED
,y the reporter, as to his knowledge Of the
relations existing betwsen Mr.. and Mrs.
Hill, but on this point he was Ignorant.
he stated that Hill came to him several
months ago and rented the rooms, stating
ne wanted them for himself and wife; that
although he roomed en- the same floor, he
scarcely ever saw the couple.
The sisters of Mrs. Hill state that the
nan who has jus: deserted her is
HER THIRD HUSBAND.
She was first married to one Wolfe, whose
,ame her only child, the little girl previ-
,usly referred to, bears. subsequently she
vas married to a man by the name of
White, and wss known as Emma White
vheu Hill married her about four years