Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
MRS. WADDINGHAM SPEAKS.
The other Side OF the Mystery--Her
Marriage Certificate and Letter
from Martha Jane.

II is alwaysthe desire of the LEDGER
to be fair and impartial in all matters
of news, publishing plain facts as
near as we can CLEAN them. The
following from Mrs. Waddingham
needs no explanation in the light of
what we published last week:
To the Editor of tie Ledger:
MEXICo, Mo, january 29.-Dear Sir:
/ send you q copy of my marriage certifi-
cate, and Martha Jane Haskins' letter.
All of Mr.. W~addingham's witnesses testi-
fly that they were personally acquainted
with Charles Il. Gavin's wife; that they
knew her gu at the Black Eagle Hotel,
where Haskins kept. Martha Jane Has
kins will testify that | was never out
there. | have ample proof besides hers
that | never lived any place but with my
mother and step-father, Mr.. Haskins, i'm
Detroit from the fall IF "A until the same
of IS, when | left Detroit. l never mar
ried Gavin, or went by the name Of Mrs.
Charles r. Gavin. Martha Jane Haskins
never married Gavin. Charles r. Gavin
married my cousin, Anna Bates.
ARIA CERTIFICATE.
ST. LOUIS, August 9TH, 1s53.-This is
to certify that l have this day nnited in
the bonds of matrimony Mr.. William
Waddingham and Miss Purlina NJ. Hulett.
4s2 WILLIAM HOMES, Minister.
STATE OF MISSOURI,
COUNTY OF ST. LOUIS.
l, the undersigned Recorder in and for
the County of st. LOUIS. certify that the
written marriage certificate was fled for
record in my office April 10th, 1858, and
is truly recorded in marriage Record Book
10, page 4S2.
Witness my hand and official seal at st.
Louis, the date aforesaid.
C. KEEMLE, Recorder.
Filed April 10th, 1853.
c. KEEMLE, Recorder.
LETTER FROM MARTHA JGNE.
/ JACKSON, January 18th.
Mrs. PINE WADDISGHAMADear Mad
am: l received your letter of the 18th and
was glad to hear from you, and that you
are well. Well, / am surprised to near Il
Mr.. Waddingham tell aney such stuff, fol
l never said aney such a thing When he
was hear l told him that my name was
Martha Jane, but l never did Marie
Gavin, and he said that you were trying
to make Inc out meen, and that YOU sale
that | married Gavin. He told me thaI
you ware meen and wanted to put INT
down for what you did, and that it was t
niger my name. Now | told hime that
never know of your being bad, and that
did not believe it all. 1 told that l al
ways liked you. He had a book hear, ant
reed a lot of trash of to ME, but I dix
pay much attention to it. He reed it be
fore my husband, SO you can see he trie,
his best to put you down, but L told hin
1 did believe it. Well, about your livel
on the Grand River road-you never di,
1--we THAR with my father, and that whel
my father lived out THAR 1 did not know
you; then l can testifie to that. l vii
send you the paper that the other peac
was in. He told me that he did not Iv
with you but two years and that he LEI
and was supporting you for twenty years
Well, about mothers death. l think it
about 43 years, as near as / can think
and father has been dead about 20 years
as near as 1 can get at it. My son live
in Seneca, Kan, Johnson county, and hav
a son at home with me and a daughter
Give your mother my best wishes, an
! the same to yourself. Yours truly.
MARTHA j. KELLY.