The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-11-20
WALKERS WOE.
He is Deserted by His Wife,
Who Skips Out With q
"Hands0mer Man."
A Sens alton Which Caused Elk
element in the Lively
Little City of Mont
rose.
The Connection Which Certain Sc
dalia Parties Have With the
Affair.

dalia Parties Have With the
Affair.
The BAzoO of Sunday morning contained
brief mention of the elopcment o: a lady
we'll known in the social circles OF Mont
rose and vicinity. Learning that the little
episode was causing a vast amount OF CON-
ment, ard Creating no little excitement
among the good people OF MOntrOse, a
BAzoo reporter took the K. Il L. train for
Montrose, Sunday evening, with a view 10
furnishing the readers of the paper pub
lished Off the .. "ple now OH earth" The
full particul ars Of this rather sensational
event. When the BAzoo man arrived At
Montrose at S:45 p. w., he found the city
shrouded i'm darkness, there scarcely being
light perceptible save i'm the railroad
station and the hotel, but the
news hustler was not discouraged. ard hy
the judicious exercise of his diplomatic
abilities managed ~ catch on.
TIL CENTRAL FIGURES In
this rather large SEED scandal are Mrs.
Emma Walker, formerly Mrs. Emma
Ahart. nee Miss Emmr Ogen and one Viii
liam Ford, barber and an alleged dude.
Ms. Walker is most respectfully Con-
nec;ed. being the daughter Of Samuel Ogen.
a farmer WHO resices three miles east of
Montrose Her husband Mr. Don Walker,
is a most estimable gentleman and held in
Ia gh esteem by all who know him.
This unfortunate marriage was solemn
lied July 18th, 1883. about eiev,a ,n"nths
after the death Of the brides first hus.~
The marriage cerenu:... leiE2 performed by
Rev. Pole Walker, a brother Of the groom.
The couple went to housekeeping imIne-
diately. and soon aiterward Mrs. Walker
brought home
HER TWO LITTLE BOYS
aged respectively four and six years, and
who we're supposed to be the heirs Of her
former husband.
As previously strted this match was an
Inflated one, and scandal, which had
already been busy with the name Of Mrs.
Walker, had an additional cause for eIul-
tatiOn when soon after the marriage, Bill
Walker. the brother of the husband, took
up his residence in the Walker mansion in
the capscity of a boarder. 1t is not charg
ed that there was any criminal intimacy
between Bill Walker and his sister-in-law,
but his acts served to augment the scandal.
He carried his eye in sling FIR three
weeks, the result Of humping given him
by une Darnell for an alleged misrepresen-
tation of facts made by him in the Clinton
Advocate. This is now known in
the slang parlance of Montrose as "the
Darnell act.
Shortly after the marriage Of Mr.. Walk
er and Mrs. Ahart, William Ford, fes-
tive barber, WAC had been very attentive to
Mrs. Walker, whilst she Was
DAsHING YOUNG WIDOW,
put in sn appearance, and it is stated tina,
he made very frequent visits to the resi-
dence Of Mrs. Walker both day and night
BY some means this gay Lothario obtain
ed possession of tne ring belonging 10 his
enamorata. Mr.. Walker cl.ims that
Ford stole the ring, while the latter claims
that the jewel was presented TO him BY
Mrs. Walker. Four weeks ago last Sunday
night Walker, CHANGING to meet Fork, de-
msnded OF him that he surrender the ring.
Ford declined TO reply with the irate bus
bands demand. Hot words ensucd and
Walker accused Ford OF
RUNNING AFTER HIS WIFE,
at the same time stating that it must BE-
stopped and warning Ford that if be
caught him about his premises again he
would shoot him down.
Ford paid little or no attention to his
threat, but emb, aced every opportunity Ia
meet Ms. Walker and AXE long strolls
with her, and it was asserted BY those who
had observed matters closely that Ford as
completely under the control of his en-
SLAYER.
Nothing further was said about the ring
at the time, and matters we're apparently
moving along TRANQUILITY and smoothly in
the Walker mansion uctil about ten DAYS
ago, when Walker met Ford in front of his
grocery store and again demanded that he
GIVE UP THAT RING.
Walker seized Ford but the latter
broke and ran. He only wen, a slioI,
distance, however, before he was brought
to q halt by a two pound scale
weight hurled at him by
his enrsged rival. The following
morning Walker obtained a writ of re.
pIevin for the ring which WIS taken from
Ford by the constable and delivered to
Mrs. Walker, who stated that she wOsld
return it to gentleman she had obtained
it from in bed a: Appleton City, on the 18Th
of February last.
The rights Of property involved in Ibis
ease will be tried on the 18th inst.
Shortly after the difficulty with Walker,
Ford left Montrose for Sedalis. where be
obtained employment in an East Sedalia
barber shop. Ford is q grass widower, his
former wife, with whom he lived only two
weeks, being the daughter OF Pettis coun.
ty farmer. by the name of Higgins, who
resides near Sedalia.
Ford claims that his wii-'s father forci6ly
took her away from him and for this he
brought suit against him for
DAMAGES IN THE SUN OF 5000.
This suit is now pending in the Pettis
county circuit court.
On Friday evening Mrs. Walker brought
her sister, Miss Mary Ogen, young lady
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