Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-07
THE WlND.Dl.'
The Last Chapter in the War;
BOnnsr Case,
Cards from tho Lady's Brother
and Son-An Insulting
Letter.

duo - u 1pHuiUluB
Letter.
1t was the intention Of THE BE t.
drop the scandal case which has occu
pied SO much space In the papers o
late, with the lengthy account of thu
trial which appeared In Saturday,
BEE. As the urgent request, however
Of the brother and son Of the lady
whose name has been SO villifed, w
produce the cards whiob appear be-
low.
An IDIOTS DECoY.
As an example Of what such pHblioi
ty will bring forth, the reporter wa.
shown a letter covering three pages OF
note paper, which was received to-day
by Mrs. Ward ct the hands of q mes.
senger boy. The writer either in.
tended the letter - . deooy or was a
bigger fool than Bonner. He stated
that he had seep the lady's face on the
.streetand had fallen desperately In love
with her. He had also read tho pub
lished accounts but they only tended
to feed tho tender flame which was
burning In his bosom. In order that
she might appreciate the value Ct the
conquest she had made the writer said
he was the son Of VIM. II Vanderbilt
aud detailed the railroads owned and
In contemplation by his father. He
desired Mrs. w. to fly with him to
New York and live 'like a lady" and
assured her that every wish she hsi
should be gratifed If it cost him fifty
dollars. He didn't want the
proposition submitted to her husband
but requested her to him this after.
noon on Tenth street and walk down
Is far a the depot. The letter Ia =
piece of idlocy and was
,reated with she contempt 1t deserves.
The following are the cards referred
above:
HER BROTHERS CARD.
OMAHA, March s..
10 the Editor Of THR BEE.
In your Saturday paper you give
lbout three columns to detailing the
''flthiness of FOOLS" allowing up and
the weakness and foolish-
ness of those who ought to be an ex.
for others. viii you allow .
brother Of the parties to be heard2 II
EEL 1t my duty to my sister to protect
ler from the base slander OF her
,ousin and almost brother. I do not
wish to shield them from the public
,ensure, for I stand on the side of
morality and o friend to Christianity.
History repeats ITSELF" and this case
8 nothing more than an attempt to
yet an unlawful control of q virtuous
land a mother of q family, for
. base and selfish purpose and falling
do so a determination to ruin his
Intended victim, and to remove her
the protecting care Ct respectable
What have been the relations exist
between the parties in this church
,candle2
When she was Q Sabbath school
In Syracuse, N. Y, he was the
superintendent Of the First M. e
Sabbath school, q prominent mer-
,hsnt and q city official of that city;
The sun of prosperity shone too
on bis pathwsy-it obscured
his senss of duty and he fell
and great was the fall thereof. He
,ame to Omaha and, a. 1t was sup.
was trying to recover from his
lost estate. He was active in the
,huroh, prosperous In his business and
his genial nature made him many
friends, but not content with tho re.
suit of his labor he, like old Adam,
had to stray into forbidden folds and
like him he will have to suffer tho
penalty. Al . brother I do not wish
10 take the law In my own hands and
show my own weakness, but
believing that the wisdom of
God d sufficient. for suoh oascs and
that wisdom u reflected through man.
kind, I leave him to the law and the
sense Of respectable people.
My sister has been o creature OF OR.
,umstances over which she had no
control. In childhood she was sfllot-
ed with deafness that to . great extent
prevented her from improving the op.
she VA surrounded With
In her youth and the death of her
when she was II years old left
out In this cold and selfish world to
make her own living. Her father was
, true christian and q merchant of
forty years standing, but was swept
out of existence In that great financial
crisls of 1867 and died In . few months
after. Mr.. Bonner being her brother
he offered her the protection of
home, which she thankfully re.
,eived for q short time, but 500 she
went to Ohio, learned a trade and
made her own living, and fually mar
ried Mr. Wards q respectable mechanic,
and has tried to do her duty az q wife
to the best of her ability. While her
has never been realized
like q true mother, Is trying
in her children to have that pride
grati6ed which circumstances have
prevented her from enjoying. Her
who has now reached mans
Will, I hope, be AN illustration
Of that mothers pride, and viii try
and reach that position In life which
will satisfy the ambition of his mother
and meet the expectations of his
Hoping, sir, that you will do justice
to the parties, and will let the public
have the facts that they may reach a
correct conclusion of this church scan
dial and let the guilty parties be pun.
nished, Is the wish of your humble
servant. j. o. SLATER,
THE SONS APPEAL.
OMAHA. Marnh q 1899