The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-09-18

Mrs. Wheeler Arrives in Soda
liza in a Destitute Con-
ditiOn.
Weary of Life, She Has Thrice
Attempted to Commit
Suicide.

There arrived in Sedalia, Yesterday
morning, on the X. & L. train from the
south, woman about thirty years old, car
rying in her arms small child, and
after some inquiry at the depot she
repaired to Armbruster's restaurant, where
she gave her name as Mrs. Mary Wheeler.
1t came to the knowledge of a BAzoo
reporter that the woman could furnish an
interesting item if she would, and with that
object in view the news hustler called upon
her and obtained her history, which has
certainly been filed with woe.
She stated that she came here from
Texas, arriving with only couple of dol
lars in her possession, and was en- route to
Mansfield, ILL.,, where she has relatives who
will provide for her. She had endeavored to
procure work, she said, but was refused ON
account of her baby. She had tried to beg,
but had not the courage and cheek essen
tial to make success of the calling. From
letters and clippings in her possession it
seems she has three times attempted to take
her life-Once by poison and once by get
ting in front of a railway train and on
another occasion by jumping from a pas
senger train while it WAS running at a
rapid rate. She tells the following story
regarding herself:
She is daughter of farmer named
Accord, living near Dresden, Iowa. She
married Ivan Wheeler, of Grinnell, Iowa,
March %, 1881. Hei husband was dissi.
pated, goOd-for-nOthing rascal. In Decem-
Der following their marriage her husband
and man named Thompson boarded a
train at the express depot to ride down to
the freight depot. Both were uDder the in
t1uence OF drink at the time. On the way
down Thompson fell under the cars and
Was killed. Wheeler was charged with
pushing him from the car, and to evade ar
rest on charge OF murder left the country
When his wife next heard from him he was
in Fort Collins, Colorado. She went to
him last December, found him conducting
an unlawful business. had him arrested,
convicted ard fined $500 Since that time
she has been knocked around from one place
to another, "here, there and everywhere"
She spent part of the time at Mansfield, ILL.,,
where, on the 9TH of June last, she attempted
to take her own life by jumping from an
express train while it was in full motion.
When asked why she did not go home to
her folks and stay, she said it was because
OF the cruel and brutal treatment she re-
ceiyed at the hands of her father She
said she had spent few weeks at home,
and during that time her father had not
spoken to her but once, and had net no.
ticed her baby at all while on other occa-
siOns, since her husband left her, her father
had treated her so cruelty that she could
not possibly stay at home. She has numer-
Gus press notices, clipped from the Chicago
Times and other papers, cOrrOborating all
the above statements and expressing the
deepest sympathy for her. She also. has
number of letters written TO her by her
mother. They are all filled with the deep
est motherly affection, aud show the evil
dences of being written by good, refined,
scholarly and Christian woman. They also
confirm the unpleasant home relations of
the unfortunate woman. Besides these let
tiers she has a number of recommendations
from hotels where she has worked, and from
individuals under whose notice she has
fallen.
Mrs Wheeler is an intelligent, plain
looking woman, and tells straightforward
story without hesitancy. 1t is corroboratei :
in every particular by the letters and news
paper clippings which she has in her pos
session. She left her fathers house, near
Dresden, Iowa, on foot, carrying her boy in
her arms, and made her way to Texas, from
which state she is now returning and de-
sires to 60 to her friends in illinois.
In conversation with the BAZoo man
Mrs. Wheeler seemed anything but despOn-
dent, and her actions were the opposite of a
person who would be suspected of attempt
ing her own life.