St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-18
A BUTCHER AND 100000
Gen. Sickles' Sister Marries an Ordi-
nary Carver of Meats.
Especial Telegram to the Globe

Gen. Sickles' Sister Marries an Ordi-
nary Carver of Meats.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.I
New YORK, Sept. 17.-Miss Roma Sickles,
daughter of George c. Sickles, and step-sister
of the famous Gen. Siekles, is the heroine of
the last elopement She has welded George
Mead, butcher and brother of the Sckles
family laundress. The Sickles mansion is an
elegant old place near New Rochelle, just be-
yond the city limits, in Westchester county.
The wayward Roma was the prettiest girl in
the village. Her fathers great wealth, esti-
mated at S10,000,OoO, gave her the
entree into the best society. She
graduated at Vassar college, and had no
end Of rich costumes, rare diamonds
and costly equipages. The elder Sickles for
years has divided his worship between the
distinguished son Daniel and the baby of the
family, Roma. He had the highest aims for
her, and had often pictured to her the splen-
did future that would be hers. The girl was
very gentle, and gave her doting father as
surances that she would do just as he
wished. Roma met the washerwoman's
brother in the garden one day and they i'm
mediately became lovers. Many letters
passed between them, of which the father
knew nothing.
Last Wednesday Miss Roma obtained per-
mission to visit an old friend of the family,
Mrs. Nicholas, who lives on Bergen street,
Brooklyn. About O'Clock in the afternoon
she left the house of Mrs. Nicholas, saying she
was ''going to the corner to post a letter"
At O'Clock she returned, and, to the re-
proaches Of Mrs. Nicholas, who blamed her
for the long absence, she said: ''You
needn't scold me any more. 1 am my own
mistress. Pve just been married to George
Mead, a clerk, who came from South Man
chester to meet me.n
"And how long have you known himl"
ooh long time"
"But how often have you met him!'
"Twice."
Without losing minute the lady forced
the bride of the day into the carriage and
hurried to the depot, where the first train set
them down at New Rochelle. The family
was Mortified and declared that Roma should
never see her husband again. He had gone
back to his native village, and she did not
seem to mind his absence. Old Sickles came
to this city and consulted
his lawyer with view to
having the marriage annulled. The hus-
band kept away from his wife for three days,
but on Sunday he visited the Sickles home
stead and was introduced as the new son-in-
law. Negotiations were opened looking to
buying off the undesirable addition to the
family, but without effect. Monday, when
most Of the family were away, the young
man called again, and managed to get few
minutes private conversation with his wife,
and has not been seen about the place since.
A reporter visited the Sickles mansion
to-day, and was informed by a SER
want that orders had been issued to
refuse admission to Mead. The family was
absent and the washerwoman had nothing to
say. 1t is said the young lady visited the
Catholic priest yesterday, and that he told
her that she must abide by the marriage.
This is not the first mesalliance or worse
that has occurred in the family. Long after
he was old enough to be grandfather Mr..
Sickles married; took his second wife, Ro-
mas mother, who was his housekeeper, and
formed an alliance with a man named
Burns who was employed as the family
coachman, and her visit to him
being discovered Burns was arrested for
crime. The grand jury refused to investi-
gate him and he brought suit for false i'm
prisonment, which was compromised. II
his daughter last escapacge had not reached
the public ear it is believed it was the inten-
ton of Roma's mother to have sham court
ship 60 on for about six months, after which
the couple were to be again married, with
the addition this time Of the usual parents
blessing.
Nr. Sickles informed the EJe7ling Hal
correspondent this morning that he was pre-
pared to do the proper thing by his daughter
and newly acquired son.
81 will put as much money up as is nee
essary to back Mr.. Mead in any business en-
terprise," he said. ''In short, am willing
to back him to any amount He has, be-
lieve, IS 900 Of his own, and intends to start
a grocery store on Third avenue. viii fur
nish half the capital and would do more IL
required. Ny daughter is al right. have
provided for her in my viii to the extent of
$500, 900. So you see they are likely to be
comfortably fixed"
Mrs. Mead is about nineteen years old, tai
and handsome, with dark brown hair and
blue eyes and pretty, generally speaking.
Her husband has considerable native humor
and is said to be full OF fun. 1t is said that
he has worked for some time at South Man
chester, Conn, with the Cheneys, and that
he is telegraph operator.