The Sedalia weekly bazoo., 1884-05-20

ard upon being asked if it was true
that her supposed dead consort had
turned up and reported 10 the flesh,
with smile of ofincredulity she replied,
'NO, indeed that a cousin of her
late husband, from Ithica, N. Y, had
just called upon her, and that was
the only foundation for the report"
With feeling of disgust at being
thus deprived of 6rst-class romance,
the reporter returned to the office and
wrote the article referred to. 1t now
turns out, however, that the gentle
man giving the information was cor
rect in his statements and the report
er was duped by Mrs. Ostrander.
Yesterday morning the man refer
red to, Henry Ostrander, formerly a
member of Capt. VIM. Wilson's
company G, of the Third Iowa caval-
ry, appeared at this Office in appropria
persona and stated that he was the
husband of Mrs. Mary Ostrander,
the lady in question, aud the father
of the well-known young me of this
city, William, Samuel and Henry
Ostrande', and that by creating the
the impression that he was killed in
action they had been drawing a pen
sion as his heirs. He further stated
that Miss Belle Ostrander is his
daughter and that she paid him a
visit at his home in New York last
summer. The reporter arranged for
another meeting with Mr.. Ostrander
and then paid Mrs. O. another call
to learA what she would have to say
on the subject. On this second call,
seeing the reporter was posted, Mrs.
Ostrander changed her tactics, and
admitted that the man was her ex-
husband, but claimed that she receiv-
ed a divorce from bim in the Buchan-
an circuit court in 1867, TIE proceed
ings having been instituted while he
was working at his trade, that of
blacksmith, in this city. When ask
ed If 1t was true that she had been
drawing pension as the widow of
Henry Ostrander, she Indignantly de-
MED the insinuation. To the inquiry
as to why she represented this man as
cousin of her husband, she answer
ed to prevent scandal, supposing that
would be the end Of the matter. She
further said she had raised her child
rem to the estate of manhood and
wOmanhOod without the assistance of
her husband, and that he had now re-
turned TO live off them. She asserted
with considerable emphasis that :.her
divorced husband had had four wives
since she obtained her decree, and
that he now had no earthly claim ON
her or her children. She admitted
that her ex-busband had been q guest
of the family over the preceding night
aud up to an hour or so before the
arrival of the reporter. When there
was scene at the house and her
grown sons fired the old man out, and
she had reason to believe he would
not turn up again In this city to
harrass and torment her and her chill
dren.
Seeing Mr. VIM. Ostrander, fore
man of the Saturday Democrat, an
hour or so later, he was asked con.
cerning the return of his father, and
the statements of his
mother except as to the averment that
the old man resided here in 1867.
said that he labored under
the firm impression that his father was
killed during the war, and had never
known anything to the contrary until
ne appeared here last Friday. Will
lam further stated that the reason
that the old man was given the bounce
was because they had heard tha. he
accused the family of having drawn a
pension on account of his alleged
leath.
1t is hard to tell what has become
If the old, "Vet," as he failed to keep
his appointment 9th q Gazette re-
porter, and diligent search failed to
,fforJ even clue as to his where
ibouts.