The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-05-13
osTRANDER, ALA GEO. d. ELLIS

osTRANDER, ALA GEO. d. ELLIS
When he last abandoned his family,
Ostrander returned to Ithica, New York,
and worked at his trade. From there he
went to Broad Albin, New York, q small
town on the Hudson river. Here he worked
at his trade and there is pretty good evil
dence that he married there.
osTRANDER MATERIALIzEs.
By accident Mrs. Tooker heard of Os.
trander at Broad Albin. 1t was through
her soma son of Henry Ostrander, who
had no recollection of ever seeing his
father. The son opened correspondents
with his father. He told his SON that he
had led life of temperance and virtue
In fact, taking his own version of the mat
ter, he was the personi6cation of all that
was good.
Finally the correspondence was trans
ferred TO Mrs. Tooker, the wife of thirty
years before. Ostrander made all the PROM
ises that could be asked. He renewed his
vows. He asserted that he had wealth and
desired to share it with her and make her
declining years ones OF peace and pleasure.
THIS WAS TEMPTING
To one who had borne the ups and downs
of life of toll, privation and scant means.
1t finally wound up by Mrs. Tooker putting
the questions to him If he was unmarried
and no legal impeachment in the way Of
their marriage. He assured her on the
honor Of man that there was none, he was
single and willing to marry. An engage
ment was effected and Mrs. Tooker prom
ised to marry him.
OsTRANDER ARRIVES IN sEDALIA.
On March 9th, 1884, Henry Ostrander
arrived in Sedalia looking pretty seedy,
and he met his bride of thirty-four years
sgo at tthe residence of A. HI. Ray, on East
st. Louis street.
On Sunday, March 3Oth, the BAzoo con-
tanned the following:
UNDER THE PALM TREE"
Thirty years ago, when New York was
not the state it is now. and the iron horse
was not heard In every corner of the land,
Henry w. Ostrander loved a maiden fair
as ever sun shone upon. AS In many cases
before and since, the course of true love-
did not run as smoothly as the under cur
rent OF a river, and they were separated.
After separation of half lifetime they
met, loved, and on yesterday, at the par
sonsge of the Southern Methodist church,
Rev. ID. G. Brown, the pastor, united in
marriage these two, Henry w. Ostrander,
OF Tompkins county, n. Y. and Mrs. A.
Tooker, of this city. The BAzoo wishes
them more happiness in the next than in
the past thirty years"
PROVES TO BE BUM.
For two weeks Ostrsnder did well-kept
sober. rented a blacksmith shop on Main
street and went to work. During the week
ending Saturday, May 2, he drank heavily
and kept the company of the lowest and
most degraded people in the city.
Friday night, May End, he came to
the house of A. 81. Ray, where he had been
given a home, In an intoxicated condition.
He abused everybody including his bride
of few days.
Saturday morning after his spree he got
| up and quietly left the house and pro
ceeded to fill his worthless carcass with
whisky. He succeeded in coming home
early Sunday morning, drunk, and was very
abusive toward his wife and Mr.. Ray and
family, and kept them in q state of uneas.
iness all the latter part of the night.
FIRED BODILY.
| Sunday morning he left again, and
found enough whisky to make himself
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Ray became disguised with the tramp hus-
band of three wives. He was fired
bodily into the streets and told not to
return. He left ind has since that time
been sleeping in the shop and lunch grab
bling.
BY letters received it has developed be-
yond question that he has a wife on the
Hudson and that he is base fraud unfit
for husband now or thirty years ago.
The probabilities are that if he turns up
thirty years from now that he will be re-
quired to produce certificate of good
character before he Can marry into the
same family again.
The people whom he has so basely de-
ceived by his perfidy and duplicity are to
be sympathized with and 1t is to
be hoped that the characterless villain will
be spotted in every community where he
may show up.
SKIPS THE TOWN.
Some time during the night Of Thursday
or probaly Friday morning the hero Of
this, Henry w. Ostrander, jumped the town
and LETT behind him cloud of unpaid
bills as lar as he was able to go in debt.
1t is thought by the people IN the neigh
bsrhoOd that he has gone to Kansas City