The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-11-18
THAT GUILTY PAIR.
Ward Insists That the Wo-
man is His Wife, but He
Can't Prove it.
He Confesses that He, Himself
is an Legitimate son, Rear.
ed by Her Father.
Keeping the Marriage Secret out
OF Respect to His first Wife's
People-The Child is
Born.

Born.
Yesterdays BAzoo contained an account
of the short comiugs Of one Tom Ward and
a woman, Fannie Hudson, who had been
passing as Wari's cousin. the two had
lived for nine months near the
corner of Sixteenth and Mont
gomery streets, and no one
suspected evil of them until 8 few days
ago, when it was discovered that the
woman was in an interesting condition and
would soon become q mother. Even then
the neighbors did not scorn them Every
one pitied the woman and offered her as
sistance which, they claim, was denied oy
Ward. OF course the circumstances
caus d talk, ard in explanation Ward said
the woman was his wife. But his
conduct, his refusal TO allow the
women of the neighborhoood to
minister unto the suffering woman, in
matter was reported to the police, and Of
course the BAZoo was not slow 10 catch on.
The item in yesterdays BAZoo IVES write n
on information obtained from reliable
sources, ar d investigation has provea the
statement to be correct.
Yesterday BAzoo reporter visited the
premises and requested Ward to give his
explanation of the affair. He was not dis
posed to explain, but only added 10 the
odium already surrounding him. The re-
porter Intercepted him at length and from
the man, Ward, obtained the following
statement, in substance.
81, myself, am chance son, being born
before my mother wss married. This was
in Euglsnd, and OF course could not be
kept at home. My mother gave me to this
woman's father and he raised me. / and
this girl grew up together, as brother and
sister. When my first wife died about q
year ago, i sent for this woman
and she came to this country to marry
me. That is all the relation she is to me-"
"Then there is no blood relation existing
between your"
"No relation only what / lave told
you"
"When were you married to the woman"
along time ago. don't remember the
month or day. 1t was later than Febru-
ny;n
allow is it that you represented her as
your cousin?"
"Well, that is nobody's business. She
might be my cousin, my sister or my
mother. What difference would it make
to an, one else"
"Where we're you married."
"In the country, before we came TO
town."
ain this county,"
ayes"
"Well, now, Mr.. Ward, did you and the
wvmsn represent yourselves to be cousins,
an not man and wife,"
"Oh, / told lots Of 'em she was my
cousin, and some she was nv sister.
didn't care. Il was our own affairs"
"Why did you do that? Why didn't
you own her as your wife. if she is?"
We'll, / didn't want my first wife's peo-
pie to know that l was married again; I
was afrrid they wouldn't like IT,"
I'm fact, is she your wife?"
"If she isn't, whose-is she"
81 don't know, but no person BELIEVES
you are married to her."
"Well, if anybody else claims her, or
wants her, they can have her."
The Interview was continued for sbost
IN hour, but was only q repetition of the
foregoing. When the reporter would ask
him q direct question, Ward would give
IN evasive answer. He seemed to think it
vas no persons business whether he was
or not. 1t is evident he is not
married to the woman. The records fail to
how it, and no minister or magistrate
you'd perform the ceremony unless mar
'isge license had BEEN procured, and this
vas not done. Neither could Ward pro-
luce a certificate of msrrisge.
When questioned about denying the
woman assistance, he said the neighbors
anne unlimited. and before they were
leeded. He said there were three women
present when the child was born last night. |
lie didn't call q physician because it was
lot necessary.
The reporter went into the room and at |
empied an interview with the woman, bur |
be was too much under the influence of |
Ward to give any intelligent
r satisfactory information. When |
he reporter would ask her q question,
Ward would answer and the woman would
i've her assent. She admitted that she |
anne from England, one year ago last Oc-
ober, 10 marry Ward.
''Did you marry him imm diately after
our arrival, asked the reporter.
Yes, sir, in few"
Here Ward interrupted. He saw that
ne reporter was about to catch him, for he
ad already said the marriage took place
liter than February last. He spoke up
Oh, some time after she came"
Alter asking a few more ones
ons, the reporter withdrew. The
nly plausible solution to the mystery is
lat Ward and the woman are living in
pen adultery. He seemed so Indifferent
I'D said to the reporter, 'you can put any
ling in the paper you want to; j don't
lre"
The reporter took him at his word.