New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-20
rs SHE ROSS WINANS'S WIFE ?
MRS. VKEEFFE TELLS HER STORY.
wAyEIEo WITHOUT A cEREMoSY-soME OF Mh'
wINANss LETTERS.

Ross r. Winans, of Baltimore, and MIS-
49, oKeee who SAYS she should be called Mrs. Ross
r. yipans faced each other yesterday from the oppos
sides of table In the Office OF stephen r. WASH a,
OKeefe was seeking to establish her claim .nae on
the wife Of Mr. wlnans Next to her sa. ner - no
nar,el Porter On the opposite side OF the t''lo -.
aide Mr.. winans were his counsel James NJ.
Joseph II. Choate and L. =, friend.
UKeefes sister and Mrs. ino'" nond,ome
-. he Mrs OKeefe is n"nusoo
sat near ps. g., sarr,aoe with refined face She is
D. .s., height and wore plain drao gown an"
s,aar hopnet she thirty-hve years oid sr' "inan
"a of the same age; he ia rather small man. WIN iu
heard and mustache. brown hair and black eyes
Referee Nash took seat at the head OF the table ana
Mr. Porter called Mrs. o'KeeHe to the witness chair
Oh. cava her testimony in Straightforward manner ana
with perfect composure. She said
Isrst met Mr. Winans at the Langham Hotel London
S1i9se University and was in the employ
OF Mrs Hunt. We were both about twenty Yetas
cloth merchant Of Leeds, once very wealthy but ne
Lad failed was introduced to MT wRan mans IN ans spe
, Mr winans soon began sending me flowers
and books left position with MRS Hunt as ,1 my
with Lady Dukes. When went TO take the train
aut r. aewss with me- an hour aud hairs ride He
the way that he was ond OF hS az anu and hs
Mr. Porter put the following letters in evidence ana
Mrs O'Keefe identified them as two she had received
from Mr.. winans:
BACHELORS HALL, Wednesday Evening.
letter. know as | feel like anything but writ.
, naSted sspeS Sd every Thought Of whom there
fore pain. because has 81, 70 n rescn as Sloomv
and sad on your drive to the Dukcs's aid on my
not to saT ss To y @ 'hpSa hR got
through four lines OF of them aud then set 70 brood
n mot wait all TIN Saturday TO hear from you wish to God
you could get away one day and night TINS week as
cigar after cigar trying to think Of nothing but the
smoke as cur up but the smoke proves too thin to
twenty four and then merely keep on smoking
with gloomy thought that II II does not S my tnoagnt
thoughts will be caln.ed.
With much love, from yours sincerely
BAcHEIoRs HALL, Friday Morning.
MY DEAR ALICE: have yet received no answer to
note begged you TO snswer ~ as sS s na
Sescsea yoa cannot make it out think you might
have sent line. whether you heard from me or not
ie SSSl0' WI" You have no idea how have missed
You, my little gal: more Eth. than you have fsos
there, there is no hope Of seeing you this week;
Where the world shall you again then for orr, shall
mediately TO yours ever sincerely.
Mr. Porter also put in evidence aeter Of recommends
ton written by Mrs. Emma Goslctt, OF Godblow Ban
stead Surrey stating that Miss Alice saalneld was
rstcass musician French and German perfect and
her father merchant OF high standing in Leeds. who
had failed In "great crisis" Mrs. O'Keefe explained
that She had shown this letter to Mr.. Winans
TO indicate her family position and he explained
his own also She went up to London once to meet him
and they took a lunch and then drive IN Regents
Park She continued:
not. for family reasons. Ny mother then in this
to marry him, but en- a third visit told him could
only be married in Snnreh as required oy 1hs law
ceremony not necessary, and that II man and
He DOL GrORvonOr
and there ne gave me what he called wedding ring ana
said no promised to marry and took his wife.
He declared this sufficient TO constitute marriage He
Sins4 ne.s KEPT Sa SSsr and
husband and ws in IN student tss
sssin in London and In spa Germany where we Tere
Mr.. winans gave me many photographs of himself
Mr. Porter put dozen portraits OF Mr. Winans in evi
dence and Mrs. o'Keefe identified them. Mr.. wnans
appeared young man, smooth-faeed, with a mus
tache or with a mustache and goatee On one photo
graph was written "To Allie from Rosy, with the
sweetest of kisses and the best
From Rosy to his little devil Alice" One photograph
has rustic setting representing Miss saalfed looking
out of window Mr. Winans standing outside. Mrs
O'Keefe continued
patch calling him home 10 consequence Of his fathers
and so 10 s broSeT We came to
next, arriving on the steamship Scotia on May 20.
Brevoort House as !" Mr. and Mrs. Ross r. winans."
INF Porter pat In evidence register bearing this
in ne neWspapers Of May d. learned from Hoyt,
sprague Co. the former AGENTS here OF my father
thai my mother Chicago. then urged Mr..
winans to make our MARRIAGE public bun he objected ON
account fathers illness insisted that our marriage
legal and renewed his VOWS and pledges, swearing
that snOud always be his wife. went TO Chicago 70
see NV mother. Delng gone for two weeks and MIR.
Winans VINO went to Baltimore wrote To me daily.
Mr. Porter then put in evidence the following letters
the first one written in 1871 the day after SIR winans
reached Baltimore:
MY owS SWEET DUcKY: suppose by this time my
poor little - Is pretty near home. What long.
NV poor little darling il you had Lossy he
going home the feryboa you would have pitled hun
boat and cried Ike a regular baby and would have
been ashamed Of myself h.a 1t n had not been
so excused myself and let my como fast as
swear thai regularly 6oS6ooed SO much IN fact that
old Egger came up aud stared at me TO see what tine
my brother the station. My sister waited IA the
riage while Bin and walked to the carriage II you
like My little ducky must not expect very long eersif
! write every day | hope you have not got It as not
Chicago as y Is pe ann d now aea Sn WIN was e 81 meat
little devil ill now that am parted from her But be
sbiy help am SO anxious for letter hope TO good
meas shall get one to-Inorrow must get up now for
self we'll. my little darling, must good bye With
many kisses as wll last you VII tomorrow and
My OWN LITTLE PRECIOUS ONE Oh what a day and
night OF worry pain and grief bad after receiving that
pIeous letter OF yours saying had yet received
letter Lossy had already written three thought
ny God, II sbe does not receive my letters what
will she consider me- ana how IN God's
have written TO her as promisedi can tell You. my
darling, agony to let consider LOssy such a
brute as you have done for hour; think
what a state IN when saw way OF letting you
know the truth Z. How delighted was get a
last night saying that had got letter have
been trying very hard to what could do for you In
New-York' 1 think before long shall be able to
manage somehings The proper place for you to go TO
Is boarding house. am doing al Can to ind ont
Inc best thing he done and will let you know soon
a. nf uvp 1icult ia hat fatb