The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-01-06

| Tor ~0O, which, aItef u time was sent 10
her.
When Holmes returned to his wife, he
found her at supper. but he evidently had
made visit TO her room previous to going
to the dining room, as when she returned
she found that her money was gone. There
was u scene, of course. but affairs we're once
more made smooth, and time went on until
again the husband disappeared. This
time brother of Mrs. Holmes happen
| ing in the city sought out his sister
and was being made acquainted with the
details when oncs more The recresnt hus-
band turned up, this time claiming that he
had been to ChatsnOogs, Tenn, where he
was the defendant in suit for
BREACH OF PROMISE.
| By this time Mrs. Holmes was pretty well
disguised with her leige lord, and she re-
| solved that she would live with him no
longer, but was eventually persuaded to do
so by promises of reform on his part, added
10 the persuasIons of her brother, who had
been won over by the glib tongue of the
willy schemer,
1t was then decided that they should re-
turn with the brother 10 his home in Ken
tucky but after remaining there for short
time, Holmes once more disappeared, and
a telegram sent to Cincinnati, elected the
| fact that be had been there but had skipped
out taking the key of his room with him
and leaving an unpaid board bill as gen.
tie reminder of his presence.
The next heard from him wss letter
dated at Cincinnati, In which he stated
that ne
WAS INCAPABLE OF DOING ANYTHING
for the support OF his wife as parties had
written to his father in Sarstogs, misrepre-
senting him, ETC., and he could get no
money from that source. Mrs. Holmes
being once more left to her own resources,
she sgsin sent home for money and Christ
mas week returned to this city where she
| now is.
Last Wednesday Holmes returned to this
city, much TO the surprise of everybody,
and at once tried to pursuade his wife to
again live with him. This she fatty re-
| fused to do unless he would show his man
hood by at once going to work and provid-
| ing for their future, but although Holmes
made many promises, he did not attempt
to put them to practicsl use, and but very
little faith was put in them by his hearers.
| Last night he went to the residence of Mr..
Mcclellan, and demanded to see his wife,
but was refused admittsnce by Mrs. Nc
| Lellan, who told him that his vile did not
wish to see him. Holmes replied that he
wanted to hear her say 60, and Mrs. Holmes
/ then said
Il WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU"
This so enraged Holmes that he made a
plumber sf threats declaring that he would
''lsy them all GU" ETC., etc.
This for the present ends the first chap
ter in this DOM sic drsms as furnished by
he wife and her relatives, and while much
has heen left out of the most derogatOry
nature concerning the doings of Holmes,
yet the "paper published for the people now
on earth" is willing to let it go as it is and
trust to the public judgement as to which
! is right and which is wrong.
| Mr.. Holmes, who was also seen, makes
the following statement in his own behalf /;
HOLMES STORY.
| The reporter secured the city last night
to find Mr.. Holmes in order that his side OF
the story might be given the public. Ho-
tells, barber shops, the opera house. and
boarding houses were searched, but without
avail. Late in the night he was found on
the street, and piloted into this Office.
He had been to Georgetown interviewing
his mother-in-lsw on the trouble that was
weighing on his mind, and from the man.
ner in which he talked, 1T was surmised
by the reporter that he had been well re-
ceived by the old folks, and that at sn
early day fortune and his wife would
smile again on his domestic life.
MIR. Holmes being interviewed, stated
that he wished to say no word that would
bring reproach upon his wife's name,
that
| HE LOVES HER,
| and has from the day he first saw her, that he
has In no case end at no time mistreated
her, and whatever there is of shame or sor-
row he wishes to bear alone. He states
that but for the interference of Mrs. E. E.
Mcclellan, himself and wife would have
been happy and contented to-day. He re-
quests in this public manner that those to
whom he is indebted, may be firm in the
faith that as soon as his employment will
enable him he will repay in full.
Il care not to refuIe whatever she may
say of our past"
Mr.. Holmes then detailed the hisory
briefly of their courtship,
ENGAGEMENT AND MARRIAGE.
'Bnt why all the secrecy of your mar
riage that was observed at the time ?"
asked the reporter.
81 give it up" said Mr.. Holmes, "and I
don't know any reason why it was kept Sc
cret," be continued.
Reporter-It is reported that you have
another wife.
Holmes-It is falee. / never was mar
ried until married Miss Castle. Our en-
gagement was made before we left Sedalia.
We met in 81. Louis, took long walk in
Lafayette park and then the day, yes, the
hour was named when we should join our
destinies. We were married and came to
Sedalia. Through the influence of Mrs.
Mcclellan we went there to board. was
opposed to this but consented. II was
made exceedingly unpleasant for US there