Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-11
some SPICY CORRESPONDENTS.
A Register Reporter Makes a Journey 70
Miss IngsrsOlrs HOms-Ths Young
Lady Talks.
SOME STATEMENTS DENIED.
Miss IngssOlrs Side Of the Story-Shs
Submits the Correspondence in the
Case to the N~swSgathsrer
She Demands
100000.

The excitement still runs high In re-
gard to the Willis ngersoll breach OF
promise case, and it bids fair to rival the
celebrated H's and KS in the Campbell
Arbuckle case. Miss Ingersoll still feels
sure OF winning her case.
The REGISTER representative again
called ON Miss Title Ingersoll, at wash
iugton, Pa, last night. Her sister came
to the door and ushered the n~ews-gatherer
into the back parlor. In a few minutes
Miss Tillie entered the room. She Is q
handsome brunette. She was dressed IN
an old7gold colored suit. She
AGAIN RELATED Il STORY
published in yesterdays REGISTER When
asked in regard to the statement made oy
Mr.. Willis, in the Pittsburg Times OF yes
terdsy morning, she said that his state
ment was for the most part Incorrect.
She grew very much agitated while dis
cussing the matter. The following was
her conversation:
"While Lille (my sister, and were in
New York, where we then lived; a cousin
of ours, Mr.. George Fowler, camedown one
evening and asked us if we would 20 TO
hear Talmage. We accompanied him to
the church, and just as we were coming
out, a gentleman accompanied by a lady,
addressed my cousin as George He turn
ed and spoke to the gentleman, n said;
Title and Lille, this is Mr.. Willis.
This was the first time ! had seen him,
but | had heard of him before, as he was a
distant relative, = cousin of my mothers
having married q cousin Of MIR. Willis.
We walked OF with Mr.. Willis and his
lady friend, who was the wife Of mothers
cousin. We had walked about q square
when the lady said, Mr.. Willis want to
walk With Title Just after this, Mr.
Willis stepped mp and took my arm. lhls
MADE GEORGE ANGRY
and he said several things regarding Mr..
Willis which were not very favorable.
George and | then stepped forward leaving
Tillie, Mr.. Willis and his lady friend TO
walk together; nothing then occurred until
we reached home and bad gotten into the
parlor. Mr.. Willis came over Il sat
down by me.
when 10 o'clock came, George told MIR.
Willis it WAS time for him to go home, but
he said as this was a relative OF his he
copld STAY as late as he wanted. This
made George angry again and picking up
a cane he struck Mr.. Willis with it. After
some words he went home. Before
going, however, he asked me II he
nipht come and see me.
| did not reply 10 him. Before going Mr.
Willis asked if he could take nay sister and
NE to Central Park the next day. told
him we would have to ask our mother. we
asked her and she slid We could not 10
with him. We said nothing to him regard
ing this. Oar mother told Us We could
either 20 with all elderly lady or with
cousin George. We went with the lady.
We passed Mr.. Willis office and he saw
us, and grew very angry, as We afterwards
learned"
Continuing, Miss IngeIsOll spoke re-
garding
THE ANONYMOUS LETTER
| which Mr.. Willis spoke Of having received,
and which came, as he afterwards learned,
from Lille. Title said her sister just
about that time received o letter from Mr..
| Willis sister saying he wa becoming very
\ dissatisfied and wanted her to write to
him. This she (Lillie) accordingly did,
writing him O letter OF a very religious
tone, which any one would naturally ex'
pect to be from a preacher, and diG not
| sign her name. She afterwards sent him
a small Bible, thinking it might do him
some good. She did not send
any flowers, and as to having written a
second prolific letter with endearing
terms' she never wrote such q letter. 1T
was MT" she said, mot my sister Lille, as
he stated, with whom he carried IN u
desperate Irritation, BE went every place
did, scarcely leaving MI at all, and it
would be impossible for me to tell you in
how many different ways he manifested
his love.
"Miss Lille, NV sister, and not myself,
visited his sister at his home. 1t was at
her earnest solicitation, and my sister
RECEIVED A LARGE NUMBER OF LETTERS
from his sister begging her to come if she
only staid six weeks, instead of four
montha.
"Mr. Willis also claims in his account
that for the past four months be has been
p~estered by me for money This is ab'
solutely wrong, and / only wrote ons
letter"
The letter is given below: