The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-03-31
THE SEQUEL
20 a Runaway Marriage which
Created Something of Sem
satl0n in this City a Lit
tie Over q Year Ago.

Matthews were married December 81,
S89, at Girard, Kas., and lived to-
yether until March, 1890. A month
[fter the marriage, according to Mrs |
Matthews, William became abusive |
Neglected to support her and pawned
her jewelry. She s VS. he loitered
Rround gambling houses and did no
work. Dispositions we're taken in Sc
halia, which gives Mrs. Matthews a |
good character and her husband the
reverse. The plsintiff is quite beau
tiful woman. She says her husban Is
bad treatment of her arose from his
great disappointment in finding that
Der mother did not give her large
marriage portion. Mrs. Matthews
mother was reputed to be wealthy,
and he expected $4,000 with his
wife. He had nothing, not even
salary. He jumped a board bill in
Kansas City, and the bill was after
ward sent to Mrs. NJ .tihews' mother,
but was not paid, During their mar
ried life he gave her nothing at all.
She got a decree"
The above is the sequel to a mar.
riage which created quite a sensation
in this city a. The time of its occur
renee, and which under the title of
"Lillian's Leap" appeared in the
BAzoo March 20, 1880:
"Mr. William Matthews, a quiet
demure, sleek looking young man of
Sedalia, has embarked in the matri-
monial business and has caused some
what of sensation in doing so, not
THAT it is unusual or strange for a
handsome Sedalia gentleman to marry
an attractive young lady, but owing
to the manner in which he did so.
MIR. William Matthews and Miss
Lillian Mayes the eldest single dangh-
ter of Mrs. E. K. Mayes, proprietress
of the LIE Grande hotel of this city,
were married last Thursday, Dec. q,
In Girard, Kansas, at the residence of
Mrs. w. r, Wells, a married dangh-
ter of Mrs. Mayes.
The first intimation Mri Mayes had
of her daughters marriage to MIR.
Matthews or of any such intention on
her part, was yesterday morning when
she received her Sunday mail, which
contained a letter from her daughter
announcing the event.
The facts in the case, made the
marriage rather novel, as well as a
surprising one.
Mrs. E. K. Mayes is a lady of
wealth and refinement, who has
taken great care and pride in RAISING
her daughter. The eldest is the
wife of w. r. Wells, a prominent
lawyer of Girard, Kansas. The
second daughter, Miss Lillian, now,
Mrs. Matthews, lie just a little over
seventeen years of age. She is pretty,
attractive, refined, we'll educated and
her mothers pride. She was just out
of school; last year attended the
Baird college at Clinton. She came
here with her mother about the first
of December, this year, and had
. been here until recently. She was
and had been for some time, engaged
to marry MIR. w. E. Schlyer, a train
dispatcher for the St Louis d San
Francisco railway at Monet, Mo.
Her mother had sanctioned the en-
gagement and fully appro we'd it.
Miss Lillian seemed devoted to her
sfianced and the marriage was to
have taken place some time this win
ter, either at the house of her
married sister, Mrs. Wells, in G rard,
or at the Hotel LIE Grande
In this city, which was yet undecided.
Mr.. Schuyler is a man of property and
means. getting large salary, fine
business man and in every way fitted
for desirable husband. Everything
seemed complacent, Mrs. Mayes was
pleased with her daughters choice,
the young lady seemed pleased and
Mr.. SCHUYLER was pleased, nothing re
manned but the naming of a definite
day and place and the performance
of the ceremony, which was to have
been at an early day.
Meantime, about the first of Dec
ember, Mr.. Will w. johnson, the
gentlemanIy manager OF the new DO
tel LIE GraDde, engaged Mr.. Will
Matthews to be night clerk at the no.
tel. Mr.. Matthews was destined, how
ever, to play more important post
in the Mayes family than that Of
night clerk. Mr.. Matthews had not
been in Sedalia much of late. He was
born in Lexington, Mo-, but wa:
raised in this city. He is apparently
about % years old. His mother il
Mrs. F. Matthews. respected widow
lady living at 1920 South Lamine
street, this city. Will attended public
.aLoale In th;c nitu nnishinn or fhf