The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-06-30
THE BRIDEGROOM FLUNKED
FeluOweth Sailed Away on the
Day Set for His Wedding.

New York, June 22.-The quiet
little iowa of Hillsdale, n. j., eight
miles above Hackersack, On the New
jersey and New York railroad, was
treated to genuine sensation yester.
day afternoon, when a woman who
said she was from Asburv, Warren
county, arrived from New York in
high dudgeon looking for Charles
Velnoweth. She said that the man
she was after had promised to marry
Miss Lizzie B. We're at Asbury We'd
nesday night and failed to appear at
the appointed hour when the local
preacher was on hand to tie the knot
anda big wedding feast was all ready
for The guests who had assembled.
At the time fixed for the wedding
Charles V.luoweth was beyond the
reach of the woman, who now says
that she expected him to marry her.
&. c. Davis, of Hillsdale, an employee
of Browning. King & Co, of Broome
street, NV York, says he babe Vel
-noweth goodbye on the deck Of the
city of Berlin. Velnoweth is single
man, thirty five years old, and he
has been in this country twenty-five
years.
Mrs. Davis, sister of the alleged de-
serter, was found in her neat cottage
home at Hilldale last night. 81 can't
understand the case" she said my
brother came here Monday night and
told Us that he was going to sail on
the City of Berlin on Wednesday.
He had been talking for three months
about going back to England and We
did not think there was anything
strange about it. We have two sis.
ters still in England. He never said
anything to us about marrying this
woman in Asbury. I know very lit
tie about her. We lived in New
York before we came here last March.
Miss We're, sshe calls herself, came
to the door Of our fiat once and asked
for my brother. That was the only
time ever saw her. She is a divorced
woman. She was married to a man
named Latey. 1 do not think my
brother wonld be guilty of mean or
unmanly act. He is ,hirty-6ve years
old and came to this country when he |
was thirteen years old. He has been
IN business out west as mining pros |
pector. He had some money and
suppose this woman was after it.
81 got two kilograms from Miss
We're yesterday. The first one asked
me where my brother wss. an
swered that he sailed on the city of
Berlin for Liverpool. Then l got the |
second one, asking me why be sailed.
/ didn't know and did not answer the |
message. This morning a woman
came here to see me. She said che |
came here for Miss We're and asked
me if l knew Mr.. Velnoweth. l told
her I was his sister and knew him
well. She refused to tell me her
name, but said that he had promised
to marry Miss We're and failed to
appear at the appointment hour in
Asbury. I have heard that she
talked to some of the people in the
village"
at required only a little inquiry to
and that the bridegroom-seeker had
expressed very decided and uncom-
,plimentary opinions of the English.
man who, according to her story, had
won q woman's heart and had run
away at the time fixed for their mar.
rage. The friend of the deserted
bride did not reveal her name to any
of the persons to whom she taxed.
"He may run away" she said,
: s'but We will catch him if he ever
comes back. We have money as we'll
as he. Everything was ready for the
wedding. The preacher was there to
marry them, and the wedding-supper
was cooked to be put on the table
We couldn't understand why Mr..
7Velnoweth didn't appear, and could
not make any explanation to the
#edding guests. Yesterday we tele-
graphed twice to Mrs. Davis, who
When I left home Miss We're was
sick in bed under the doctors care.
Mrs. Davis said her brother never
told her about the intended wedding,
and did not explain why he sailed for
England on Wednesday. We will
make him explain when he comes
back to this country"
Mr.. ,snd Mrs. Davis, who have
lived at Hillsdale but few months,
we're spoken of very highly by all the
village folks who talked about them,
and Charles Velnoweth was sid to be
a man Of unusually fine appearance,
who always behaved like gentleman
to those whom he met on his visits to
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