The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-03-17
THE WIFE's SIDE OF 1T.
Mrs. Lee Meriwether Tells of
Her Domestic Troubles.

for the arrest and conviction of any
person who has circulated libels con-
corning his domestic affairs, resulted
indirec. ly to tho development of the
following letter from Mr.. Meriwether's
wife, to lady in this city. 1t is the
first utterance from Mrs. Meriwether
upon the subject, and is believed to
be the foundation for ms st of the ru-
mors which have been circulated here
regarding Mr.. Meriwether and his
affairs. The letter reads.
Willows, CAL, Feb, IS.-My dear
Friend: l write just few lines to
let you know how sincerely sppreci-
ate your kindly feeling towards me.
| cannot begin to write of all this
dreadful trouble and the awful treat
ment | was subjected to by Lee
Merriwether and his Jealous mother.
| shall tell you all some time. You
do not know that after Lee NJ. pushed
me out here the first time, with the
promise of building a little home and
coming fer me, he wrote, to my utter
horrer and surprise, that he intended
il for separation. | was horror
struck, aud thought him temporarily
insane, so, with my little months
old baby. went to him alone-3, 900
miles. When Imet him in his moth.
er's house, and with my b,by in my
arms, fell upon my knees and i'm
plored him to take his child and ex-
PLAIN his actions, he said "Take that
baby away, | do not wish to place my
affections upon anything" and mo-
toned us f.Om him. This was in Sep
TENDER. They would not let me stay
but two days, while Lee went to JEFF
ferson City, discharged Leila and
made her leave with me. / had $40
and asked Lee NJ. TO add a little more
and buy me first class ticket that /
might come comfortably with baby. 7
have Leila as witness that he said
There is no use spending so when
you can go for s40," and although
baby and | were both iii, he sneaked
us both off on an emigrant train with
Chinsmen, aud when | reached Cali
fornia was almost dead. They would
not let me stay long enough to tele-
graph to my father for money to re-
turn on, as Leila can testify to. / gave
you permission to ask Mr.. Woodward
about this, as he came as far as Kan
sas City with us. Lee M. made Mr..
Woodward promise not to tell | had
returned, and told me not to let it be
known, for he would try to find it in
his heart to come for baby and me.
about getting 1 4 f6iome, and after l got
here took them all back, and IS acting
now as l have found lately, he has
acted ever since l was married. Lee
NJ. has grossly deceived us all, and if
you will see he he is not to be trusted.
He is sly and plays bis cards well.
The whole State of California is so
incensed at the mere fact of sending
me back as he did that young man
and old threaten vengeance. Even
his own relatives say he ought to have
his throat cut. / do not wish any
thing so dreadful, but / do hope and
pray Lee Nj. will live to see the day
that he will suffer for putting q wife
who worshipped him and his beauti-
full first.born from him. / do hope he
will have some of the vanity and big
otry taken out Of him.
He imagines every woman is in love
with him, and that if he had money
he weu'd move the world. He wor-
ried me and my poor father to death
for money, and when they did not get
it he deserts me and my child. | have
letters to prove that they were after
money. Lee NJ, is, already a mar
ried man, asking rich girls to allow
him to call on them. As long as he
can make tool of a person to use
them to his advantage he is very nice.
but not to be trusted.
shall close by saying that every
one knows how | worshipped and
honored him, my husband, and had il
not been for this trouble, which
brought to me accounts of his past and
present actions, | should have gone on
few years longer utterly deceived as
to his character. The trouble is that
we did not know him or his family
well enough. We have not mentioned
this trouble to any one in st. Louis OF
Jefferson City, wishing them to find
out Mr.. NJ, for themselves. One Of
his great friends has found him to be
untrustworthy.
You may tell just what you know
about this trouble. l am not the one
who is trying to do everything in q
secret, underhand way, and my con
science is clear throughout this unfor
tuuate affair. This psinful subiect Is