Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-03


rides and theatre parties, and coming tx
the day he popped the question and
said:-
'sThat day I took her to the ST.
George Hotel, Staten Island. Heavens
how lovely she looked in her white fan
mel gown and dainty straw hat!
pressed my suit in true Claude Melnotte
fashion. and al last got the answer
Ionged Never shall I forget the look
in her beautiful black eyes as she softly
whispered Yes"
The above Is not an exaggerated speci-
men of t. melodramatic rubbish talked
by Mr.. Harry Oliver Watson, alias c..
P. Moore, alias A. P. Day, &C., &c.
When he extols the beauty Of his in
amorata, however, he does not exagger-
ate, but tells the plain truth. / saw
and conversed with Mrs. Watson yester-
u4y, and can easily understand how the
susceptible though tickle young gentle
men felt that he could not lavish upon
her description too many adjectives,
sEch as stunning, romantic and bewitch-
ing. She seemed to be al OF that.
According to Watson they spent a
few days in Binghamton and then went
on to Buffalo, where they were married
by the Rev George W. Reichali. Then
they travelled all over New York State
enjoying their honeymoon until the
money gave out.
Raising money, however, was the one
thing which gave Watson no sort of IN
easiness. He promptly headed for his
home In Greenfield, Mass, where the
funds were forthcoming-just how is
not stated.
The first hitch in their married bliss
came in New Haven, where, during a
brief absence of her husband, the young
wife took her departure, returning
home. A reconciliation being effected
the couple continued their travels,
going to many places in Massachusetts.
and finally reaching Saratoga. Watson,
although absolutely impecunious, used
his peculiar financial ability to such
good purpose that they always travelled
like lords and stopped at none but first
class hotels. There was invariably
some guileless person about who in one
way or another ''paid the freight" and
everything continued as merry as q
marriage bell.
The following Illustrates Watson's
method:
Onesuday we'll udressed gentleman
walked coolly into Duryea's drug store,
In Schenectady, N. Y. He said he was
&c. p. Moore" agent for Hazen 81 Co.,
publishers, of New York. He wanted
TO know If any Odd Fellow was present.
Herbert Evans was an Odd Fellow aud
said so, whereupon Watson, that Is to
say, &C. p. Moore" explained that his
remittances had been delayed, and he
would like small loan. =
The grip and other Masonic signals
being found o. K, Evans did not hest
tate to advance $40, which he has never
seen since.
He did get check on the Garfield
National Bank of New York for that
amount, but the check was in due time
returned protested.
In dozens of similar cases it is known
that Watson has played the same game
successfully.
j. w. Marsh, OF Kansas City; Wallace
B. Roe, OF Vaatie, N. Y, and L. B.
Austin, of Kearney, Neb., are only
few of his victims for sums which
rarely exceeded $40, Watson evidently
believing in frequent deals with small
profits.
A few months of this existence dis
closed to Mrs Watson her husbands
real character, and on November l she
left him in Nebraska and returned to
New York. Watson pursued her, but
since January she has had no relations
with him, in spite OF Lawyer Pratt's en-
beavers.
The chances are that proceedings for
divo-oo Will SION Misc
Thornton being the correspondent.