The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1893-11-03
SHE WAS NOT DEAD.
PECULIAR MATRIMONIAL Ex-
PERIENCES OF J. MORRISON.
SURELY 4 ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.
He Leaves His Family In the East. Comes
West, and Thinking His wife Dead,
Marries Again-His First wife
Turns Up and Claims HIm-An
Interesting story.

John C.. Morrison of Kinghshcr coun-
ty was in the city yesterday. Mr..
Morrison was the principal figure in
romance which for sensational fea-
lures equals the widest flights of
writer's of fiction and drama Out of
this romance has grown lawsuit
Not snany weeks since Mrs. Mary Nor
rison filed n complaint in Justices
court in kingfisher county in which
she alleged that her hus band. John c
Morrison, had been intimate with
/ female unknown to her The defend
ant was arraigned before Juitice Hill
ton for "A preliminary. He waived ex-
animation and was placed under bonds
to appear before the district court.
/ The above is the prelude to the story
which was told to The LEADER man
/ during Mr. Morrison's visit to the city.
/ On August 10, 1868, John C. Morri-
son, then young man in York county,
Pa, Slipped away with the girl of his
choice and was quietly married in an
adjacent county, against the wishes of
her parents, who had selected for
their daughter a suitor with wealth
at his command. The young couple
were duly forgiven, however, and re-
turned to the old homestead and set
tied down, where they lived happily
for seven years.
The husband decided to come West
to make a new home for the wife and
the little ones that had come to bless
their home Accordingly, in May,
1873, he went to St Joseph, Mo. where
he found work in a factory. For two
years he worked hard, sending home
all the money he could save, and he
was beginning to hope that he could
soon have his loved ones with him
again, when one day in June, 1875, he
received letter telling him that his
wife and children were dead. The
blow was terrible one, and for a
time he wandered about like a crazy
man, but he finally returned to work
and with his earnings paid his wife's
funeral expenses, an itemized account
OF which had been inclosed in the let
ter bringing the sad news of her d cath. |
After mourning the lost ones several
years he married Miss Mary Fisher of
st. Joseph, with whom he has lived !
happily until the past few months. In
1899 they came to Oklahoma and took
up claim in Kingfsher county and
were contented and prosperous until
one day last winter Morris accidently
met on the streets of Kingfisher an old |
time friend from York, Pa, who told |
him that the wife of his youth was
not dead.
She had been made to think him |
dead In much the same manner that |
he had been deceived, and had long
ago married the rival of his youth, |
What Morrison's feelings were upon |
the receipt of this news can best be
imagined, but he decided to remain
true to the wife of his later years. and |
at once instituted proceedings for a di- !
vorce from the wife he had long
mourned as dead. This, he thought, |
would end it all, but ne had reckoned
without knowing woman's feelings
and a woman's decision.
When the old friend returned to !
York and told the story of the finding
of Morrison, his wife decided at once
that he belonged to her and she to
him, and repudiating all those who
had conspired to deceive her, she at
once set ont for Oklahoma Soon
after arriving she met the lover and
husband of her youth, and a reconcile
alton took place and they decided to
live only for each other the balance of
their days
Mrs Morrison No. 2 objected to hav-
ing her husband desert her for the old
love. Hence the complaint mentioned d
at the beginning of this story. Mr..
Morrison is a genial, pleasant gentle
man and on his broad shoulders he
bears well his matrimonial exper.
fences.