The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
His Beautiful Wife Dies in
Washington, D. c.. of Grief
and a Broken Heart.
A Chapter Covering Twenty
Transformations and Full
of Black Crime.
BACK THERE.

CONDUCTOR on the NJ, h. Il L. rail
way. with run between Sedalia and
Parsons. At that time the late Col.
z. S. Stevens was general manager OF
the road. and as Joyce was sort OF
prOtege of his, of course he Jared well,
being given passenger run over
elder and more experienced men who
considered themselves fortunate in
even running a freight train.
1t was Joyce who was always sc.
tected to take charge Of the pay car
On its monthly trips over the road,
and, in fact, whenever there was an
excursion or distinguished party OF
railway magnates to pass over the NJ.
K. Il T. line. Joyce was chosen to
run the special train. This fact, OF
course, did not win for him friends
among the older employees, and out
side Of a certain clique he was any
thing but we'll liked.
GEN. u. s. GRANT
came to Sedalia, en- route south to visit
come of the military posts of the In
dian territory and Texas. He was
given a special train and Col. Stevens
accompanied the general with his
private car prairie Queen
Joyce was the conductor of the
special train and when below Vinita,
near Big Cabin, in the Indian terri
tory, Joyce let his train run
into another train. The two
trains did not get together,
which was chance of good fortune
rather than of fine railroading. The
matter was hushed up and Joyce kept
his place.
JoYCE's WIFE BEAgFx.
When Joyce came to Sedalia he
brought with him his wife, beauti-
full and accomplished lady whom he
had married in Washington, ID. c.
Mrs. Joyce was not long in winning
for herself large circle of friends, all
Of whom she retained during their So
journ in the Queen City.
joyce, at that time, was probably
30 years of age. His personal appear
ance was striking, to say the least,
and he was what might be termed
''masher' among the gentler sex. His
love for wine and women soon became
known from one end of the road to
the other. and ON more than one occa-
sion he figured in sensations which
did not rebound to his credit. His
conduct at times was simply out
but he managed to hold his
position where any other employee
would have been summarily dismissed.
His day of reckoning, however. came
ut last. and the people of Sedalia saw
he man i'm his true cOlOrs.
A MOCK MARRIAGE.
One time while on duty he met a
young lady on the train, whom he
made himself agreeable to, and
showed her marked attention. Sub !
he visited Baxter Springs,
where the young lady lived. and
called upon the young woman,
to whom he represented himself
to be a single man. She
was 1ne of the f;,ire.t young ladies in
that city. They became betrothed
and a mock marriage ceremony was
performed. Joyce figuring as the |
groom. All these facts are quite |
vivid In the minds of many of the |
older residents of Sedalia, a. the
paper, had considerable to say at the !
time about joyce and the fo~eo 1t
was dastardly case at best, and
when all the facts were made public, |
and it was shown beyond doubt that
Joyce had won the innocent young
girls love while passing himself as a
single man, the Indignation of the
public knew no bounds and the de-
ceiving ticket-puncher received a ter
rible scratching at the hands of the
press of the state. Even the St.
Louis papers devoted considerable
space to the matter and joyce finally
concluded that it would be well
for him to seek pastures new.
MRS JOYCE DIES BROKEN-HEARTED.
The articles which appeared in the
st. Louis papers and THE BAzoO
lenunciatory Of Joyce were perused
,y Mrs. Joyce, who was broken
hearted at the conduct of her
husband and in few weeks
he was laid away in the silent
Iomb, a victim of her husbands per-
idy. She died and was buried at
Washington, D. c., where her parents
resided. J.