The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-13
MRS. SLOWER TALKS
TELLS OF HER VISIT TO ARKANSAS
AND DISCOVERIES MADE.

Woman-Joseph stoyer the Husband
was well Known in Wichita, both al
Sanitary Policeman and Farmer-Ths
Man is over sixty Years of Age and
Father of a Large Family.
note was left at the police station
yesterday requesting that an officer be
sent TO the residence of Mrs Joseph
Slower on West Maple avenue. The
note stated that some person had been
proving about the residence, and that
the woman had reason to believe that
he was not there for any good pur-
pose.
An Eagle reporter called at the resi-
hence to learn Of Mrs. Slower her rea-
Sons for believing the man was not
there with any good intention, TO which
She replied:
'T have Just returned from Arkansas
whore have been to see my husband,
who it was reported had run away with
p woman named Mrs. Cherry. Ny hus-
bands brother, Samuel Slower, accom-
panied me on my trip. He claimed an
the time that there was no woman in
La his opinion.
when we got to Hacket City we
stopped at the hotel and 1 inquired Of
the landlady if she had ever heard any
thing concerning a man named Slower.
She replied that she had. That Mr..
Slower and his wife had stopped week
at the hotel, and had afterwards rent
ed house in the town and kept house
for three weeks. inquired particular
ly about the woman, and the lady gave
me all the particulars.
''She stated that Mr.. Slower had
bought the finest farm in the county,
consisting of 200 acres, and had bought
IT for $1,000. The farm is finely i'm
proved and that he had made the deed
On the womanis name. The news al
most killed his brother Samuel, who up
to this time had the utmost confidence
in his brothers integrity. 1t was a
hard blow to me-" CHere Mrs. Slower
broke down and wept as though her
heart would break, and called her son
TO come and give dates and names)
When she had composed herself
enough 'ro speak, She continued:
'Oh, NJ was hard for woman, who had
lived with man for thirty-fve years;
who had helped him make every cent
lbe had; VINO had followed him through
the privations of a frontier life; who
had six sweet grandchildren growing
up about her, to be thus forced to hear
This about her husband who had SWORN
to protect me Thorough life.
1.-The next day we sent for Mr. Slower
ITO come in (which he did. He acknowl-
edged everything, but said he had gone
too far to back out and wanted me to
apply and secure a divorce This 1
positively refused to do. / then learned
That three weeks ago he had sent Mrs.
Cherry back to Wichita, where she had
a petition flied in the district court of
Sedgwfck county for divorce from her
husband. Attorney Shipnian of Wich-
Sta secured the woman her divorce and
elSo had her name changed to Emma
Sarver.
"He also bought the woman a fine
Jersey COW, a horse and buggy and
gave her money ITO clothe and bring her
Four children back with her, which she
Gid. and they are all with them now on
the farm. He also decided the land to
the woman
THE day we met Mr.. Slower he came
In from gathering corn and was accom-
panied by one of the 'woman's boys
While Emma Sarver had gone that day
TO Greenwood for the purpose of plac-
Ing the deed for the land on record. He
asked me if / was willing to live with
him provided he would get rid of En-
ma l told him that would be impos-
sfble as he had placed everything in the
woman's name, and it would be impos-
sfble for me to forget the great wrong
the had done me and his children 1
told him that at the present rate he
would not have a cent in a year and
would be thrown out in his old age.
Ia Observation-Disclosures tbat lsa hod
wrong, and was sorry, but he had gone
TOO far to retrace his steps. 1 tried to
nave him give me a portion of the
money for the benefit of the children.
bnd told him would let him alone and
as he had made the choice between me
and the woman 1 would not interfere
with him. He stated that it was an
utter impossibility for him to do so. bur
that he had an eye on us all the time
and knew our every movement.
He appeared to be afraid of me
bringing suit against him and I am sat-
isfied that he has some one in the CITY
who he is in correspondence with. Now
my idea, but it may he wrong. was that
he is anxious that the money he left
me should be taken away so that I will
have nothing to sue him with. OF course
do not keep the money about the
house, but of this fact he does not
know Sunday while all the children
were gone to church a man kent con-
annually walking by the house. He
would go back to the stable and look in /
and then come by the window. This /
was the reason l sent to the police sta /
zion for an officer 10 investigate.
While we were at Fort Scott we call 1
ed upon Joseph Lindsay. VINO formerly |
lived in Wichita. but is now enga eej in /
"a 10 hr,=
and from him learned that Mr.. Slower 1
had bought the farm of man named I
Quinby and had paid 81 900 down, and 4
had the day before made another pay-
snent OF $1,000. and that the woman. I
Sarver. DIETER known in Wichita as /
Mrs. Cherry had gone that siav 10 1
Greenwood. the county seat of the 1
county where the farm is located. for 1
the purpose Of placing her deed on rec ,
ord. Mr.. Lindsay stated that Slower /
introduced the woman as his wife. but
he was OF the opinion that the two had /
exchanged deeds.
I'VE next went to see a lawyer and /
fled an injunction against both Joseph 1
Slower Emma Sarver, alias Mrs. Cher
sy. TO prevent them from selling or
otherwise 0iSposing Of the property.
This case Will be tried in March next.
When Mr.. Slower left he gave me-
$3.50 and the home residence IS in nv
name tell you Il was a sad day when /
We left the farm. Before that he was
the soul Of honor. but 1 have since /
learned that during the time ne was on
the police force he allowed the woman
$40 out Of his wages TO pay her grocery
bills He reported - me thar his wages
had been cut down. but l now find Il
was ali false. For the sake of the chill
Tren and his family all NJ ,,-},i,t, -, /
honorable and highly raspectshie 7