San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-07-03
A BLACKBURN CASE.
WHEELOCK, OF BUFFALO, is THE
DECEIVER.
A SENSATIONAL SCENE ON A BIOY-
OLE AND IN A CAB.
A " Jonah Who Will Not Tamely
Submit To Be Fooled But who
Has Been Mighty Credu-
lous According To Her
Own Story.

"A ~SAy'
NEW YORK, July ga special
to local paper from Buffalo says |:
AS Cyrus J.. Wheelock, q real estate
man, living on Norwood avenue,
was riding on his bicycle along
Richmond avenue last evening
he was chased and overtaken by
carriage. Within the carriage was
q blonde young woman, we'll
dressed and pretty.
AS the door of the vehicle came
opposite the wbeelman, the young
woman flung it open and sprang
out, grabbing Wheelock about the
neck as she did 80. The shock
caused him to lose his balance, and
the wheel fell to the street In
tumble. They were quickly on
their feet again.
"For Gods sake, Fannie"he cried,
what are you doing here?"
give come after you Cyrus" the
woman answered. 81 want you to
get into the carriage. I've got q
warrant for your arrest and you
must come with me to police head.
quarters" She showed him into
the carriage and directed the driver
to proceed. The hackman started
and the couple inside the carriage
began to quarrel. The driver heard
a peculiar sound, such as is emit
ted by a choking person, and
pulled up his horses. Opening the
door he found that Wheelcock had
the woman by the throat. She
was lying back among the cushions
and gasping for breath. At the
drivers interruption Wheelock
jumped out of the carriage and
ran. The woman made no attempt
to call him back or pursue him but
drove to Wheelock's where she had
an interview with his wife telling
her story and denouncing Whee-
lock. The woman was Fannie
johnson, who has been resident in
the Manning apartment house,
New York City, for some time. Miss
johnson arrived in Buffalo on an
early train Tuesday. She was
driven at once to police headquar-
tiers and asked to see the superin-
tendant. She told him that she
was the daughter Of respectable
English parents who came to Buf-
falo ten years ago. Six years ago
she met Wheelock. She was then
q young and impressionable girl,
while he was already married.
The families lived not far apart.
Wheelocx did not conceal from
Fannie's parents the fact that he
was infatuated with her, but told
them that his wife was an invalid
and likely to die at any moment
and that as soon as he was at liber-
ty he should hasten to marry the
girl. The young woman's parents
did not suspect that his affection
for her was anything but proper
until it became necessary for her
to leave the city.
Wheelock was doing prosper
GUS business. He established the
girl at the Gilsey house for time,
and later sent her to Cleveland
where business frequently called
him. In fact, he spent most Of his
time there, his interest in the, Big
Heights Land deal furnishing a
good excuse COR his absence from
home. In Cleveland their first
child was born. Soon afterward
Wheelock removed the woman to
New York where she took rooms
at the Manning. A year later a
second child came. According to
Miss Johnson's story he kept tell
ing her that he was on the point
of securing divorce from his
wife and that he would soon be
able to marry her. Last summer
he sent her and the children to
Europe. During the past few
months Miss Johnson became con-
WINGED that Wheelock had been
fooling her all along. She had a
consultation with an attorney and
by his advice decided to come to
Buffalo and begin proceedings
compelling Wheelock to support
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