Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-06-27
WILSON'S ROMANCE.
STRANGE STORY TOLD IN a NEw
YORK Law COURT.

How He Won His wife-she Got q d.
vorce and Held HIs Property, While
He Was "-shanghaled" and Sent TO Ans
traIia-
Jacob Wilscn versus John J. Clancy
Is the title OF q case now being tried In
New York. IT ii Of the most re-
markable eases On record.
Wien Jacob Wilson, the plaintiff,
=as rs years old, in 1881, his father,
the late Jecob Wilson, sr., en- afiuent
New York merchant, suggested that it
was about time fer tae young man to
marry. Jacob. Jr., was not ayerse to
such IN arrangement. and unhesitating
~ expressed his willingness 70 comply
with his father's behest But this was
no easy matter, for the young man pos
Fesses 4 face So unrrcpas Ig that his
own father often said lie believed ma
ture Enust have exhausted her homoLest
materials on it and could never repro
ducs a duplicate, and, in addition. ia
cob was a great aevesea ef Bacchus,
end, it is alleged, rarely drew a sober
breath.
Living within afew doors Of the Will
sea- domicile was a good looking young
woman whose amiable disposition and
irreprcschable character rendered her q
special object Of young jacobs atten-
tion. He laid daily siege 10 her %
year-old heart, but received absolutely
no encouragement, ADD when he "pop
ped the question" sbe decisiyeIy de-
clined
TRY yonr luck elsewhere, " suggest
ed the father.
'fNo, sir, " replied Jacob. 'I'II mar
~ Mary Saunders, or I'll die a bache-
Tor"
As nothing could swerve the young
man from this determination his father
constituted himself a committee Of
and waited upon the obstinate fair one
10 plead with her in behalf Of the reject
ed suitor.
Finding diplomacy and oratory Of no
avail, the self appointed ambassador
profered riches, Immediate and album
dant, and the golden key unlocked the
heart which had been impervious to ev-
cry other argument.
Marry my son" said Mr.. Wilson,
"andI win give you 800 a month for
life, y fertile and well stocked New
Jersey farm and SIS, 900 in cash.
And the following day Jacob Wilson,
Jr., escorted his bride to the altar.
Shortly afterward the elder Wilson
died without leaving a viii
There's no need Of will, my DEAR"
explained Jacob 10 his wife. 'sI'm my
fathers only child, and SO all his prop
erty descends 10 me anyway"
But Jacob had Teckoned without his
host. A woman appeared on the scene
and brought along two children.
II am Jacob Wilson, ST.. 3 widow, his
second wife, she said, land these chill
dren are the offspring Of the marriage"
She began a suit to establish her
claims, and in due time she won the
case and was awarded one-third Of the
estate for aerself and a proportionate
twe-thiras share &C tho balance for her
children. Jacob got what remained
about $4,000 all told.
One day, several months after this,
jacob disappeared and was not heard Of
again for many years. His wife had
charged him with infdelities and had
begun an action for divorce, and it was
thought that Jacob had gone away in a
fit of dependency and put an end to his
life.
The divorce was granted, and Mary
was onc more free to dispose Of her
heart which she had bartered for money.
Jacob was o homely, good for moth
ing fellow" she said, "but he had one
virtue-he loved me, and as a token Of
his affection he transferred all his prop
erty to nae.
Soon after obtaining the decree Of Ill
vorce Mary became the wife Of John ].
Clancy, q New York dry goods mer.
chant.
Bat Mary did not long survive her
second marriage. Barring Some trining
legacieg 70 relatives. her Will baqlleath-
cd everything ehe owned to Clancy.
But now comes the most remarkable
part OF tho story.
"A wind and weather beaten man,
with secdy, III fitting garments, and
Win a AdIE WuItil uiHSlpGbACh ana ma
tire had We'd with each other to disfg-
uie, entered tho Office of a prominent
Broadway lew firm several months ago.
he toid q rambling story Of how he had
been betrayed years ago by his
wife, whom he loved To distraction.
While c~arousing with some strangers
II night / was insensibly led by them
down TO the docks on Tie North river. ]
don't recall very well what happened
there. | remember, however, that my
wife got ont Of I. hack aiia talked 10 me.
What she said has escaped me. Then
came a period Of total stupefaction, and
when l woke / found myself on board a
sailing vessel bound for Australia
II had been '~shanghaied. / was GER
tain that my wife was at the bottom Of
the conspiracy. / concluded to let her
reme5n in possession Of my property. /
would start life anew in Australia and
forget the past.