The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-18

even were a column consumed with a de-
scriptiOn of IT, A finely graduated watch
was required to get anything like an ac-
curate record Of the time. and one was
secured and placed ia the hands of
duly installed tlmekeeper. 1t was just
2 o'clock, only a few minutes after the
crowd had gathered, that William A.
Wynne an expert and daring bicyclst.
mounted his machine in the little stand,
way up against the heavens, and the
bOatmen entered their craft. The word
was called ana they We're off in a flash
with an equal start Even before a cheer
could be given, or the QaZed OnlOOkers
realize that the start had been made, all
was over They had whizzed by, blurred
and indistinct, in the twinkling Of an eye.
The boat struck the water with terrific
force, bounded high in the air and rich-
Ocheted blithcly along. The machine and
rider were buried beneath the waves In
its wake. ana dripping and bedraggled
were taken out. They were defeated, but
triumphant in spite OF II, for they had
made an unparalleled race on an unpar-
allel track and held the worlds record
for time on a bicycle. The speed was
GREATNESS, the boat consuming from start
to finish but six seconds, the bicycle eight,
and the hole thing was intensely eXcit-
ing Such a race has never been run
before, and Is literally an humiliation Of
time and space.
A dispatch, dated New York, Nov 16,
says: Lawyer George w. Wilson, "A ma
tive Georgian, who has been prominent
practitioner in this city for several years,
has been taken to the insane asylum on
Wards Island, a sufferer from paresis
Upon the very heels of this unfortunate
stroke for a well known professional man,
comes the news that woman other than
the one known as Mrs Wilson during re-
cent years, claims that she is Wilson's
legal wife. Mr. Wilson's friends say that
the direct cause of his present mental
condition is traceable to his loss of the
celebrated Seaman will case, in which he
appeared as counsel for some one hun
bred and fifty claimants to the S5,O00,O00
left by the eccentric Mrs. Drake Seaman,
late of Kingsbridge Heights. Mr.. Viii
son for several years lived at No. 1852
Madison avenue with woman who was
known as his wife, and son Z years
old. Just before his removal to Wards
Island he moved to No. 81 East one Hun
dred and Sixteenth street. The mother
and son have since moved away from
the neighborhood, and their present adj
dress is unknown. poorly-clad middle
aged woman, accompanied by two boys,
called yesterday at the office OF we'll
known lawyer on lower Broadway. The
woman was evidently ill., She told the
lawyer that she had learned that he was
a Free Mason and lodge brother of Law
yer George w. Wilson II am the real
wife Of George W. Wilson" she said, and
these are my two children-his children"
When confronted with these facts a re-
porter called and the lawyer made the
me documents to prove she was Lawyer
Wilson S lawfully welded Wife. She was
married to him at her native place In RI
fngham county, Georgia, Feb. %, 1851.
She belongs to one of the best known
families in the south. and is a refined
and highly educated woman. She met
Wilson when she was quite young. He
| had just been graduated from law
school in Georgia, and it was a case of
/ love at first sight. Mrs. Jane Wilson S
mother told her daughter that if she
4 welded Wilson she would not only be
/ disowned, but dlsinherited. one day VIII
/ son and the young girl eloped and were
4 married They came 70 this city, where
/ ne was employed in a hair factory. Some
time after that he became a clerk in a
/ lawyers office, and later opened law
/ office and became prosperous. The pain
1 lived happily and three children were
+ born two boys and one girl The cir
i died Wilson left his wife about twelve
4 years ago Mrs Wilson tells me she
/ never secured a divorce, and to the best
/ of her knowledge. her husband never
/ brought any action to get free from her
| Shortly after the separ2 ton, ne married
so I believe, the Mrs. Wilson who lived
| until recently at No. l762 Madison ave
/ nue.. The mother of wife No. l came t
1 New York and supported her daughter
| and her two children. When the old lady
| died it was found that she had made
! good her threat and had disinherited hel
| daughter, Her son, who lives in th'
| south, was her sole heir. He had never
| forgiven his sister for having eloped viii
| Wilson Mrs. Wilson is now destitute
| I believe that the members of the lodg,
| who have been looking into her case, vii
come to her aid