Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-16
DROPPED INTO POETRY,
How an Editor Forgot His Marital Vows
and Made Love to "A Widow.

How an Editor Forgot His Marital Vows
aud Made Love to Widow.
NEW YORK. November I5.-William r..
Thompson, who is editor of a paper pub
Hshed in Nyack, is "a poet. Some Of his
illusions have gained q wider publicity
than ne desired through divorce proceed
iugs Mrs. Cora Thompson brought against
him I'm the Supreme Court of this county
more than year ago. She obtained a de-
cree from Judge Lawrence. of the Su-
preme Court. based on the report of John
Delahunty as referee. The court awarded
her the custody if their three children
Mrs Susan r Wells was the chief wit
ness before the referee, and more than two
dozen letters which Nj Thompson wrote
to Mrs Wells in 1892 were read. Mrs
Thompson became the wife of George A.
Blauvelt on January 30, 1886. He Is a
wealthy lawyer of this city and school
commissioner i'm Rockland county.
Judge Smyth. of the Supreme Court, was
asked yesterday. I'm behalf of Mr.. Thomp-
son. TO amend the decree OF divorce so he
could have the custody Of his children oc-
casionally Judge Smyth denied the mo-
ton because Mrs Blauvelt had not been
served with the motion papers.
Mrs Blauyelts story of the circum-
stances which induced her to seek divorce
is that in the early part of 1892 Mrs. Wells
came from Michigan TO visit her at
Manuel She had been "a widow only few
months Her stay was a short but pleas
ant one. and she came back TO visit Mrs
Thompson again i'm the fall.
thing more than a friendly relationship
between her husband and Mrs. Wells until
I'm September. 1895 when she found i'm her
house twenty letters AIr. Thompson had
written to- the young widow in 1892.
Mrs. Wells. who is now Mrs. Susan
Vaughan testified before the referee that
during her stay at the house of Mrs
Thompson Mr.. Thompson was very at
tentive to her. and when she LETT for home
he escorted her to Jersey City. where they
registered az Taylor's Hotel.
When Mr. Thompson learned that his
wife had married again. soon after getting
q decree he brought an action in the Su-
preme Court of Rockland county TO re-
cover $4,000 damages from Mr.. Blauvelt
for the alienation of her affections.
This is sample of Mr.. Thompson's
poetry. taken from one of his letters to
Mrs Wells:
THE girl left is fair to soonest fair;
Her eyes are blue as blue can be,
Her hair wealth Of gold;
No rose. think. can match Ter checks
transparent pink.
or hold such sweetness as her smile FOR
one doth hold.
Her grace. each dimple dear
That plays about her face:
I would that she were mine.
But. woe is me- With an her CHAIR sub
lime. if cannot be.
For. alas, 1 cannot wed now this girl di-
vine
But live i'm hopes that some day she'll be
mine.
I'm another letter he wrote.
Ell love YOU. yes. I love YOU. And as the
days pass 10y. Susie, dear. I viii bee true.
IL is no task to try. for loving YOU so
dearly. my heart is only thine. Do YOU
love me- OF course YOU do. I am yours
AVID YOU are mine Your own. WILL"
And even when ne didn't write poetry.
/ NIr Thompson's letters show that poetical
thoughts were always fitting through
his mind As witness:
My own precious darling. promise me
20 never again link the word wicked with
you-you who are 10 me most noble. pure
and good. Promise me again. love. YOU
F will never bind yourself to another"
+ In this letter Mr. Thompson left a little
space. which De ruled of nicely, and then
continued: "ln that space I have g. sod
many times. moistening with my lips The
/ spot. and sending them to you"