The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-05-10

returned to their home on Olive
street, where Crouley was told to
appear shortly after in order to
carry out the terms of the wedding
contract. Crouley appeared at
schedule time, attired in a fine
wedding suit and the bride went up
stairs to put on her wedding gown,
which Crouley is said to have paid
for at an extravagant price, and just
as this task was commenced Mamie
was given a telegram from a former
sweetheart proposing marriage. 1t
was the sweetheart that Mamie
loved, and whom Mamie wanted to
marry and who wanted to marry
Mamie all along, but Mamie having
no bridal trosseau could not think of
accepting until such a trosseau was
secured. Having secured it, ap-
parently through ''badgering"
Crouley, she Immediately tele
graphed her acceptance and informed
Crouley that she would not marry
him.
Crouley, abandoning all hopes of
marrying the Dresden china com
plexioned girl, left the house, and
announced that he would return to
his home in Redwood Falls.
The second sensation in the life of
VIM Crouley is no surprise to those
who have listened to his talk and
watched his course since the divorce
of nearly two years ago. Crouley is
susceptible to women, in this, his
old age, and it is very easy to be
seen how a clever mother, possibly
herself laying the strings for a
husband, and who, on seeing that
her daughter was the object of his
choice, manipulated the strings
whereby Crouley was made to pay
sadly for his experience.
Mr.. Crouley has been quite at
tentive to the fair sex in Mime
apolis, and several members of that
sex in Minneapolis have been pull
ling strings for the manor his
money. On one occasion he advised
one of the women to write to a GER
tain party in Redwood Falls with
the view of finding out something
about him. The letter was written
in what was considered masculine
hand, signed by the initials and last
name only: and the suspicion was
that man wanting a partner had
written the letter. The answer
was couched in business terms, Civ
ing William a good business send
off,
A little later William crossed the
path of leading State official-a
bachelor, and a giant in strength.
The official ordered William to leave
the house, but William refused.
The official jerked his coat to enforce
his mandate, and by ruse of the
woman present, William was in
duced to leave the house without
further trouble. Since that time he
has been spending his time in the
south.
The readers of THE GAZETTE at that
time will remember the granting of g
divorce to Sarah J. Crouley from VIM
Crouley on Saturday, Oct. 9, 1897
The news, then published exclusively
in THE GAZETTE ofthe following week
fell like thunderbolt on the many
acquaintance of the people then sepa
rated, and more so when it became
known on what grounds the decree
had been granted.
At the time of the suit for divorce
VIM. Crouley was 55 years old, and il
will be noticed that he gave his age tc
the clerk in St. Louis at so, or sever
years younger than he really is. He
was married to his first wife in Wav.
erly, New York, and they lived
together nearly 80 years, when the
complaint was brought. In the com.
plaint and the evidence that followed
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