The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-12

Mrs. Edith Archer, mother of his frs
wife, told for the first time Of the mar
| rage to her daughter.
Yesterday Mrs. Archer and Mrs. Cor
don, or more properly Mrs. Morrison No
rooms before the message from Morri-
son which led to the strange reconclia-
! ton was received. Mrs. Morrison No. !
said:
LOOK how that man has deceived me
| all these years. He has kept me in these
rooms in penury, while he was living
with another woman in a fine cottage.
He is villain. 1t is hard to forgive such
deception as that.
| ''Fred's real name is Morrison, though
1 married him under the name Of Cor
| don. We were married in Jersey City
on Nov 5, 1882, and a record of the mar
riage is on file there at the City Hall.
THE minister who married US is still
alive. I still have the marriage certifi-
cate.
'Fred's parents lived on the east side
then. His father died in the insane asy-
lum on Wards Island. His mother was
kind to US as long as she lived.
At thought he had some money when I
married him. He told me that he was
a silk salesman, but I found this to be
untrue. He did nothing, and had moth
ing to do for years.
But even when he had no money for
food he would buy cigarettes He
smoked them all the time.
His mother helped US until she died.
Then he began to give French lessons
and made some money. He practically
left me at the time of the blizzard, in
1883. Since then he has never lived with
me steadily.
II never knew he was married to that
other woman. but know that he did not
purposeIy kill her. He wouldn't do that
Once in his sleep he tried to hit me with
a chair.
He used to come bown and see me
once aweek on Saturdays from 10 to II
o'clock He seldom remained more than
two hours. Sometimes he gave me money
and again he didn't.
Il have had hard time of it. He
told me his French classes at Pelham
vile and Larchmont, and how it was
necessary for him to live up there away
from me. He told me to address my let
tiers to Alfred Morrison, at Pelhamville.
That was his last office address.
II never suspected anything wrong I'M
til just before Christmas. I had heard
that he was paying some woman atten-
lions up in Mount Vernon. 1 asked him
if he was going to give me Christmas
present. and he offered me 50-cent gift.
LAS I had heard ne had given theother
woman a qiano L thought this strange
and spoke of it. He explained every
thing away, as he could always do. He
is a splendid talker and you have to be-
Heve what he says.
when we saw in the newspapers the
news of the shooting of the woman we
knew it was Fred. 1 intended to so up TO
Mount Vernon, but finally decided not TO
as I was afraid that my appearance
might injure the poor woman's chances
of recovery.
after the funeral my mother and did
go up there, but found the house closed.
wrote to him that he must provide for
me-"
When taxed yesterday morning at the
house of Mrs Allaine with his dnal life
and bigamous marriage. Morrison acted
like crazy man. He talked incoher-
emily
Sometimes he was on his knees on the
floor. again he would dart about the
room His aged aunt, a very fine old
lady, exhibited signs of genuine grief.
First he tried to say that he was
neither Morrison nor Gordon but that his
name was George Osborne. Finally he
said:
1T is true that I married that other
woman eighteen years ago in Jersey City
But 1 was crazy at the time-only 4 boy
of eighteen. My father had died in an
asylum two years before am crazy
now.
81 never got along with that other wo-
man. I left her and tried to get a di-
vorce, but couldn't, I married my poor
committing any harm.
"Oh, think of my darling dead wife's
name being mixed up in this. 1t is terri
Bile. She was the only woman 1 ever
loved. I paid that other woman Sc every
week"
Then Morrison darted upstairs and |
locked himself in his room. seemingly |
the picture Of despair. but a few minutes |
later he sent a message TO Judge George |
c. Appel asking him to act as his law
yer
Mrs Cahem. his aunt. said he didn't |
know what he was saying when he said |
his name was Osborne; that he had /
never lived under that name. His real |
name, she said. was Morrison
Mrs. Cahem was sister of Morrison's |
mother
Judge Appel had long talk with Nor /
rison, and warned him TO keep his mouth /
smut; also that he had cammitted a most |
foolish ack in talking as he did.
On the advice of his lawyer. the peo-
pie in the house took away Morrison's I
razor and ather things by which he I
might injure himself. He was watched /
during the rest of the morning.
At noon Morrisonsent Harry Allaine,
son of Mrs Allaine. TO New York to
bring his first wife and her mother up .
to Mount Vernon. At ? o'clock he called
IN Judge Appel and made a complete
statement. the Judge said. concerning the
events of his life Then he returned TO
The Rich avenue house.
Half an hour later Mrs. Gordon, OF
No !. and her mother drove up /
attended by Harry AIlaine and the re-
took place.
During the ride UP from the city Mrs.
Morrison No. l told young Aliaiue that
had neglected her and deceived
her for years.