The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-25

girls for a long time Her family Is one
of the best in Port Jarvis. and they are
very nice people. I am very, glad of the
wife that / got, and I don't think it is
| anybody's business. I am old enough 10
know what l want.
THE way L first came to meet her was
by accident She sprained her ankre near
my house and I had her taken care Of
and sent her home in a hack. That was
how got acquainted with her, and the
more l saw of her the better / liked her.
IL was very happy when she consented
to be my wife. OF course. I told my
friends about 1t, and osme of them tried
to argue me out of il. One OF the men
who was opposed to the match was
Francis B. Chedsey, one of the executors
of my late wifes will.
He said to me: You old fool, what in
the world do you want to get married
for? 1 said, You are married, aren't
! you? I suppose you think that you are
the only man in the world that has a
right to have a wife" 1 am old enough
TO know what I am about, and never did
better piece of work than in getting
married
II want to say that this whole matter
IS conspiracy. They have been spread
ing all kinds of reports about me. They
say ] was pauper when 1 married my
second wife. That is a lie.
Il was connected with the New York
Central railroad for good many years
as immigration agent. I used to know
William H. Vanderbilt very well. 1 used
RI "a DIV
many presents including a fine sleigh
that he used to ride in. 1 spent a hun
dred thousand dollars on the education of
my daughter by my first wife. l sent
her to Germany for five years to complete
her musical education. That doesn't look
as if L was a pauper, does it?
Il am determined to get even for this
persecution. They have been at me with
all kinds of stories about my wife They
even tried TO poison her to get her out
of the way. Blackmail is the object Of
the people who have brought this suit
and 1 can prove it.
Just as a beginning 1 intend to have
Mary East and Frederick East arrested
for perjury. The others who are behind
them will also hear from me before long
was kind to my second wife before her
death. After that she came to me and
asked me If I would not give her a home.
She said that she was very poor. I gave
her house. She lives in it now, and this
is how she has rewardea me.
''There>are a great many facts In the
career of one of the persons who is re-
sponsible for this suit that will be start
ling when they are brought out in
tend TO have this persons record made
public in court before 1 am through with
him.
'One of this gang of robbers is connect
ed with the Mechanics bank / went
down there today and took out all the
money 1 had on deposit there. I took it
and put it in an honest bank. Another
one Of these men owes me $1,000 Maybe
he thinks 1 won't ask him for IT, He had
better wait and see.
THE lawyers for the people who have
brought this suit say that all my wife
gave me was a life interest in her prop
erty. They say that 1 must only spend
the income from it and must not touch
the principal. because it was my wife's
intention that the property should be d.
vided among the three other heirs she
names in her will after my death.
She made no such provisions in her
viii and never made any such a request
OF me at any time. A long time before
she died we discussed the matter of will
making and I said that 1 thought we had
better each make will leaving ali our
property to the survivor. ana that after
the death of the survivor the estate
should be divided into three parts. two of
which should go to the Harmon girls,
and the third to their cousin. Louis Van
Ness Day, her nearest relatives So you
see this part of the will was made at my
own suggestion.
This attack on my wife is most out
rageous and 1 am determined that its in
sugators shall be punished"