The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-20
RAYMOUR MAY GO
ON THE STAND.
Important Witness In Sells Di.
vOrce Case Located.
"UNCLE NED's" LOVE LETTERS.
Four Other Ohio Men Implicated In the
Celebrated Suit of the millionaire
Circus Msgpate Against
HIS wife.

Columbus, Nov. 19.-An interesting
development in the celebrated Sells
divorce case is the discovery that I'm
Gle Ned Raymour author of many of
the sensational letters that make up
the case of the plaintiff, is not dead,
as has been represented by the attor-
peys for the plaintiff. Mr.. Raymour Is
very much alive and will probably be
very much in evidence at Columbus be-
fore the case is closed. He is row re-
siding in Omaha, Neb. Mr.. Sells at
torney describes Uncle Ned" as a poor
old man, penniless and alone" AS a
matter of fact, Raymour has won and
lost fortune since he left this city.
His career during the past few years
has been exceedingly romatic and de-
cidedly Interesting. AS a letter writer
he has displayed considerable talent.
In the deposition of Mrs. Augusta
Civalls, of Houston, Tex, five of Ray
mour's letters are included. They are
sparkling gems of literature-that kind
of literature which Anthony Comstock
spends much of his time in trying. to
suppress. In the early stages of his
infatuation, these epistles bubbled over
and art, and they abounded in gushing
sentiment.
Raymour Is probably the most inter-
esting OF the five men who are charged
with having sustained relations with
Mrs. Peter Sells, wife OF the millionaire
circus magnate. He was 60 years old
when he first met the defendant. At
that time he was a stock agent for the
Missouri Pacific railroad with an office
| In Detroit. Raymour being a 32d de-
| gree Mason, Mr.. Sells invited him to
his home. From that time he made Mr..
Sells home his headquarters, and his
| slight acquaintance with Mrs. Sells
| seems to have ripened into an infatua-
| tion. Judging from the internal evil
| dence in Raymour's letters, this in
fatuation was appreciated IL not recip-
| rocated by Mrs Sells.
When Raymour left this city for the
| west he gave up railroading and bought
| coffee ranch. For time he prospered,
| and 1t seemed that he was on the high
| road to wealth. Through the loss of a
coffee crop, however, he was ruined,
| and he returned to Omaha, where his
daughter now lives.
On looking over Raymour's letters
| one would never infer that the writer
| was man of co. The fervor Of his
declarations Of passion would lead one
to think that he was mere boy. Fol-
lowing are one or two choice excerps
from his epistles of love:
BLESS your dear heart, and IL could
| reach you Just have an idea that my
| darling would think Ned not only loves
the darling, but fully appreciates this
letter. Such nice things in it. even
though you did think Ned was a little
| rough; but say. darling, don't You worry
or fret or feel hurt one particle, for
| here, good hig kiss first. And now
let me tell you There. is no one whom I
tlove as I do you, and you know this.
Yes. blind worship, not stopping for
| anything. Not a question who, which or
| why, whether or how 1t is to terminate,
| only happy in the fact that 1t is so, hap
py, o. SO happy to think Mamie is not
aVerse and cares too, and feeling this,
| my darling, I would not say word,
perform an act that would give you
pain or annoyance for the world II I
knew 1t. Love does not do that. But on
| the contrary, I would do all in my
power to make you happy, lift the load
| that every one has to carry and make
| the sunshine brighter all the time
| through cloud and storm and make
your heart as light as childhood.
HE TRUSTED HER.
my darling once for all, don't you
/ ever hesitate to talk right out openly
| and free to me because of any regard
you may have or may have had in the
past for any one, for 1t Will make no
difference to me, not one particle. !
am not Jealous of any one. and 1t is
i i
my Mamie's regards well enough SO
that she trusts me with all that woman
| can trust to a man, and darling, I will
tell you now that do know more than
you might think of your married life
and that all has not been roses and sun
shine, and now, what l do, all my ef-
forts will be to make you forget the past
and enjoy all you can in the future
and now as far as your favors to others
are concerned. those things are none OF
my business or any ones else. You
have and have had that right, and dar-
ling, with your confiding, loving nature
loving caresses, petting kisses, your old
failings are left alone. If you have
had intrigues by the dozen 1t is no ones
business but your own. So darling, as
] said before, do not have any fears to
say or talk about those things to me az
lyou like. 1t makes no difference to me
| II you have a thousand, l love my dar-
/ ling as she Is, for what / see in her
alone. Not what she was, can be OF
can give, / have had all that only to
make her still dearer to me. No, my
darling do not make any mistake in
this or misunderstood me. Read what
say carefully. very carefully, and In
the future you will have no need OF
secrecy or anything else only Ned
want all the love Mamie dear has tC
spare. Ned win guard 1T carefully and
fully appreciate IT as no one Else can.
have the rest. but 1t is the love Ned
wants, too.
"One might as well go up town, buy
what he wants and go about his busi,
ness, make a business transaction of It
same as buying dress goods-and / die
enjoy 1t so much and did so hate to see
you go, but you, OF course, told me you
must, and could not say a word, think
ing that you knew best how you were
circumstanced.
WHY HE LOVED HER.
"But had that been out of town, away
from home, then we could have done az
we liked as much as we liked, but 1t Il
all right, darling; these things will keeI
and next time come we will, II we car
squeeze out little more time. Surely
anyway, on your account 1 am sorry
about that night, and had known fol
sure that It was so 1 could have told yor
what to do.'
| Among others whose names are men,
toned as the authors of love letter.
that constitute the collection in thu