The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-24
. He COURTED
HIS DARLING
SECOND TIME
And the Weakness Was Fol-
lowed by a Bitter Cup
HIS GUSHING FOLLIES
Are in Record Pinned to Claim
for $4,000,
HE MET HIS FIRST LOVE
And Was Smitten Again With
Her Charms.
He MET HIS FIRST LOVE

Because D. ". THford. the Wichita
real estate agent and boomer. courted his
wife twiee-which no man in his right
mind ought to do-he is in trouble at
Portland. Oregon. He wrote love let
ters-an evidence Of weakness for a man
of mature years-and now they are in
evidence against him. He ought to have
travelled to tell his former wife of the
love he bore her-it would have been
cheaper; for the four or five letters that
he wrote her are liable to cost him
$4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tilford lived here for
years During the boom they lived
high Ufe-as nearly everybody did She
was q inancier and out of the wreck
she saved some very good property, one
piece Of which is the brick building on
the corner of Third and Water streets.
Shortly after the boom he went broke
and a broken husband is not deemed a
very desirable possession. In due course
of time they secured divorce, and for
N~---I
as man in Finland and lady in the
Fiji islands But the spark Of their old
love was not dead. In time it began to
glow again-and in him, and his party,
it became exceptionally warm. He came
back to Wichita again and went into
the real estate business. About u year
or so ago he went to Portland, Oregon
TO try his luck there. Death had already
knocked at another mans door-Edward
Smith Kearney. the millionaire had
been gathered to his Fathers. Strange
things happen. although death is not
one Of them. Death. however. sometimes
removes an item from the wheel of for
tune and the next turn it goes around
IN its cratic course nobody knows what
will happen. Mr.. Tilford found that
the beautiful and wealthy widow Of Ed
ward Smith Kearney was one of his
youthful loves. In fact, as a little girl
she was his first love. That love was
stronger than the love he had for his
first wife, and soon burned it up.
Truth Found Out.
Last January or thereabouts Mrs. Liz
zie Tnford. the divorced wife. who in
the meantime. was forgotten by her ar
mouse She did not know exactly what
kind of mouse it was. but she thought
she would take a trip out to Portland
lay low for awhile and see The
very first morning she was there she
picked up q paper and saw-it startled
her-where Honorable .. w. Tnford-
"our PUBLIC spirited citizen'-had given
S1.0oo towards the promotion of a public
enterprise. The last letter but one she
had received from him stated that he
did not have two cents of his own to
buy the stamp. That is why she was
startled. She soon found out the truth.
and against her former husband and
false tNo-tir1e lover she instituted a
damage suit. The Morning Oregonian of
last Friday tells the rest Of the story as
follows. 1t is intensely Interesting:
What Oregonian Says.
ID. ". Tilford. who about a year ago
married Sarah n Kearney the wealthy
widow of Edward Smith Kearney. has
been sued by his former wife. Elizabeth
Tnford. for $4,000 damages The papers
were filed in the state circuit court yes
terday by the attorneys, Ed and A. r.
Mendenhan.
Mrs TIford states that she was the
wife OF Tnford for eighteen years. resid-
Ing with him at Wichita Kansas and
other places. She asserts that he went
TO Oklahoma and quietly obtained a d.
vorce from her, but afterward promised
10 marry her bat did not do SO. but in
stead. deceived her She sets forth in
her complaint that iE Newton. Kansas. !
In 1899. she agreed to marry him. at his
request. and, relying upon his promise.
incurred expenses at his solicitation
which she would not otherwise have in
CURED. amounting TO the sum Of $500:
that she supplied him with money and
Jewelry, no part of which has been re-
turned except a diamond ring 1t is
alleged that the defendant contrary TO
his promise. married Saran n. Nearney.
who is said 10 be distantly related TO him
Mrs Tilford further charges that I'll
ford. while at a distance from her. and
while his promise to marry her was In
fun force. correspondent with her 10y let
ter, and a few of the letters are attached