The Topeka state journal., 1902-09-27
WANTED--A WIFE
w. f. Elliott Welded Tuesday,
Deserted Wednesday.
Spent Friday in Topeka on
Fruitless Search.
THOUGHT HER HEIRESS
She Said Her Father Was To-
peka Banker.
Was Very Angry When Heard
of Marriage.
GROOM is PUZZLED.
Net Miss Sims at Lindsborg
College Last Year.
El0pement Was Planned Only
This Week.
Unhappy Man Is a Milwaukee
Commercial Traveller.
Was Very Angry When Heard
of Marriage.
GROOM is PUZZLED.
Net Miss Sims at Lindsborg
College Last Year.
ElOpement Was Planned Only
This Week.
Unhappy Man Is a Milwaukee
Commercial Traveller.

After fruitless search made in To-
peka Friday afternoon for his missing
wife, to whom he had been married four
days ago, w. +. Elliott, the travelling
salesman for a Milwaukee shoe house.
returned to his headquarters at Man
haitian, Kas.. last night.
An air of mystery wells the identity
of the woman giving her name as Edith
Sims, of Topeka, the woman to whom
Mr.. Elliott was married last Tuesday at
Abilene, as told in Fridays State
Journal.
A year ago Mr.. Elliott met Miss Sims
at Lindsborg. where she was attending
that her home was in Topeka, or at
least she said it was. She also said
that her father was the cashier of the
Bank of Topeka. She was always well
supplied with money, and her story that
her father was Topeka banker was
undisputed. She also claimed her
father was at one time mayor of this
city.
Last Sunday Miss Sims went to juno
tion City to visit a cousin. Mr.. Elliott
happened to be at Junction City at the
time. He called to see her at the home
of her cousin. She gave him to under
stand that her father was violently Op-
posed to her meeting Mr.. Elliott, on the
grounds that he was not her social
equal. young man of junction City
Sims appeared on the scene and began
to intimate trouble. AT Mr.. ElliOtts
suggestion the couple went to Abilene
on Tuesday. where they were married.
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott went at once to
Manhattan, where they were to orhve-
Wednesday evening she showed her hus-
= band a letter lid to have Just come
from her father in which ne asked her
to come home. The letter is said to
have threatened disinheritance if all
was not right She decided to come to
Topeka at once.
Thursday she telephoned to her hus-
band over the long-distance telephone
from Topeka and told him that she
would go to Granville and that letter
would reach her there. He sent regis
tered letter to Granville. 1t has not
the Granville postmaster from Topeka
On the 1ong-distance telephone last
evening and made inquiries concerning
the letter. The postmaster Informed
him that it was still there.
Deep mystery surrounds the identity
Of the person. Her acquaintance with
the names and places in Topeka indi-
Gates that she had lived here. But there
of Sims who has daughter answering
the description of the girl who was
married at Abilene Tuesday.
Mr.. Elliott spent Friday afternoon in
Topeka in an effort to locate the miss
ing wife. To a representative of the
State Journal he said:
Il met Miss Sims over year ago at
Bethany college at Lindsborg. She al
ways dressed well and IN due course
learned from her that she claimed to
be the daughter of a Topeka banker.
She said her father was the cashier of
the Bank of Topeka. She said isname
was ThurSton, but that his steD-fathers 3
name was Sims and that he was usually
known by that name. She always had
considerable money and she at one time
purchased two town lots at Lindsborg
and had picture taken of the locality,
which she said she sent to her father.
when we were married at Abilene
Tuesday she had 1854 in monev in her
purse. She was visiting with her cousin
in Junction City, and the family 1 IN
derstand is one of the best of that
place.
''She told me that she formerly lived
In North Topeka next door to the resi-
dence of Congressman Charles Curtis
but said that her address was now 324
Kansas avenue.
Mr.. Elliott is not familiar with the
streets of Topeka and for that reason
did not know that No. 324 Kansas ave-
nue. was low one story shack of a
building occupied by a pawn broker
named Capland.
Miss Sims has led me to believe that
her father was opposed to her marriage
with me- said Mr.. Elliott '.and / had
never had occasion to doubt her word
or her story. l believed she was as she
represented herself to be and am at a
loss to account for her actions now.
when she left Manhattan l suppos-
ed that she would return soon or that
would join her in Topeka. But she 6id
not return and I am at loss to ac-
count for her actions or her where
abouts."
Mr.. Elliott visited the lonk distance
telephone office yesterday to try to gel
clue to trace her. He received nc
satisfaction there and went to the mum
Der on Kansas avenue that she gave
This resulted as fruitlessly as the frs
effort He gave up his search last ev-
ening after learning the letter had no
been called for at Granville and re
turned to Manhattan.
A reporter for the State Journal call
ed on Mr.. Thurston at his office in tn,
Bark of Topeka today In reply to
question Mr.. Thurston said:
"It is strange that anyone should ust
my name in that manner. 1 have M
daughter and I never had a step
father