The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-13
BRIDE OF -FOUR
WEEKS DESERTED
Came to Wichita at Request
of Husband.
WHO DID NOT MEET HER
Applied at Charity Rooms Yes
terday for Aid.

May Edwards, an afflicted and destitute
woman, who states that she has been
cruelty deserted by c. z. Edwards, TO
whom she was married at Cherryvale four
weeks ago. arrived in the city Friday
night from Oklahoma City. and after
wandering over the streets Friday night
and until noon yesterday, without food
OF shelter, was forced to go to the Asso-
ciate Charities yesterday afternoon for
aid.
She tells a very sad but interesting
story of her trouble and the final deser-
ton of the man who promised to support
her. She says that her former home was
at Parsons, Kansas, but that for about
three years she has been living at Cher
ryvale. While there she met c. E. Ed
wards, who pretended to be a railroad
man, and four weeks ago they were
married in that city. She had worked at
Cherryvale for some time and had ae-
cumulated quite a sum OF money, and she
states that her husband proposed going
TO Oklahoma City and buying an eating
house They went to Oklahoma City
about two weeks ago and remained In
rooming house there until last Sunday.
Sunday night Edwards told her he was
going out to take walk, and she has not
seen him since She had instructed him
with what money she had and her trunk
checks and could not believe that he had
deserted her. Monday she received let
ter from him. written from the Santa Fe
hotel in this city, stating that he had
found good employment and for her TO
come TO this city. The letter was full
of terms of endearment and quickly dis
PEELED the fears that he had deserted
her She answered Immediately that she
would come, then realized the fact that
she was without money. Some kind
hearted people of Oklohamo City learned
of her plight, and a collection was taken
up for her benefit, by which means money
enough was secured to buy her ticket
to this city. She notified her husband
that she would arrive here Friday night,
and expected him 10 meet her, but when
she left the train she found no one but
strangers in the crowd at the depot. and
after watching for two hours for her
Maynard husband, she left the depot and
made inquiries regarding him, but she
was not able to find anyone who had seen
or who knew him. She visited the Santa
Fe hotel and found that his name had not
been entered on the register and that
man answering his description had left
the city for St. Louis early in the week.
Then, heart-broken, without money or
friends the bride OF four weeks stumbled
into the street, knowing not where to go.
She SAYS she was ashamed to tell her
trouble to the police force, and wandered
about the whole night. She had no break
fast yesterday morning and no dinner
until o'clock yesterday afternoon, after
she had visited the Associate Charities
rooms.
Mrs. Edwards does not belong to the
type who are always seeking aid. She is
a young woman not more than 26 or p
years of age. and has splendid features.
She was dressed in white and wore
white hat and gloves. Mrs. Couch, Of the
Associate Charities, furnished her with a
meal ticket, and yesterday evening Mrs.
Shields, police matron, took charge of
her She slept in the detention rooms in
the City building last night.