The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-17
! KANSAS MATCH
ENDS N COURT
Iragical Ending Of An Early
= Day Romance
FRENCH DANCING MASTER
Married Topeka Belle Only to
Misuse Her
FRENCH DANCING MASTER

The Topeka Herald says: Miss Julia
Vargas, daughter of Joaquin Vargas vice
consul Of Mexico in Chicago, testified yes
terday in Judge Cnnords court that her
father was more or less intoxicated
every evening and quarreled with her
mother and frequently struck her, in
spite of the fact that he weighs but 1l9
pounds and she weighs $50.
Other testimony in the suit for divorce
brought by Mrs. Nellie Vargas, charging
cruelty and statutory offenses, was given
by R. F. Cone. William H. Scofeld and
Mrs. Hayes, proprietor Of the Hay
hotel Scodeld told OF Vargas III <..,,.,
ton for young Mexican wo nan Nor
I cedes Velasquez, and coo told Of .
scene at the home Of 1-rs, zeus Fowler
sister Of Mrs. Va.g~ -o-
MISS vargas sa Il she did not Ike her
ia'heF' as ne v>es jealous of the COMPANY
enc kept she denied that she had ever
seen 0e ~rge h. Stevens, mentioned in
INC -hswer Of Vargas.
-@sth Mr.. Vargas about a woman he
Drought with him from Mexico" said
William H. Scoheld, hotel broker. He
said they had stayed at the Sheldon house
al FL Paso. Texas. He said her name
was Mercedes VelasQuez. He gave her
"a nat on Fifty fourth street lie said
he had to be cunning about getting home
every night so that mis- wife would not
know of it. lie was constant drinker.
lie never lot a day go by without drink
ing or getting drunk"
What was his favorite beverage?"
asked Mrs. Vargas attorney.
whisky"
What size nips did he take?"
About all that was coming to him. He
filed the glass 70 the rim"
R. Z. Cone said that Marquis caused
euch disturbance at the Fawler house
that the police had to be called. 1t
Required two men to take him
Did you ever dring beer with Miss
Vargas he was asked
Not that I know Of" said Come He
also denied ever knowing of her being
at the Drexel of Calumet cafes
The parties to the divorce suit men
tioned above will be remembered by old
residents among Topeka's society peo-
pie in the SOS. Nellie and leila Neill
N-re popular, particularly among the
music lovers here. and both were pos
sessed of splendid voices. The Neills
lived in brick house that sat back from
the building line on Kansas avenue, near
Ninth, where Culver s, Bailey's store
/ now stands, and it was here that J. A
Vargas. a dapper, suave little Spaniard
then official interpreter for the Santa
lie railroad general Offices wooed and
won Miss Nellie.
He had been seeking wife from the
day he struck Topeka. if gossip of that
time had any foundation in fact and it
was known that many fond parents
fought shy of his attentions to their
daughters fearing he was an adventurer
and perhaps exiled from his native land.
Like a little French dancing master he
Whisked about among the society girls,
and apparently was entertained for the
entertainment he might furnish with his
polite manner and silvery talk.
Along about 1889 he married Nellie NeilI.
and people supposed that all was as hap
py as the proverbial marriage bell until
stories began to seep out that he was
not polite at home as he had been be
fore, and pity was expressed for his
wife
They left Topeka and since Vargas has
been connected in one way or another
with the Mexican consulate.
None but the highest praise was heard
of Mrs. Vargas. and the friends of the
Family VIII regret TO hear of this denoue-
ment. but viii not be surprised.