The Topeka state journal., 1905-09-23

when he filed a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy in the United States dis
trict court.
Not the least singular feature in the
marvellous career of this man is that
he is now as poor as the former hus-
band of the beautiful girl he welded
the husband who stepped aside and
relinquished his wife of nine years
that she might be married to the col
onel and enjoy for life the wealth that
such a union promised.
Colonel Morgan today has not a
penny, according to the schedule he
in debt. He gives his liabilities at
S81,613. His assets he places at
$3.50. The 500 shares that he owned
in the Hopper Morgan company, of
Watertown, N. Y are already pledged
to pay debts, the petition declares.
incidentally it may be mentioned
that this company has been forced
into the hands of a receiver, and the
members of it. other than the colonel.
say the reason is that he issued notes
of the company for $3.50, 900 to Bos-
ton firms until a trust company could
| be organized. The trust company did
not develop
| Colonel Morgan, at the death of his
father, was regarded as one of the
very richest men in this country. In
deed, the news that he had actually
been reduced to poverty was received
by many yesterday with incred ulity.
A Romantic Marriage.
| He was apparently in the heyday of
| his business prosperity, carrying for
ward many of the enterprises in which
1 his father had been interested, when
he selected Benton Harbor, Mich, for
his summer home in 1899. 1t was
there that the colonel met Mrs. Sadie
| Pipp, the young woman who is now
his wife. AS Miss Sadie Pease, she
had been married to Pipp, a baseball
| player, some nine years before. They
had lived an ideal life until the advent
of the dashing millionaire.
| He established himself at the best
hotel in the place and maintained a
costly retinue of servants Later he
dinners and balls given on a grand
scale by the bachelor millionaire
speedily made him famous.
Mrs. Pipp came of a fine family and
she, too, moved in the best circles of
Benton Harbor. Her beauty and ac-
| compiishmentS made her a favorite.
Colonel Morgan became attracted
from the very first
1t soon became known that he treas
ured more than a passing interest in
Mrs Pipp. He was often her escort or
drives, where the presence of others
rendered such attentions proper. In .
year It was all too clear to Mr. Pipr
i. that he had lost the heart of his wife
Then did the husband, with the hereisn
of which martyrs are made. offer te
peacefully give I'D his wife and allow
her to OBTAIN her freedom to marry tht
man she loved better than she did him
self.
Mrs. Pipp went to California, and il
1900 she was granted an absolute di-
vorce from her husband on the ground
of non-support. She was welded by
Colonel Morgan in December of tht
, same year, and they came to New York
The colonel, with q delicate regard fo
the feelings of the discarded husband
gave up his elegant summer home a
Benton HarbOr
-Four. years ago Colonel Morgan wa.
rated as a multi-millionaire. He hat
large interests here and in other cities
In the summer the Morgans spent mos
of their time in Springfield, Mass, ant
> Mrs. Morgan there became a social ia.
vorite. The match was apparently
! very happy one, for, though Colone
: Morgan is many years older than Mrs
Morgan, his devotion was always 81
l marked that intimate friends had FIRE
quently commented upon it.