The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-15

A mosf Interesting local sequel %
~ story 81 the eiectrucutiun OF
p.rtAa place. TIE New York muir
teresz. Who paid the extreme pen
Ar al sinK Sing ln March 1909 FOR
knl.nx her is-year-ola staudauEhter
al Der husband With an Ak. came
n this morning IA the superior
rarf xhen Wesley L MAY. one OF
N most prominent and highly ~
sveessd rival estate brokers Of the
~ pesitioaed the court 10 legal
~ the name he bears
To - years Wesley l. MAY. as
Y has been known. has taken an
n,ise Part IN the business affairs
4 sssfils. AID the fictitious name
% sAieh be was known has been
agaea TO hundreds O Thousands %
Sdan worth Of property In the
tansfsrs made through his real es-
ate Brokerage office
Mar cane here with his bride
fruE Pennsylvania. and since that
uns he has reared = family under
tAe zane. which he has made an
Asnared and respected one.
Not even bis wife knew until i've
rssrs after the marriage that the
zane vas q spurious one. and not
unta this morning. when the pail=
toa vas fled. did The business and
suri4i friends n The broker Eus-
pct that the name was not his
0wn.
TIE STORY 81 how the man who
has been for e years known By
name that Il not hts own. ard ~
hos be cane % lose the laentlty %
hh Ypanges years and % east from
lin his oxn aishouofed uame-dis-
hoa0red b a woman upan whom
hs bad srusiingiy conferred q. e. a
trarfe oae. and Il "a
ALL THE MORE TRAGIC
~ he tsFze. legal phrases In which
7 3 tod By the petition Of him
sslf and the separate petitions ~
rs wifs and three children. filed
TITS morning. asking that their
names b leEaiized.
IN 1854. In the state of New Ter
~ Wesley L. Sayaeooi. then sim
pis hearted. trusting hoy became
infatuated With a beautiful woman
toms yearS bis senior lie married
her and son was born 70 the
u1ion. Bot only a few weeks after
ne wedding the woman discovered
ha, al Impression she had gained
vas mistaken one-an impression
nat hss relatives we're wealthy
and she bruially told him that she
cared hothlng for him. approaching
lin with allowing her % be de-
eeived.
thhapplness followed.
And. according to his story. she
lst down her Euzrd of sweetness and
purity. Displaying the reckless.
wicked and
hURDFROrs DISPOSITION
NAT vas really hers she attempt
80 bis life and repeatedly threat
NED % Kill him. He had bought
nith as savings a little grocery
s'ore and had dreamed 0f happiness.
~ bis gentle bride had become a
mafasrous Hecate. anE rcd with
aim because % the slow profits 81
ha little grocery business One day
~ ~ Of temper she came n the
mue store that she hated because
re bitterness and demolished g.
ia'ioasly destroying the stock and
,nFoFing the goods ~ her boy
a1soand. Twice he had leff her
&c been again racouciled. bat on
wst Gay she told him that she had
e~'ernined 20 murder him. and
pon the advice u her 0wn parents
y iet the state secretly. ASSUMING
lae fictitious name he has ever
.nfs borne. lie went 70 Peunsyl.
,Ahia and began life over again. Iiv.
~ honestly and reputably. and fin.
~ when he heard that bis VIII,
20 secured a divorce. remarrylng
as second choice was different
~ o. woman. and IN the year
va followed she has been a loylnl
He 70 him and a devoted mothei
me children she has borne him
aA morning she Joined with hin
= asking 70 have the legal RICH
Yer him % The name he haI
s-.iesd under, and 70 have blottc'
~ ~, forever the name q Savacool
~ which the most unhappy por
sen Of his life was associated. an,
'A'eh vas. after he had abandonei