The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-14
WIFE AND TROUBLE
CAME ALONG
TOGETHER
REV. SLAYToN, a SALVATION
ARMY WORKER TELLS OF
HIS HARD LUCK.
DESERTED The NAVY
And Eiudcd Pursuit But Says Jcal.
oGs Woman Turned Him Up
When He Turned Her Down
Now ia Tolls.

Waahiugtou d, c., oct T. lnfpell
cd by a rel gious enthusiasm 10 cX
plate an oTcnao against "Ifncie sam,
and also by Jealous determination
to escape he vengeance of woman
whom he abaad7ned in his youth Rev
James r SIayton Jr Of Myersvill
Pa, camc To Washington today to SIR.
render himself to the naval aulhori
ties as deserter He seems to be
suffering jus now with an acute case
of conscience as the story he yolnu-
tcorod indicates
Mine is a hard ST ry,' aid Shy
ton. hard as husks. For five years
! had been ont of the navy without
attempt ng to hide from the authori
Ties Last month, when II was an
gounced that I was soon to be mar
ried, woman who had pursued me
for years came to Johnstown, Pa, an
threatened to murder The woman
| disregarded hcr threats
Then she notified the naval authori
ties of my whereabouts as soon ASH
bnew of may marriage. On We8ness
day Detective A G. Miller arrested N
in Myersdale, where have a charge,
for am a regularly ordained minis
ter of the Evangelical Association NJ
young wife was prostrated Her grief
was beyond idle tears Every mo
ment agonize for her welfare.
Miller put me on the train. was
desperate at the prospect Of losing my
Iny honor. | wannaa liitia
lime 70 get into communication witn
my friends here The train stopped ia
John town ! left the car through
an open window while the train was
standing in the yards bought a tick
ct to Pittsbure and then came to this
city, Just think ! have been out cf
he navy fer i've years, and they
never tried TO find me. Now as soon
as marry, the blow fallst"
The yonng clergyman then related
he story of the sowing of his wild
,ats, frankly stating that he was mix
'd mp in a moro or less romantic fa h
on with q woman in Cleveland, Ohio. /
many years his senior
when 7 was II years old started |
9 work in Cleveland as an interior
decorator There / became cntanglad |
With middle aged woman. | was a
10Y and malc 20 attempt TO defend (
myself Il was not long before re |
olycd to break away from my abo K
iatious which were rmiug my life /
The FIRST time / told her of nay mDcn- ]
ion of leaving she fell over graspine .
,r breath, and aid she had had n /
carl attack This worked nn my
sympathy. II did many times aGer
hat was too young to know much .
f human or woma1 nature. So. be- F.
ausc she worked on my sympathics /
tayed. Finally / broke away and .
.ined the navy This WAS in 1898 In
500 through the influence Of Senator +
lama. ] was promoted from the land
nan 10 The yenman branch
"It 1900 | came 0ack from South
mcyica aud got five days leave f.
'rotc my sister, Mrs r. II Fatt iu
his city. to 80 10 the authorities am
ave the leave extended for another
We day and went 10 Cleveland F'r
onc reason or other my sister who
ad secured the extension, did not got
to me in time fancicd had
vorstarycd my leave, and hcin2
zero boy ard fearing the punishment
wen. 10 Buffalo. hoping TO fix thing I '
% through friends. Not long after that
got into trouble with the pr pric'or {
f beer garden and was fined $50
ccinc how things we're piling rp. !
'lcrraphcd the navy department of
~ whereabouts and told them ih' {
circumstances that had prevented my
turning to duty They wired The
oston navy ward to courtmarial me-.
his resulted in seufcnre of ono Z
ears Imprisonment but iu some way
ip sentence WAS commutoi