East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-30

lson1ewhat sensational wedding which
was solemnized recently in the Big
Six store in this city. Will be interested
in the following sequel to this 'ro-
nance" from the Walla Walla Unions
Wooed. won, married in less than is
hours. deserted for another on the
sixth day, bilked out of more than
500 is the frame wor kof the heart
rendering experience of Mrs. Winston
nee Mrs. Searle, widow, AS years old
who is proprietress of lodging house
al 115 West Alder street
The man in the case gives his name
as w. H. Whuston, which is known
to be an assumed named and who Is
believed by the police to be a man
with a mysterious record. He is now
resting behind the grated windows OF
the county Jail, being placed under
arrest yesterday morning at 9;4O by
James Martin. acting day sergeant of
the local police force.
Walking into the lodging house
owned by Mrs. Winston in the middle
of the afternoon of June 2S, duping
the lady into believeing he had vast
fortune. which consisted of ranches,
wheat lands, hay stacks, horses, stock
of all kinds, promising to buy her an
automobile which proved to be only
an "airship" posing as a multi-mil-
llionaire. a nephew of Hetty Green and
a first cousin to John d. Rockefeller,
lsaying to Mrs. Winston nee Mrs.
ISearle that he wanted her to marry
him so she might take charge of the
cooking on one of his big ranches Is
the beginning of a romance and mys-
tery that is soon to be unraveied.
Accepts Proposal on Short Notice.
After listening for two short hours
to the alluring song of the wooing
lover, Mrs. Winston, who is thought
to be another johnson" the San
Francisco bigamist and fancying her
self in an automobile. free from the
maddening toll of keeping a lodging
house by which she had made her liv-
ing for years. the then Mrs. Searle ac-
cepted. Giving her pocketbookswhich
} contained between $50 and $54 as
we'll as her heart to her new and mys-
terious lover she was then persuaded
to hasten for a trip to Pendleton
where they were to be married. Leav-
ing here at $50 p. m. on June % the
couple arrived in Pendleton the next
! morning, and after securing mar
riage license went Immediately to Rev.
! Atkinson, who conducts the Big Six
I grocery store in the Umatilla county
! seat. and there, in the midst of busy
s day and witnessed by few customers
they were united in happy" wedlocB
at o'clock In the morning Of June
oath.
Take a Trip TO Dayton.
The next few hours brought them
back to this city where they remained
until the next day when the newly
: welded couple decided on a trip tc
Dayton. The trip was occasioned by
the desire of the bride to take hel
little daughter to the Columbia coun.
ty city to visit relatives. Before
starting on this trip the groom asked
\ for more funds. saying that he had
) spent the first allowance and assuring
his bride that he had $500 that would
S be in the city most any hour. Still
believeing his love sincere, the new
bride drew SO from her little bank
: account and presented it to her hus'
\ band
Enter: Black Haired Woman.
) At2:15 on the 25th of June they left
Q this city for Dayton, but the journey
was the beginning of the end for here
black haired woman with sweet
: smile and a winning way appeared or
the scene Winston completely ig-
nored his new wife and paid upusua
attention to the mysterious woman
with the black hair. They, however
did not appear as strangers, but seem
ed to have been acquainted before
She was going to Prescott and Whus'
ton took delight in assisting his friend
on the train and then accompanied
Il her to her destination, apparently for
getting all the while that he had jus
been married but few hours before
After the train stopped at Prescott
Winston and friend walked out OF
the train and they stood on the plat
. form until the train pulled out. Whus'
ton. recalling that he had a new bride
returned to her. but he did not fine
her with a sweet disposition. and with
a few more we'll chosen words, direct.
ed in the right direction, her angry
passions were soon quieted and the
Z trip to Dayton was made in peace.
"Oh, You're Here Again. Are YOu?'
The next day they returned to Walla
Walla. At Prescott woman No.
q came running to the train, holding tc
the arm Of some man, and boarding
y the train without the man When she
o walked into the car she remarked tc
I, Mrs. Winston, "Oh, you're here again
J. are your" to which Mrs Winston re-
y piled as savagely as she could, Yes
d l am"
t Again Winston paid undue attention
a to woman No. 2 and this was the
straw that almost broke the camel's
Il back for Mrs. Whuston said:
J.: 'I had a notion to walk right ur
> there and beat the canvas off her
: back, and told him If that woman
y ever came between him and me again
a I you'd give her a pounding" But
: this did not seem to disturb Winston
: Everybody Works But Whuston.
+ Mr. and Mrs Winston returned to
g the lodging house on West Alder
/ street and resumed management OF
n the establishment From the story
Q told by Mrs. Winston she did the