Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-24
MAYOR OF TOWN is
SUED BY WIDOW FOR
BREACH OF PROMISE
Woman Asserts Chief Executive of lie
inois City Agreed Last Sep
TENDER to Make Her
His Wife

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 23.-Mrs. Leanor
Bieber of st. Louis wants $4,000 from
Joseph Taylor, mayor of O'Fallon, Ill.
She says he Tilted her. Suit for breach
Of promise was filed in the st. Louis
circuit court against the Illinois ex-
ecutive, who is 70 years old.
Mrs. Bieber says she promised to
marry the O'Fallon mayor at his
earnest solicitation in May, 1909, and
that he also pIighted his faith to her;
that she has remained single and at all
times willing to comply with her part
of the agreement. Although she has
repeatedly requested the mayor to
come across" he has refused to do SO,
she says.
Mrs. Bieber, at her home, 4OS4 Cas-
tleman avenue, told reporter she
and Taylor had planned to be mar
ried last September, but that his rela-
tives ind I'd him to break his promise.
Since then, she says, Taylor has made
only flying trips to st. Louis, and has
avoided repeated efforts to serve him
with notice of the suit.
Mrs. Bieber said she had not seen
Taylor since December. The case, she
said, has been in the hands of her at
torney since that time. She did not
wish to bring suit in Illinois, she said,
because of Taylor's influence in his
own county.
Another Charmer, TITS Said
Mayor Taylor is said to have been in
Chicago recently and some of his
friends believe that he wet there for
the purpose of wedding another wom-
an. They are by no means certain
that he accomplished The purpose of
his visit Mayor Taylor, unless his
stat matrimonial has been changed
by his visit to Chicago, is a widower.
His marriage to rs. Bieber. was to
have taken place in st. Louis last Sep
TENDER, she says, but their plans We're
suddenly interrupted by disclosures in
joint will signed BY the mayor and
his first wife.
September. 1t specified tt t should
| Mrs. Taylor die first all her property
should revert to her husband during
his lifetime, and at his death should
go to Mrs. Taylor's heirs. The same
provisions were made regarding Mayor
Taylor's estate, Mrs. LAeber says.
Lawyers Take a Hand
| When the possibilities of a legal con-
troversy threatened Mayor Taylor and
| Mrs. Bieber postpo- their intended
wedding, she says. She says all plans
for the nuptials had been perfected
when attorneys for the heirs of Mrs.
Bieber pointed out the possible legal
difficulties that would ensue in the
event Mayor Taylor took unto himself
another wife.
| Mrs. Bieber says she and Mayor Tay-
| Tor knew each other in England, their
| native country. They came to the
United States about the same time.
! Taylor was married in Alma, ILL.,, and
/ Mrs. Bieber in st. Louis.
| Mrs. Bieber says they met on Wash
| ington avenue, st. Louis, last May,
while Mrs. Bieber was waiting on a
corner for the return of her daughter,
who had gone to recover a handbag
1 she had left in a street car.
i Mayor Taylor recognized his friend
of former days. Mrs. Bieber alleges,
and after greeting her heartily, In
/ quired about Mr.. Bieber. Mrs. Bieber
replied she was a widow, whereupon
the mayor, she declares, remarked:
well, am widower, and you had
| better look OUT
The daughter returned with the
| handbag at this juncture, Mrs. Bieber
| says, and Mayor Taylor invited the
two to dine with him at the Laclede
hotel. Before good-bys were said for
the day, Taylor and Mrs. Bieber had
agreed to be married, she says.