The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-14

| surface OF winch was lmDeddtd tn' NV
word Poison Perhaps 1t was the
tiny thing Lillian had referred to
when she had talked about ending her
| life.
! Far from Being an Angel
/ Tn. discovery Of the body caused the
| authorities to turn toward Mayo, TOT
! IL was suspected that he might nave
| been responsible for the mental anguish
which drove the girl to suicide. He de-
| MED and still denies that he had any
| relations with Lillian other than those
| Of employer. II" speaks of the girl as
one of highest integrity, pure life. and
| studious tendencies.
! But when the police began to investi-
! gate they discovered that Mayo was far
| from an angel. and thread by thread
| they have been unraveling one of the
most sensational stories of doubl" life
| exposed in many year. Mayo himself
| is tall and handsome and extremely at
! traCtivo Dcspit" his ty-fOmr years he
| has the physique Of AN athI"t" and the
| activity Of a youth. lie is considera bly,
, grzZled
The recognized wife of Mayo lives in
| a costly mansion in the suburbs Of New
| Haven. Sh. is woman Of middle az"
| and not especially attractive. Sh" is
| childIes>. For wears she has known
Mrs dudley the BROOKLYN woman to
| whom Mayo has been a devoted husband
all but legally.
| Wife Knew Of Case.
| Mrs Mayo knew Lois when sh" was
stenographer in the factory and later she
| discovered that tho pretty employ" was
TO he the mother Of child Of whom her
| husband WAS the father. Enraged. she
| went to the factory and gave voice &"
| a virulent denunCIation or her husband
| and mis- actions The scene that
! CURED was Of a most sensational char
| aCter. Rut apparently she recovered
from the shock. for sh" continued to
| I've with Mayo in what seemed to he
| perfect happiness.
! II am not an angel. nor do pose as
| ono" declares Mayo. The public has
| found out that I have engaged in what
| il regards as certain sexual iniisCretions
| All that I can say IL that Lois and
| made q mistake-in the eyes OF conven-
! ton
| Would ' marry NJ Dudley II his wife
| divorced him" said Lois in ecstacy
when the query was put TO her by a
> reporter. How silly. or course
would That would be too great happi-
ness. | fear. ever to come true. I love
Mr.. Dudley with all my heart. and 7
would mary him tomorrow II I could"
Widow Thought HfL, Dead.
Now. with respect to the third wife"
IN the matrimonial maze. As far as the
law goes. she ranks next to the Mrs
MAYO Of New Haven. She is Mrs. pAor-
ence Weeks Mayo. of Scranton Pa and
she is listed in the city directory as the
widow of Vtrginius J. Mayo. For ten
years she believed that Mayo was dead.
as did her three daughters Charlotta
twenty-three. Dorothy. tw"nty-One and
Marian. nineteen. hut the printing in
the newspapers OF pictures and descrip-
! tions Of Mayo has convinced her she is
the wife Of the New Haven manufac-
turer.
II was in 1883 that Mavo. a Young
electrical engineer. went to Scranton and
became associated with Hunt & ConneII.
a leading hardware concern Many con-
tracts for city work were given to the
firm.
Mrs MAYO says she met tho dashins
young engineer a short time after his
arrival He represented himself as
widower with one child, a daughter he
called Virginia.
, In 1870 Mrs. Mayo asserts she elopcd
with MAYO to Ringhampton. y. Y. where
they were married The reason for Ieav-
ing Scranton was that she was not OF
age
Unhappy with Prosperity.
Three children wer. horn Of their
union. For time the family had nnan-
cial difficulties. Then MAYO got con-
tracts {" build railway bridge across
the Obi" from Wheeling. W Va, to
. bridgeport. Ohio.
The family moved to Wheeling, hut
with prosperity came unhappiness Mrs
Mayo saws her husband grew tired Of
tho simpl" life Of tho small town and
gnlI MT int =.
fair way 20 gain riches. For the fol-
lowing year the family lived in several
different places One day. after a quar-
rel. in which Mrs. Mayo took him TO task
/ for remaining away from home. ne left
the house and never was seen again by
| her.
Mrs. Mayo returned to her parents
home with her babies and got employ
ment as n teacher. She SAYS she fire.
quently received messages from her hus-
band until about nine years ago Then
they ceased. William Freas. an electrical
worker. who had heen associated with
/ Mayo in the Hunt e ConnelI Company,
| finally informed her that her husband
was dead. Freas died nearly two years
ago
| When the story of Lillian Cooks sui
I eide appeared in the papers and her en-
ploycr's dual existence was brought to
/ light Mrs. Mayo was intensely interest
ed. Upon the printing of a photograph
! of Mayo her suspicious were confirmed.
she says.
Good at EIplainins.
What did Mayo sayr' waA Mrs.
Mayo's first demand of New York re-
! porter who yesterday interviewed her.
1T really doesn't make much difference
what he says. I suppose. but would like
! to know. He was always so good at
explaining that I would rather like to
hear just how he will explain all these
| terrible things away.
In the years gone by I have received
all sorts of messages and explanations.
but they were all just bubbles. The least
bit of an investigation burst them in
stantly. l dare say each Of the women
whose lives Mayo has wrecked think
! they have suffered most But / doubt
IL any Of them suffered more than I did
He deserted me when my three children
were very young. He left me to starve
with my babies in a strange town, miles
away from my home and friends
Il used to think Mr.. Mayo was a very
strange man. but now think he is Just
inhun'sn. Any man who could leave his
own flesh and blood. his children for
wears and not even care to know what