Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-10
THIRD WOMAN IN CASE
OR MAYO, MILLIONAIRE,
SAYS SHE IS HIS WIFE
Dual Life Disclosed by Sui
eide of His Typist, Now
Scranton Widow Ayers
He Deserted Her and
Their Three Daughters.

SCRANTON. Pa, March t0--Mrs Flor.
ence Mayo, % years old. living here for
the last IS years with her three daugh-
tera, declared this morning that her hus-
band was virglnus j. Mayo, the New
Haven manufacturer Of automobile heat
ers, whose dual life was uncovered by
the suicide IN New Haven Of his typsL
Lillian May Cook The subsequent dis
closures showed that Mayo maintained II
home IN New Haven for his alleged wife
and also another in Brooklyn, NJ v,
where a Miss Lois Waterbury posed as
his wife and MS such had borne him two
children. II the claim of Mrs. Mayo. OF
this city, proves true, Mayo's relations
with both the New Haven and the Brook
lyn women are Illicit Mrs Mayo de-
clares that the manufacturer deserted her
IN New York IS years ago and that no
divorce has ever been obtained by either
party.
Mrs. Mayo's statement is an outcome
~ the publication of the New Haven
story and NTayos picture in the local
papers She says she at once recognized
Mayo as her husband, who had deserted
her and whom she thought was dead.
Mrs. Mayo kept her story secret until
this morning. when dispatches from New
declared his first wife had obtained di-
vorce from him and that he had "abun-
dainty provided" for her support and that
OF his daughters. Mrs. Mayo then told
her story.
He never gave me a cent" said Mrs.
Mayo, Indignantly. HE cruelty deserted
me and my three girls, leaving me to
make my living the best could. He was
poor then, only an electrical engineer, but
j see now that he is wealthy
Mrs. Mayo has been employed here re-
Gently as a hoorwalker in the Globe store
Previously, for 10 years, she was cn-
pIoyed at the International Correspond
ence Schools, where her three daughters. |
Carlotta q years old, and Dorothy and |
Marion q and 10 years respectively, also !
are employed.
II cannot tell much about 1t now" said |
Mrs Mayo. this morning. tears in her |
eyes. II am acting on the advice OF |
counsel | can say, however, that / mar |
ried Mr.. Mayo in Binghamton, n. Y, and |
lived with him for nine years off and on.
He abandoned me repeatedly for other
women. l did the best | could to make |
a home for him, but even in those days
he was accustomed to disappear for
months at a time and l always found
that some other woman was connected
with his disappearance Finally it got
so that had to protect myself and girls
ton is years ago and lived there with my
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. b. Weeks When
they died a few months after / went to
live with them, came back to Scranton,
my native town, where / had friends and
knew that l could get employment.
About nine years ago a former friend told
me that my husband was dead. 1 had
not heard from him up to that time
since the day he deserted me. l knew
nothing of his rise to wealth"
Mrs. Mayo would not tell of her meet
ing with Mayo or go into further de-
tails as to her experiences. She has
lived here at SIS Sunset avenue. in the
exclusive Green Ridge section, and. with
her daughters, has borne a fawless repu-
tation, moving in the best society De
spite her age and her white hair
Mrs. Mayo Is still attractive In appear
ince. Her daughters are remarkable for
heir beauty
Mrs. Mayo intimated that she would
AXE legal steps to compel Mayo to sup
lort herself and children and TO make
amends for alleged past neglect. She is
listed in the directory as Mrs Florence
Mayo, widow of Virginius"