Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-27
Bride Claims She Was "Rushed on
Her Feet by Hegewisch Serapper
In Denver WoOiHg.

! the lightweight championship of the
world and winning a wife are entirely
different propositions land that the
same aggressive tactics which brought
! him fame and fortune in the fisctic
world are of no use in battling the
| artistic temperament.
He thought that back in 1913, when,
like the cave man Of old, he rushed
to Denver and practically kidnapped
his bride, brought her to Hegewisch
and married her, he had handed Kid
Cupid a solar pleXus punch, but Kid
Cupid used barbed darts instead of
padded gloves, and that is where Bat
! fell down
| For, as he confesses in his bill, from
! the date Of the marriage up to the fl
! ing of the bill, Mrs. Nelson has at
| all times refused and now refuses to
live with him as his wife"
While desertion is given as the
grounds for the action, several in
stances Of cruelty on the part of his
123-pound wife are cited in the bill.
"She's Dandy Says Bat.
why, say, it's the funniest thing in
the world" said Bat last night Its
the strangest thing that ever happened
to me in my life. She's dandy girl
and smart as they make EN-, but she
| just seems to take delight in gettin'
me to warm up to her and then sayin'
everything is off.
! why, say, her and me could get
along fine if it wasn't for her crazy
notions. She was just kiddin' me
that's all. Everybody that knows me
| knows I'm dandy fellow to get along
with, and she says so herself, but she
/ just won't be my wife. She says we're
pals and that's all, but she can't live
with me. Can you imagine il!
Why. / was with her in Kansas
+ City for several weeks back in No
vemher I told her then l was willing
to patch everything up and start life
fresh without her friends and without
mine-that is, not ditch my friends
y'understand, but just start out new.
Il told her I'd go to one Of these
/ facial doctors and have these vegeta-
Bile ears of mine fixed up like they
were human.
Don't do that, Bat she says
You wouldn't be Bat without your
cauliiowers' Why, once l wore CAP
for five or six months and wore a
sweater for a long time just to please
like a fighter I told her everybody
knew l was fighter anyway, but she
well, her own folks can't figure out
what she wants, so how can I?
One Night!
when ! was in Kansas City | was
going to spend one night with her and
she was kiddin' me about it. 'There'l
be an awful scandal at the hotel she
says, if they found out my husband
was stayin' with me- That made me
downright sore.
Its funny to read about her going
after me with a pair of scissors ant
the part of the bill that tells how she
attacked me with a piece of fire escape
apparatus in Pueblo, Col, but that's
the gospel truth. l had to sit up al
night to keep her from killing me.
Il just got tired Of being ludded anG
l wanted to clear the name of Bat
that's all. | hope she comes on here
an4 fights the case Just SO Tll be Sc
right. That's why am asking for ar
annulment first. If ! dent get tha-
therell be a divorce.
And let me tell you one thing
When this things all Over I'm goin.
to take long vacation, and if l cal
put my hand on a regular woman
that's willing to travel in double hal
ness I'm going to, get hooked up reg
ular this time and take one long, low
ing trip. l think I've got it coming
don't your
It was in January, 1913, that Bat
received word from Miss King, WHIT
was then on the staff of Denver pa
per, that she was engaged to be mar
RED. He took the first train for Den
YER, forced a 81 900 solitaire on he
finger, hustled her into a drawing
room apartment on a fast train ant
brought her to Chicago.
/ All Hegewisch turned out with
brass band to welcome the bridal cou
pie. Bat" always has claimed tina
10 and IS were his lucky numbers.
He met Miss King for the first tim
on Pixies peak on the 23rd of tn
month. They came into Chicago Oh
track No 10 of the Rock Island a
S:l3 on the morning of their weddini
day, Jan. %, 1913. They were mar
ried at 1928 p. m. and the wedding
dinner was held at Alb. Mrs. Nelsol
was % years old when they were mar
ried
Her Lucky Nnmber.
When Bat" appeared with his at
torney yesterday the time stamp print
ed the following on the bill: File
Jan. 26. 1916, 1l:17 a. m
Change that to 11;23," said Mel
son "Twenty-three is one of m
lucky numbers"
| They waited for six minutes and tn
bill was stamped again 1t recites tha