The Ocala evening star., 1922-09-08
BIG SENSATION
IN BEANTOWN
Daughter of Movie Actress Wants
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Inc SLdE tHlS NlOEllIIlg IeCeLNeu L"O
kilograms. The first, an ordinary re-
quest for information, such as we
would have sent ourself, said:
Jacksonville, September s.
Star, Ocala, Fla:
Reported here woman deserted by
Ocala husband walked six hundred
miles to Boston with two babies in
arms. Anything there from police or
sheriff, please.
Jacksonville Journal.
Calling up the sheriff and chief of
police, and being told by them that no
such trouble was known, we so wired
the Journal, and tried to resume our
pleasant occupation of weaving moon
beams, but soon there rushed in the
following wild-eyed dispatch:
Boston, Mass, Sept. 8.
Evening Star, Ocala, Fla:
Deserted by her husband now re-
siding at Ocala, Fla, broken-heart-
ed wife walks six hundred miles to
Boston with two babies in arms Most
pathetic case in history this common
wealth reveled by amazing story.
Ocala husband, Ocala, police and
Marion county authorities scathingly
scored by police handling pitiful case
here Is thousand.
Chas. A. Applebee Jr.
Gosh! Wasn't it awful. A woman
walk six hundred miles with a baby
under each arm, and not even a Chris
tian with a truck to give her lift.
What 600-mile route into Boston so
empty of humane communities as to
let her walk. But how generous Bos-
ton! How quick Boston boiled over
toward Ocala. What does that $4,000
Boston mean? A $4,000 committee tu
see the lady step the few last ties? Or
| $4,000 copper cents to buy Goldfish
sandwiches?
If somebody in Boston will have the
presence of mind to swear out a war
rant, Ocala will do her part pronto
Until then, Manana.
! But it wouldn't manana. Immed.
lately after dinner in rushed another
sizzling dispatch, which said:
Boston, Mass, Sept. 8.
Evening Star, Ocala, Fla:
The Ocala party is Jerome B. Viii
cox and his wife, Doris, is the daugh
ter of Mrs Dudley Ayers, wife of th'
film star. She insists her husband i.
now in Ocala and the authorities ther,
have ignored her requests. His arres
is to be sought by local authorities
The couple were married in the mum
cipal building, New York city, fiv'
years ago. Every part of her stor.
so far checked by the police prove
correct If can identify can give yo1
splendid copy.
Chas. A. Applebee Jr.
All, and Oh, and Oh indeed. Cal
give US fine story. Just like W
couldn't write a finer one withou
stirring from our typewriter.
If the Boston police were wrough
up on this matter, they would almos
certainly wire to the Ocala authori
ties.
, An attempt was made, we are in
formed, to float a similar story i
Gainesville.
The sheriff says no request has bee
made to him by any such person re
garding any such matter. He says h
would not, of course, arrest anybod
except on the request of duly consti
tuted authorities of some city or cour
ty. He says he has not heard c
; Jerome B. Wilcox with a wife an
I two children. He says that a year G
so ago there was a middle-aged ma
named Wilcox here. in turpentine G
timber business near Dunnellon; ths
q he heard that the mans wife went t
q her mother at Miami, but they IT
q ported no trouble to him.
1t looks to the Star like somebody
irving to get some free advertising