| |
|Bates is still in school, and became acquainted with|
|the widow when he went to her home to call on one of|
|her daughters. According to the petition, young |
|Bates made such a hit with the mother of his best |
|girl that she herself fell in love with him, and was|
|soon a rival of her own daughter. The older woman |
|knew many tricks with which the daughter was |
|unacquainted, and in the end she managed to "bag" |
|the game. |
| |
|The marriage, which took place in Chicago, was kept |
|a secret even after the couple returned home, and it|
|was not until young Bates told the whole story to |
|his mamma a few days ago that his family had an |
|inkling of the true state of affairs. Now the suit |
|has been filed by the boy's mother, because the |
|young husband himself is too young to go into court |
|without a guardian. |
| |
|As one of the causes of the suit, the petition cites|
|that Bates was inveigled into the marriage through |
|"the wiles, artifices, and protestations of love" on|
|the part of the widow. Furthermore, the petition |
|charges that the two were married under assumed |
|names, that their ages were falsely given, and that |
|their residences, as given the marriage clerk, were |
|false. |
| |
|According to the petition, young Bates was attending|
|school, where he met Mrs. Patrick's daughter and |
|fell in love with her. He called at the house and |
|met the mother, who was divorced from her first |
|husband some ten years ago. There were four of the |
|Patrick children, their ages being 13, 15, 17, and |
|20 years. Bates himself was just 15 at that time. |
|The petition sets up that almost immediately after |
|becoming acquainted with Mrs. Patrick the latter |
|began her attempts to induce young Bates to marry |
|her.[10] |

[10] _Des Moines Register_, December 27, 1914.

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