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An additional content warning. This episode includes a brief description of an attempted

suicide. Please take care when listening. This is part two of a two-part series. And because part

one had a lot of moving pieces, here's a quick recap. John Wilson left his pregnant wife, Mary and young son behind in Scotland to move to Canada

to make some money. He joined the Royal Northwest Mounted Police in Saskatchewan and embarked on

a sordid relationship with a 16-year-old girl named Jesse Patterson without telling her he was

already married.

He also forgot to stop writing home.

After a year with no letters, Mary grew concerned and traveled to Canada to check on her husband,

leaving their kids behind in Scotland.

After surprising John and Regina and finding him well, they moved into a boarding

house together and Mary soon became pregnant again. She had no idea her husband was writing

secret love letters to his mistress Jessie to explain his sudden absence from her life.

John accepted a new job posting to Saskatoon

and told Mary to wait in Regina while he set up a home for them.

On September 27, 1918, John told Mary to catch a train to Saskatoon Station.

He would be waiting for her in his new

grey daughter and they would soon be at their new home. He just had one stop to make on the way

for some police business. By this point, Mary was six months pregnant. She had no idea that in her husband's pocket was a fresh marriage

license made out to himself and Jesse Patterson and that beside his name was the word bachelor.

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