The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-08-29

...ved monster even to his wife;
L Tvs : s he was not without hope that
4 anu ,,, !, we're unfounded, he decided quietly
W. ,emoye from the scene OF ms ladys
/ Y ,.nected associations, and therefore came
! his city to reside. never stating to any
+ y lll,s ne true motives which actuated
ff;m in is doing.
,:.soyered that his wife was in cores
sul isJence with some one in Philadelphia,
= felt himself justified in taking steps to
ana 10: " who t was that received the
a' 'ss messengers of 'undying affection
s 'ln.s and returned their reflected con
tle.s' i his faithless spouse here. He
''n,s J husbands liberty to search her
,oOn sr i her absence, and discovered some
srs ~ eoistles, all Kissing hot Of love from
~. r. smorous tailor aforesaid, whose name
!ne LINES mes McGowan, and whose place of
i i ss is at the corner of Spruce and
,,sn, street Philadelphia, and who has a
fi IT, and several children with whom he
wv, Nns : One Of these epistles contained a
iIs 'l &c hair, forwarded by MCGOWAN, in
,os ..a for similar consignment from his
charmer in this city.
u ,rhe natural emotions of man upon
,,eb discovery may be imagined. Still,
, ~ husband, who has behaved through
~ the whole like man of sense. kept
IT, w. own council. The address of the let
y. Y, q the name of Hannah Churchill
ave s him clue by which to catch the
s s.r,,ter. and the recent. date of some OF his
,.n.n;nc VOWS left the epistles as warm
! f recently from under the goose.
T n the hope of finding legal proof of his
,nfai,hful spouse's delinquencies, he kind
i undertook to be her penny postmaster,
IA Nv keeping regular lookout for Han
n.h Churchill, on Monday took letter
IT,, ,he Office, in which the vows of con-
.,.ncy regrets at distance, longings for an
;nteryiew, &c &c. were stitched in with
ao,hle thread. and bound with stronger
.ous than ever. 1t contained also, the
information that the writer would be in
his CITY on Sunday, yesterday and in
ritiug her to meet him on the Battery at
fmr o'clock P M or cause note for him
h be left at the Philadelphia Hotel. This
letter. the husband returned to the Office,
hat It might reach its place of destination.
Yesterday the husband invited his wife
70 90 out Of town with him; and on her
declining on plea of illness, said that he
would 60 alone, and should be gone until
eight OF half past eight in the evening,
He then supposing that a note had been
OF would be sent to the Philadelphia Ho'
| tel. ascertained that such note had been
left for MIR. MCGOWAN. The husband
| placed himself where he could watch his
own house in Suffolk street, and between
four and FIVE o'clock had all his suspi
| lions confirmed by the appearance of the
apparition Of the tailor, who was ADMITTED
into the house by his wife.
Atthis juncture Of affairs; the husband
wentto friend for advice; and the twt
gentlemen repaired to the house. The.
went directly to the lady's chamber, AM
found Mr. MCGOWAN quite at home afte
/ lie fatigues Of his journey, and with tn
faithless wife in bed, which certainl
vas not his. Upon the approach of tn
husband, the villain rose in bed, and Civ
ING him thrust, cautioned him to kee
| At distance. as he (McGowan) was pre-
! pared to defend himself. The husban
| then retired, and leaving his friend t
watch and detain the scoundrel, cam
down to the Police with his complaint
4 Justice Hopson told him he had no RENE
4 dy at the Police for any thing but tn
/ technical assault upon complaint, 70
4 which warrant was issued; and Office
Dunshee soon had the offender before tn
H Justice, by whom he was committed, il
H default of bail.
\ At the request of the magistrate, Office
Sparks searched MCGOWAN in his cell
and found upon him very large Spanisl
dirk knife and six letters written to hin
by the lady, together with the note abov
spoken Of, sent by her to the Philadelphi
Hotel. These are very well written low
letters, and in them the lady says all man
ner Of soft things for Mr. MCGOWAN. Sh
does not speak against her husband at all
on the contrary, she says she has every
thing about her to make her happy. Sh
speaks often with affection of her littl
glr, and says she would go out Of tn
city to meet MCGOWAN, but does not lik
toleave the dear little innocent. She ais
cordially acquiesces with Mr.. MEG. il
wishing that their lots had been cast to
gether. The note reads as follows:
July Dist.
Dear = received your kind letter
and have kissed it and read it over an
over again until | have gotten it almost b,
! am SO delighted to learn that you ar
cSnlng to New York that / cannot ex
press my JOY in writing, but wait impa
aensly Tor the hour whenI shall meet you
was just thinking when / got your dea
I'll eVer that it would be almost impossible
I ~ me to SO into the country this summe
Wl'Aout my little girl. and were / to NEE
sOa out Of the city, it would be hardl
i proper to have her with me-but no ma
Is / Et-.VOu will ho boro ~ d,r II.,Loa