Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-04-10
Censspondsacs Of the Burlington Ha wk Rye


IOWA SlTfs NpFu 1901.
In former communication, allusion was made
20 the docket Of the District Court in this place
The case ofindictment for perjury was dismissed
BY reason Of the insutiicency OF the Indictment
The final decision in the of application for di-
is postponed to the next session of the COURT
And the Botany Bay case to which reference was
made is detailed briefly below:
Mrs Emily Esqar IS. William Eigar.-This case,
before the District Court Of our county last week,
has excited good deal Of interest. The following
extract from the London Weekly Dispatch, OF
March 10, 1850, will show the nature OF the tran
saction involved. ..s
Heariiess Robbsry.-On Thursday, English, one
OF the summoning officers Of Lambeth Police, re-
turned to town, after heightened chase, in vain,
of a man named william Elgar, who had absconded
from his wife, 10 whom he had been married only
three weeks, and taking with HIM 14oo, the pro-
duce Of his wfe's industry for many years. 1t APP
pears that the parties, who had been shop-keepers
one in the chandlery, and the other in the tobacco
line, had been kpownto each other for many years,
and ultimately got married. Three weeks after the
s.happy day Elgar obtained f400 in notes from his
wife, under the pretence Of taking their numbers,
and putting his name on them, ana 'hen said ne
should deposit them in the bank, as the proper place
OF security, till they wanted them Instead OF do
ing so, he engaged passage to New YORK Tor NM
self and five children, leaving his wife pennyless,
that she was compelled to apply to the parish OF
Newington for relief. The parish ofncers OF New
incton. having some reason to think that Egar in
tended to sail from southampton, or at all events,
the vessel he went in would call at Piymouth or
Falmouth, procured warrant ior ms appfehen-
sion, and placed il in the hands oil Enghsh. Inc
efforts Of that officer to capture the fathless rnna-
way proyed Ruthless. It seems that Elgar anc his
family had sailed from the London Docks in YES
sci that did not touch at any Of our ouports, and
therefore, got clear off. The poor wife is incon.
solable and pennyless"
II was evidently not so much the loss OF heart
less husband as that Of her two thousand dollars,
the savings Of many years. that must have distress
ed the wife. And the fact that she has persevered
in pursuit of him, till he, finding her in the vicini
IT, escaped arrest, and eloped from the region, is
conclusive evidence Of his guilt and Of her resolu
ton. And after tais no criminal need think te
escape woman's pursuit and detection BY flying
from his country and coming to America. Who
would have thought of detecting such ssfaithess
husband,o and Of discovering his retreat into this
remot.st northwest state in theUnion9 But woman
has done all this The case Is no: yet fully tried
but postponed to the next session Of the Distric'
Court, after decree Of fifty dollars in favor Of the
wife, for her Temporary support. Elgar has trans
ferred his property "a house and two hundred acres
Of land, TO hts sons and has eluded the officers Of
Justice fare they vigilant9j altogether is to be
hoped that this property, though tritie in value,
compared with 4A0O, may be recovered by the
wife. It should be added, that Elgar had married
another woman IN the neiyhborhood, and when Mrs
Elear arrived, was the point Of selling the farm
of another un fortunate woman; but in this he fail
ed, clipping suddenly before he got the money in
possession If these probable facts shall all be es
tabli,hed by the court in the final issue, Eisar Is
fit subject for transmission to England, uIaer the
Ashburton treaty, and of transportation to Eotany
Boy. This is certainly the last case Of imported
rascality that has come to the knowledge Of this
community. koSuhbANoS'