The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-06-22
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m, Corouer'v Jury.

IT|"I"| "IHtL| #H.n"U| H4NuH. .N.|
ts8sts Ths Coroner'S Jury.
uNoTBER REAL-LIFE ROMANCE FROM
GRANT TH0RBURN.
I1slS5l, John Mowit kept a respec,a-
Die shoe.siOre IL Maiden Lane, N. Y
Among HE j%ourneymen was n Joha
Pslsing. who. by fsiIhfuiness. industry aud
sobrieIy, so iugraiiaied himself into The
ihvor 81 his employer, that he made lin
foreman. From iha, time Mowit aud Pels-
ing were eons,sn, friends aud companions;
they boarded In The same house. One day
they were summoned on a coroner's jury,
abou, 10 be held over the body Of a man
who had been taken ont Of the water at
,he flo, of MAIDEN Lane. The deceased
had all The appearance Of having been a
regular duck .~iosfer. The verdict which
was presently given, was"lound drowned
The jury being dismissed, MIR. Mowll
turned lolook for his friend and fellow
Juror, bul he was gone. aud stepping To The
door, he saw him progressing up Maiden
Lane on a hdT rua This struck him as
curious. and also reminded him Of another
curious fact. lat least curious as connected
with his SUDDEN high,,) namely. that when
Me-. Pslsing FIRST glanced al the face OF The
corpse, he started and turned deadly pale
Mr.. NJ. then procrrded to his boarding
house, and thence IL his store, but +
had not been To either. nor did he return;
and no,hing could he heard of or from him
Mr.. NJ. gave up all further inquiries, think
ing that there must have been some mys'
,erious connertion between Mr.. Pelsina
end The man that was found drowned. and
that, in consequence thereof, he " had Ia
all probability made way with himself
So matters rested ill a certain day, wher
a la.ly called upon Mr.. Mowil at his store
aad asked for Mr.. Prising. She was iol'
the particulars Of his story.
.And has he not been here since! sht
inquired.
..Noi since" was the reply.
81 know he has" returned The lady.
ale has not. | assure you-a, least no
10 nv knowledge" replied Mt. Mowit.
"Bn | an pnsi'iVe.' returned The lady
"Whal proof have you of itF' inqnire'
NJ. Mowh.
..'Fhe hest in the world" returned tn
lady; "iur | am here, and Mr.. Pelslng an
lsre the same person."
And slranga as il may seem, such wa
tn fact. TIE question then was whe'he
Mr.. Ptlsing was a gentleman or a lady
and il turned out that she was a lady an
that her name was Charlotte Conroy.-
Furthermore, that Charlotte was the widow
nf the man who was found drowned. Sh
stated that her husband was a shoemake
in Philadelphia; that she had been tw
years married; that her husband, who's
pame was Conroy. took 10 drinking, an
treated her badly. Having no children, sh
aard 10 spend her leisure hours stitching
snd Intending, as soon as she could fms
shoe, 10 leave The drunken man and wor
her way through the world alone. Havin
,onipprd herselfin mems clothes, she leithe
knd and soon arrived in New York. lie
success as a Journey man aud foreman "
have seen abnvr. AssOon as The coroner
inquest was finished, she started Tor Phila
delphis, where she learned thai her hu'
band. who had become a wandering lha'e'
had. a week before. started for New York
There. instead Of finding an injured viii
he found a waiery grave. The hnale 9
this romantic affair was, that MIR. Nov
requested Mrs. G.. to resume her seat at tn
table, in the same house where he still cor
iu.l to board: an finding that he love-
her even better III IN Mr.. Pelsing. he pro
p,sej , partnership for life. which treat
was ratified a few days thereafter. accord
ing To the canons ofthe PRESBYTERIAN KirE
in Ike case made and provided.
That is. perhaps, the first instance o.
record. wherein wife performed the olic
"f %coroner's jurvman. on The Head body
her own husband. The lady. bv the way
was very good looking, and still on til
safe side Of thitv.
Now, Mr.. Printer. this story is no
.founded on fact" for it is all fact. wa
priyy 10 most Of the incidents.