The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-01-02
THE DALI Y DISPATCH
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CosNSsaAl rnAnE.ur.--ssussse tl..is ,.se, = sa.ss
sAmcd conxer and blu wife suesn iet Philadelphia.
Ne city Of broshc,ly love. and soughsa homo In
New CficAns. For period they lived there hsp-
ply; bot Il length dark saslieisns entered the
ntad OF 0ssau Coneer. that her husband was nos
IS good As be ought to have been. aud shese gu Pr
cens eoun setslias dawn iass tgsaT tsct. she
lest her iaiihtess lord aud sought her friends 10
rhiladsaphia Socn alter this Ms Conger did re-
peui him OF his a,norcus fnssigaes and hts injustice
towards hi, het,cr haii, and stfaightwsy oesoue h
her to forgive bis past offences aud return TO bin
then desolste home. She yielded, aud then over
saany weary miles of eseamboas aud railway trs-
vea rejoiaci her iese lord Ia the iar.osciy cfEew
Orleans. Bus DOT long had she boen with him ere
ne discovered that his old habile had been renew
ed. In naapaer and substance more objec,ioaabie
than before; FOR, NOS only did ho DOW 60 after
strange women. huscarried dagusrresaypes of their
kccnsious faces about his person. and did not beet
tate 70 saow such shameful ariioles to his spouse,
who of course was greatly scanda.ed, exercised
and wroa ,ht upon thereby.
Could things proceed thusi Certainly net ST.
san Conger was a man of TOO much spiritto eul@
init to such unequivocal condacs now that he sell
dom visited the uuptial except to take sh0r
nopse aud be of ain She (Susan} had forsaken
her {Susan's) home and friends end followed to
strange city the mao who took her (Sasan) for bet
ter. fer verse, and now that his gull. wa. made
Paipable, she (Susan) in the solitary hours OF dark
ness, uaeiitased revenge. Under her tongue she
rolled tAa swe ,norse aud at length. driveu 70 the
extremes Of anger aud jealousy she resolved upo.
terrible and bloody reiribuiioa. What did Susan
x-st..>. AS q N 81
On the morning of tina 23d of December, Ut was
Friday, the uuluckiest Of days her hasban a yisy
been absent during the night, our heroine veusred
forth upon st. Charles street, with small seu. y
bcnnet upon her head and shawl wrapped closely
about her. in the folds (which, firmly grasped in
her delicate litle right hand she concealed knit.
of considerable size and very bright and sharp IL
Front Of Murphy's hotel, leaning against post and
smoking cigar with all the GOODNESS of Grand
Turk, she discovered her faithlcss husband With
cut giving any intimation OF her design she walked
up to him and plunged the knife into his bosom
Tue hot blood, streaming from his breast, led him
to the Immediate conclusion that he had better be
CT. 80 he rushed back into the bar ROOM the infu-
rated woman close at his heels. stabbns and clash.
ing at him in most praiseworthy manner He re-
treated to the bowling saloon, when she dropped
the Rnife and hurled one two wooden balls al
him, but without effect. She then taken into
custody, when her spirits abated, and she swooned
away. Atthe police Office, shortly aferw ard our
heroine unromantically locked up. Tie
wounded man, though badly hurt, was not consid.
cred in a dangerous condition.
AIiiwill allow that Susan Conger was irresisihly
driven to this deed of blood by her unworthy hu4-
band whose presence this earth is not at all ne
caasary to the well-being of society.
Ali.fheee facts we CLEAN from that excellent pa
per- the New Orleans Crescent, telling the story In
eur own way to fill up the Columns on an occasion
when the Northern mails have failed to bring our
usual exchanges.