The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-28
DE tails OF the Murder OF Shnler Mt Buffalo
FORBES CONFESSION TIE sEDUCRD AND THE Sc

De tails or the Murder OF ShnIer Mt Buffalo
FORBES CONFESSION THE sBDUCED AND THE Sc.
DUoER.
The Buffalo Democracy OF May % gives the following
confession OF Forbes icnprsoned the charge OF
nurGsriDg Mcbsel shaler whom he suspected of ssiu
He lief: Bu ao 5th 1851 to 90 to California
leaving bis jamIly well provided for When he going
away, Smaller said 20 him, . VIII take your letters
ycur wife from the Post Ofcs aud deliver them. Direct
them der cover to me; win your "a ally
want if anything shouh bapp-n to you /"
He went to Cshfornia aud act employment and sent
money home under cover ser About three as
after this he received letter from bis wife stating
she lad To. house ano lot the property of
Forbes and which be had bought with the savings of
mortgaged this FOR purpose of buying
other piece of property-th~t abe ha bought it and
decided IL to Mcba. Shs This Forbes could uEGar
stand his ~ife hao morey vnicn he had her
and ne wrote to her most ,D6gr auty, demanding the
reason OF IT. ano Why it bad decided to Smaller de
also his brother in law Rochester requesting
him TO come 10 tuflalo and what this meant-that
there vas something wforg de cane up. and sitter
some inquiry getnroed II asems he was deceived for
he w1ots 70 Forbes that all right: that Shaer
would eesd the property hsck to his wife agaic.
Knowing that there mortgage bis little home,
he denied himself every thing got 81, uation, and work
ing night and day able to send $500 to hA wife
in nine months. II sep the commep cement of
each month in small sums On TIE 10th of February he
$685. telling pay il hts property. After this
time uati he got home he sent her some 81 200 more
which with the SEQ first cent and the $500 the result
OF his nine months labor made total Of So 700 in the
space Of three yes-s snd four nonshs year before,
sixth interest in Cages which Forbes says)
about the time Sbaer consummated his villany with
Mrs Forbes in 1854 Forbes, concluding that he owed
nothing more wrote wife about It, and received
letter from her stating that he st owed $780, AT this
he was surprised Another ster ana the last one rs
man This laid him up sck He, however, continued
his letters and cent money the frss OF every month to
bis wife.
On the l6th of February he left San Francisco Baf
fao, and arrived here the 18th of March, bringing
with him number presents for his wife and Sha.
a
be discovered the sitoauon OF his wife, Forbes was
anaost eIazed by the disgrace.
His wife told him that abe had Gone wrong and told
him her seducer was named Brown; that he hsd besn
conDec' ed rih dry sto,e, but that he bad left
for Utica and oied there with the cholera This For
would not believe and for some two weeks be
the hunt for this Brown or Forbes expressed it,
this phantom Through the dag uerreotype galleries.
dry goods stores at all the hotels panied nearly
all the time by his bosom friend Shsler, who equal
y assduops with Forbes in Doing this destroyertnis
seducer. But it was in vain No Brown answering the
description could be found Frequently Smaller advised
him TO leave his wife-she ale I'D woman-a wanton
I" what is 10 become of thtmf
After some time bad elapsed his wife told h m that
Shaer was the who had destroyed his hspptRess.
Forbes would not believe It, He went down to Cages
store vhtn shsler invited him to go up to his
above the store When IL ey we're there Sh.ler
cup GARD and taking from il the regaa OF the Knights
Templar he showed it 10 Forces snd So There is
something which cannot be purchased for monev-no.
thing but virtue obtain them and tanned
them through my virtue ~
Forbes rather etful OF the quality of this vr-
fsIDfies ruined then forever; and
the next morning cent for Shaer 20 to his house,
where be charged him nth bis wrongs He deuei 1t at
FIRST hut finally ack gei himself TO toe .vi-
dual but declared that he the esduced not tae
Queer. He went Gown his knees TO Forbes. begged,
vept, plead and Enthusiastically that
he was the seduc~r, but ssying that he was sorsy
tempted
1be property that shaler bad decided to himself aud
belonging to Fortes, amounted to over So 900. This
Forbes obliged him to deed back again.
Fer the space of three weeks Forbes very nearly
insane from his nurDerops troubles and fears
cited lest he should tshe his life. HIS wife pre-.
tended two three times that she would poison herself
drink. Forbes told her GO ahead and DR. NIX it. She
poured IL hack in the bot Tie. Forbes then
Shslsr 20 go to CANADA and eight him. he SAID that
half the time he did not know what be about aud
should very likely shoot him down like deg Shsler
refused eli satsfAction advised him 20 back to Cali
fofpia AND gave him other n lually consohng
Shaler for at the time Mrs. Forbes n
fined. Wien he arrived, the child lay In q blanket at
end Of he FORBES told him 70 take his young
one, and leave at once-tske " off nrtsntly--or ne
would throw into the street Shaler took IT to the Sis
ters Of Charity and back in considerable pe OBJ
serving .tt all right he had got II ixed nicely
and then ead, ''AlscK lend me some money, to 60 up
and pay for Its beard now which For asusl
y hsncto him 500 $50 and told him he would give
him thing TO gei rid of the child ShAler then ett
and IN days after the egrsce having preyed upon
Forbes mind 10 render him almost Iossne. he
TO The store George Cage shot Shalr has been
previously stated.
rufre the relation OF these particulars TO ya-tsr-
day afternoon Mrs Forbes sat the asentiuy TO
the tru Of this story frequently laughing and smi
Ing tie feel displayed bv her husband. Forbes
thoks has per ecty right in ting Shsier
tereLt plan for pderpg him harmless to the honor nd
safety of other husbands and families.