The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-07-31
Eron, Me Boston Times, Jnly i3.
an Interesting Chapter in the Career
of a SCOundrel.

The Mayor in this city received a letter. from
Kentucky yesterday, desiring information in re
gard to tho whereabouts OF one William Winter,
alias Geo. Wentworth, whose career during the
past few months has been diversified by deeds
that will, we hope, eventually insure him home
in some Of our excellent prison houses. This
William Winter, while travelling in Kentucky
some months ago, made the acquaintance OF 4
young and beautiful girl, named Eliza Ella
Hunter, and after Il brief coursshir, induced her
to elope and marry him, he passing at the time
under the assumed name Of George Wentworth.
From Kentucky the new couple went to Phil
adclphia, and from theEce came to Boston,
Here Winter, as wc shall call him, board.
ded with the family ola MIR. pearcc, on Char
lesion Neck. While with this family his
wife invariably addressed him as "ny husband"
never calling him by name. This circumstance,
together with the fact that the lady always up.
peared detected AND sorrowful, led the family to
suspect that all was not right, and upon men,
tioning these sdspcions, Winter, left the house
and boarded his wife at Mken's, in this city.
About this time, Winter 'forme,l connection
with Miss Jennie l.. Deshon in the publication
Of weekly periodical called The Ladies' Enter
prise, he attending to the general business af:
fairs. and she managing the editorial labors.
Female agents were employed to obtain suo
scriptious for new paper, and great deal OF
noise was made about woman's rights, moral
reform and the alnroration of the condition
of woman in all parts Of the habitable globe
Winter made "solcitng" tour through the
State Of New York, and collected about $500
of which, however, he was robbed one day
while looking at procession passing down
broadway, in the city Of New York. In view
Of his character it may be reasonable to sup
pose that he robbed himself Shortly after this
pretended robbery the Ladies' Enterprise was
discontinued "for The want Of adequate support"
and Winter left for New York in company with
his business partner, Miss Deshon. His lawful
welded partner was left behind at Milikcn's, he
informing her that busiue5s had called him away
for short TING.
Tho partners in the Ladies' Enterprise soon
turned up again in Albany, where they started a
paper called the Ladies Repository, under the
firm Of Winter Acres & Co. Here they went
through course Of strong appeals to the pub.
lie for aid to publish newspaper entirel y devo-
ted to the interests Of oppressed females, and were
successful in obtaining a few hundred dollars,
which they pocketed and then left for parts un-
known. The poor deceived wife remained at
Miliken's about six weeks after her husband left
and then started for New York, since which
time she has not been seen or heard from BY her
friends
Her friends in Kentucky and also in Phila
delphia, are extremely anxious to learn OF her
whereabouts. Winter, the cause Of all her ~ocs
is about tweuty-six years old, has light hazel
eyes, light complexion, is Of slender stature, and
dresses very showy and fashionably. 1t is ru.
mored, and we hope it is true, that he is now at
Sing Sing Other reports state that he has been
recently seen in Richmond Va
Since writing the above we have been inform.
cd that the publication Of the Ladies' Enterprise
has been continued bT responsible parties, and
that the subscribers have no: suffered BY the vi.
lany Of Winter.