Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-10-12
A CALIFORNIA LADY IN SEARCH OF
THE BETRAYER OF HER FRIEND.

From the Cincinnati Gazette, Oct 6l
We met yesterday at the Miami depot q lady
who has exhibited the most indefatigable perse-
verance in the pursuit of information under en-
barrassing difficulties. Three years ago she re-
sided in California, which State in fact she
claims now as her residence, and there became
acquainted with a man named Munson-a cool,
pleasing, afable gentleman, who so adroitly
worked his way into her confidence that she in
troduced him to o young lady, a near and dear
friend, possessed of some fifteen or twenty thou
sand dollars in cash. The result, as mi ght have
been anticipated, was the consummation of the
lady's heartfelt wiShes-the marriage Of her
friend to the polished and afabe gentleman
few months rolled round and everything
passed off smoothly enough. The husband was
afee eetionate and attentive; the lady all love
and confidence. Finally, the husband express
ing wish to enter into business and settle
down for life, the confiding wife drew from her
bankers almost the whole Of hor fortune and
placed it in his hands. A week after, the
steamer sailed for the Atlantic side and the
villain husband departed with the gold, leaving
his cOnfding victim to the tender mercies Of a
local world that is far too busy to look after in
dividual wrongs in which they have no personal
or pecunary interest.
The lady who had brought about the match
felt and boldly faced her responsibility in the
premises, and on the sailing Of the next home
ward bound steamer, she took passage for New
-ork, determined to follow the betrayer of her
confidence and the love of a wife to the bounds
OF civilization, and bring him to punishment.
Arriving in New York she got traces OF hi.
footsteps, followed him over various routes up-
til she tracked him to 4 village in Pennsylva-
MIA, where she found him with another wife, to
whom he had been married before going to CAL
ifornia. warrant was issued for his arrest
| for bigamy, but having no proofs of his second
marriage, after short examination, he was dis
charged.
Nothing daunted by this unloOked-for termi-
nation OF affairs, the lady Immediately returned
to California, procured the necessary affidavits
substantiatinS Munson's marriage there to-
gether with evidence of the fact of his having
absconded with some $4,000 of his second
wile's funds, and once moro returned to the
Atlantic side in search of the betrayer of her
friend. And that search she has prosecuted
now for two or three months with tho most de-
termined and restless perseverance but thus
far without success. He had left the village
where he resided when arrested for bigamy,
and although the lady had obtained some sub
sequent traces Of his movements, whom we met
her yesterday she had not yet succeeded in as
certaining his present residence although she
IS satisfied ID is so newhere in the West She
had already expended a large amount Of her
own funds in the pursuit, and expressed her
determination not to give up the chase until
her :" sweet revenge" had been gratiied, and
the villain brought to justice. The lady pur-
suer left yesterday for Cleveland, where she ha.
friends residing. Ii she may not be classed
amongst the strong-minded women" she is
certainly a very determined one ..a