New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-02
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The young men and boys OF old Milford. .,r.,,..
inprc pery called Sleepy Hollow hal ,,l, -:
on Saturday, lsts 10 the afternoon. char S.s nns
himself victor Bard, some weeks sines II snr~.Is
scvertised IN one Of the NewYork papers f,r ~
representing himself to be a lawyer, Win :. we
fortune, residing at the West TIE aix.ssI sepie
came aneer The observation u the l. A ~ saaens
FACTORY" in Milford, aud, for tie I'm ofN. cav
was responded 10, per letter, By enc Of a. .ans
The letter was promptly answered nakns s,saoer.
loved the result Of which that vie.or M FOL-
suddenly made his appearance one eyenis, ,o. CO.,
Interview with the girl. He had, il see n
letter to her on that day at Sew-Yorh. sai.asss
the train for Milford, where be stationed nok
he Pcs,.Ofice. Soon after q he sr,s.ua
young lady came in and al q ,sr aer Ie.,f, ~ =
lowed Der out introc uctd himself as he 49,. az ~
whom the had been corresponding; ve,t h,',V IN
Der; was introduced TO the family. All 49,. sl,n
himself quite familiar with the whole hoasbSS H'sae
With ibe locks Of the girl he immsdix.ly S.s.,,,
hiusef sstisfed, aud expressed desire 70 nsSs
work with ,be cour,ship 1t wu s,co,Sirys, . sos.
that they vosld be msrlied on Thsrkrgsins dsy ~
the youpg lady and her friends c,mn m ed 49,.
Tar merits for Tat puppe. The pretnir arss -.
thus settled, Victor returned 10 NevYo,h "a Ing
thence back ard tnb every few days; 70 zee he
young lady impatisftiy waiting til the ans srr,,ss
when be could call her hi, own. Bat ".he e,u,s =
true love never did run snoo h." Vic hsl nsIr.ss
himself Of on the care q. Conductor on sone sA..
read. with Q forged pass from the Presides, a a.
Company, and On Tuesday eve,irg, 24th inst, benz
The last visit previous 10 bis intended marriage h -
tempted to palm Of friend, who accompanied hin
as another conductor but who hsppend TO be HOW
as ore not belonging TO the craft.
This led to suspicons against him, md both vera
compelled 90 pay their fare. This Circumstance led 4,
iropries about him. both in Milford and lev York 4,
the former place suspcions bad aresdy een eIci,sj
that be was not the wealthy ard distinguished sert.
man ID at had been represented and several
the place immediately set themselves Of vok TO rsos
him out The re.ult of Their efforts was the discovery
il was found that be was known as a Lecturer on tenn
perarce and that not long since he delivered seurs
before the Young Mems Christian Association in New.
Haven. II was also found that Victor Bard VA an
alias be had assumed, and that his real name "a wu.
H. Tew the son of respectable farmer in Rochester
NY, where he ma1ied wife, who obtained dfvesrs
from him on account Of ill-treatment. IL w2 M.
ther found that he had been school st phca
called Mont Vernon on the line OF the 1854 where b
lived with woman be called his wife, but who d.
serted him on account Of bad treatment. Ard I'll
further il was found he had been convicted Of perjury
and e1pia.ed his guilt by seryOg term Of four month
in prison.
the Tortne New Haven, where their friends had Be },
invited 10 attend. But the detection OF the tcke
forgery. on TUESDAY evening, intimidated him asd u
procured rostponement till this day Monday, Nor
3O intending in the mean tine 10 doubt, iftpossbl,
to accomplish the ruin Of The young woman, and the
make good his escape. The CID Mllforders, hOwese
we've too smart for him. The facts they had learned
were sufficient they thought TO warrant his srrest
they accordingly had him seized on Thursday on
charge Of bigamy. His examination took place Of
Saturday afternoon, on which occasion full exposur
of hs tue name and character was givea, but a. D
Witnesses appeared against him, he was discharged
With an order to make tracks, with all spesd, out 0
town,
He tbereupon started, on foot. toward Bndgeio
srd was followed by an excited crowd Of msu
boys, with a supply of tar and feathers, for the pa
pose Of giving him an outfit Of those materials. su
was conc uded to ,enquish this part Of the perfo!
spce ard in lieu thereof to ride him on rail; whc
they did in good shape" til they got him beyea
the limits Of the town. They then gave him peha
with eggs and let him 60. Report Gays that his rua'
with the wedding garments, was privately brought
this city and put aboard the Saturday evening elPfes
trsn-but we cannot learn that the person II vicio
RsTd ESQ has here been seen. He e probably skulk
inc through the back towns to NewYork. We o.
pcr ed TO think he will always cherish lively recol
ection Of old Connecticut and of the odschoo hosp
tally he received at old Milford.