The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-11-12
s0r We met yesterday at the Miami

H0 We met yesterday at the Miami
Depot, lady who has exhibited the
most indefatigable perseverance in the
pursuit of information under the most
embarrassing difficulties. Three years
ago she resided in California, which
State, in fact, she claims now as her
residence, and there became acquainted
with man named Munson, a pleasing,
cool, affable gentleman, who 80 adroitly
worked his way into her confidence that
she introduced him to young lady, a
near aud dear friend, possessed of some
fifteen or twenty thousand dollars in
cash. The result, as might have been
anticipated, was the consumption Of the
lady's heartfelt wishes-the marriage Of
her friend to the polished and afable
gentleman.
A few months rolled round, and eve-
ry thing passed off smoothly enough
The husband affectionate and attentive
the lady all love and confidence. Fin
ally, the husband expressing desire to
enter into business and settle down tor
life, the con6ding wife drew from her
bankers almost the entire of ber fortune
and placed it in his hands. A week af-
ter the steamer sailed for the Atlantic
side, and the villain husband departed
with the gold, leaving his con6diDg vic
tim to the tender mercies Of a werld that
is far too busy to look after individual
wrongs in which they have no personal
pecuniary interest
The lady who had brought about the
match, felt and bodily faced her respon
sibility in the premises, and on the sail
ing of the next homeward bound steam
er, she took passage for New York, de-
termined TO follow the betrayer of her
confidence, and the love of wife, to the
bounds of civilization, and bring him to
punishment. Arrived at New York,
she got traces Of his footsteps, followed
him over various routes, until she track
ed him to village in Pennsylvania,
where she found him with another wife,
to whom he had been married before 60
ing to California A warrant was issu-
ed for his arrest for bigamy, but having
no proofs of bis second marriage. after
a short examination, he was discharged.
Nothing daunted by this unlocked for
termination of affairs, the lady imme-
diately returned to California, procured
the necessary afidavits substautiating
Munson's marriage there, together with
the evidence of the fact of bis having
absconded with some $4,000 of his
second wife's funds, and once more re-.
turned to tho Atlantic side in search of
the betrayer of her friend. And that
search she has prosecuted now for two
or three months with the most determ-
ined and restless perseverance but thus
far without success. He bad left the
village where he resided when arrested
for bigamy, and although the lady had
obtain some subsequent traces of his
movements, when We met her yesterday
she had not succeeded in ascertaining
his present residence, although she is
satisfied it is somewhere in the west
She had already expened a large amount
of her own funds 10 the pursuit, and ex
pressed the determination not to give up
the chase until her "sweet revenge
had been gratifed and the villain brought
to justice. May her labors prove sue
cessful, will be the wish of every homes,
heart. The lady pursuer left yesterday
for Cleveland, where she has friends re.
siding. If she may not be classed among
the strong minded women," she is Ger
tainly very determined onc.-Cincin
nall Ga eette.