Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-07-31
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Quite On interest has recently existed in
South Eastern Indiana on account Of an
alleged breach ofmarriage contract charged
against Row T. ID. Geary Of Liberty Circuit,
by respectable young lady of Madison
The circumstances are about these: MIR.
Geary was entertained, dur ing the late
session Of the Conference, by the family of
which this young lady was part As an
acknowledgment Of the kindness shown
him during his sojourn, he sent her The
Ladies Repository for the current year
On it, receipt she wrote a letter, enclosing
Book Mark, which letter was answered
with thanks for the token, and there he
thought the correspondence ended. Not soi
the young lady She alleges that she receiy-
cd some IA letters from Mr.. Geary, all Of
which she answered in due time, in which,
on his part, proposals Of matrimony were
made which were accepted by her, and the
time Of the marriage fixed at about the
middle Of April A few days before the
time fixed, she alleges that she received a
letter purporting to have been written at Lib
erty, by sister of Mr. Geary, saying that
he was dangerously ILL., and in few days
more, she received another from the same
hand informing her that he was dead, in
closing lock Of hair and giving his dy.
ing words, DC.
On this sad termination Of the love Affair,
she had the sympathy Of such acquaint-
ances as were in the secret In short
time however it was known that Mr. Geary
was alive and well--had not been sick OF
all, and that somebody had been playing
false in this alleged love affair
Believing Mr.. Gea ry guilty of this base
ness friend Of hers in Madison, preferred
charges against him before the Presiding
Elder, and he was put on trial for Breach
of Marriage Contract, falsehood, dissimuls-
ton, &c On the trial, but six Of those re-
puted letters and but one envelop could be
produced, including those purporting to
have come from his sister the loss Of the
others was accounted for by their having
been burnt On examination Of the Post
Office register at Madison and Liberty no
letters had passed either way corresponding
with the alleged correspondence, except the
letters relating to the Repository and Meth
er of the two letters said TO have been writ.
ten in answer to the letters from Elizabeth
Geary, ever reach Liberty nor were they
mailed at Madison for Liberty,as shown by
the Register, no letters leaving on or near
the day alleged
0fcourse Mr. Geary was acquitted Of the
charge, there being no evidence that he
ever wrote letter to the lady, except as is
above stated, and there was nothing Of love
or matrimony in it, That a very poorly
planned, and poorly executed scheme for
injuring the reputation of a worthy young
man, has been thwarted, is evident Who
was the guilty one is not known. There is
evidence enough to locate it somewhere
but no one seems disposed to ferret it out
further. The letters produced were pro
nounced base forgery, not only by the
committee who tried the case, but by Others
twho upon the trial compared them with Mr.
Geary's writing, and Rev Mr.. Terrell who
prosecuted the case, after the investigation
gave his opinion, in favor Of the entire in
nocence of the accused, while he believed
: the young lady had been victimized b,
some vile person.