Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-12-31

Vi solhe hours. but MT. joel Virgins was
nexorable.
On the next day the country house was ad-
ertised for sale. On the next came the start
ing announcement Of the failure of the Ohio
life md Trust Company. And then--<-but the
disastrous events that followed are Of too re-
,ent occurrence to require q word of detail. -
Ioel Virgins was borne down In the general
irash, fact that will in ne way surprise the
'eader. Mrs. Virgins was inconsolable for q
time; Araminta Jane in despair. Oh, the dis
grace Of coming down! 1t seemed as II 1t |
would kill them. The carriage went, of course
and with 1t the capped and banded coachman. |
The folly had gone that tar.
Tho broken Motion merchant, who had |
kept his carriage, and boosted country house, |
called together his creditors, and made an ex-
hibit OF his affairs. Alas The column of u.s.
sets did not foot up as large as the column of
liabilities, by many thousands of dollars. The
Discount and Interest account showed fear
full balance on the wrong side. Thirty thou
sand dollars had been paid for the use Of
money, 10 less than four years Mr.. Virgins
owed eighty three thOusani dollars, and his
nominal assets were sixty-four! So much Tor
the rich merchant, who had set up his carriage
and sent his wife and daughter TO see high life
and spend money at Saratoga and Newport =
He represents class, and Is rather favora-
BILE specimen for Mr.. Virgins really meant TO
be honest, but the initiation of the times led
him into error.
The creditors of Mr.. Virgins were not hard
on him, They agreed to accept forty cents in
the dollar, taking his own notes at six, twelve,
| eighteen and twenty months, in settlement.
| A few wanted to close him up. They were
outraged at the country house, and carriage
| part of the business but the majority pitied
| poor Virgins, who was deeply Inundated, and
Almost ready to shoot himself in despair.
/ CIV ia must give mn this hOnae - said MIR.
Virgins, on returning home from the meeting
cfhis creditors. He spoke like man in earnest.
AIRS. Virgins started and flushed Araminta
Jane turned pale.
'four creditors have not been so exacting,
so cruel .....
Are you nothing but selfish foolsp ex.
claimed MIR. Virgins, his wrath leapng over
all barriers. 'iard Cruel They have been
| kinder than had dared to hope for y
son, then We will moi be forced to move from
| here 7 Sobbed Aramnta Jane. 'It would kill
me. / could never survive the humiliation =
| You must not think Of it, Pa
'lt is thought of and decided said the reso-
lutte Mr.. Virgins. 'The bubble has burst, and
/ am now bankrupt. We went up like a
rocket, and now, We are coming down like the
| stick
'But we will economize,' said Mrs. Virgins.
q know you will, Tor necessity knows no
law was answered.
| wen, send away The waiter, and let the
chamber-maid attend the door and table,
'Ihe cook can attend to the door, and we'll
wait on ourselves at table. 1t won't be the
first time In our lives l, for one, shall feel
relieved. 1t always annoys me TO have q
waiter gaping at me while l eat
Poor Aramlnta Jane was in despair.
We can't get all our furniture into small
er house, said Mrs. Virgins.
very true replied Mr.. Virgins. "I've
thought OF that. Wen have a sale, and get
rid OF the costly lumber that surrounds us
Plainer furniture will suit better our reduced
! style OF living, and--my honorable purposes
"A sale! Oh, disgrace! disgrace Would
you kill me, sir 2 And Araminta Jane con.
tronted her resolute papa, with the counte.
, nance and attitude of tragedienne.
r 'fou don't seem to have common sense OF
, common decency enough to live in this world,
8 so the sooner you are killed off the better, !
coldly replied Mr.. Virgins. Il shall have the
: sale ana risk the consequences.'
5 And he did according to his word. The red
nag, IN less then week, was unfurled from
5 one OF the windows Of the handsome Wes
= End house and the humbed and dsconsolatC
a Wigginses retired to a meaner abode, in
: smaller street, the furniture Of which CORES.
T pended much better with the condition Of 1
man who would pay only forty cents on the
Il dolldr!'
|
q the Wigginses in the mass we're weak, vain
IS and protentious. The suddenness with which
IS they fell from an extreme height stunned anC
Dhnded them, and II was some time before
It new and better life began to vitalize their &C
items. 1t did, however, thanks to the resolutt
}, conduct of their head ..
/ There is lesson in the fall of tho Wiggin
It SEES, and good many lessons In the way the,
d managed TO get along after their fall. Witt
e the readers leave we may look in upon then
d again, at intervals. We think them worth OBJ
a serving.
q NJ Kss.- We have already given brief state
II tncnt, received by telegraph, OF the murder O
=, n Wife and her two children by the HUSBAND
L and father, at Westtield, Mass. We subioi
st the following additional particulars
e Albert Stoubs, the perpetratOr of this dread
e iul crime, is native OF Switzerland, a ciga
# maker by trade, an intelligent, sober, and pro
l.. iesSedly religious man, member Of the Bap
T, fist church, and apparently fond of his wit
b and children, whom he has now so brutal,
d butchered. He has lived in Westtleld man,
Is years, was well known and respected, and hal
ID constant work and good wages in Knell's Ct
70 gar factory. He married his wife some 81
years ago in Suffeld, CT. Her father, Charlie
e. Mott, now lives in Southwick, adjoining Wes
n, held, and is poor, laboring man. This fami
l. ~, apparently happy, united and prospereu!
occupied one halt OF double house, With
p six rods of the village green. On Wednesda
81 morning persons VINO occupied the other ha
r. Of the house became curious, If not alarme
If at the continued silence in the adjoining apar
N ments, and procuring ladder aud Lantern
9, gained access to the window of the bedro on
NJ and looked in.
d The body of the unfortunate woman W,
" discovered on the floor, partially under t
er BILE, above which the mirror hung. Her thro
d was horribly cut, and deep slssh across th
10 hand, together with the appearance of tn
At body gave evidence of a desperate struggle
Upon her bosom lay al empty razor case, al
r. the razor itself, covered with thick clot
II blood, lay beneath her. A bread knife, al:
~ sneared with blood, lay upon the table, an
/, it is supposed that she seized this to defen
Ia herself, but was almost Immediately owe
"a come.
r Around upon the floor lay the shirt an
r. pantdleons Of the murderer, literally marke
'. with the evidences Of his crime. In tho be-
r room adjoining lay the two children, the cid
!. est in t. crib, the youngest on the bed, wit
their throatS most brutally cut. In the roo
+ below the table was spread for breakfast, an
l. the coffee was in the coffee pot untouched
leaving no doubt that il was just at the breal
fast hour that the murders were committed. -
is StrOube has been heard TO express desire
;. go to New York, hi ndered only by not know
4 ing what TO do with his family and this Is IL
/ only suggestion Of u motive for crime. lie
~ a snort, thick-set man, OF good manners, an
" more than ordinary intelligence.
"a The house was owned by Stephen Spemal
n was located on School street, and occupied
n the other part by Mr.. Murdoch and his famiI
q while student in the Normal school occI
pied room directly over that in which Mr.
if, Stroube was found murdered! He has com
Il and gone, and slept, for week, within a fe
Y feet of all this horror and death, and yet i
!, undisturbed ignorance.
y There is evidence on every hand of Stroube
4 kindness to his family. He earned SIS a wee