Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-12-30
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, The. Sedncer and Defanlter.

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The; sedneer and DefanIter.
Sad SsgnelifoAu Great Crime The Wo-
~ man in her Craze The Man Van
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Harlow Case was Collector of the Port
of Sandusky under President Fillmore
He, was aTpopular man, highly esteemed,
had sap interesting family, was a man of
good address and had, apparently, evary-
thing around him to make him happy
Previous to bis coming 10 Sandusky, Case
was Assistant Post Master in Buffalo, was
member there Of q Baptist Church, and
highly esteemed in that city. After mo-
wing TO Sandusky he was elected Treasu-
rerof Erie county. The commission ofhis
treble crime in robbiRg the government,
seducing his friends wife, and eloping with
her and child, was-we thiuk-in 1852.
AT Sandusky he had as deputy Mr.. An
son Francis, whose family he boarded with
,--he, Cases family being on farm in
Berlin township. While so boarding he
ieoneocted the iniquity the terrible results
efwhich are detailed below. A strange
fact connected with his boarding in the
family of Francis was his having bed in
the house while Francis lodged in the Col
lector's Office. This fact bore hard upon
Francis after Cases infamy was exposed
About these days large amouts of foreign
railroad iron were received at Sandusky
and 'sbonded" When these bonds were
paid the gold amounted to some $4,000.
Case went to New York with this gold,
aud while absent rumors were rife that he
was about to become defaulter and on
his return his bondsmen-his bonds being
but small-were secured by him, and he
again left for New York. This was his
last appearance at Sandusky. y-h--
At this time Mrs. Francis, being out of
health, pretended to go to some place in the
interior of the State for medical treatment,
taking along her daughter, of some or 2
years. No one dreamed of any scheme for
eiopement, and of course some days elapsed
before suspicious were excited that any
thing wrong had taken place. In some
way it came out that Case and Mrs. Fran
els hand eloped, taking her daughter
Here, we may say, that Mrs. Francis was,
when girl, one of the romantic class of
novel reading girls who consider runa-
way marriage as the only proper sequel to
girlhood, and her marriage with Francis
had accordingly been runaway one.
Francis was stunned when the truth
stared him in the face that his wife had
eloped, as his condolences he expressed
it-in Case was the same he should place
ina brother or father. Francis made his
will, leaving certain property at Sandusky
to The little girl, then took what money he
had and departed to find the runaway wife
and 10 get hack bis child He vowed to
his, friends that be should travel until he
found the spoiler of his peace. Francis
heard of his wife at Columbus, but could
trace her no farther; he also heard Of Case
having Joined her and child in some town
in Indiana, but knew nothing positive of
them until the receipt of the letter below.
Francis went to California, Oregon, WASH
ingtonl Territory, de-, being under the i'm
preston that Case had gone TO the Pacific,
that being much talked of matter be-
tween him and Francis. In California he
heard. rumors of them and chased up those
rumors until he landed at the Isle of Nal
ia. There all trace, or rumored trace, of
the runaway defaulter, the erring wife, and
the deluded child was lost. He gave up
theschase, returned home, got divorce,
and went to Wisconsin, where he now re-
sides. --5ras yf,gieesa9as bs;-i ua.yfIf-
The defalcation of Case and elopement
Of the wife Francis soon, became tale that
was told, and oblivion was setting upon
her memories, SO far as the public was con-
cerned-. Germs Now the whole story is revived
by tbe RECEIPT OF a letter from Case written
TO the father OF Francis, which letter en-
closed one To- Francis-Case not knowing
where Francis might be, and supposing the
letter would more certainly reach its desti-
nation by being addressed to the father
The, letter was duly received, and Francis
having formerly lived at Buffalo, when
Case also lived there, and knowing that
the hand writing of Case could be recog-
nized by acquainIances in Buffalo, and wish
ing that the geuiuen IS of the, letter should
be certified to, sends the letter Of Case tc
Buffalo, wher it is printed in the CONNER.
eial That paper suppresses Francis
name, but as the elopement is perfectly fa'
mlllar to Sandusky people, and to all the
whole country around this section, we think
no injustice i. done, and as no ones feel
ings can receive any additional laceration
We give his name and all the particulars
concerning the wretched affair. -r II
Wegiye Cases letter to Francis in full
omitting the one to the father as unimpor