The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-06

HARLOW Case, the Government Defaulter, and
Hi- yVsbi~rtogs.

he Buffalo CONNER cal Advertiser, Dec
IN introducing the correspondence which we give be
Row necessary that We should recount proceed
ns incidents 70 which aliudcs. the PLAN recital Of
tbese circumstances or the agony Of remorse which
SPEAKS these letters, teach the lesson marital
sdoiy 20 one who wavers point out the weary path
u which awaits the betrayer, they will have
accomplished the object Of their publication.
Some twelve or fourteen years ago Harlow Case was
respectable and esteemed citizen of Buffalo He held the
pkoe Of Assistant Postmaster under Mr. Dorshelmer, aud
~ss for macy years entrusted with the more important du
ts Of the Office member OF one Of the Baptist churches,
upright N every walk OF life, married and the father
Of family, lac seemed 10 he as hrn IN the straight
sorward paths Of virtue as any other. Removing
Collector Of that port under Mr. Fillmore. The APP
psan,ment was one universally approved, and the
numerous friends OF Case IN thiS CITY were rejoced
., his success in life. While holding tina, Office he
intimate in the family of Mr. r., one Of his as
sNants Mrs +. young beautiful, impassionad, and
a fatal attachment grew up between the two which
manned Inspected until the truth made known by
the sudden elopomcnt OF Case with Mrs f., and the
Simultaneous discovery that he had absconded with gov
ernment funds Go the amount OF some $34 900 From
Mat time forward nearly all trace of tae guilty pair was
lost The family Of Case, bereaved and betrayed,
named hopeless IN their grief Nj. f. engaged in long
but tfutless chase OF the iugtves. And from of
tse sea came tdlngs-a broken ha told story OF lonely
wandernes IA foreign lands; full recital Of
remorse, with ptitn aud solitary deaths in far away
islands and on the stormy waters Of the Indian
Both victims Of unhal9gcd passion asieep-the mo
scr the groves Of Ceyon the little child the coral
forests the The beirayer still wanders EARTH
rc heavy hand Of avongng God upon him, and sends
10 his abandoned home this message Of his sorrow.
city, and follow that with the two letters of Harlow Case
sAe 6rst 20 the father of Mr. r. enclosing a second
directed to Mr. r. hiase! 1t is unnecessary 10 say that
the letters OF Case are genulnehlS chrogfaphy being
readily recognized
-, Wis, Nov. 20, 1858
THIS obtruson after the lapse OF many years You
Knew not perhaps unfavorably) in $780, and nearly
twenty years previously when used ~ leave the Buffalo
FGtt0 at your Office. Your memory may fail to recall
from that far period, but you viii re2y recognise
when name my former correction with the Post Of
noe ana Mr. - and more disasiiousiy WIN the Gus
House and Harlow Case SandCsky Ohio. Ii
te writer who was the victim of that misguided mans
unlocked lof vlany, ana y vas my unfortunate and
srrng he sedueod But the most errbe affection
which hls crime brought home TO from his rob
bug Of little daughter and only cnid-the who
once, with comb IN hand, Climbed in chair by your SIDE
visit TO my house, and esayed comb hair
Bot where IS now that young aud once buoyant spirtY
IL heaven TRUST and lovely that held
deep beneath the sl stormy waters of far Indian
Still, as clasp this burning BRAIN
A death scene rushes my sight:
II rises DER and DER again.
these fated Of bis guilt looked their last
earth while he their than murderer, stil walks
npecatued Of the vengeance OF God and human Justice
si,.,al ~" c,,rs m the TsIo oc Nal,a IN n.cao,hsr
1858 lost all from thence. last have tdngs
Of their fate IN the enclosed letters which have lately
reached me from the How far entire reliance
may be placed upon his tell but fear
too fatally true in its leading announcement that both
mother and chd gone to their last After
many yoars Of suhorins aud suspenso-whch wrung my
bran and drove me al times during the first two years
after the occurrence 10 the very verge of dstraconI
had al last regainod 70 great degree. my woned els-
city Of spirits had sought bill legally releasing from
oyment when these sad udngs Of most fatal import
whelm again IN wretchedness that knows hope As
The best pant Of the life IF The miserable spent
Bafiao under your intimate acquaintance and he was
tor twenty years well and flyoraby known near
n ali the citizens Of Buffalo, in which city also learn
ell my trade-in ESCoti square-(the printing Office
bong directly over the Post Office where he
employed)-I have thought proper TO enclose his
communication you-becausa, also, | wish ask the
favor yC1 viii certify 10 the gcnnineness of the let
tegs from his band &c 4 hundred Of his former
quances 10 OHIO might certify his writing Just readily;
but my residence to be changed 10 Minnesota and
Wish to have the commences Of the papers established
by some voucher residing IL Buffalo A T., Jr.
on BOARD Sur AT SKA, !
Latitude 20 deg. South, longitude ~ deg. East
enclosed letter should reach your - and having
ascertaning where he Is, take the liberty
sending you with request YOU will
take every care that reaches him. should you
where he now resides, Il indeed he be living.
Or any member Of hr IS family into whose hands
letter safely delivered to tho addressed,
him by the mai, II BIS residence is known.
81 give tbs package into the hand Of fellow pas
sengor-a salorto take to the nrst European port he
touch al where me has agreed 10 mail aud prepay
the postage have given HIM Atty do So but
tesr may not after all and should reach you unpaid
] should regret IL and beg you viii understand that
on Do.Rp sHrp AT SKA, J
lat II deg. South, long. s3 deg. East,
AuGtsr 90 1858.
SlR-Ds not entsat you, allow the Just Indignation
Which knox the sigh, Of ms handspring will cause you,
T. pres yoa from reading the communication. 1t can
be painful ior you 70 receive than for write,
Eolrg 6ui sense q justice 10 you, and solemn
promise The dead, could induce harrass you
and 10 agcnze myself ] will enter no unnecessary
details nor weary Or disgust you with any protesations
II have sinned, God in heaven only knows how have
-oGere., aud i m your cruel bereavement you have
cursed me, that is learflly fulfilled. And now,
sadly 10 the unhappy task Of telling you what have so
socmny engaged y do ana to iga the last duty 10 those
I have % m3cd.
Your former wife died in Ceylon, in June, 1885, Of
disease 81 The climate which was aggravated by pre-
v,ous from which she suffered white ia Mauritas In
bat sland both her aud myself we're very III Of the fever
NJ recovery wa' thought hopeless, and, indeed,
reported thai was dead This. ~ course, coming
hsr know edge, had and injurious effect upon her.
But these particulars q lees consequence will say
more IN tbs rott. IN course u time b,th re-
covered and, 81 gaming sufficient strength, again took
passage 90 tracing vessel Ceyion, search bet
ier climate We 70 the mountainous regions u that
tropical sand near the city a. Handy where the Il
col, All people healthier than other parts 81
India There We lived many months IN comparative
euct but lever again overlook her who was the mother
y your chic. IL though che fingered long and suffered
much ~ human c0rid restore her. Her moral
fsU - bD,amo more acute AZ shc "a la IN strength
and with he lo q hope q recovery she became anx-
ilsy distressed W. the restoration her lit
a. clula TO a. bercaved father
She uCessaut Ia CXsCtBg promises from that
lived, a. should BE- taken sent back safely % you
PROM these demands bad 20 wish 10 escape. Ny only
anxiety va 90 anything Ia nay power q afford small
c0Eroat0u the strongest assurances / could make.
Tia wishes should be carried out although, after
ihe mother some from me forever The poor child be-
came dparrf 50 She all bad left Yet fhai
promised her poor mother, and as that mother hal
het0 lue NAfto an On
thc slightest thought wish o. neglect the dis
charge % the p0sbie aud, 10 fearful duty. During
al her lt lines sbe regretted having brought the child
ssay but having then much hope ~ the happiness we
might tuloy and T. he less alone the world,
sbs coull hiuE % leaving y behind, claiming,
her mother that she had stronger personal right 10
daughter uan q father, whom she about ~ leave
forever
Attsr this sad and dreadful tine ! constantly and
sn1cuty sought opportunity Ga send the child 20 you,
her grandfather family, you would eventual
~ Obtain her W object % ind good, trusty
woman, family gong 10 America, bit such q chance
never offered, Ia sngo instance
Before 70 further, into still painful results
hog you Wt ALLOW 10 say that have SPOKEN Of
tne anxiety ~ c. ant Der constant Efforts renew my
promise % bcr ADD which repeated only days
before her death the hope that you more
charity towards Der memory Let me trust that YOU will
dc and think and feel les severely towards her She