Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-09-23
Daily Jirainian.
From the st. Louis Republican Saturday.
The Case OF Geo. II. Lamb tho wife Muir

On the 22d of March last our citizens were hor-
rihcd hy publication we then made of the mys-
tcrious Disappearance of Sarah Lamb. wife Of
,;eorec H. Lamb. who left her fathers house, in
Hamilton H.. about the Goth of November previ
Gus, in company with her husband, to go to Mem
phs. aud who Ind not been seen Afterwards
Twenty days subsequent to leaving Hamilton,
Lamb returned and stated to his wie's father, ia
cob Stafford that his daughter had taken sick in
Memphis and died lie took back with him his
wfo's trunk. containing part Of her clothing. In
relating the circumstances attending her death he
was particular tn state the disease with which shc
afflicted the street whore they wcrc stopping
the name of the landlord the address Of the ply
sicinns. and great many other things, such M
tho kind of tombstone placed over tho grave etc.
He Grape on his hat, and apparently lahorcd
to show tho usual Indications "i grief to Mr.. Stnf-
fnrl's Mnilv The next day he loft npd went to
Mendoza, where it appears he was engaged in
keeping hotel. Here he was altogether chang
oil from the hypocr,ical sorrow he put on IN the
presence Of tho family oi his dead wife. M Grape
did he wear on his hnt-no other hndgc OF mourn-
ing did he exhibit lie was married ON the 18th
Of Noyembcr, ls56. and had therefore. been
husband little o,er.a year. His wifo young
and lovely for so it is said. Was his conduct ap.
proprntc to mnn who had sustained this loss.
lie wns not disconsolnto widowcr. Yet. ON
the .6th of December. Lamb wrote to his father
in-law Ia stntc that u pcrsn of his acquaintance
WAS about To visit Memphis, aud that he had ro-
,ucstrd him to visit the grave of the deceased
there. To be satisfied ,hnt it had not been disturh
Cd Five days nitcr writing this letter Lamb
ma,ricda Miss Shortlif of Mendoza This cir
cumstnncc was not ,lwclt upon in Mendoza for
Lamb had kept his former mnrrngo n secret; but
il was regarded quite differently in Hamilton
1t this second marriage, probably; which
caused tho iir-t weIldeined suspicion in the conh
ding minds Of Mr.. Stnilord's family. The father
was sicrnly and deliberately bent on being satis-
4 III 1nttnr IN
the rhyscians Lamb had nnmcd--Drs. johnson,
Christopher and Washington. But ono Of these
wns answered A pr. johnson, in reply, stated
that he knew nothing If the cnsc md that he was
he was the onl one of tho nnme in the profession
ut that place Mr. Stafford wrote to the landlord
who had been mentioned but no response came
lie wrote to the mayor of the city, and. IN reply
lenrncl that there was no such street in Memphis
ns the one alluded 10, no such landlord. no DIR.
christopher. no DR.. Washington; nnd that the reg
islr, of deaths during the period in question con
tanned no such name rs Mrs Sarah or George II.
Lamb.
On nsccrtaininr these facts Mr. Stafford went to
Mendoza but did not Immediately seek Lamb out.
prccrriug t, disclose his secret only to the author
ics there, in order to have him watched until
there should be further developments. In Mcndo-
tn Mr.. Stafford met man named sawyer, VIII"
stated that he Ind seen Lamb in st. LOUIS nj the
time he professcd To hive bocn in Memphis that
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| lin avenue: that Lamb said to him that he had
pu,r girl with him who was rnceInfr, aud that II
he Sawycrl would procure the right sort Of med
cinc for her he would be well repaid, or something
o' @ ,ha' "n'"re' ...
nus 'n'"rma'ioh scr''n 'o ''"h''' ''' 'u'P'o,"
OF foul play and mr. STAFFORD h"N''hch 10 'h's c'y
!" see "ha' ne c'"'i ,',i out nero was "e,u' u
"A~tor House on the @Sth Of November, and
stayed more than two weeks. At nine o'clock one
hSh.' ."r'c n".s "'''r 'n'ir n'iNn'' III NV p ".,'"
wn' III thn s''t'ns ROOM apparently "en pa'"'en
eleven ana Twelve 'el"rk' 'ho h"'he h'Gn, shr was
III CONVERSIONS. DTS .hrs,"Phor ana "hNh'nt
ton :' ms cng were called III, a.. "rs. ''an'p
f"l''', ana i'n"n gr'"' ''r"''o,''s ., 'n' s'o';
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