The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1858-12-17
A Tragedy ia Reai Life--The way Of the
TiansgIe>sor.


A Tragedy ia Reai Life-.The way Of the
Transgre>sor.
! Some twelve or fifteen years ago, Har-
/. low Case was a respectable and esteemed
! citizen Of Buffalo. He held the place Of
Z Assistant Postmaster under Mr. Dorshei-
mer, and was for many years intrusted
lwith the more important duties of the Of.
1 fee. A member of one of the Baptist
-churches, upright in every walk of life,
-marri, d, aud the father of family, he
seemed TO be as firm in the straightforward
paths of virtue as any other. Removing
to Sandusky, Ohio, he received the APP
pointnent Of Collector OF that port under
Mr.. Fillmore. The appointment was one
universally approved and the numerous
friends of Case in IT'S city were rejoiced
at his success in life !, Wbile holding that
Office he was intimate in he family Of Mr.
T., one of his ASSISTANTS. Mrs T.
was young and beautifn4, imp-ssioned and
a fatal attachment grew up between the
two, which remained .finsuspected until
the truth was made known by TIE sudden
,,elapement Of Case with Mrs, r., and the
simultaneous discoyeryhar lac l.s1 ~booon
ded with governmcntfunds to the amount
of some 8 1000. From that time for
.ward nearly all trace Of the guilty pair was.
1lost, The family of Case, bereaI'td and
and betrayed, remained hopeless IN their
gffef Mr.. F. engaged in y long but
fruitless chase of the fugit4es. And now
from off the'sea come tidii,ss, broken,
.falf-told story of lonely wanderings in
sfqSfign lands; full recital of never
Iceasing reporse, with pitiful aud solitary
.z7ths in far away islands and on the stormy
S7Ds1krs of the Indian ocean. Both victims
Eef. nnhallowed passion are asleep-the
I iiFother in the groves of Ceylon, the little
Child in the coral fores,s of the sea. The
Setfayer, still wanders the earth, the heavy
hand of an avenging God upon him, and
sends to his abandoned home this message
/ Of his sorrow w-Bg4alo Commercial Id
uertiSer.
In connection with this statement, the
Commercial publishes letter from Mr..
Francis, in Wisconsin, enclosing two from
Case The letters of the latter are dated
"on-board ship-at,sea, Aug. 20, 1889"
and <he principal one is directed to Mr..
Francis, the husband whose wife he Sc
t08be crime above recorded.
| Mrs f., the unfortunate victim of illicit
lovGsdied in Ceylon, in June. 1856, Of
d1tssse of the climate, in the deepest men
agony, after exacting incessant promis-
3kat her chld-her dear little daught-
or%i-Hhich she had taken with her in her
1iM \. should be returned TO the arms of
il bfessyed father
k6SSpromise Case endcavored faithful
lv1 f6ihIl, and started with her himself
for2 - iland in order to put her in charge
|of Us who would carry ont the last re-
que4.& her dying mother, but the child,
whu4pd been failing constantly since her
mothXh death, was unable to survive the
passato: prolonged and aggravated by Sc
yers St6flns, and on the 10Th of July 1853,
died and was buried at sea. The let
ter issHfitten as iffrom out the depths Of
the . Frest anguish, is full of self re-
proacleS and evidences Of sincere penitchce
while. Ais expressions of never-failinG SYM
pathy for 6osC whom he has SO deeply
wronged, shows that he is fully sensible
of the enormity of his crimes.
The toue Of the letter, aud the state of
Case mind, may be inferred from few
quotations. In addressing the husband
whomhe had SO foully injured he says:
YGdr former wife died in Jane, 1856,
of disa1se of the climate, which was ag-
gravatedby a previous one from which
she suffered while in Mauritius. In that
Island both her and myself were very i'll
of the fsyer. My own recovery was tho't
hopeless, .-and indeed it was reported that
I.was dad This of course, coming to
Rex knswkdge, had a severe and injurious
effect upon her. But as these particulars
are of less consequence, | will say no more
on this. point. In course of time we both
recovered ed,and,o ,ou gaining suiiicie At strengt"
again took passage on a trading vessel to
Ceylon, in search of better climate
We went TO the mountainous regions OF
that tropical Island, near the city of Kan
DIV, where the air is cool, aud, to most pco-
rle, healthier than other parts OF india
ThereNe Gved many months in compare
tive QUIT, but fever again overlook hor
who was She mother Of your child, and
though shes fingered long and suffered
much, no human means could restore her
Here moral sensibilties became more acute
as she failed in strength, and with the first
los. of hope of recovery, she became anx-
iously distressed to secure the restoration OF
her dear little child TO its bereaved father,
She was incessant in exacting promises
from me that, if lived, Il. should be tax
en-, or sent back safely to you. From these
demands / had no wish to escape. My
only anxiety was to do anything in my
power to afford small consolation, in the
strongest assurances | could make, that her
wishes should be carried out. Although,
after the mother was gone from me forev-
er, the poor child became dearer to me-
She WINS all had left. Yet. as / had prom