Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-03-24


WARNIsa no rHE ELBERLg SsgAIss.---a
9few noaths since, an did gentleman fron
| Newark, n. J,, came to NeE York on bu,
siness One evening, while passing a.
long Broadway, be was accosted by "a
Fwoaan. Though his head was graeed by
/ the SHOWS of many winters, his heart v Il
as inaaInmahls as that Of any youth ia
the dog days OF life. The old gentleihaH
made But faint resistance TO tbs charms
of the siren, and finally consented 20 ae-
company her home. The happy couple
had scarcely entered she house, when Au
| infuriated man rushed into the room, and
frantically exclaimed, tI have found you
ont You are besrayIng nas, bat your
/ paRanotrr shall not escape my jast ven-
/ geanEe. / viii make him feel what ii is
10 destroy the hsppiBess Of leying has
band :" The lady screamed, inplored,
wept, snd finally, o. u last rssorF, faint
ed. The elderly sedaeer protested Oh bis
honor that the unfortunate lady was Ia.
noesnt. For some tnAe the husband
sternly refused to iissen, bat st length,
through the entreaties Of friend Nho
had accompanied him, be agreed TO ae-
espt thousand aollars and say no more
taGous the mgtter. The old gentleuIsa,
| baing rich, WIS glad 70 escape fhas cas-
lily. He paid 500 down, all the money
| he had with him, and promised to give
| the rest at ten O'Clock the next m.RniBg,
making an appointment at the New York
Hotel for thai purpose. To security for
this agreement he Was easily induced TO
leave behind his RHo gold watch and
chain. b.
Next morning, at the appointed hour
and PLACE, the CID man pad over to che
injured husband and bis Friend the sldi-
sioual $500, aud left for his hcms, GhInk-
ing the matter was wholly settled, 80 far
as he was concerned. But he was wofuI-
IL mistaken, for soon afterwards his tw0
masculine friends called upon him at his
house. and by threats Of cxposnre and le-
gal proceedings unless he complied, in
duced him to pay $4,000 mare. This
visit they solomnly promised would be
the last, but Il was not, Thoy calisd
again and again, and by means OF Ehe
old threats, c0ntrfved not 20 leaY ,anptv-
handed. One day the friend, by whose
kind intetUegsion the compromise had
hrst been made, called upon the old gen
tlemau; and told him that the loving bus"
band, whose peace he had destroyed, was
dying, and for obvlous reasons II would
be well to pay him 4 VISIT, that b. might
not, in his par0xysms, divulgv The secrets
which ii would be we'll TO keep quiet
The old man followed 20 the hUase OF she
diving man, He was ushsred into dark
ened room. and there beheld the injared
husband, apparently in tbs last comics,
CRYING ou., ct me clutch the d'stray-
er Of my happiness and wife's 5on0r
bring him before me n' The oii man,
badly frightened, begged the few sympa-
Ghsers who were present to keePthc poor
man quiet, and Freely lsft benin him
s., 900 more TO pay the poor f'uow's
funeral expenses and doctors bills. lie
had paid 81, 900 in all, and How, b. Iho't,
the matter must surely end. B.: again
be vas mistaken.
One evening his domestic larcs were
invaded By two secdy looking gentlemen,
whose whole appearance indicated spec
linens Of the genus HierGry, who live by
writing sensation stories and digging up
scandal like ghouls. They introduced
st9,sgsgsssl tsgssl liza, NJ s5 pgFasg: ms BJFr0r
E. found il to be 4 highly eolorod acooant
oF his uog.ual adventure, names co. n
full. The peace and good nam Of h's
family ware at stake, so he asked what
ann would induce them to suppress 1t
Aftsr some consultation they nAHea -;
ff}5, saving that tHeis Publisher had NJ
ready pairi' for if, but out OF conS!aefa-
tion for bis family they would witnaFa"
t. The money was handed oTrr' eha
manuscript burned, the writers toa their
dsnarture, and iha old man, VIII Ets
nurss nov conaiderabiy lightened, PiaeE-
"a uD courage to prevent further ezioF-
tiogt With this view he noticed som
Y Y, detestize Boiias officers Of tho whai'
agair. ana beaeod f1air protection un'
nF these ofhoeTs Henry Hope) atIgr con
sidarabfs search succeeded in arTesslnl
. ora az ths swindlers. The prisoner T,a
brought before Recorder Barnard Wn'
Committed him temporarily, the aIhdN a
. viz having been made agaiust him. IN
G old gentleman who had been vlct1miSe'
9 40 badly, and in q manner 80 ola, WON .l
/ 6ot, bovayer, press tho affair to faTths q. I.
d rxamJuatioa Fer fear Of the pHoi'cl'
!. ,shich wou5d eusue, but expresses F'Fa
n self satisfied in the knowledge 'na'
( would not be further disturbed