St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-06-03
Suicide of Mr.. Herbert.

The Newark Daily Advertiser mar
rates some interesting facts in regard
to the marriage of Mr.. Henry William
Herbert, and the circumstances which
led to his sad end:
"The incidents more Immediately
affecting the mind of Mr.. Herbert,
commenced with his second marriage
which occurred at the House of Prayer
in this city, OIL the 10th of February
last, the rector, Rev Mr.. Shacklcford
performing the ceremony. The bride
was Miss Adela r. Budlong, young
lady from Rhode Island, with whom
Herbert had formed a sudden and TO
mantle attachment, during a visit sh,
was making in New York. 1t appears
from his own statement to the writer
of this, about the time of the occur
renee, that he relieved her from the
assault of some ruffian in one of the
New York avenues, and accompanied
her to her hotel; a correspondence
followed and resulted in the wedding,
which was comparatively private,
only four gentlemen of this city being
present by invitation, with two from
New York, in addition to the brides
mother and brother. They came from
New York in the 3 p. NJ. train, which
was delayed by an accident for about
an hour on the way, and it was late
in the afternoon when the ceremony
was performed.
The parties proceeded Immediately
to Mr.. Hcrbcrt's cottage at 1.-The
Cedars," about two miles above the
centre of the city, on the Passaic
river, and for time they were perfect
ly happy in each others society.
Some six weeks after this ceremony,
the reptile spirit of calumny crawled
into his quiet home it is alleged that
some one, represented to be lady,
took occasion, probably without any
idea of the tragic result, and poured
into his wife's mind recital of the
worst features of his life in the usual
exaggerated gossip, and on his return
he found her alone and melancholy.
She told him what had passed, but re-
fused to reveal the person; this fired
IIcrbcrt's inllammable temperament,
and in the heat of his impetuosity he
to destroy himself if she
did not reveal the name. She in turn
became frantically alarmed, and
rupturcd a small blood vessel, or pro-
duced hcmorrhage of the lungs. This
in turn alarmed Herbert, who did
all he could TO restore her health
and relieve her mind, but from that
moment she determined to leave him,
and did so during his absence in New
York.
According to his representations he
passed out of his back gate which
leads into the cemetery, and she &C
companied him to the fence, bidding
All cflcctionatc adicu, with kiss.
On his return she had gone, and the
full gush OF dcsolation and despair un-
balanced his sensitive mind. He
strovc in vain to bring her back, and
it would promote the object,
he left the cottage, which he thought
might have been too lonely for her,
and took apartments at the Stevens
House, New York, Gate Dclmonico's)
near the Bowling Green. Here he
used every effort of his ingenuity to
recover his wife, but she steadily re-
fused to meet him, and finally in
sructcd her attorney to inform him
that she would receive no further com
munications from him. This last drop
overaowcd the cup of his bitterness !;
the future seemed all hopeless, and he
then mcditated his own destruction"