Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-05-27
HerbcrI the suicide.
The New York Times saws:

The New York Times says:
The incidents connected with Mr..
Herbert's last marriage were in the
highest degree romantic. He was one
day last winter walking through the prin-
cipal street of Newark, when he saw =
couple of ufianly-looking young fell
lows make an assault upon n young lady.
He Immediately ran to her assistance,
when the lady, after expressing her
gratitude to him, requested his card,
which he gave to her, and a correspond
ence ensued, which lead to IN interview,
and in two weeks from their first meet
ing they were married. The lady was
young: she had large fortune which
was settled upon her at her marriage,
and her mother came on from Massa-
chusetts to re present at the ceremony.
A future full of golden sunshine and
domestic felicity suddenly opened to the
vision of the unhappy man; but the
bright promise was soon obscured by a
darker cloud than had ever settled upon
him before. The exact cause of his
wife's separation from him has not been
divulged; his own solemn asseyerations
that it was not in consequence of any
i'll conduct on her part is entitled to cod
sideration. .F'Hti 1857
The Newark (N. j. 4drcytiser says
the lady to whom Herbert was suddenly
married was Miss Adcla r. Budlong, of
Rhode Island. The Adrcrtiser, after
giving an account of the bridal ceremo-
ny, says:
The parties proceeded Immediately to
Mr., Herbcrt's cottage at The Cedars,'
and for a time they were perfectly happy
in each others society. Some six weeks
after this ceremony the reptile spirit of
calumny crawled into the quiet home;
it is alleged that some one, represented
to be a ! lady, took occasion, probably
without any idea of the tragic result,
and poured into his wife's mind a reci-
tai of the worst features of his life in the
usual exaggerated gossip, and On his re-
turn. l1e found her alone and melancholy.
She told him what had passed, but re-
fused to reveal the person. This fired
Herbert inhammable temperament, and
in the heat of his impetuosity be threat
ened to destroy himself if she did not
reveal the name. She in turn became
frantically alarmed, and ruptrrrd Il small
blood-vessel, or produced il lrmorrhage
ofthe lungs. Thisin turn alarmed Her
bert. who did all he could to restore her
to health and relieve her mind, but from
that moment she determined to leave
him, and did so during his absence III
New York.
According to his representations he
passed out Of his back gate, which leads
into the cemetery, and she accompanied
him to the fence, bidding him an affcc-
! %tionate alieu, with a kiss. On his re-
turn she had gone; the full gush Of dcs-
o%lation and despair unbalanced his mind.
He strove in vain TO hringrlier back, and
thinking it would promote the object he
left his cottage, which he thought night
have been too lonely for her, and took
York, Gate Delmonico' $, near the Bow
ling Green, bringing with him choice
books, the portrait of his wife, and some
select articles. Here he used every eff
fort in his ingenuity torecovcr his wife,
but she steadily refused to meet him,
and finally instructed her attorney to
inform him that she would receive no
further communications from him.
This last drop overflowed the cup of his
bitterness; the future seemed all hope
less; he her mcditated his own destruc-
ton.
Mrs. Herbert was not at the funeral.
The friends carried the remains to the
grave, threw some twigs from the cedars
upon his coffin, and left the suicide alone
with his God ...... .-