The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-03-12
Further Particulars of The Washington Honi-
eide.

F"r'Lcr Particulars of The Washington Homi-
eide.
ISi.er.d dispatches t" the Gu, .nUItl Gazette
Baltimore. Feb. Is.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York IrjJnnc Of this morning furnish
cs The following additional particulars re-
y'trdIng the SickIcs Key affair of Sunday:
''For more than year there have been
hoat!rg rumo:s Of improper intimacy be-
tween Mr.. Key and Mrs. Sicales. They
have from tlmc to time attended parties and
the Opera, and rode out together. Mr..
S!ckirs has heard Of these reports, but would
never credit them until Thursday evening
last. On that evening, just as a party was
breaking ny at his house, Mr.. ). received
among his papers an anonymous letter, but
without opening his mail or knowing the
contents Of the letter. he accompanied his
wife to shop at Willards.
On his returning home, at midnight, Mr..
SIcklcs opened the anonymous letter, which
informed him of the inidclity Of bis wife.
and Of her intimacy with Mr.. Key and sta
ting in detail the manner OF their meeting,
and naming the place of rendezvous. The
letter was 50 plausible in its statements, and
gave such such precise directions for the
detection Of the parties in their designation
meetings, that Mr.. Sicklcs decided to inves-
tigatc the facts. Accordingly. he placed the
letter in the hands of two Of his most init
mate friends, who last evening Saturday
possessed themselves Of the evidence, salts
factory to Mr.. Sicklcs, that Mr.. Key had
rented house of a negro, on Fifteenth
street, which he used as place of rcndez-
yons with Mrs. Sicklcs.
This morning (Sunday,) being in great
agony Of mind, Mr.. Sicklcs, in presence of
two witnesses charged his wife with having
had Illicit intercourse with Mr.. Key. At
first Mrs. S. declared her innocence Mr..
Sickles then paradcd before her the evidence
Of her guilt, when she became overwhelmed
with the suddcn arraignmcnt and tainted,
and finally confessed her guilt.
Mr. Sicklcs was not satisfied with this
verbal confession, but desired Mrs. S. to
make the confession in writing. She COM
piled, and she also Informed him how often
Mr.. Key had been in the habit Of seeing her,
and his mode Of tclcgraphing to her, by
wave Of his handkerchief, when he wanted
her TO come out.
Mr.. Sickles' residence is No. : Presidents
Square, in view Of the Jackson statue. which
is opposite the White House. In full view
Of Mr.. SIS residence, on the other side of
the Square, Is IL street, is the Washington
Club house, which Mr.. Key frequentcd, and
from the window of which Mrs. S. says he
was in the habit of telegraphing her, with
his white handkerchief, If Mr.. S. was alb
sent she was in the habit of returning the
signal.
After Mrs. S. confessed her guilt her
husband demanded her to return to him her
wedding ring, and desired her to write for
her father to send for her and take her in
charge. Her father is Antonio Baiola, an
Italian music master in New York City,
where he has resided about thirty years.
Her mothers name was Cook, who was
born in New York. Mr.. S. married his wife
when she was sixteen years of age. He took
her to England with him when he was Sec
rotary Of Legation at London, t,nder Mr..
Buchanan, and introduced her to the Queen,
carried her to the Continent, and into the
most fashionable society. lie loved her
with great devotion and lavished all his
means upon her. They lived in elegant
style here, occupying q house of $4,000
rent,