Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-09-17

were to have been solemnized at Mr.. Ladd' s
church. were solemnized in private, Mr.
Ladd performing the ceremony. Sexton
then made will bequeathing to his young
wife real estate, stocks and bonds amoun-
ting to $40 900, which will the young lady
locked up fully crcditing its genuineness,
notwithstanding the fact that previous to
the Wedding Sexton, ST.. had called at the
house aud informed the family in the pres,
cnCc of the Kew. Mr.. Ladd, that his son
was not only pcnniless, but was subject to
cpilcptio fits.
Thus matters went on for time, Sex
ton continually haunted by alleged fears of
being poisoned by his father. A little SER
want girl, about fourteen yearso of age, named
Emma Stewart, was employed by the family
She is sprighly child, possessing more
than ordinary intelligence One day, while
walking out with Miss Louisa Kennedy, it
is alleged by her that the child was seized
by old Sexton, placed in carriage. and
taken towards the LA Pierre House When
she returned, she said the old gentleman
had given her half an orange, which she
produced, and promised to give her one
thousand dollars if she would first admin
lister it to young Sexton, and leave the back
door open at night, so that he (Sexton, Sr y
could obtain access to the premises and get
possession of certain papers, At another
time the child came home with her face COW
cred with mud and her clothes half torn
from her, saying that old Sexton had made
another attempt to kidnap her At another
time the family imbibcd the idea that ola
Sexton had entered the house and poisoned
the food in the closets. On another occa-
sion young Sexton came into the house in
great agitation. He said he had met his
father in the street, provided with large
rolls of bank bills that he begged him for
some money, which instead of being gran
ted, was met by violent assault.
At last urged by his wife's family to put
a stop to these harrassments and assaults,
the aid of prominent lawyer was invoked,
and afidavits were made both by young
Sexton and the servant girl, Stewart, against
Sexton, senior. Upon the promise Of a
handsome reward, the detectives took the
matter in hand and diligently sought to
arrest the party complained of. For two
weeks they kept watch upon the hotels,
in hope that the object of their search might
arrive, when to the great surprise of all
parties, Sexton went before Alderman
Britlcr, last week, and stated that his father
had settled the matter by an arrangement
to pay him $50 900, and withdrew the suit.
In doing this he neither paid cost to the
GERS single copper for their extraordinary
services in the case
Meanwhile another lawyer, who is a gen
tleman of the first responsibility an who is
friend of the Kennedy family, took young
Sexton with him to New York, in order
that all further doubts about the young
mans property might be set at rest AS
his wife and sister had already been to Y ork
with him on their wedding tour, and had
been introduced by young Sexton to sevc-
raj respectable parties, the family up to
this time had never doubted the truth of
young Sections story
Young Sexton said he had S25,000 in
the City Bank in Brooklyn, and SO, 800 in
Savings institution in the same city,
Sexton, the lawyer, and a gentleman for
mery connected with the New York Her
aid, went together; and as Sexton profess
ed fear of being followed by assassins,
after taking n round-abou course, stopped
for the night at an obscure hotel OH the
East River. Sexton complained of diarr-
hea, was up several times during the night,
and next morning was among the missing.
The lawyer arose and soon went over the
river to the Banks in Brooklyn, where he
made inquiries &C ccncerning the deposits
He called upon Mayor Tcmann and OBJ
taincd letter of introduction to the Pres
idcnt's of both Banks. At the City Bank
no such money was deposited or any such
person known, while at the Savings Bank
clerk said that he remembered crazy
person of that name, who had annoyed
them good deal by sending checks to the
Bank when he had no account there, and
afterwards calling to scold all hands because
they were not paid, The lawyer also learn
ed that Mr.. Aymnr, of the Lenox Insu-
rance Company, whom Sexton had repre-
scnted to be his uncle, was not his uncle
that MIR. Little, a convcyancer in Brooklyn,
had net sold a marble cottage on Long Is
land that belonged 60 him; that he had not
paid his bill at the st. Nicholas when he
went on his wedding tour; that his father
was not a man of any property; that his
word was not entitled to any credit; that
his father had no business connection with
Mr.. Jacob Vanderbilt, or with nobody
else. In short, it was clearly shown to
the anxiously-inquirng lawyer that his en-
tire errand was fruitless.
When he had returned to this city, Sex
ton came to his Office shortly afterwards,
accompanied by his wife and sister, when
the result of his inquiries in New York