Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-03-09
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/ Hon Daniel 4. Sickles, was A m,.E
Of the late Congress from the Sd di.,.
Of New York, being a part of Yov v
City, and is about forty years orape 4, III
six years since he married n youn., II
about sixteen years olG, and possess.
it is said, great beauty, daughto, y
Italian music teacher of some celol.at
named Bagnjoli then residing IN MI
York, who had married an American III
When Mr.. Buchanan went TO E,,ror
Minister to the Court of st. Jane, MI
Sickles was appointed Secretary Of I,.I
ton, and accompanied his patron 10 rsI
don, taking his wife with him. Whor MI
Buchanan's mission expired, Mr. sial
and his lady returned to New York
1856 he was elected to Congress, wbero
has displayed considerable talent nj
has also been one of the leading Dom
cratic politicians of New York for ,on
years. Mrs. Sickles accompanied her bn
band to Washington, when he went Il
attend the first session of the late oO
gress, and il is stated, at once entered in,I
the gaieties Of life in the National Capitol
Here she met the destroyer of her nD,I
cence, Philip Barton Key, Esq, DistriJ
Attorney of the Supreme Court for M
District of Columbia, and son of the a
Francis S Key, Esq, of Maryland; and
is alleged that as long ago as last April Al
improper intimacy existed between M
unhappy woman and Key. Some time At
ter the close of the first session o! the ,t
CongLess, Mr.. Key visited New York CITY
apparently without any business, an
while there, Was received at the house n
Mr.. S. as an honored guest by its master
After the return Of Mrs. s. and family
Washington, last winter, Mr.. Key rente
a house in the negro quarter of the city
where he was frequently seen TO enter
and Mrs. Sickles, occasionally, the latte
generally at private entrance from Al
alley, and the former at the front door
in the vicinity of which his horse, a wei
known one, was often seen standing Sivl
mails were used to accomplish the meet
ings such as hanging a red ribbon from
the window, waving n handkerchief, elcI
And so reckless had they become thai
these were made in the most public man
ner, and without respect TO place or pres
ence.
All this time Mr.. Key was a freqrcnt
recipient of the hospitalities of the man
he was so deeply injuring, and the fond
husband unconscious that the wife Of hi,
bosom was n daily adultress. Even ifths
voice of warning, by whatever motive in.
stigated, had essayed 10 gain his ear t
would have been repelled as the poison o.
a calamniater, and the object more closely
cherished, as if TO shield her from these
as he supposed, malignant slander.
Some time about the Friday preceding
the day of the tragedy, Mr.. Sickles wa,
informed in way he could not disregard
of tho criminal intimacy existing between
his wife and Key the signals by which
they were enabled to call each other to
their unhallowed trysting place, and the
notoriety their conduct had attained in
Washington society. Mr.. Sickles after
sufficient inquiry to convince himself that
the story was no fabrication, on Sunday
morning, (Feb. 2Sth, charged Mrs. S, with
her infdelity, and she after feeble at,
tempt at denial, confessed her guilt, and
gave detailed statement in writing Of the
nature and duration of their intercourse,
the character and meaning of the signals
used, &c. Mr.. Sickles was overwhelmed
with grief for the weakness of his young
and inexperienced wife, and rage at her
destroyer; and while the tumult Of his
feelings were at their height, the audacl'
Gus libertine had the hardihood, and the
if his death were a misfortune,
to make one of the recently explained
signals in sight of Mr.. Sicl1les' house, which
was seen by him, and the purport but too
well known. Enraged and excited as he
was, he armed himself and proceeded Of
once to the spot where stood the man who
had ruined his domestic happiness and
dishonored his household and without
other warning than to tell him" You
scoundrel, you have dishonored my bedl
you must diew shot him dead upon The
spot. For although Key breathed once or
twice after he was carried to the Club
House, he was unconscious before he was