The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-01-26
The Fruits of jealousy.
From the Albany Standard.

Phillips, on returning to his residence IN
this city. saw. through the window of his
house, a man in the embrace of his own
wife, fondly earessing and kissing her.
He looked and locked again, 10 make sure
that what he saw was no delusion, but re-
ality. Still did his wife and the man con-
tinue their expression of delight and graft
tiication toward each other. The brain of
Phillips became, maddened at the sight,
He rushed to the wood shed, and arming
himself with an axe sailed into the room
where the pair were. Without stopping to
look, think or speak. he made an onslaught
on both. AS he raised the axe it struck
the tove-pipe, which fell upon cradle in
which WAS an infant, narrowly escaped
death. Wife and man were both knocked
down Mr.. Phillips revenged himself,
especially on the man, whom he knocked
and kicked about numerically. The poor
woman undertook to save he man. This
step exasperated Phillips, who turned upon
her and did that which he never had occa-
sion to do before abuse and maltreat her.
While he was doing this, the young stan
ger saw the door open, picked himself up
and made off, and that is the last that has
been seen of him. After going on terribly
for some five or ten minutes, Phillips sat
down and wept like a child. His wife
still lay on the floor in a elpless condition.
He raised her up and endeavored to soothe
her pains. AS soon as she had recovered,
she informed him that the yonng man he
had so attacked and abused was his long
absent son. who had just returned from
California, where he had been since l848.
The wife was so badly injured BY the assault
of her husband that she fell into a delirous
state, and her friends have been obliged 10
send her to the Asylum, as she was fast
becoming insane.
From the Philadelpha Ledger.
Coroner Fen1er, on Saturday afternoon.
held an inquest on the body Of Elizabeth,
wife Of John Douglss, tailor, who ded at
No. 2l4 Quincy street. The testimony
showed that the deceased was married TO
John Douglass in Ireland about nine years
ago, and that they have been in this coun
try severel years. That some months ago
he became acquainted with Cathaiine Hart,
a tailoress, and that be left his wife and
went TO live will her in Campen. Subse
quenlly he returned 10 his wife and they
lived happily for time. Five weeks ago
he took rooms for himself and Catharine
Hart AT No. 2l4 Ounce street, where he
visited her aud Were they were supposed
to be mau and wife. On Saturday night
week he went 10 the house between IL and
l9 clock aaI had no. been there long be-
1 e.. l. IL T.,
was opened by Ca harine Hart. when, TO
her surprise. Mrs. Douglass rushed in in
a state of excitement bordering rqon fren-
zy, and asked where her husband was,
saying that she had seen him enter In
The combustion that ensuei the light was
evtlnguised. and some minutes elapsed be-
tore il could be ielit. Mrs. Douglass then
made towards her husband. and he was
Obliged 20 hold her to prevent her from do
ing Violence. In The meantime Catharine
| Hart left the room and did not return.
While John Douglass was holding his wife
she fell from, his arms TO the floor and sus-
tained some injury Typhus fever fol-
lowed, and she gradually sank, dying on
Tuesday night. The testimony showed
that every attention was paid to her in the
house, and that Catherine Hart assisted in
nursing her. The jury rendered verdict
that the death of Elizabeth Douglass was
caused by typhus fever. brought Oh by
mental excitement, the effect of jealousy.
From the Troy Times.
An odd incident happened at a church
in West Troy, Sunday evening. Itappears
that very respectable lady member thereo
was sadly troubled with jealousy of her
husband, and that sister member of the
church had been made the object of her
suspicious. On the evening in question
her feelings blind over in the form of a
public prayer. vehemenhy expressed. and
evidently intender for other than Divine
ears. The. substance of the petition was,
that mercy might be extended to the vile
woman who was leading away the Eeart If
weak man. and return her to the way Of
integrity. The prayer evidently struck
somewhere around Before il was half
fnisheda lady 'hopped over. in an adjacent
seat in an evident state of faint. The ex-
element having subsidized and the lady be-
ing restored to sensibility, she explained
her excitement by saying that. knowing of
the jealousy of the sister. she considered
the petition especially directed to her,
Nationally enough, the strange affair is the
subject of rouch comment and of many di-
vided opinions. 1t is said that tie fact
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