Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-02-10
Bold viiiian.-IIe Marries Eleven, Per-
haps More, Wives
CORRESPONDENCE Of the Chicago journal

FRrEpoRT, ILL.,, Jan. 27.-S ONE months ago
there appeared man Of polite and taking man
ners in IL town of Southwestern W ,bsin, where
lac represented himself to bea returned CalIfor-
n ian. named Ferguson, aud was boastiul ol his
riches and Of his adventures. lie there n2ratla.
ted himself int the confidence ui iair young Ia
y who was foolish enough 10 believe all no said.
and consented to become hs wife They were
married. and be directly afterwards left Tor parts
unknown.
Next he was heard Of under the name Of IIoyt,
in the town Of Jo, Davies county. ILL.,, where he
became the lion" won The hearts OF some half
duzcn young women, and married one. lie stay
cd with his new young vile Mo- n few days, got
credit among merchants aud others, and turncdu up
one day missing. lie next turns up under anoth-
er uahle in the town Nora, in tho same county.
buying IA farm for 80 600, but goes of without
paying for it or his hotel bill. Next we hear Of
HIM IN West Point in this lstephensnn) county,
trying 10 buy up the debts Of man who is of IN
California but " hose wife resides in that place;
makes great flourish. evidently with the design
OF insra,iatng himseiinfo the good Offices Of the
'Ca'ilotnan's grass wi low, in which fortunately
lac taa,s
lie tben goes to one Mrs Salc, whose husband
i, II IN California, pretends to lie n particular
freud Of Mr.. fale-->ays he owns line VI steam.
err. running between San Francisco and New Or
lean- Tint lie has recently returned irom Callfar-
MIA. where he had been since 1872. Finally pro-
posed marriage To Mrs. Naie; she objects, hc pea
sna.ie4 her, that inasmuch IFS her husband is all
cent III California, ''its all perfectly right aud
proper" they are married; III day or two i,c
hires 4 cutter Of livery man, "ior one, two, or
perhaps N many rs six day livery man lets him
haze Il; livery man afterwards suspects something
nnd sends constable nf,er hn finds HIM nv
" adaan'a Gro,c-Ietnrns WITH hIm-'al right
then accused the liscty man II stealing his poefot
book ron'nining "goiI slnGs, currency and n"lc4,
tr4s sfeaily excited, nnl threatens lash proceed
In.>. iavcry man i, not t. be rcniel aud VII
h II Naldnn ltho name he bad there assumed)
was taken auddenly very Ill with the "Paunma
irtri'-na bad drcuIns-saw ,ohn aud u
pra,r. 1t was nothing but lusc to got good
opportunity To absqnntn,aso
For .unHtely about tliat tlmP, on the strength Of
ma advertisement describing n sc"undrrlly "oon-
lIeaec man" who had married two women in the
ADJOINING county Of Boone he was arrested the
S,crR Il boone was sent tor. The confidence
man aforesaid WAS advertised as having the let
tcrs -. Il. t. and various 5urrs # pistols and
bowie knives, etc, printed his arms. The
arms oi this man being examined. were found to
have SAID insert ptuns thereon the letters -. f..
T." standing for John l.. Travis the recrenut Ron
of II IL. rcctale family in Roscoe. Ninnclngo
county. lie was very sick" wien the n,rcst
was make-woullu'. at-wuuldn't speak
wouldn't do anything, he was $50 wenk" rnd 80
m-erabIc" The Boone county Sheriff summon
81 II physician, who pronounced his sickness IL
sham, Travis, aiias Fnrgus a. alrs ilnyt, aims
4 Walilm, and some hail dozen other aliases. was
! hnndcuiFed aud taken to BelvIderc. Boone county,
/ where he is now locked up THIS 'lraxs is M
great u s,oundrc ny lives unhuug.
, 1t has been reliably a,eortalnc that he has with
| in the lew last months married aud swindlel M
| less than eleven different women, eunfling yonny
lndles and foolish widows. lie some years
NJ sent to the Illinois State prison from WInne-
! bnIo county for the crime OF larceny. and having
served out his time. probably went to California,
aud after practising all the yiany he could the, 9
aud elsewhere, returne Ia Northern Illinois. there
/ hu has again reached the cnl Of Ii, rope" In
| stead Il bru. II ich " returned Californian, he is
plor, worthless knnvr. dressed like gentleman,
/ a,l putting the gui,o OF gentleman.