The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-03-08

0Ossfpe about town were IN clover yeeteroey.
The denosmssf OF . plot wherein connubtal
shrswd cunning, aristocratic domes.
tic differences, and . base syarics, each had
: sna,t leaked out lust o. che actors them
sslres beam to trembls before the unavoid-
Able renslty Of the Law. The parties inter
ested we're not two alone, nor three nor fouf,
hut even more, and among them the vie o. 81
Alderman Jacob Harris, and sx-Justics Of me
Peace David Vaughn. Oar much-respecte0
friends, the old ladies. caught up the Whisper
ines Of the revolving AFFAIR, gathered taem 20
sether. and ere night had come, the wholeclty
were converting over its distorted dstaale.-
The truth, however, has mot been more tnsn
half told. This We shall sndesvor 70 set fa,rly
before the public, and, in our account sns.'
screen nobody, nor relate more than mas sc..
ually happened To tell the wnoie sl ~.
ont from the world and even the siftings OF jn-
Jlicisl process will not bring il out.
To 70 back few weeks: On the l2th OFT
rusry lust past, Mrs, Lydia G. Burrows,
young widow lady living q No. 46S state Strse'
corner Of Eldridge court, was called upon ~
an acquaintance, Mrs. Chloe Hills, residing ~
the same house. The latter asked Mrs. Bur-
rows il she would like TO "put four or ave hun.
dred dollars in her pocket within the next
eiaht or ten days" This question would 20
needless to ask Of almost any person, but Mrs.
Burrows inquired before answering what were
the terms. Mrs. Hills, having snjoined seers-
cy, said that the wife Of 9 prominent citizen
on Wabash avenue WAS dssirous Of procuring
divorce from her husband, and wished to hire
some woman to induce him to commit adultery.
She represented that this lady Was tired Of her
husband, and that she was ill-treatsd by him,
| and that their family relations, though exter-
nally fair, were not Of the most pleasant nature.
Mrs. Burrows assentsd. Shortly Afterwards,
David Vaughn, an sx.Justice ofthe Peace, was
introduced to Mrs. Burrows by Mrs. Hills, H.
The former had repeated interviews with Mrs.
Burrows, and made all the arrangements for
the proposed koison. Then Mrs. Harris, the
wife alluded to, had IN interview with Mrs.
Burrows and finally Eugene Vogls, son-in-law
| Of Mrs. Harris, who gave to Mrs. Burrows
fifty dollars as the first installmsnt Of the
compensation which she was TO receive for hel
| part in the affair. In shs meantime Mrs. Bur
rows sent note to MIR. Harris requesting him
to call at her house. The latter though Z
stranger to the woman, called upon her. She
stated the circumstances truthfully, keeping
ticular of the devlish plot by which his wife
his son-in-law, Vaughn, and Hills were en-
deavoring to break him down.. Thus had sh'
deceived them. Harris received the intelli
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vas plcpo' ~ ~ ~ ~ .ppsrous u :.
manu- wi'n Me sunty Pio.ers, anu Dring ~
ahsiI " tne voly seles VI us ProPos - conc,u
SION, tna' tnsy Mlgn. .ne more rsadly lecsiv
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Mrs. DurroWs INFORMED the otners tnst tnel