Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-01-16

OF one line is torn OUT very poor time. Stock
wells, Parks, Randlphis, Mary Adams, KilpaJ-
RE girls was the crowd. hare not seen any
Of Jour folks but Hardocl1 and ne said nothing
poi you, there was Garage went through Eden
ljust at dark that day we LEFT aud they all
thought tEas you aud going to Sans, Melissa
Parks thinks so yet, no remarks that have
1 heard of. I am very uaweli with sore throat
aad bad cold but am going to Elem o day and
will write you Monday or Tuesday, tell me
how you get along and if Sam was with you
at Columbus and if he come to Springfield as
agreed to and how you like Frank, &c. I will
/ close with the best Of wishes for your happi-
ness and welfare
/ am ever your confidential friend.
CHARLIE.
Dnect-Box 467, Delaware, Ohio.
On the back Of the letter was the following
Have that picture taken you can get il
ff-1ere for 20 or p els. have il fixed ready to
go in case and seud it in letter, / have ca
ses will put it in, don't have any hat on, send
it next week. Give my compliments to Frank
and tell him to write to me.
In conversations with persons at the Hotel,
deceased had declared that she was unhappy
and that she intended to commit suicide
Having made the acquaintance of Frank Shor5,
boarder at the American House, she desired
him to lend her pistol. She said she did not
intend TO kill anybody, but men were coming
to her room and she wished TO protect herself
Shorb lent her siugle barrel pistol and told
her ii was loaded. That is the weapon with
which she divorced herself from the scouudrels
who had seduced her into life of iniamy.
The following letter found in her room ex-
hibits Ler state of mind, and gives evidence Of
Intelligence and culture:
JANUARY 9TH, 1868.
In order to clear Mr.. Frank Shor5 from any
suspicion that might be formed Of him, will
write this note.
Calmly, coolly ] have determined to COM
nit suicide. The Lord viii forgive me, though
many count it a sin. would not be sent
home to be Inferred. l trust my interment to
Frank. who is u true gentleman aud one who
does not seek to insult lady because she has
no protector. IT You, whoever reads this, knew
my true circumstances you would marvel not
at my conduct. Write not TO my husband.
NELLIE Stew ARD.
From facts developed at the Coroucr's In
quest and from other sources, we learn that q.
E. Butts and Nellie Steward were in Colum-
bus in the latter part Of December, 1862
There Sam Fl. Hedges and Joseph w. Hit
met Butts. His name vas on the register al
the National Hotel thus: "U. L. Butts and
Lady" Being rallied about having wife.
Bats said he was not married but had a La.
dy." Hodges Was introduced to Nellie" at
Columbus Whether she came to Springfield
uader bis direction or not has not been ascer-
tained, but the care! which she gave the onui-
bus driver here, was, accopliug. to the judg-
ment Of experts in chirograpIy, written by The
hard which wrote the letters signed 'GlFarie. -
It would appear from the espohGsencc that
Butts left her ct Columbus ana that Hedges
was expected to meet her at Springfield.
Nellie Steward, -Ee called berself, Was 0e
tween eighteen aud twenty years Of age. She
was an interesting and attractive girl, who bad
probably been the pride OF a home NOW intense
iy bereaved. The stories she tulI about hrr
parents connict with the statements in the irl
tiers which we publish. She tod one Of the
women at the American IIunsc that her father
was a clerk in Columbus. To another person
who symputhiznd With her. and who advised
her on Sunday last TO 20 home, she said she
dared not meet her father. He wanted her 70
marry Il men whom she did not love, and that
she left home on account of her refusal to re-
ceive the man her father preferred Her per
sonal effects, left at the Hotel, were of good
quality and in good taste. About $50 in
money was found in her pocket. She was an
bont nc dunn size. light complexion, brow
eyes and brown hair, which was cut short
She was Of handsome form, and it is said Of
ladylke demoanor.
The circumstances conspire to show that
Ellen Steward was deceived and most wick
edly abnsed woman. Her tragic end points
fpreibe moral, aud is potent warning
We trust that the villain or villains who are
responsible for it will be discovered, and be
visited with the severest penalties Of the law.
in order tLat justice may nuke of them potent
examples.