The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-02

marriage was decidedly unique. and tho
ceremonies took place at the house of ono
Mrs Clack son in this city, John took ont
employed, and the parties at once co mas
menced enjoying the hyrneneaI condition.
without any further ado.S This skeleton
marriage was celebrated in July last
Shortly after, John went into the army and
on the I'D of February, Henrietta was the
mother OF an interesting infant. Previous
to her marriage, she had liveda bohemian
sort OF life-being identified with dance
houses and theatres from the tender AGE ~
seven. She was well known at the old
Melodeon free concert room, at the Capter-
bury Hall, and for three years PLAYED the
second utility woman" at McVfckers The
atre. This much for the history of the par
ties.
Mrs. Martin first met Loomis at tho No,
odeon concert room, two years ago. wbero
she was present in the capacity of protactor
to her daughter, who was then doing fba
light fantastic and heavy vocal. SEbsaN
quently, she again met him at the Canter-
bury Hall, where she made according tober
owntestimony, anarrangementw with Loom
is to go out to the Summit as housekeener
for him, she was to have received two dol.
lars per week, and her daughter working
for her board. The final contracts wers
made at her house on Clark street, between
Madison and Monroe, and Mrs. Martin her
daughter and babe then two months old
of the paternity of which Mrs. Martin saws
she is Ignorant, set out for the Summit Farm.
LOOMS legitimate wife living all these lone
years in New York with three Children
Mrs. Martin very kindly put some furni-
ture into the house and the farm wore quite
an air of domestic felicity, and in point of
culture was quite equal to that of their
neighbor, Long John. But this felicity was
married on the last day of March by the ar
W. n 1fvcv l. Il u
naturally enough thought they had as much
right there as the "old woman - and her
utility" daughter. The arrival was not
a very pleasant one and Loomis' greeting
not OF that cordial and affectionate nature
which ought to be manifested by a husband
who has been absent from his wife several
years. Mrs. Loomiss came in but LOOMS
paid no attention to her. She asked Mar
tin, the housekeeper, some commonplace
questions and retired. The next morning
she informed the housekeeper she must do
the work for her and her children, where-
upon the housekeeper refused, and Mrs,
Loomis did her own cooking and ate from
her own table. 1t was presumed there was
civil war in the house daily, for the wife
was jealous at the intimate relations ba-
tween her husband, the housekeeper and
her daughter and charged the housekeeper
with being her husbands mistress.
one day Loomis went to the closet and
oOiiAO SoiiCt, anu SilOTllf aIU6T, asked
the housekeeper if anything had been put
In it: The housekeeper replied in the neg
alive, and she and her daughter both drank
some OF the coffee, and thought it tasted
queerly. Soon LOOMS was taken sick
The housekeeper put him to bed and dosed
him with goose and castor oil in liberal
doses, which had the effect to cure him.
She then searched Mrs. LOOMS room, and
III hole in the wall found paper, tied up
with red string, which contained q white
powder. This packet and the coffee pot
We're religiously put aside by the house
keeper, and subsequently given to DR.. An o.
drews, OF this city, for analysis. The next
stage In the eventful drama was the arrest
Of Mrs. Loomis. Gf 50 177'''
Or. Andrews submitted the package and
coffee pot to DR.. Mahla, who made a scien-
tific analysis. He testified that the pow
der was arsenic, and he thought but was
not positive that there was arsenic in the
coffee pot. f '05 Give NJ
The evidence for the defense showed
that Loomis used the most abusive lam
guage to his wife and children, threatening
10 KICK them out doors, threats which were
also INDUCED in by the housekeeper and
her daughter, and another witness who
worked on the farm testified that on one
occasion he went to the pantry to get some
hing to eat and was warned by the house,
keeper to look out for himself or he would
De poisoned. ta - 10
The case was submitted without argu-
ment, and the jury evidently laid no par
ocular stress upon the evidence for the
as they Immediately pro-
bounced Mrs. Loomis not guilty, and she
was discharged. The case in all its bear
ngs is very peculiar one, and consider .
ing the character of the prosecuting wit
nesses and the outrageous abuse to which
The wife was subjected, the jury were right
in discarding the testimony as worthless,
and rendering verdict for the defendant.
Chicago Tribune. '.ll
A STUPENDoUs WoRK.-A wonderful
plan has been exhibited recently in Paris
Tor a railroad across the SimpIon pass. The
inc has been most carefully surveyed for
four months by Italian engineers, who have
passed that time among eternal SHOWS, and
1ow exhibit their astonishing designs and