The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-03-16
DOMESTIC DRAMA,


HtSe zf1oE AbsodnQS-HAe
On Tuesday, gin the Cincinnati Police
Court an occurrence in real life took plac..
Which IN this city, at least, has seldom had d
arahel-T1h facts arc these: Abont five
years ago, p man named Edward Carey left
an oiectionate and beautiful wife and three
interesting children, 10 seek a fortune In the
mines OF Califernia. For one syear after his
affisati IN the gold country, Carey wrote con-
SANITY TO his wife, and inclosed frequent sums
OF money Suddenly the correspondence
ce1sed, and Mrs. Carey, received no money,
vas 9 emPeiled to adopt other means to obtain
2 hyeiihood for herself and little ones. In a.
few weeks thereafter Mrs. Carey received in
formation that her husband had been killed
N TIE mines, which vas corroborated by q
sub1eqnent letter received from California
Ncftbfee years she lived, as she supposed she
vas, . widow. Receiving the attentions of an
lt1lian named Joseph Reibe, who succeeded
in gainiBg her affections, she CONSENTED to
maIringes and about a gear ago the two were
legally united in the bonds of wedleck, and
havessexer since lived 9nits happily together,
On sunday last, as the church bells were sum
moning 70 he house Of God the worshipcrs Of
theftrue Being, Edward Carey, who had ar
rived direct from California by the n4srniug
tran, wasmaking inquiries in the sneighbor.
500d On Which his family resided when be
Ie'h Cfnesnnatl9 for his wife ard children
Has nelghbors AID friends stood amazed. and
t1s11bling upon beholding the man whom
tbey had Ion since believed to be dead
Upon being assured that it was Carey who.
90 not dead but living, he was astounded
with the Intelligence that his wife, who had
also believed that he had "gone to that bourne
fr0m whence no traveller returns.p was again
nm0rr1o1 20 o-aFha-
nor. living in domestic felicitv. Asccrtaining
the residence ofsMr and Mrs. Reibe, the Of.
fictcd husband FASTENED to ascertain whether
What he had heard was true or false. Knock
ing at tho door, a tall Italian, measuring sig
fee one-half inches, came to the door. Carey
inquired:
iDoessMr s Reibe live here?p
Italian ssShe does-will You walk in7"
Carey ssYess %sir;will you please tell her
that d gentleman desires to see her2' -
The Italian consented, and going to the
door leading into the dining room called his
wife by her first name. Ske answered, and
full of smiles, came running into the parlor
Upon seeing her first husband, who rose
fromshis seat to meet her, she screamed out
-sMy God Careyi" and fell f~aintine to the.
foor.seThe husbands both h~astened to. raise
her frcm the floor. When Carey informed
Rsibe- that he was Edward Carey, the Iady's
lawful husband, Reibe also claimed her as
his wife, and added, 81 shall never Give her
upidBefore the wife had fully recovered
from her ~fainting attack TIE two husbands
become engaged in angry, violent words, re-
snlting In Carey's drawing a 5 pistol upon.
Reibee and insfle latter being forcibly elected
from the house. Reipe, on Monday morning.
had a warrant sworn out<in the Police Court.
charging Carey with disorderly conduct and
provoking him to commit a breach of the
peace. Carey was arrested, and when araisned
before lodge Warren, in the presence OF
Reipe, and the wife, he asked the Court to
hear an explanation before he entered his plea.
Judge Warren consented, and Carey stated
that heEand Reipe both lcained the lady
fpointing to Mrs Carey .Reipe) as wife, and
he belieseing himself to be the legal clai
mant, had become disorderly in demanding
peremfofily Of Raipe that he should give her
une Reipe, through the Prosecuting Attor-
Mr.. Straup, exhibited to the Court the |
marriagcs certificate, and the question was at
once raised, "What further proceedings could |
be had In the Court % The wife, who, ike
Niobe, allin tears, was called mp aud asked
by the Court if either of these men was her
husbauizz She replied that she had been
married to both that having learned that her
first husband was dead, she had formed an at
faehment for Reipe three years afterwards and
m8-IIeu 0im AILSE dsSuTlD2 the COuTL OF
her deeplysseased attachment always for Carey, |
and now her warm affection for Reipe, who had
been to her an affectionate and devoted hus-
band, the Court inquired of ier, viz
"What do you now propose to do-ive with
yourfrstEhusband; who is legally such, or
last husband, who by Misrepresentation,
and unintentionally you have made your bus
band 7'
The lady replied, "My duty and my desire
is 10 go and live with my first husband, Ed
ward Carey
The scene which followed can never be de-
Carey and his wife approached each
other and vept aloud, while the disappointed
Italian seated in his chair like a statue, pre-
a picture Of despair and sdisappoint-
Presently his feelings were overcome,
and he grievously wept, e~lici.ing the sympa-
thy of al. Carey and his wife, arm in arm,
the Court room, and Reipe, after r%eeeiv-
ing kindly admouition from the Court that be
must be IesIgned, ard pursue the matter no
left the Court deeply chagrined and
terribly mortified at the fate which had befal-1
len dim.-Garey md his family are preparing
10 leave the city, and Reipe, all alone in a de-
serted house, refuses to be comforied. /
@NOTICE $3.50 i
K1oTIcE 3 hereby given that the Co-Parfner-
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