Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-29
SCANDAL nv YOUNGSTOWN.
Domestic InfideIity---Outraged Pro-
pricty---Two Women Tarred
rqiaforl and Fenthered. ,s1 rgJ

tFrom the Cleveland co. Herald, March 2sl
/, Some eight or ten years since an iron
manufacturer Of youngstown, who stood
high In rank among business men, and was
q reported to be wealthy, suddenly disappear
ed, leaving his wife and family, and taking
with him an unmarried woman, with whom
it was alleged he had been on too great in
timacy.' After his departure his affairs were
examined, and it was found that they were
In ., hopeless confusion, his estate bankrupt,
and that he had probably decamped with
from thirty to forty thousand dollars.
The interesting pair were traced to New
York, where the iron manufacturer was
found to have secured a passage for himself
and the woman to England. As the steamer
was about leaving he got on board, leaving
the partner of his flight on shore. Tie
steamer suddenly left the dock and set out
on her voyage, fulfilling the scriptural say
ing that "on0 shall be taken and the other
LETT" The luckless female beckoned to the
departing steamer in vain, and she was
compelled to return in sorrow and shame to
/ Youngstown, where she took up her resi-
dence with her sister. .-,.,0-ff
On Monday Of last week prominent
lawyer of Youngstown suddenly left his
home and the wife of his bosom, coming to
Cleveland and going to Pittsburg. By a
curious coincidence the sister of the woman
whose journey to New York some years
ago had ended so unfavorably, left about the
same time as the lawyer, and also went to
Pittsburg, cta Cleveland. Inquiries led to
the disclosure of facts that warranted the
belief that the lawyer and his inamorata
were enacting second edition of the adj
ventures of the iron manufacturer and her
sister. III
The deserted wife, on learning the facts,
picked up her household goods, and sought
refuge with her parents, realizing the truth
of the assertion that: u.
'0aths are straws, mems faiths are wafer-cakes. y
On Saturday of last week, the female fu-
gitive, to carry out in all points the resenl-
blance to her sisters history. suddenly re-
turned to Youngstown, and the sisters again
lived together. This was too much for the
virtue of Youngstown. 1t was bad enough
for them to carry misery into two house
holds, but to return in triumph to the scene
OF the ruin they had caused, and where they
might carry their mischief into other fami-
lies was too much to be borne. So the good
wives of Youngstown meditated revenge for
their wrongs, past present and prospective.
=. On Monday night last, while the erring
damsels were locked in the embraces of
Morpheus-that very improper person who
is no respecter of beds-a posse Of infuria-
ted females, with blackened faces and dis
guised habiliments, suddenly entered the
sleeping chamber, and dragged the Sleep
ing beauties from their couch. The clothes
of the offending damsels were torn to
shreds, and themselves reduced, as far as
physical condition went to the state in
which Eve appeared before she learned the
dress-making business. Then they were
attired In close-fitting garments of tar and
feathers, and sent into the street to startle
the night-walking cats with their extraor-
dinary appearance. .sagijr. sl...l
Considerable excitement exists in Youngs-
town about the matter, and what will be the
result Of the. affair remains to be SEEN. ,n,