Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-03-25
Sad End of a Yaluartnn

II, about two or three O'Clock on the morning
Of Saturday last, any one had chansed to wander
down Barrack street, one of the vilest of the
many vile black slums in Douglas, Isle of Man,
he would have found lying in the gutter-the
sinking, half-frozen refuse water flowing around
her-the body Of woman, literally half naked
and actually frozen to death, the night being
picrcingly cold, with hard frost. If the wan.
derer had been an inhabitant Of the town he
would Immediately, on looking at the face OF the
dead female, have recognized the deprayed be-
sotted, bloated countenance of the drunken aud
dissolute Hon. Jane Yelverton alias Jenny Keefe,
by which name she was better known the widow
of Hon. Augustus Yelverton, brother Of Lord
AVonmore, and fellow uncle with that nobleman
to the notorious Major Yelyerton, whose cele-
brated marriage and law suits have for the last
five years occupied the attention of the public.
AT an inquest held on the body Of the woman
on Saturday, il was stated that Hon. Augustus
Yelverton, tho husband Of Jenny Keefe, 10 whom
be was married about twenty five years since
died in Liverpool about two months ago; that
he left her considerable sum Of money for her
maintenance, which WAS TO be paid to her in in
stalments by lawyer in Liverpool, from which
town she had arrived in Douglas on Tuesday
last, her fare to the island according to state
ment she made TO q woman In q low public house
the night before her frightful death) having been
paid BY the lawyer in question. The inquest
was held by James Cell Esq, High Bailiif of
Castletown, and during the proceedings be stated
that Hon Augustus Yelverton aud the deceased
had lived in Caslletown for many years, and so
dissolute and deprsYed we're they in their habits
that he had committed them to Jail fully hum
dred times for being drunk and disorderly. At
this time they were allowe by Lord Avonmore,
il Was understood, an ample income to keep them
comfortable but they were in the habit of spend.
ing it in drink as quickly as they got it, and
they scarcely ever had on them sufficient rags,
let alone clothing, to cover their nakedness.
Jenny kCefe, who was a low born woman, was
the third wife of the Hon. Augustus Yeverton,
he having previously. been married to q Spanish
lady and an Irish one. fe had no children by
his last wife, but he had several by his former
wives ln consequence, however, Of his deprayed
habits they were taken from him, and they ROW
occupy respectable positions in ife Although
IN rank, aud in education also, there was such a
differ enoe between Jenny Keefe and her husband,
yet they were greatly attached to each other.-
They inva' iably accompanied each other in their
orgies, and il one OF them WAS sent to jail for
some outrage against the peace committed in q
drunken fit, it was the practice Of the other to
smash some shop window, or make disturbance
in the streets, for the sole purpose Of getting
committed to Jail also, in order that they might
keep each other company. They scarcely ever
had place to lay their heads in and they lived
the greater portion of their time either in the
streets or in prison.
such were the Honorable Augustus and Jane
Yeyerton aud their desolate lives and frightful
fate, one dying in a low lodging house in. Liver
pool, and the other frozen to death in the streets
of Douglas, convey a striking lesson of the evil
OF intemperance. All the clothing that Jane
Keefe had on when she was found dead was an
old gauze frock which did not reach to her knees,
and was no thicker than piece of paper, au old
pair of socks which just reached above her
ankles, and a pair of thin slippers. A few hours
before her death she was seen standing in
house door close to where she was found dead,
and was heard trolling out, in voice husky
with drink, street ballad, called "True blue
forever" The jury rendered verdict of 'death
from exposure. ."-LiVrPOOi Here ury, 22d uh