, 1864-11-20
CONkvBjAl TREACNERf.
4 VILE Proves falthless 10 her Husband, and
Robs Him,

Thcrs aso more thrilling episodes pertaining 10
Tho war than lhoaa belonging 10 tho Gold Of baltic.
1bo history Of ono OF these will be found below.
Soon atter tho oil OF 8umptnr tho whole country
scsoundod with tho tfoad ofarmod men narchlug
to avengo Tho lnsulk heapod upon cur dag by
cago during that ovontfol sumner Will remember
how suddenly lAia people wcro turned from peace.
tul Rprsuits le t.'oss e grin ttssgsd wst 1,he
Wo1kahop, ind I'll ciassos vla!i viii zach other
who should bcst mud soonest sviaco hts patriotism
nd military .Idor. Nos ~ M thts esl,ie!aon ~ Of
souadsd o p5.ss 9 of @s IL rrapsiaoas oSes
tho North, and thts whole section was tho taeatre
bo a iaeid!n's q this narrative arc laid In tho
llttls yiiiago Of Wyoming. Jones county. Iowa. in
isrnct, .Jaspsf Button, BY aamo. who removed
thc city Of oaieshu!g.. !Io bad purchased . farm
u the latter plseo, Ut thc tc proving detective
co11ty Of Jones county, prosecuted his claim to
81 ys:s; ess,'sss Il tts s Of New x9,s 4
her bed been made The happy fathe1 Of to hca1.
e!S ssyeH WSsn md sn1 r 1
along With him young man named George Men.
don, bccanae his evidences was necessary % enable
e. 10 sss ns
During Tho summer alluded to. Button and Men,
don both enlisted In Co. y, 141h Iowa Infantry,
e sn's soon ef
Button lost ali t1nck Of him. About year and =
half ago, = young MN, nnmcd James Clark, now 4
citizen of Chicago, received letter which covered
one addressed to Aendon. This was ahown, to
button. and he and Clark concluded to break 1t
he st VIZ
the most intcnse lore and devotion for his quon.
dam eomEado: nis resolution wss soon taken. Hc
- and hs md
then resident in, Port saTnia, G. ". After tho
expiration Of his leave Of absence he returned TO
but seldom. Just before lis discharge and return,
hc received letter from his wfte, dated Mar
quette, Michigan, In which she announced hot In
Mdsy % ho rsaehea Sls eity ind found her 1t he
Eagle ~ uots1. opposite re @ HoFthWsstesn s, Depot.
three. Upon her bosom Numbered an infant
scarcely nine months old, the fruit OF her Nason
with Acndon-. Mr. Button was naturally indig'
nant and threatened to take the and leavc
hindrance. BY some means she paclded him and
induced him 70 tnke glass or two OF liquor, and
be slept, While thus siumbcring, ho ayers, The
fc5 tho savings Of his three years. service. With
this and bis two children and the ono whose pater
nl!y he ascribcs to Mcndon, tho took the cars so'
named McCormleE, In whose company she came L
thls city and who. unknown 70 nutton, had stoppot
ut tho FAInc hotel with her 90 her brothctln.lAW.
The woman had not been long away, before ha
eldest child, the lad before mentioncd, returned
70 tho hotel having. escaped from tho custody o
BIZ mother Just % the carr wcro starting: From
him tho father learned tho history Of Els wtloi
temptation and NIL. uc sud that some ttne nftc
Mcnaon deserted, ho camo 10 Wyoming, and the.
and there maintained martial rotations With hl
mother. Qhe duEons Of that village becoming
cognixant q tlo scandal, i wa thonehi bsst !.
opened boarding honse. Hero, Tho child, "
tru!t Q! their unoFEanatic union sSas born. III
nllcd tho place OF husband 10 tho woman paasaing
well until three months ago. when tempted Gy tht
| drafted man, and abandoned tho woman ha ha'
taught to deviato from tho paths OF rccotu1o an
4 virtue. She remained not long tuconaolahlc, bu
speedily formed anothor connection With tho ma
Mccormick, with whom aho came to Chicago, an
under whose auspices sto hna robbed her husbun
OF hls money aud Ill. child. THO guilty .pal. weF
Inst heard ffou1 In DutEnit. and probably bcfor
iht nro eaic In Canada. Tho husband cares moth
lnR for tho woman, but ho docs want tho mono
| nnd TIN child, and TO optnin these has applied !
90 authorities ri ess'atanee. 1hcss IL lltlo llkt
VIZ would mako Upon thls 0plsodo OF tho war VII
readily suggest Themselves 10 our readers.