Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-04-06
Anaira fn Youngstown.

ne CieHetanQ Herald OF MtJtL %, thuT
speaks of lhe recent occurrence IN Ycungs-
/ town.
! Some eight or ten years since n iron
! manufacturer Of youngstown who stood
high in rank among business men, and
, was reported TO be wealthy, suddenly dis
appeared, leaving his wife and family, and
! taking with him an unmarried woman
with whom it was alleged he had been on
terms of too great intimacy. After his
departure his affairs were examined, and
/ it was found they we're in 4 hopeless con-
/ fusion, 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 10 have secured e passage for him
self and the woman to England. As the
steamer was about leaving lac got on
board, leaving the partner of his flight on
shore The steamer suddenly left the
| dock and set out on her voyage, fulfilling
/ the Scriptural saying that lone shall he
taken anu the other left" The luckless
! female beckoned TO the departing steam
or in vain. and she was compelled 10 re-
! turn in sorrow and shame to Youngstown.
where she took up her residence with her
sister.
On Monday OF last week prominent
| lawyer of youngstown suddenly left his
home and the wife of his bosom. coming
to Cleveland and going 70 Pittsburg. By
curious coincidence, the sister of the
woman whose journey 10 New York some
years ago had ended so unfavOrably, left
about the same time as the lawyer, and
al 70 p-fsc hrar.r r-fa fhtatvalarh
Enquiries led to the disclosure of facts
that warranted the belief that the law
yer and his inamorata were enacting a
second edition Of the adventures OF the
iron manufacturer and her sister.
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
Oaths are straws, mems faiths are wa
fer-cakes.'
On Saturday of last week, the female
fugitive, to carry out in all points the re-
semblance TO her sisters history, sudden
ly returned to Youngstown, and the sis
ters again lived together. This was too
much for the virtue of Youngstown. 1t
was bad enough for them to carry misery
into two households, but TO return in tri-
umph to the scene Of the ruin they hsd
caused and where they might carry their
mischief into other families, was too much
TO be borne.
OF the second act in the drama, the
Youngstown Register thus speaks:
On Monday evening last, about nine
o'clock, the quiet of our town was suddenly
disturbed by an unsual and somewhat
mysterious occurrence. A score or two of
women, with faces BACKED and other
wise disguised, suddenly appeared, as il
by magic, in the vicinity OF house of
rather questionable character. at the up
per end of Federal street. After posting
guard, a detachment of the number en-
tered the building, apparently bent on
mischief. Screams from the interior soon
revealed tie fact that something of Sc
rious character was going on, but, as we
learn, the senrinels outside prevented any
interference, for time, of those curious
to know what it all meant. In a few min
utes, however the ladies in black" who
had entered the premises, quietly emerg
ed, and Withdrew rs mysteriously as they
had assembled.
1t has since been aseertsiIed that the
particular object OF this singular convoca-
ton of women was to crop the flowing
tresses of, and administer coat OF tar
sud feathers 20 couple of fair, but frsiF'
feminines, (sisters, whose attractions had
proved delusion and snare TO certain
married men, and had been the means Of
breaking up more than one family
Rumor has it that the offending ones
were unceremoniously seized, and firmly
held, while the shears were remorseiessiy
applied TO their heads, and that after
wards tar was poured over them, and then
that an application of feathers vas made.
Having performed this operation, and
destroyed sundIy articles Of hnery per-
tanning TO the nymphs. the ebony females
Withdrew, leaving their victims in rath-
er forlorn condition.
In the meantime q crowd Of men and
boys had assembled in the vicinity, and
not content with what had already
been done, commenced very valiantiy TO
assault the house with stones, and 10
break in the windows. The inmates, not
knowing what fate might be IN store for
them after this demonstration, fled from
the house by the back door, scsntily
dressed. and were conducted by some
sympathising friends 10 place of safety.
A multitude of rumors are IN circuls-
ton respecting the atfair-many Of them
doubtless exaggerated. We have endesv-
ored TO sift the facts from the fiction in
giving an outline report. The transaction
has naturally created a vast deal of ex-
element in this community, and is the
universal comment. The women are
very unanimous in their verdict, served
them right" while the men are not so
positive in their expressions of opinion.
1t is to be regretted equally that such
breaches of the peace occur in our midst,
as that there are certain otfenses prac
;iced against the morals and well being
of communities that the statute is slow
in reaching.