The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-25

The amount of gross immortality and licen
dousnees produced BY the war is alarming
No one pretends to dispute It, for there is M
one that has not, in the circle Of his own &C
quaintances or in his own neighborhood, seer
many evidences of it. The number of applica
tons for divorce fled by soldiers against their
erring spouses, shows that the marital rights
Of our brave boys in blue have been very nu
merously trenched on while they were in thu
field. It is often wondered why so few casel
Of this nature are made public. The explana,
ton is'easily made. The soldiers shrink from
from an exposure of their wrongs, from mo-
tives of pride and delicacy. Many forgive
and forget" Many emigrate to the gold
mines, or anywhere else, to bury their shame
among strangers. So there are but few who
have the courage and pluck to expose and pun.
ish the destroyers of their happiness and
homes.
Anthony Gress. of Company n, Seventh
Regiment, is one Of that few. He Friday
testified on the trial.of his dishonorer, the fol-
lowing facts, which form strange tale Of
crime and wrong: y
Anthony Gress lived at Henderson, with the
wife of his buzzum, whom he loved sincerely,
and was astouished in 1862 to find that another
man, Andrew Reikart, (who was boarding
with him), loved her too. and that Mrs. Gresa
was showing him such fayors as made it evil
dent that his illicit love was reciProcated. Ri
kert was driven from the house, and Gress,
full Of grief and shame, enlisted in Company
Il, Seventh Regiment. f 8 svnf
For three years he says ne allotted all his
pay to her to keep her comfortable, and sent
her IN addition the proceeds Of land sale
made by him in Indiana. Did Ms. G. watch
and wait for his return, and deport herself asa
virtnoas and true wife ought to do2 The EVIL
dence given made It seem not
Il appears that In the fall Of 1868 Mira Gress
added little waif to the census Of Henderson.
At that time Reikart LET that pIkce Cbalanc-
ing TIE census books), end came to 81. Paul,
where he was followed by his paramour IN
January, 1864. The two then lived together
opealy in tenement in the Third Ward, and
90 continued cohabiting until few weeks
oSvs Wu00 0oa1su8 suns VIC S0SootA 1s0xAAACsAs
would soon be home, they removed to st. An
thopy. In the mean time the Third Ward had
received an addition to the eeusuR
Gress came home with his regiment and af.
ter some inquiry. found where bis wife wa,
and soon called ct her dwelling. To his sur.
prise he found Reikart comfortably domociled
in the ssne house, On inquiry he was told
that Reikart was " boarding" there.
swell, where thed-l did those babies come
fronF
This was staggerer. It could, of course,
not be answered satisfactorily. The result Of
the matter was that the neighbors saw man
about Reikart's size running down street and .
man in blue popping away at him with . re-
volver-an exciting tAbleau, certainly. Gress
was persuaded however not TO take law in his
own hands and redress his wrongs In that man.
ner, and 60 came to st. Paul and procured
warrant for Ricketts, arrest Deputy Sheriff
John Grace served it, and brought Reikart to
st. Paul yesterday. He was examined before
Esquire Dodge and committed in default of
$500 bail, to the Jail, to await trial on charge
Of adultery