Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-08-16
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Ytom The Cedar Falls Gazette, Aug. H.
Lat fall there appeared in this city one
r,,nL N Gaze. agent Of . mutual fire insur-
ana connsny. located at Madison, Wis
Ue teprescnted himself a. single man, ana
Maid his addresses to the daughter OF an g
tcsu,vd and intelligent family. The parents
did not favor the suit, Case being almost
stranger, and his age, nearly forty, was
deemed unsuitable for the yo1ng niaiden OF
scarcely twcaty years. However, he sue
,eeded in winning the girls affections, and
abe viewing HIN through the roseatc hue OF
h.r prlish nature, bdic, cd him all that her
fancy PAINTED him. The parents being de
tcr,nined TO prevent the match, availed
themselves of temporary absence on the
mart Of Case to send the glrl to Strawberry
point. Delaware Co.. to get her out Of the
way. On his return, Case by GONE means
learned her whereabouts, when he immedi-
Young atri, away from home and the loving
care winch would have saved her, yielded to
the spocious pleading Of an artful villain,
and consented to clandestinc marriage,
which was affected at Delhi, in this STATE,
on the 10th OF April last. Soon after the
marriage, Case aud she, who supposed her
self his honored wife, returned to her par
ents at this place, who, seeing that further
opposition wonid b. use css, received them
kindly aud cordially. So matters passed on
until month Or Six weeks ago, when the
father Of the lady was informed by citizen
OF this place that Case had . wife living in
Wisconsin at the time Of his marriage here
As might be expected this intelligence fell
with u crushing weight upon family whose
good name Was above rcprcacl, and no one
OF the members had ever suffered even the
shadow Of dishonor to fall Oh their domestic
hearth stone Tho father immediately be-
gan investigating the matter, and found the
iniorWNtion but too true. Cautiously he
went to work TO collect evidence. having oh
which, he had Case arrested the early part
OF this week lie had bis examination yes
terday The facts developed in the exams
nation, and learned from other reliable
sources, prove Case to be villain VI the
darkcs, dye. It's satisfactorily ascertaincd
that he married 10 less than Eve women in
Vermont and contiguous States before com
mencing las career in the West Since he
has been, west, Case has married 10 less
than four other women, and We understand
that nj the time of his arrest no was intend
ing 70 marry the iifth,.a young lady living
an this State, not u great distance from &C.
1ar Falls. He was arrested, of course, on
the c...srge Of bisamy," and committed to
jail
On the following morning, while the OIL
GERS who md charge Of him were At break
fast, Case committed suicide by hanging
himself in the doorway with his suspenders
The Guz.tte thus concludes
His scli-1cstruction was determined cf-
fort, ~ when discovered his feet rested upon
the floor. lie must have Drawn up his
knees ard kept the weight Of his body upon
his neck until strangnlaton took place and
lac SO far gone that he could not stand upon
his feet He lett n letter to hiss wife in this
place, saying that he did the deed through
love Of her, and that her father had driven
him to the act. Thus ANONYMOUSLY ended
the earthly career OF one who has blasted
the happiness Of many a family circle and
- he was defeated and nLhoIlcd While liv-
ing, no sympathy or respect will be attached
to his memopy now that he is dead.