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fF1cm The ccdsr Falls {Iows) 9.zette.1
| I,ast fall there appeared in this city one
! F,ank n Case, agtnt for mutual fire insu.
1apcc company, located at Madison. Wis,
lie 1cprt scuttd h1mstlf as 9 single man, aud
teenc cd md intelligent, tamily-the name Of
Which We omit by special request. This pa
rents did not favor The suit, Csse being almost
stranEtr. and his age, nearly forty. was
deemed unsuitable Tor The young maiden OF
scarcely twenty years. Hnweves, be succeed
Cd in winning the girps affections, and
Inns Of Ter erlis1 love, with her
Eune!ess. un6uspactfng nature be.
lleVed hEm al1 that her 1aucy painted him,
The parents being determined 70 prevent the
match, ayailed themselves Of q temporary
ahse1ce tn the part Of Case tossud tic gill
to GieL ds as stra berry Point, Dela Tare Co,
to gct ler out Of the way. Ga his return
Gaze l,y some mesos lea1n her whereabouts,
VIII n lie Immediately sought hex. The le-
suit was That The young gil, away from
home ard the lov ng care which would have
cd her, yielded To the spec1ous pleading
Of an a1ttul villain, end conscnted 70 clan:
GeEt ne marriage, which Was effected ut
Delhi, in this State, On ths 10th dsy Of April
last. Soon after the marriage, Case, and she
who supposed herself his honored wife, 70
turned to her parents at this place, who, see-
Ing that further opposition would hs useless,
received them kindly and cordially. s, mat
ters pae6ed On until month Of six weeks ago,
when the father of the lady was informed Gy
u citizen Of this place that Case had wife
living In Wisconsin at the time Of his mar
rinse here. As might be expected this int.l.
l;ec1ce tell with crushlpg weight upon fam
Lily whose coed name was above septoach. and
~f 4,5- 1.ul
even tie shadow Of dishonor 70 fail on their
dome site beaIth.stoue. The fathar immcdi-
attly beekn investigating the matter, aud
found the information but too true. eau.
t!ously he went to work 70 collect the eyi-
6ette, having obtained which he had Case
his examination yesterday btfo:c Just!cc
C1osby,-J. B: Powers Appearing Tor. the
Eta'e, ard A. F. Brown conducting the de-
ferse. 1hc fsc's develcptd in the e19mfna-
| tior, ard LEARNED ION Other r. liable sources,
| Prove Case to be villain Of 'hc darkest
6,e. Il Is satisfactorily 7s2cstained. that
he married not lees than five different
| women In Vermont and contiguous States,
| before comm. nttng biz csreer In the West.
| At one time le WAS psyl1g hls addresses to
| the +lstsr Of lady 1uW Living In this city,
end she WAS about accfptipc him when, at
| the acv!ce If friends, she wrote down to
another pert Of the 8 ate whele be had been
ctpsactcr. The answer returned was that he
bad wife living there, and two Or three
children. a happy circumstance Woufd 1t
lhye been for the unfortunate gitl whom he
dikhonored here, had she taken similar pre-
cauticn. Since he has been Wat Cass has
married 70 lees than tour other women, and
NC understand that at the time Of his arrest
he was sntc1 ding to marry the fifth o2e, q
ycung iady living in this State, not . great
distance from Cedar Falls. lie was arrested,
Of cou,sc, IN the charge OF bigamy. The
p1la Of the deftndRnt ~as navel one, re-
ms1kahlc fur its bsrefaced sbnmtfu1ness, it's
unqualified acknowledgement of heinous
crime. The defense Vas this:
In 1sC0 Case u4r1ied ouc Lenora Cady,
who Le says deserted him. Shortly aftsr-
wards be u.alTitd Hannah Sutherland. the
tnly daughter OF q wealthy 1a.mer Of Green
marriage he procured = divorce from Lenora
Cady. H now CLAIMS that he did not c,m-
nit b'camy in marrying the lady In this
place, kcause uacpah Ess not his lawful
wife, te having 13nnied her before he had
pIocurd "a divorce from LenoIa. H. ac-
knowledItd Inst he had committed b'eamy,
but 1t nas IN Wisconsin ant not In Iowa,
therefore the Court ha1 nc Jurisdiction in the
case, and slould discharge him; from CHS ody.
1le Il osttu ion offered In eyideucs cert1-
Il copy cf ahe marriage certificate, show
trg tta1 Case had beeh married in legal
firm 10 HaDrah sutht r1an0, atu ss the mar
risge vi h the lady here WAS also proved, he
clearly s:oed conv.c.td OF b'gamy, and WAS
ht Id 10 hail in the sum Of fifteen hundred
dollars tor his appearance at The next term
Ci The D.et,!ct Court. IN default Of which he
vas mm;tted TO The county ta'1. Tne1e Is
l o doubt but that Case Eas ulvoIctd from
Lenora, AID not until after he had married
Ha1nah, as be haa q certified copy Of the
d:ya1ct bill in coult, but it being not proper
Is authenticated, it vas not admitted ss eyi'
d.nce- ,..
ltvas eccue Of thrilling Interest when
Cases. last victim CLING into the court room.
So oyc.ccme Was she by her sense Of the de-
g,adpg aid lutniliating position Ia which
She wss placed, that het, emotions well nigh
tvt1came her, and Ehu had 10 bc supported
By her aged mother, Who accompanied her,
It was we'll that she Was not obliged 70 20
en- tie witness stand, for We do not believe
khe could hare passtd the tsrrlble ordeal.
As eoon as The m1ther. eaT Case che shook
her fist st him and exclaimed. - OA: you in.
tamops villain! II l mad = pistol il would
shoot Jon dtId IN the spot" Rnd the clenched
tetth and lashirg eyes Of 1he inJnstd mother
we're guarantee that che would not have
been sl.w to execute her threat
with snee1irg smile On his dark swarthy
ftcc, appaft u;iy tie least concer1td OF any
Cue r!esent. The girl Is pobls looking
specimen Of womanhood, and tnoss who
know le1 snr that che tn a. good Rs falr.
Young ard inexperienced. che was rnabie TO
| lCok btutA,h the mask which hid The 1ncar-.
| naticn OF evil, ard fell victim to the Titcs
Of tre whose 1cIg experience rendered hi1o
competent to pursue his 1etA1lous designs
| with SUCCESS
| P. S.--Jrst ns we 20 to press VIC learn that
the prtscDer committed suicide this N orn!ng.
Last evening oGl:tr Sess ons placed Cas-. IN
clarge ct A. F. Brown, who took tie pEia-
uncr to his room to Pass the night. ThlI
morning brown went to breakfast, leaTinE
the man III led, haldcuff-d, a. he bad beth
I'll night. About eight o'clock officer Ses-
s IONS got the key ana went up to take chaEe
o1 Case. He entered The outer Office and pats.
| cd to the bedroom, when he discovered Case
hanging In the doorway, he having taken 3
ralr OF d.awels and tied them over the ten
Eom and 4b1ut bis neck. The officer irme-
diately cut hin down end sent Brown,
who had N The meantime come tu, for
| physician. Life, however, Vas sx-
tsnc*,. and Casa had passed beyond all reach
Of human laws, to appear before the tribunal
Of the Most High. His selfdestruc.lon was
deter mined effort, as.-when discovered, his
feet rested upon the Aoer. Ue 1nnst Azre
drawn up his knees and kept the weight oi
his body upon h.s neck until etrangulation
not stand upon his feet. He left letter to
h,e wife In this place. saying that he did The
ceed through love Of her, md that her father
had driven him to this act. Thus iguom!n
tu1ly las ended the earthly career OF ont
who has blasted the happiness Of many /
family ciicle; and, as he WAS detested anG
abhor,ed while 1sTfng, no Ey Eympa'hv or re
spect viii be attlchtd to his ncm3zy nov
! that he is dead. :