Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-13


William Robinson called: live in New
burgh. Have lived in Bedford. Knew the
day when Tamzen was killed. Saw her
that day on the road between Bedford and
the Plank Road House. On that forenoon.
I was passing on the road from the Plank
Road Honse, toward Bedford, in a one horse
wagon. When on my way l saw a carriage
standing still, heading toward the Plank
Road House. ! saw two men in it. Still
farther on, from sixty to eighty rods, l saw
a man on the left side of the road, neal the
fence, and two women between him and the
road. They seemed to want to Withdraw
from there, and gradually-receded from him.
He was holding them with conversation. /
was going by when | discovered that it was
Mrs, Parsons and a young lady whom she
called her daughter, were the parties with
whom he was conversing. Mrs. Parson
said to me, won't you stop 2" in
an excited manner. She said, "you
are a lawyer. Dr. Hughes, this man is
a lawyer; he will know about this matter
The Doctor said, ayes, l know Mr.. Robin
son." l stopped, and asked, "what is the
matter?" Mrs P. gave me more history in
a moment than had ever heard in the same
leRgth of time before. Size said, "Here is
DR.. Hughes. He made out a bill of divorce
and went to RIttsbur5
daughter, and we put him in penitentiary,
and he got pardoned out, and lie committed
an assault and battery and we took him up
for it, and now after about six months he
has come round again, and now he wants
my daughter to give him a receipt, l think,
in writing. that my daughter won trouble
him any more, and now what shall we do -
/ told her she "d1du't want anything T., do
with him, nor anything more to say 10 him,
but to get into my wagons she and her daugh-
ter, and | would take them home" The old
lady got in, and Tamzen got in behind. The
Doctor said "he wanted to talk to her" The
old lady, meantime, was saying, " Yes, You
want TO ruin NV daughter, &c. &C." He
said TO her, 'Eold womaH;"@and then turned
to me- That woman"-but l interrupted
him by saying that she was very nervous
andperhaps had good reasons for talking so,
He said, "Well, she is a good woman. She
has treated me like a mother" Yes, said
the old lady, Il did until l found out what
you wanted. And this is the pay We get for
it." He said, well, you shouldn't have
such a charming daughter" He per
sisted still in talking with Tamzen. Mrs.
daughter" lie said, "No, it isn't that. It
isn't to satisfy the grosser passions"
He then turned TO Tamzen, approach
ing close to the hind end of the wagon,
and said, HE had married her "-fbut be-
fore this told the old lady to let him say
to Tamzen whatever he had to say, and we
would hear it, and l said to him, Doctor,
YOU must have some very cogent reasons,
reasons peculiar TO your own mind, for
pursuing such a course as this when you
don't deny having a wife and family" He
said, "That is all past. l sent my wife TO
the old country that l might live with this
grin He then said to Tamzen, q have
nothing 10 conceal in this matter. may
as we'll tell you the truth l have married
YOU, and l am going to live with you, if l
swing for it." He added, "You know the
promises We nave made; you are not going
to live up to them, are your" She said,
"Eo, l don't want anything more to do with
you." He said You are going to marry
some one else, are your" He said again,
"You know the oaths we've taken, the
! promises we've made, and you know what
is past, and now I'll nave you if / have to
swing for it, aud by God f! you never shall
marry any one else. if I have to hang for
it, He then asked her again if she didn't
want anything more to dOSwith him Z To
all of which she replied, No., / don't want
ANYTHING more 10 do with you" and kept
safing so. I told him, then, that was not q
very convenient place for such an inter
view. and that if he wanted a longer talk,
as / was in a hurry, TO appoint a time and
meet her at some other place. l b asked
them if they wanted to say anything
mGs2 # ~ they had better get