Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1865-09-07

a plot which should encompass her des-
tructlon. His persuasive manners and
smooth tongue gained her confidence, and
before SHE left he presented her with a
couple of tickets, telling her to be sure
and be present at the evenings perform
ance, and to meet him at the close. Even
ing came, and found her among the audi
ence. The practi.ed eye Of the perform.
er, in the ring, soon discovered her, and
when the performance was closed. he was
waiting for her at the door. From the
clrcns, instead Of 60: lg home, she fingered
in bis company, and finally accepted an
invitation to a relreshment saloon, where
he invited her 10 rartako of icecrcam and
confectionery, ard 1T last proposed that
the repast he finished by a bottle of wine.
Scarcely knowing what she did, the girl
consented, and drank freely of the hover
age turned out for her with liberal hand
for her companion. AS might have al
ready been antici ipated, the wine was
drugged. The parties fingered in the res.
t"urant until late hour. seated alone in
one OF the alcoves, and when tie girl was
left, she had been outraged and ruined by
the villain who accompanied her.
! What next occurred or where she went,
Miss Stats. knew not. When she aw. Ike
the next day, and became sufficiently SEN
sihle 10 inquire her whereabuuts,- she was
IN strange place and surrounded bv
strange people. Bcwidered, she knew
not what to do, but at last gathered from
the replies 10 her anxious inquiries, and
the conduct Of those surrounding her
that she was an inmate Of one Of the low
est disreputa6le houses which iufesr Wells
street.
Who can imagine the shame and re-
morse of this young girl when the truth of
her situation flashed upon her2 Reared
as she had been, tenderly and carefully,
her growth and life jealousy guarded bv
her parents, is' it any wonder that her mind
gave itself up to despair, and from that
moment she resolved upon course of sin
and sliame2 In the bitterness Of the mo-
'nent aud Inc reInorse of her heart, she
says she believed that if she returned TO
her parents ruined and Iiseruced as she
was, even though it was by The deception
and the wiIes of vill.n, they would ,urn
her from their doors, and she would be an
outcast. She dared not 60 hrmc- dared
not apply to her friends; but iu that evil
hour, listening TO the sophistry and false
reasoning OF those WHO surrounded her.
resolved to remain where size was, and
'orsaking home, kindred and former asso
c;ali ons, gave herself up TO ift Of infamy'
and shame.
! The name she noXm6ssumed was that OF
Mrs. Smith. shc (el to be widow,
! and for more than n week led life amid
those scenes Of 'lcbnuchciy and c;iina
which abound so much in Wells street as
10 render it shunnc1 and abhorrcl by the
good aud upright Of Chicago.
| In the meantime, her pr,en:s becoming
alarmed at her absence, made unavuilino
search through the city, but were unable
10 gain any trace Of their lost daughter
At last they left information concerning
the circumstances of her disappearance a,
the central police station, md Detective
Police Officer George NJ. Miller was de-
tailed TO prosecute the search for her. His
efforts were crowned with success, and lie
was the means of restoring her 10 her pa.
rents, who took her home, where The his
tory Of he: misfortunes being kept secret,
| she was again restored to her former posi-.
ton and to the affection and confidence OF
old associates. '@s
Resuming the life sho had been accus.
toned to lead, she met, in society, a Young
man named Albert Racbke; who made her
a proposition Of marriage. The girl her
self insists that she was opposed to- accept.
| ing him, but that her parents insisted upon
her marriage with Rachke. and she wac
forced to accept him. Suffice it to say,
they were united. The husband purchas
ell very pretty house on West Twelfth
street, nenr Blue Island Avenue, and fur.
nished it neatly. Their conJugal relations
were not, however, of the happiest nature:
The marriage was celebrated some five
months ago, and since that time their home
has been the scene Of quarrel and strife,
little iudicutive.of happy marital relations.
One week ago last Monday, the wife re
solved upon self destruction. Tired Of ex.
istence, she contemplated suioide,z and, -in
pursuance Of her purpose went to drug
store on Blue Island Avenue and purch as,
cd q considerable quantity tof arsenic, uu-
der, pretencs of poisoning rats. Tho lady
being known, no suspicious were enter
tanned, and the. poison was given her.
Upon arriving home, she ref, cted upon
the matter, ard at last changing her mind,
determined to administer the posons to her
hueband. Watching her .opportunitv, she
did SO, and he partouk during the meafshe,
/ had prepared for him. Fortuaa,efy.siowS
ever, the dose was inordinately large, and
the poison, instead s. cahsipg death, prp-
4 duced elentt nausea, by which it was ex
+ PEELED ff6n The stomach, leaving him pres
trate, but moi. desd.. The Wife, alarmed,
4 fed from bst home, aud for days nothing
# could be aiss5ysred neerning her place