Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-11-29
SAD CASE DEsTITUTION.
John Morrisse.s sister Starving I'm
Chieago---Asingula Contrast.

| Chieago---Asingula Contrast.
From the Qcago Daily Tribun'.l
The arrest on uesday night of drunk
en- man named jim Morris, who resides in
locality know 10 the police force as
''ShinbOne" allie, between Adams and
| Quincy streets. al near Welles, was not
i'm itself an unusal circumstance; but yes
tertlav morningt the Police Court, It was
ascerained thaAforTis had returned home
in fit of drGinsn rage and had beaten his
wife in the mos shameful manner Mrs.
Morris, who isncarly blind appeared in
court, accomphied by a little son about
seven wears oil. Her brutal husband was
fined S25, andentcnced 10 thirty days at
the Brideweil. Unable to pay his fine,
Morris went tdhe Bridewel for eighty
one days. Tls, too, was not a very unu-
sual circumstace, but the attention of al
listeners was ;tracted 10 the statement of
Mrs. Morris iht she was sister Of "HOn. .
John Mori-isso. Member of Congress elect
from The city Of New York Her state
ment aDpcare improb bic. but subsequent
investigation las only cOrroborated the
truth of what he had spoken. About twel' e
years ago shsmarried John Morris, who
seems .nevero have been a man of much
better characer than at present, though 1T
is 10 be presumed that at The time of their
union he wasa more temperate man and
moi so callou in his feelings. They lived
Two wears inTroy. New York. and then
came directlr TO Chicago. Never in more
Than modente ptcuniary circumstances,
things have been growing from bad 10
worse until now they reside in a small
wooden Slaniy in a loaitsome alley. Their
abode prcSeniE every characteristic feature
of tlrunkards home. The furniture con
sists of a scanily furnished bed. broken
chair or Two. and a small stove that cannot
ALWAYS be supplied with fuel. The win
dOws let ia the damp night air. and the
door stands air 10 admit the beating rain.
1t is strange contrast thai may be drawn
between such IN humble abode and the ac-
counts that all have read in the public
prints during the past few months of the
sumptious living of her brother, the Hon
John MoTiSsey. at Saratoga and New
York. the dazzling enchaniment OF his
gambling hell, .nd the gorgeous aiiire OF
his fashionabewife. Mrs. Morris has moi
heard from herbio,her. she states. in three
years The poor woman does not blame
him for H. SIZE thinks that he does not
know where ioadGress letter TO her. Up
TO three years sgo she had received occa-
sional remiitan,es from her wealthy broth
er, which contributed materially 10 her
comfort, Sh, has recently addressed a
letter 10 him ia care of ihe New York Clip
per newspape.. but has not yet received a
reply. John llorrisSey's career for many
wears past hasbecn notorious for fast liv-
ing. pugilistic encounters, gambling and
racing: but he has subscribed literally to
deserving charities, his purse has always
been open TO the needy. and ii is diff
cult 10 believe that he would knowingly
suffer sist,. to live in state of such
abiect poverty whiie he was in the pos
session of means to relieve her necessities.
II is said tlat another sister, now reSid-
ing in Troy. having heard of the destitde
condition of Mrs. Morris, has written offer
ing her a comfortable home in her family.