Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-10-23

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father, which. tor a time, were honored,
but became too frequent and heavy, andl
we're latterIy refused and bOfrowtdm6n1
ey, under various pretetises, whenever !
had ali opportunity isyPO what extent h n
swindled his new 9aeqitaintances and oil !
friends is not, Known This was not tn Il
worst fart of his rascality.l In town Ifi
the northwestern part of Ohio, the nam 4
of which is the same as the name of til ]
county of whichit it is the county seat, h /,
formed the acquaintance Of an innocent |
accom- plishedaud respectable young lady (
twenty summers, with whom he correspond !
ed, making the strongest avoWals Of cando
and Affection, and In adew weeks after thei
first meeting, proposed and was acceptedsl
he having undoubtedly forgedfletters GER,
flying rs toihis character, which purport-
ed to have been written by parties TO whOni
he hadrreferred the lady and her friends,I
We had the privilege of reading one or 5wo,
of. the letters writtenIby him, while press
ing his suit, aud it is not strange that an
unsuspectiDg girl should be1latttered and
misled. by such apparently candid, alice
tioHate and pous letters. They were writ
ten in style that would have done credit
to q minister OF the gospel--eOntainipg
advice and suggestions which, il followed
by himself, would have prevented the me-
cessity of publishing this account They
were married aboutsiX weeks ago, and be-
fore leaving the town, he borrowed coH7I
siderable sum OF money from a friend o.,
bis new father-in7laW. He took. his new
bride to Cincinnati, and stopped a few days
there, borrowing money of, different
parties, and obtaining money under false
was released upon hjslnakinga satisfactory
arrangement with the losers, and while
walking on the street with his wife, her
purse, containing twenty-five dollars,
which her father had givenher, was stolen.
He then came to Louisville, and leaving his
wife,at the Louisville Hotel, saying that he
was going to JefIersonville, and would be
back in a few hours, was not seen for sew
eral days. The anXietyiUt the lady,i De-
serted, and without acquainbances IN the
city, can be better imagined than described.
He finally returned, and after paying his
hotel bill, went to Cincinnati, taking his
wife withhim. On the boat they made the
acquaintance of a lady from, Louisville,
who, being pleased with the appearance
and address Of tile newly married couple,
formed an acquaintance with them. 1.i ~
Z In q few day he returned to Louisville
without his companion, and stopped Mt the
Willard Hotel He obtained money from
several parties, and made great pretensions
of doing business for Adams, WoodI& Co,
of Chicago. His wife followed him here in
few days, and, her lady friend having, re-
turned to the city, went to her house tore
main during her husbands absence, which
would only be fcw days. He LETT with
out paying his hotel bill or refunding borr
rowed money, taking the key of his room
with him, about three weeks ago. since which
time he has only been heard 6f through
his victims in, different parts of the State,
from whom he has obtained money, under
false pretenses. IL is believed that he was
arrested again in Cincinnati alfew days ago,
bat evaded an examination, and is still at
large. In the meanwhile the young lady,
whom he left without any money, taking
her watch aid chain and aVtrunk
containing. the most valuable articles
of her wardrobe, telegraphed and Wrote
to her. father ,,, for assistance, stat
ing that she had been deserted, and wished
him to come for Her, She received no reply
tor three weeks, her letter having failed to
reach its destination. Finally, her father
received letters from Others in the city, and
at once started to her assistance, arriving a
few days ago, crazed with grief on account
of the misfortune of his beloved daugllter
After settling accounts, the nahappy father
and daughter took their departure for home
few days ago Oh the steamer United States.
Any further information we could give in
relation to this scOWdrel would probably
Interfere with his arrest and punishment.