The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-07-20

herself constructed, and wore next her
nerson. On inouiriug into the contents
of the belt, the lady at hrst tnougnsLS
best not to make any disclosures, p91 sns
VIA iuallyoyerper and confessed
lthatlthere WIS secreted in lit no less Q
SUM than g, 600. She had inherited from
her mother, three years before, tne SUN
of $1,000, and these 2oOo were Inc rSn-
,aants.l Mr.. Jones inferred from TINS rap
id expenditure that his travelling com;
panion was not q safe person to have fne
custody of suchaa large sum OF ready
cash, and Sc. rhe benevolently offered to
take care of it for her, So the matter
was arranged, and in due course OF time
they reached this city. Becoming anx-
iohs about her little fortune. she begged
Mr.. Jones to return it into her possession.
This Me. Jones, declined to do, arguing
.speciously that he could and would take
much better care of it than she herself
could, and she finally consented to the
arrangement. 5,.g1 ggag al aLrI V .e
= The gentleman then procured lodging
for her in Race street, visiting her fire.
onently by day, but spending the nights
in the bosom of his family elsewhere:
He was still known as Mr. Jones and the
LADY, "a his cousin, But the latter, on
discovering the true character Of the
house in which she had taken lodgings,
insisted upon leaving it. A removal to
the Continental was the result, but
there quarters were too expensive for a
lengthy .soiourn, and the couple thereaf-
ter moved about the city, from one hotel
and boarding house, to another, until
several weeks had elapsed. While at
the Sentimental, however, Mr.. Jones was
struck by mOmentary pang OF remorse'
declaring to his companion that he was
nothing less than minister of the Cos
pei, and requesting her to pray with him;
and pray together, on Bonded knees,
they did. Subsequently, Mr.. Jones con-
Quoted his lady friend to his own resi-.
dence in the northern section of the city,
introducing as his wife Mrs. Siegfried.
The arrangement had been that Mrs,
Byard was to act in the capacity of q
servant in the family of Mr.. Jones, alias
the Rev. William D. Siegfried, but she
soon found the labors too onerous, and
was forced thereby to throw up her stu,
alton. eli ytin srd ip ..l
By this act sheca to be thrown On
tirely upon tho world, without money
for her support, and without the charac.
ter that was necessary to enable her TO
earn an honest Livelihood. Previous TO
her acquaintance with Mr.. Jones, sne
stated upon her solemn oath that she had
never deyiated a hairs breadt from the
straight and narrow path. During her
residence in this city, Mr.. Jones has at
various times furnished her with money
in small amounts sometimes with the
paltry sum of a single dellar. When
pressed to repay the $1,000 which he had
taken into his custody, he had declined
for the alleged reason that he had suf-
ferredt severe losses in the course OF his
oil speculations, and had, moreover, to
suffer from the losses he had sustained
by many of his co-speculators. Thus
the case stood on the lady's own showing
Several witnesses, who are supposed to
be cognizant OF the most material facts
in the case, were subp9naed, but none OF
them appeared.
The counsel for the defense, Messrs.
John O'Brien and /. Newton Brown,
stated that they were ready to make up
the issue, having, by means of detectives
placed upon the track of Mrs. Byard,
discovered her antecedents, &c. E.o'
The counsel for the prosecution de-
manded a postponement until Friday
afternoon, at o'clock, which was grant
ed, Mr.. Seigfried giving bones in the sum
OF S3UOO to appear ana answvI further
at that time. Mr. Frederick Sloan be.
came his bondsman for that amount,