The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-04
From the Chicago Tines
A vICTIMIZED WIDOW.
ROMANCE VERSUS RIAL LIFE.

VERSUS RIAL LIFE
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The credulity of some people is certainly
remarkable. 4 tale ever so improbable, II
told ina plausible manner, is certain 10
And some believers, and not a few ready
to act upon it. Widows are generally given
for being shrcwd, especially In at
fairs matrimonial, but to prove that they
are as fallable ms any other class of mortals,
let the following recital standi In testimony:
ONLY a few years since, a ~well-known
man about town. named johnson, was pro-
prietor of q restaurant situated tntlle base
meut at the southwest corner OF kandolpil
and state streets. His business was such
that he was enabled 10 acquire a fair CONF
natpncv. which he leo to his young wife
and children. at the time of his death,
which occurred about we years since. Her
/ husbands demise induced the young Wiu-
own To dispose Of the business whlch she
felt incompetent to manage, ana after tue
first pangs of grief were over, IN oruef 10
preserve the portion left by her husband,
she again entered into business, on state
street. but on a small scale. Thus she lived
Icomparativoly contented and fully able to
lsurrnund herself and children with the
neccssaries. and even comforts of life. such
was the situation of affairs when the de-
! stroycr of peace and happiness passed over
the threshold of the peaceful home and
since then her position has been a most
pitiablc one.
Several weeks since, q man calling him
self samuel Millikeu arrived IN this city.
lie is an individual about fifty years ofhge,
with q smooth and oily tongue. but not OF
Remarkably prepOsscSsing appearance lie
lcome directly from Hamilton, o. where he
resides, and represented HIMSELF not only
~ a very wealthy man, but as still enjoying
| thc boon ofsingle b~lessedness. Almost i'm
mcdiatcly after his arrival he succeeded in
gaining an introduction to the fair widow,
lind his visits soon assumed such n Charac-
ter and frequency as not to be misundcr-
stood. lie came to WOO, and conducted
the CamDaign of love In a most mastery
manner. The widow experienced q pecu-
liar ioy in listening TO his tale. In Iamil-
ton, where he resided, none was better
known or more respected than Samuel
Miliken. He represented himself as q
merchant of great wealth, rs a property
Iowner most extensive, and If she would
only marry him, No. 0S5 State street, where
She then resided, should be changed 30 a
palatial residence. For Il moment the
| widow hesitated, but only fora moment
the chance was too brilliant she felt daz-
zled, and accepted his offer of heart and tor
tune. They were married after an acquain-
lance extending scarcely over a week.
The newly-marricd wife experienced her
first d~isagrceablc sensation Immediately af-
ter the marriage ceremony. 1t consisted in
nothing less than i request on the part of
the husband that she should pay the par
ISon for his valuable services In uniting
them in the holy bands of hymen. This
was certainly Il strange request emanating
from a man possessing. in his own name,
the larger portion of the city of Hamilton.
He advanced, however Il plausible excuse
for the paucity of his eXchcquer. Long
respected drafts had failed in coming to
hand. lie next induced his wife to sell her
little establishment, il being now unneces-
sary. he said to transact business ON so
small a scale, and coolly pocketed the pro-
ceCds. Two days atpr'their marriage he
came home drunk, and has since continued
in an iuebriatcd condition. This last dem
OnstTation caused grave and even fearful
suspicious to arise III the breast of Mrs
Milliken, and induced her to institute in
quiries regarding the past and present NOR
al and financial condition of her lord and
master.
Whatever her suspicious may have been,
the truth, when fully revealed, exceeded
them by far. Not only did she discover
THAT the wretch to whom she had been thus
/ hastily united is n common, p~enuyless loaf
20 er and drunkard, but that when she was
G first introduced to him he was already {
G married man, and the father of an extern
= sive progeny, who resided in Hamilton
IOhiO. The last and most fearful truth wa.
n revealed to her yesterday morning, and
o hardly conscious of her own actions, she
=, wandered into the Central station and dis.
II closed the above facts. Detective Simpson
was Immediately sent In search of the rep.
: rebate husband, and in n short time diScov.
1 cred him in an almost unconscious Condi,
u ton stretched upon the floor of a saloon
He was with some difficulty conveyed t.
the Central station, where he was con,
fronted with the victim of his villainy
In Il maudlin name he began to recite
lot of baldcrdash, which no one could I'M,
dcrStand or felt disposed to heed.
Justice Milliken, Ga remarkable coinci
I dence of namcs,) being in the Central sta
tion ut the time, m impromptu court wa
Immediately opened. Milliken, the biga
mist, was arraigned before Milliken, tn,
Justice, And on the testimony of seyera
u gentlemen convcrsaut with the fact of hi
st previous marriage, he was temperate.
al confined in a cell at the Central station. A
> soon rs the proper parties in Hamilton ca
~ he communicated with, further interestin
Is facts will no doubt be developed. Til
position of the betrayed wife is truly
sd pitiable one. While ut the Central static
yesterday afternoon, her anguish was mo.
heart-rending, and curses from UystandeI
against him who had brought this shan
upon her, were both loud and deep. Mr.
Milliken. if by that name she ought to /
ID called, is still quite young, and has alway
L. borne II good and cstimable charact,
ID among all who knew her. Her only fau
lie seems to have been that she put faith in Il
II recital of tales about beautiful ~''castles
as SPAIN
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