Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-07
DOMESTIC CRIME.
Criminal Intimacy Between
n Married Woman and
her Husbands Clerk.
They EIope-Letters from the
Guilty WOman-Arrest Of
the Parties Here
Shameless ALI
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Ter, merchant Of the place. For five
years they lived together happily, ant
the wife meanwhile bore her husband
two children. More than year qgo
young man, named Il. +. Hill, was taker
in Mr.. Buffers employ as clerk. Id
was rather fine looking, and disposed L
be gay, and soon Mrs. Butler, who, unit
then, had seemed to love her husband Al
good wife should, began to show I'M
doubted Partially for the young clerk
which he as cordially reciprocated.
The result was q criminal intimacy
which, since January last, has existed
between the guilty pair. The following
letters, written by the faithless wife, anC
since the denouement brought to light
will prepare the reader for the sequel
The first announces Nance in trouble
because Frank believes her untrue &c
him, and reiterates her deep love for him
November %, 1867.
DEAR FRANK, My beloved one am
so troubled this morning You say that
/ am not true to you; but oh, my dear
there never was one half so true to you
as /, though you msy not believe it.
You think that love my husband, but
you are mistaken. / have to do the way
/ do to stay with him, but it is very hard
for me to do so, as you are the only one
that can ever make me happy. You
know it, If you believe half | say, that
am true to you forever. Dear Frank,
love you so much; your letter made me
contented-as we'll as | could be here.
Dear one, be satisfied, and never doubt
me. Please let me hear from you soon,
for / am in trouble. Now is no time to
be doubling. If we are going to do as
we have promised to, dear one, get
ready, and tell me what to do You can
make me happy, and only you.
lam, dear Frank, forever yours,
NANCE.
Letter No. shows burning desire to
elope with Dear Frank" and announces
q peck of trouble in consequence of a
"heap>of things" said by Butler about
him. 1t bears no date:
DEAR FRANK: am so troubled-please
get ready. / have told him that wanted
to leave, and that l did not care for him.
Oh, dear, he has said a heap of things
that you had said about me, but l don't
believe it. He has accused me about
Charley Miles. Oh, if was able, /
would make somebody know before night.
| think that you ought to get some way
for me to get my things away from here.
Do the best you can for the one that
loves you better than herself My hus-
band wants to take me to my father s
to-day, but told him | would not go. |
can write no more, Let me hear from
you, if you can, dear one.
am, dear Frank, yours forever,
NANCE.
Following this was letter which indi.
Gates an agreement of separation be-
tween the husband and wife, but tie
children form another question;
DEAR ONE, MINE FOR EVER: Please
keep Thomas from saying any more, if
you are true to me but | know you will.
He says that he will have all the chill
dren, but can't we keep the babyP You
know that look to you for all.
| am yours forever, true until death,
your, NANCE.
Having packed her trunk, Nance"
is soon afterward ready to slope" and
will join "dear Frank that evening
His God shall be her God; his home her
home, and his spondulicks her spondu-
ticks:
If you think it will do, l will get my
trunk away. and have it taken to the road
tonight. You know what is best. l
come this evening. q
Ever yours, NANCE.
About ten days ago Nance" and the
gay Franz" disappeared from Marion,
reached Cairo, and embarked for Mem
phis on the Belle Vernon. They arrived
yesterday. Colonel Beaumont having
been telegraphed by the Marion authori-
ties, was on the alert, and the pair had
no sooner been comfortably quartered at
the Allen House than Detective Selkirk
called and requested their presence at
police headquarters. Once there they
were confronted by the guilty woman's
father.in.law, Mr.. Butler, and Mr.. j. W.
Sutle6, Sheriff OF the county. Mrs. But
Ter failed to evince any particular
emotion. Cliuging to her baby-Frank's
baby-she announced her determination
to "stick to Frank" and charged that
her husband had long treated her badly.
The old gentleman, disguised with the
proceeding, exclaimed, Let her go, !"
and thus dismissed the subject.
Before leaving police headquarters
Hill and the woman voluntarily made
the following afhdaviis:
MKMPHIs, SHELBY COUNTY. TENN.,
December 8, 1851.
E. F. Hill being duly sworn, deposes
and says: l am a native of Crittenden
county, Kentucky, and have lived in the
family of T. NJ. Butler, Of said county,
during the past fifteen months, and since
January, 1867, have been having crimi-
nal intercourse with Mrs. Nancy Butler,
the wife Of said 7. NJ. Butler; and further
more, left the residence of said 7. NJ.
Butler on the 29th day OF November, 1867,
for the purpose of clipping with the said
Nancy Butler. That / did join the said
Nancy Butler on the 9th day of No
vember, 1867, and proceeded to Cairo,
Ill, and thence down the Mississippi
river on my way to the State of Arkan-
sas that / have travelled with the said
Nancy Butler as man and wife; that
this elopement is voluntary on the part
Of said Massey Butler.
[Signsdl E +. HILL;
sworn and subscribed before me, this