The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-06-07

had a friend-L. II. Hiscock. I though,
him the best friend in the world. have
a wife and two children; she is as pure as
snow, OF was before he became acquainted
with her in 1864. was in the army, first
as a private, and last as major. general
l was in the army five years during the
war. In 1864 my wife was taken sick and
expected to die, and sent for this lawyer
TO make her will, knowing him TO be a
friend Of mine. While she was in bed he
came and lifted her up and kissed her all
this time he expressed world of 'friend-
ship for me and sympathy for her. After
her recovery he came again. One evening
he came, under the guise Of business, when
the family with whom she boarded (rcls-
tives Of hers) were absent. When he
started to leave she started to the door
to bid him good night. He threw his
arms around her and cndeavored by
all means in bis power to have criminal
intercourse with her, she demonstrating and
praying him to desist, which he finally did ,
but not until after shamefully exposing
her. She was still weak from her sick
ness. He then went away, and she sank to
the floor with shame and exhaustion, fear
full to make any alarm, as he had been there
SO frequently before, and false opinion
might be formed she was fearful also of
the consequences if should know it he
atterward called again, and expressed so
much sorrow for his conduct that he did
not make any opportunity to annoy her ;
but he never fully accomplished his pur-
pose. All this time | as husband felt
that there was something wrong in regard
to my wife, because she seldom smiled,
and seemed broken-hearted during all
these three years. Only week ago last
Monday he met me in the street, and
asked me when | was going away again,
which he had done at previous times,
and therefore ! noticed it his guilty man
ner awoke the first suspicion in my mind
as to my wife's virtue upon that, after
my return to New York, wrote to a friend
asking him if he had ever seen any impro-
prieties between Mr.. lIscock and my wife :;
he replied that he had seen suspicious cir
cumstances; Immediately came home on
Sunday morning last, and learned the above
facts from the lips of my wife herself;
when / found that he had betrayed the
love of my wife, and detiled her person,
and when found her utter broken-h hearted
and my home desolated, felt distracted,
and as if should be obliged to kill her
destroyer. At her solicitation, that |
might avoid SO great calamity to her and
her poor little children, instead Of hunting
him up at once and shooting him, as |
felt inclined, waited until to-day, that !
might become more calm. ] came TO Al
bany to-day from Syracuse with my wife,
intending to take her to her sisters in
Brooklyn, where she might have less OPP
portunity to brood over her troubles, and
then to return myself to Albany, where /
learned Mr.. lIiscock was, force him at the
mouth of pistol on his knees to beg for
giveness for the great injury he had done
me, and then to compel him to leave the
country in ten days; l thought l had
better have it off my mind, and l went
over TO his hotel; and when saw him, the
fall of my poor heart broken wife and the
disgrace of my children rose up before
me, and / could not restrain myself; / had
not spoken to him; thought was calm
| could not speak something was in my
throat, and could not say word.