Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-27
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.ol8 A MOuF-nfnITTragedy. . 4
All me how weak a thing
Tha haart of mama !. ~ -o


Some years ago the fashionable vvorIN of
Gotham was startled from its proprieties at
the announcements, in gossiping circles, and
shortly afterward in the sensational paDers
that Minnie Boxer, the youthful daughter
of Mr.. Boxer, millionaire, had, in an evil
hour, become enamored of her fathers
coachman. and consented to secret mar
rage. The foolish attachment became
known to the father when too late to rem
edy. and he subsequently disowned the
foolish and erring child. Having carried
OH, with her fathers consent, all her Jewell
~ and personal effects, she was enabled to
sether husband up in business-in res
taurant, we believe. Love in cottage
went on smoothly until Mr.. Boxer died.
and it was found that. he had not forgiven
his daughter, and, as a consequence, had
sion to her. - oo,ND
Mr.. Dean, the ''coachman husband,n had
a change come DER the spiritof his dreams.
In marriage ne evidently had an eye to the
father-in-law; and these failing in their
truition, his love for Minnie'' waned, chill
eo' I'LL GOODNESS begat neglect; neglect
Drought forth weeping appeals from the
youthflh victim; weeping appeals from the
Vlctlm u q romantic attachment begat
ABUSE from the husband; and thus in the
Struggle and turmoil of life, Dean and his
wife were lost to public view, and the story
which had excited all Gotham became n
part OF the dim past. A subsequent act in
the domestic tragedy has just transpired in
tnis goo1!d1ly city, which we will briefly
A gentleman of our city. who snends con- t,,,.
siderable time in alleyiating the SUFFERING
and want IN the lower strata of human So
c1ety, was, some weeks ago, called uDon TO
help a woman in the lowest DEPTHS of pri-
yatlon, and in a personal interview with
her, although the being before him was
dressed In the scanty. ragged and coarse
garps OF squalid poverty, and although her
breath reeked with the fumes of villainous
liquor, yet there was that in her manners.
her language and her tone which surely
indicated that she had moved in higher
circles and that she had been familiar with
Yirtuous life. -, =
An examination revealed the sad fact
thae the degraded and poverty stricken
Delng before him was the once celebrated
Minnie Boxer; that abused, beaten and
starved. by, her husband, she was finally
compelled to leave him, and, alas tor hu-
man nature J! to drown her grief and sor-
row IN liquor. The sympathies of the gen.
tleman were aroused, and he made tempo
rary provision for her. and afterward in
ouced a religious society to take her in
cnarge and give her home. Here she re-
malned, apparently contented and grateful.
Ior OBVIOUS reasons assuming another
nhno-odr al MllLOn. ABOUT month ago
she told the matron that female friend
had shawl belonging to her, and she was
going TO- recover it, and under this plea
went out from the Home. She was known
TO nave fifty cents with her. given her by a
female friend, to make some purchase for
her. =
Since then she has not been seen by any
one Interested in her, but definite rumors
have reached them that she has purchased
liquor at several low ssdrinkeries."
This, and nothing more" is one of the
saddest events in domestic life; but sorrow
ful thoughts suggest themselves which are
not creditable to human nature. We can
not see that the stern father was justified,
on any correct principles, in thus abandon
ing daughter to fate which must have
been foreseen. =.
We most sincerely trust, for the sake Of
human nature, that the consciences OF the
brothers, who inherited the immense wealth
of Mr.. Boker-thus increased by the worse
than death of a sister-are daily and night
ly agitated, and that they will continue so
till they seek out and provide for and save
0or who will doubt that she can be saved?)
an only sister. x.