Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-10-22
DAILY DEMOCRAT


Takes Up with Another Mas.
From the Council Bluff tIowa) Ncnpafisl.
The parties in this domestic tragedy
were Of the most respectable character.
The husband, Mr.. A. A. West, formerly re-
sided ct Bsvsre, in Missouri His parents
now reside 10 Macon, in that State, and are
Of good family and in Independent circum-
stances. Macon 10 also the residence OF the
parents Of his now vagabond and reprobsts
wife, Mary, who also move in good society,
and are OF respectable and wealthy connec'
tons Ire husband and wife grew up To-
ssther from childhood, and were married,
he at the az, Of 20 years, and she at the
age of "swset l6" They lived together
for ten years, aud enj yed, in each Others
society, ill the happiness that ordinarily
fslla to the share Of mortals. Three beau
tiful and in t. resting children we're born 70
thsm,-a charming little daughter. the cid
est child, now about nine years Of age, ana
two little beys, the youngest two years.
Mr.. West, some two years ago, went 10
Carbon, in Wyoming county, point some
distance west of Cheyenne, and, taxing MS
family with him, engaged in the coal 0usi-
ness 40 an agent for the company operating
tho mines. After sojourning in tho mining
regions Of Wyoming since last May, he Do.
termiusd to return to Missouri, and Was on
his way to his old homo, when serpent
crsp. int bis family and forever destroyed
its peace and desolated ito hsarshstons.-
This devil incsrnats, by the name OF Ssnoe
Canady, or some such name, 10 : stone
cutter Of Omaha, and fell in With this
woman, once . devoted and sffeotionste
wife, on her return with her husband, and
induced her to withdraw from his society.
They had reached Omaha, aud renamed
there about three days, and on Friday last
she notified him that she would net return
with him to Missouri, that she might %
we'll tell the whole story, that she levsd
another man better than him."
The husbands mind WAS made up. 10
determined that. if she were resolved 70
leave him, be would 90 back to his old
homo and carry his little family Of desert
Cd children with him. On Friday be came
with them TO the St. Joseph depot. 10 this
city, to take the train south The truant
vile followed thus FAR TO take leave OF her
injured and heart broken husband. he
possessed some property in his native State,
and had in his possession about one thou
hoHu uVI8IU ~ VASeps
needed to carry him home. The wife de-
aired to retain ressession Of the little BOY.
the youngest child, but the husband would
not consent to this. and, determined in bis
purpose to remove all Of his children from
the communicating influences Of such
woman, refused her unnatural request.
He begged Of her to return to her family;
he implored her with all the sloquencs out
ragged affection can command; but the OBJ
durate woman was memorable. She had
resolved to pursue her career Of crime
Her mind was made up to follew the for
tunes Of an Infamous wretch, and no i'm
plsring Of affection, no pleading Of former
conogal love, no endsarmsnts Of IN inno-
cent little family could move her frem her
purpose to cast herself into the lowest
depths Of moral and social degradation.
To mollify the circumstances surrounding
the dsssrtisn, the husband, though his
heart was bleeding ct every psre, suggest
cd the wish that he would rather grant her
. divorce from him than that she should
live in open adultery with her parsmour.
To this, though in fact it was impossible
by law to accom- plish, she refused to accsds.
choosing the crimes of her course, rather
Suan 10 sottcu ti'O anguish vi WI sNieAen
husband.
The time came for final separation. The
die Was cast. and the wretchsd, abandoned
woman took last leave Of her little ones.
She kissed each child in turn. and then her
husband; took in her polluted hand that Of
her little prattlsr, bade oil good bye, and
then turned to . course, from which God
knows how soon she may bs delivered.
The husband has gone to his home to
end il dssolate and gloomy, carrying with
him his children, whom ws hope may find
among kind relations homo and sndsar-
ments that may. in some measure compen-
safe for their great loss.