The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-02-29
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sdU. AuhsuW .--5sScs
have been notified ofthe following changes
In the order Of Divine servicet:s yss5 z9aeI
| Bishop Doggett will preach at the Sidney
Methodist Episcopal church at IL O'clock
a. NJ. t.s5f
Second Presbyterian church CDR. Hoge's)
is changed from 4 to half past 4 O'clock,
until further notice. q ts':91y ,s2t3
I zThe pastor Of the Third Presbyterian
church has returned to the city. Usual
services to.morrow. t'"'4i - E.-sE aooh
At Leigh-street Baptist church the sub.
iect in the morning will be e. Christ in the:
Wilderness '-the fourth discourse Of q
series on " Scenes in the Life of Christ, ;,
Communion in, the, afternoon at half past. 8
o'clock. Rev. Bayless Cade will occupy
the pnalpit at night, 10, sssH s,aFy ssGs1s
ABDUcT1Ea CAsE.-7William, Marshall
and Mary Laconts were arraigned before
The. Mayor yesterday for unlawfully CO.
habiting with each other and abscondiDg
with each other, the said Mary Laconta,
being the lawful wife Of William Laconta.
4 Eaconta testified that intimacy had
been existing between Marshall and his
wife, and he had warned him against il. as
many as half dozen times; and he had
seen enough to establish the fact in his
mind, that his warning. had been disre-
garded. He consequently had him ar
rested. ..sLaconta came here from Phila-
delphia, sand had been here about three
months. He had been married to Mary
Laconta about: eight years, but bad not
lived with her for some months. He had
lived with her "a few, months since, and,
appeared and danced with her at the, Va
Irieties. He had fuss with her in Norfolk.
She was taking her clothes, up as. though
about to 60 away. He slapped her across
the face. For this hec was fined twenty
dollars and banished from Norfolk. AT!
the same time he slapped his wife he
burned lot of her photographs. EyHe,
Ibid through bpassion. He found out
that he was - beat,n and he wanted satis.i
faction. When he left Norfolk he joined
Forepaugh,s circus, and travelled with it
six or eight months. When; he returned
he found his wife where he left her. 'afE,GE
/ Miss Sue Ryder said she played in the
same hall with Miss Kate Glare tMrs. La
conta's stage name) and never knew any
thing derogatory to her character. She
had seem her with MARSHALL in the wine
room but it was customary for the ladies
to receive their friends between acts.
\ Mr. Charles Camp had seen Mr.. Marshall
in the wine.room of the Varieties with
Miss Glare. Itlwas customary and very
common for young men to goEinto the wine
room to see their young lady friends be-
tween acts, and it was part of the abusi-
ness, he believed, to drink wine together.
/ Mr.. Wright testified, among other things,
THAT Laconta had told him that he did
not want to have any thing to do with this
woman. He did not want to see her in
town., sa2ssi ~ os.tt I a. y 9&sa
Mr.. Millward testified to the same fact.
Mr.. Wright also testified that Laconta
had told him that, he had cut some OF. Kate
Clare's stage clothes up, and he was going
to cut up all he could get hold of. BE tes-,
| tilted that he had seen Kate Glare and
Marshall, in the wine; ROOM. This was GUS
tonary; and it was the business of the
girls between acts to get the young men
to buy as much wine as possible. If they,
could not do this they were, not wanted
there. = To- - - 80 800.
Other, evidence was given unnecessary
to publish. The Mayor dismissed the case.