Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-07
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The Havana correspondent of the
NeU York Times tells the following:
About month since the dead body of
a man was discovered in the vicinity of
the public sea-baths near st. Lazara av-
enue, wide street leading westward
from the entrance to the harbor along the
sea-shore. The deceased was tall, ell
derly man, with thin face, regular fea-
lures, and quite gray hair; he had on
when found a new pair of patent leather
CATERS and black clothes. A Smith &
Wesson revolver was lying at his side,
with one of the chambers empty. The
body showed no signs of violence save
a bullet hole in the side of the
head where the ball entered, and
another were it passed out. An
investigation was held, and by means
Of some papers in his pockets it was
ascertained that he had been staying at
a sailors boarding house since his arri-
val in Havana, The testimony of the
landlord and bnaraers brought to light
some singular facts. His name, it ap-
pears, was Paul Z. Margate, although he
was generally known as the "crazy Eng
lishman." He was quiet person, and
apparently labored under some great
grief. He was evidently man of easy
circumstances, although spending but
little money. and was in the habit of be-
ing out until two or three o'clock each
morning. A diary kept by him was
found on his person, which, with other
papers discovered, showed he came to
Havana in search of his wife, an Irish
woman he had married when she was a
chambermaid in the New York Hotel sew
eral years since, he at that time being
wealthy. Her beauty (for she was really
beautifully proved her ruin, as is too often
the case. Entirely uneducated and pos
sessing an ungovernable temper, she was
inordinately fond of admiration, and in
her husbands wealth she saw only the
means of enhancing her charms, her
ambition. He, perceiving the danger
into which she was likely to fall, at.
tempted to check her, a proceeding
which only resulted in high words and
more reckless extravaganza on her part.
Hoping that removal from the gay city
and her old associates might have the
desired effect, he finally went to Charles
ton, but too late to save his own
honor and happiness, for in a few
months she eloped with a noted
gambler, with whom, unknown to her
husband, she had previously had some
acquaintance in New York. Margate
was maddened by the realization of his
worst fears. A little more than a year
afterwards, hearing that his wife's lover
had deserted her, and that she had re-
turned to New York, he followed her,
hoping to find and induce her to change
her mode of life. His search for her
was useless, however. In the meantime
he learned that the destroyer of his
peace had gone to California. He i'm
mediately followed him, overlook him
in Omaha, and met and shot him dead
His vengeance thus psrtially sated, he
recommended the search for his wife,
and after years had gone by was in
formed she had left New York for
Havana about the time of the
gamblers death. Soon after her
arrival here she became the mistress of
a wealthy Cuban, and for some time
lived in princely style, but was finally
cast off and left in misery. From this
time her downward course was rapid.
Blanche (the name she was known by
among her associates in Havana) was
found one day by one of the kind Sisters
of Charity, in a state of excessive suffer-
ing and desolate, and was removed to
their hospital, where, after a few days of
untold agony, she died. About the time
of her death, Margate arrived in Havana
with renewed hope, for in spite of heE
sins he loved her truly and tenderly.
After a month of diligent inquiry, he
learned the fearful truth, and the same
night ridded himself of the life which had
become so hateful and burdensome to
him.