The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-18
MYsTERIOusD DISAPPEARANCE.
An Effort being made TO Unrayel a
Supposed Murderous P1Ot-Suspi-
cioiis Concerning n Resident OF De-
troft. aA lH." Of

An Effort being made 60 Unravel a
Supposed Murderoua P~lOt-Suspi-
fions Concerning n RESIDENT Of De-
From the Detroit Tribune. pal
Up to about the COMMENCEMENT of the
late rebellion, there lived in New Orleans O
woman of bad reputation, who maintained
one Of those glittering palaces Of prostitu-
ton so common in all large cities, and
whose place was visited by men of all
classes Of society, but particularly those Of
afiuence. The house alluded to was fire.
quented by men of position, rank and for
tune, and the m was the kept mistress
of a man who was quite wealthy. He was
reputed TO be worth at least $500, 900, most
of which was in real estate, and his
wealth was used I'm excepting mp
appearances in the mansion Of which we
speak. The woman was n who, from
all appearances, accepted the situation
not from necessity but choice. She saw in
the future enjoyment only in the posses
sion of gold She was . woman of middle
age, not very handsome, but what is term-
ed as good looking. F" her disposition wns
rather quiet than otherwise, and all in all
she was q woman who might by pure soph-
istry win the admiration of any fool who
did not have any better sense than 10 part
with his money and give IL to such n per
son. Like his mistress, he reveled in lux
uries, and it is supposed, was finally in
duced 10 give his entire wealth to the OBJ
iect of his affections. Certain il is, how
ever, it was given 10 some one, and after
that he became q nobody in the estimation
Of her who had secured her object.
Just before the breaking ont Of the war
the man died suddenly. His death was
thought TO be brought about by violent
Means: yet to save his friends from that
disgrace which would certainly follow a
judicial investigation, nothing was said or
done concerning the matter. After death,
the mans friends sought after his property,
and were severely disappointed to find that
he had none; or If he had had any, IL had
been converted into money, but by whom
none could tell A private investigation
was ordered, but before its conclusion the
rebellion broke out, and put a temporary
veto Snpon the thing, and the mat
ter was suffered TO lie over until
peace should be restored and further
efforts 10 silt the mystery could with safety,
be undertaken. The war bid fair TO be of
long duration, and all business arrangements
were lost in view of the excitement Of the
hour. The woman referred to took nd
vantage of the occasion to come North,
and, It appears, went to q prominent city
in one Of the extreme northern states,
where she piled her old vocation, and
opened one Of the most magnificent places
for the resort of lewd characters In the
country. Under mn assumed name, she wns
enabled to pass unrecognized; in fact there
were few persons who ever visited that ex-
IRENE northern section of the country from
New Orleans, aud under the circumstances
she had little difficulty in maintaining n
secluded position.
In this place she remained until after the
closed, when she removed to
Detroit, md, it 10 said, purchased a resi-
dence on n Of our principal streets, OF a
cost of considerably over $4,000, and she
has since remained there. After the close
of the war, the relatives and friends Of the
deceased renewed their investigations into
pertaining TO his death, and they
not only came TO the conclusion that he had
been murdered, but that his mistress had
first obtained possession of his property,
aud had then been chiefly instrumental in
putting him out of the way. An expert
enced detective recently tracked the wom-
TO Detroit, and has communicated his
discoveries TO the New Orleans authorities.
We understand that n complaint for muir
der viii be made out against the woman,
and we are informed that proof is not want
inc IN eatabliah the charge