Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-07-09
SCANDAL.
A Nashville Married Man Courts a
+ Southern Girl I'm Memphis.
The Villain Unmarked = Indignant
Friends.

Some four months ago pious-looking
man Of thirty years or perhaps thirty-five,
but calling himself twenty-nine, came to
Memphis as travelling agent for Fair
banks scales. He hailed from Nashville,
and has an Office, il we are not mistaken
in the man, not far from II South Mar
ket street. He was introduced to
highly respectable family on Madison
street, and by his gospel-like manners
soon won the confidence of the entire
family circle, particularly the female
portion. During the day he made his
headquarters at the hardware establish
ment of McCombs 4 Co., on Main
street. As an agent of Fairbanks
scales he appeared fair enough, but he
turned oat to be scaly enough afterward.
In the family on Madison street he met
an accomplished and charming young
lady from distant Southern city. To
this lady he made love from the start,
and, strange to say, she fell deeply in
love with the smooth.tongued stranger,
just as many women do sometimes, and
always will while the world lasts. She
declined to take any advice, or to doubt
for moment that he was what he claimed
to be, and had the most honorable inten-
tons. In short time they became en-
gagged to be married, and the infatuated
woman lived in rapture upon his faintest
smile, and placed unreserved confidence
in all his protestations of undying and
unquenchable love. All the little soft
nothings he said were carefully treasured
in her heart, and she lavished her purest
affections upon married man
Some of the lady's friends had doubts
about the character of this scales agent,
and warned her against him but this was
only heapiDg fuel upon the fire. The
fellow wrote back to her that he would
marry her or die, and she resolved to take
at least quart of arsenic IL she could
not get the man of her choice. Her
friends then wrote to Judge Turley, in
Franklin, insuiring if Mr., Scales Agent
did not marry in that tom onse. Judge
Turley replied in the affirmative. and
stated that he had examined the records
and found that Scales Agent procured on
the 9Th of November, 1865, in that town,
license to marry, Another letter was
addressed to q prominent railroad official
in Nashville, inquiring whether the in
dividual, Scales Agent, has or has not q
wife in that city. A telegram was sent
at once. saying, "Yes; he has wife and
child in Hashsille' The railroad man,
like most of his class, who never do
anything by halves, followed the telegram
by letter setting forth the fact that the
fellow had o respectable wife aud one
child. and gave some details of minor
Importance. Whether the wife of the
man is the lady he married in franklin
we know not, for it appears that he was
married in Chicago in 1861 and obtained
q DIVORCE ct bis sonyspienes. How nany
times he was married during the interval
is not known yet, but it is unlikely that
a man of his fac matrimonial talents
would let them be dormant long at a
time, whether married oF single, The
friends of the young lady wrote to him |
that they had heard something unfavor-
able about his character, and unless he |
could plear it up, they did not wish to
see him at their house. He returned to
the city soon afterward and avoided see
ing any of the family, putting up at
the Overton Hotel. But he contrived
to send word to the young lady |
thst be vas in The city, and
she met him at Court Square. From
that point she accompanied him on a
long hack ride. While in the city he
to meet her several times, but
sluded his acquaintance, and did not
even call at the house of McCombs & Co.
The Young LADY has gone TO her dis:
amt home, where We hope, for her sake,
,he has some sensible male relatives
particularly big brothers. The matri-
nonial marrying man from Wisconsin,
Chicago, Nashville, Franklin and various
,ther places too numerous to mention,
s on the wing, writing love letters to the
ieluded Southern girl. We shave omitted
names lest the innocent should suffer,
,ut the foregoing is plain, unvarnished
of the truth, and we are ready
o furnish the name Of the seoundrsl, who
s trying to rnin an innoeent girl, to any
me who is personally interested
to any Of bis wives.
Ie was in the Federal army, and after
he close of the war was stationed some
ime at Franklin. where he had some fine
hadp trees cut down to sell the wood.
This fact was reported to the Authorities
It Nashville, and he was removed, and
hat has not been healthy locality for
lin siuce. The scoundrel now denies
hat he was eyer In the Federal army.
Ie tells the young lady that be has acted
perhaps, but that no woman
las any legal claim on him. A pity that
my should. There are some people in
demphis who would like to see him. As
cloak to his black designs, he pretends
o great morality, and claims To be an