The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-06-16
Elopement.
MRS. HILL OF ST. LOUIS NOT DEAD. BUT GONE
WITH a DEFAuLTING BANKER.

there has been no case within our r
collection, since the famous Burdell- Gu
81 "insham tragedy, that has given irih
>" many hrStclass SENSATIONS as the cas-
e. mn vs.. Hill. First, Britton A. Hill
Eminent lawyer and wealthy citizen. FL,
e. pe.ti"nsfor divorce from his wife, a yer
,'da talented, and highly educate
: stay, u ood family and previous goo
, ;ns,H..;.?:. AIrinslde view is given Of III
u . .hn ON domestic circle which t
w "o'iu aI iarse< seemed one of the har
p Pr. ';'u most con.ensed; and before tn
:. , ,",H ",s'ch such an expose gave birth t
" 'au IlaI suhslded. in walks In. lady he,
q sell with cross-suit, allesiuo ON tho mar
J, OF her distinguished husbands brutaii,y
shocking profanity, npchastity, andshalf,
}, score OF other disqualifying cliarscter;, 1ics
i "nich nave made her married life unba;lrs
Die, anu which she desires to Nput short b
: severance of its ties. Then followed re-
i, pl'catlons and rejoinders without numhe
each and every one disclosing some new
/ sensational and almost Incredible fact
suci rs the attempted asphyxiation of Nj
mn at The Planters house; her deserti.,
. OF their dying child in Europe; the threat
enrd assassination of her husband by he
French attache and repntsd luver, and hi
| dramatic preservation by his wife, ane
other equally sta; ting and theatrical nc
cessorles The affair, however, gradual,
lost its interest, and had become numbered
with other twice and thrice told tales wher
a couple of weeks ago, the community was
startled by the report that Mrs. Hill had
been drowned at Nice, in France, whith.,
she had gone ostenshIy for the purpose OF
collecting evidence to disprove the charges
OF her husband us to her matrimonial inf.
deity. The report bore every appearances
OF truthiuness, aud was pretty generally
believed. especially by the family of Mrs.
H'!l, who, 1t Is said. went into mourning
over her loss. Mr.. Hill, with lib4,nIity
and ch"ritnbleness of spirit which did him
infinite credit, telegraphed immediately t.,
his attorney to spare no pains or money to
find the body and give it Christian burial
and it seems that through this effort the
fact was made public that the drowning
was Car efully arranged ruse de- euerre, in.
tended. if possible, to accomplish two
very distinct objects.
We have before US three letters written
ny the American consul Mt Geneva, of the
respective dates Of the 9Th, 2lst, and Both
of April. In the first he writes that Mrs
Hill and her former friend and protector.
Rosse'l. have quarrelled, hut that friend
of his had just learned Of h"r being at Nice
The pr"teg- of u rich, elderly gentleman
named Wilson, from New York who
passed for her uncle. and who provided her
with sumptuous quarters, dashing car
riage. and the 6nrs apparel. The next
letter informs Mr.. Hill tina. he (the consul)
has just heard OF her death by drowning,
and that he suppnses there will be no more
dispositions to he tak"n. The lust, which
puts different construction on the matri-
monial imbro.lin. is as fellows:
al doubted The drowning
storya little. and wrote 10 Judge Adds,
our consul at Nice, to give me the facts
He writes me long reply, from which it
results. and can he established by testimo.
ny, that Mrs. Hill did not 60 into battle.
hut changed her dress and went off with
man who came 10 her with valise
II think like y her object was double
one, to get rid of Wilson, and to deceive
you.
"a gentleman by the name of Vansittard
told me he saw Mrs. Hill aud q young gen.
tlrman at the hotel here the other day, and
that she had visited doctor here to con.
suit him about her eyes. Mrs. Hills death
has been contraaicted. hear. by La Pa
tre, which | will send you if l can obtain
it"
With this letter came copy Of the La |
Patri-, the leading Paris journal. which |
contains the following juicy paragraph in
relation to the reported drowning a, d
probable fact. We trans ate without any
attempt at establishment.
From La Patr'e, April 20, 1861
"The tribunal of Nice has issued writ
against NJ. H., banker of that city, who
has disappeared, in company with very
lady, leaving behind him an
indebtedness, of which the pro-
portions seemed to partake more Of fraud
than of misfortune.
m. g., who has given his name to one
of the most splendid villas of Nice, is now
a fugitive.
alt is without doubt on the occasion of
this event, that the Journal Of Nice pub.
fishes this morning an article relative to
rich American lady, who is said to have
been drowned while bathing in the sea.
''1here will be long search, no doubt.
without suceess, for this new Sappho. who
descended to the bottom of the bay of the
aauels; and it will be said If her with
lear in the eye, as of Marcasse. in the
Perie of the Canibierre, that she was eaten
up by the crabs.
"'The fact is there was no drowning, but
'niy sham drowning, by the nd Of II
iress left on the shore, whilst her devoted
over substituted downy carriage with
light springs for the famous rock of Leu.
,ate. AT this time however. the two tur-
lie doves must be far away, if they run in
! carriage with long reins, or fly on the
wings of steam" Is
So ways the world We are of the
opinion that from the last developments =,
here will be no serious attempt to oppose .
Hr. Hills suit for divorce, and that the
lepositions, the want of which have so
ong clogged the wheels Of justice. will
'ardly be forthcoming. As however, we
AVE never been able to confidently pre- Is
ict an end to the case that we were not Is
irectly astounded with new table u, we
will merely leave it without even so much
8 speculation.-lS st Louis Times.
MIR. BoRIE AND THE IMPERIAL1sr.--The ,
Allentown. Pa, Democrat make the follow ,
ng statement:
Knowing the effect Of acknowledging
he fact that the lmperialist. the monarchi-