The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-12
.'OUT ON THE THIRD"
More About "DiVorces Without Pnsiicisy,,-A
Happy Brooklyn Couple Separated BY cny
Deceiycr-The nIIsdeeds of n New YerS Judge.

TIappy RroOLIyn Couple Separated by n Gay
Beceiver-The nIisdeeds ofa New Nerk judge
Says the N. Y. Sun OF this morning. ,
on the god OF March, 1865, william H. loCkWOou,
of Brooklyn married Jane A. Johnson, at the resi- resi-
Mr. Lockwood had good business and the young
couple at started in housekeeping anu iNed
without any break TO the current OF their happiness
until 1861. During this period three children were
born to them, and the family was as happy as any
In is6i Charles j. smith, the well-known member
of the Atlantic nine, entered this happy domestic
circle as a boarder, continuing that relation nine
months when he changed his habitatlon, though
still continuing to visit the family as friend, land
Of friendship, travelling out evenings together,
going TO places OF amusement IN company, aud act
ing in every way like the fastest friends All THIS
tlme as appears by the sequel, Smith, while acting
as the friend Of the husband, was secretly under
mining the affections of the wife
This state of affairs lasted till 1865, when, through
some friends, Mr.. Lockwood made the discovery
that Smith habitualy visited his house in the day
time during his absence, and this fact had become
so notorious that his neighbors all spoke OF 10.
Shortly after this, in the course of his business Mr.
Lockwood had occasion to go down the bay with an
outgoing vessel, and on leaving told his wife he
would not be home that night.
He got home, however, about II O'Clock, but his
wife was absent He didn't know what to make OF
it until nearly midnight, when she and the festive
Smith came in in the best possible humor with them
wood began to think there was something wrong,
and ordered Smith never to set foot in his house
again. This had the effect opposite to that intended
for the wife and her paramour used to meet In all
sorts of places outside.
He still believed in his wife, and thought no harm
until one evening" in the year 1861 during the alb
sence of his Wife, he was looking in her trunk for
something when letter with photograph enclosed
in 1t caught his eye and commanded his attention
The photograph was that OF Smith, and the letter,
which is one of the most unique specimens Of love-
letters ever by the public eye, is as follows:-
NEW YORK, July 10, 1s69.--Once Mine:-Have they
robbed of all hold dear this EARTH and is posi-
oTe so Se viii still be mine as od JAMIE yoa have
idea Tho how hard is t9 b part with 5 6g it + so de-
but darling, as brother would commit sister to the
hoping N 50 doing that he viii treat the gift as she de-
serves kindly and appreciatyey; and it. you see your
give thought occasionally of poor mo- who long
But It for you to thuk of me now as of old
why i will not be long before may have the M @
hsVe % sn ter wished for nc b doing
that has sprung up in f heart for you can
Tn as 5Sf es another would be
CHARLES j. SMITH
On her return Mr. Lockwood showed the letter
to his wife, and she admitted that it was from
Smith. She said she just kept it to show ''that
Charlie ran as much after her as she did after him"
The result OF this was OF course separation, and Mr.
Lockwood, almost frenzied by the wrong done to
him, went to California. During his absence the
false wife and paramour instituteda suit for divorce
against him on the ground of adultery through one
of those New York lawyers who make specially of
getting 'divOrces without publicity"
The case was sent to a referee named Bearmes,
and the principal witness was man giving his name
between Fifteenth and sixteenth Streets in this city,
who swOre to having seen Mr.. Lockwood commit
adultery In New YORK; IN teDruary, lS6S, ana on TINS
decree of divorce was granted, and the wife and
| her paramOur were married.
| Mr.. Lockwood returned a few months ago, and
| found himself divorced man and his wife bearing
another name. He procured the services of Messrs.
Veeder and Wood, and set to work to find how the
| thing had been DONE He procured the evidence as
| above, and found that no such man as Clark had
ever lived in the locality he gave his residence,
that there was no house of prostitution in the place
in which it had been sworn to have been committed,
and other facts, which, when presented to Judge
CardoZO in the form of aidavits, cause an order of
the court annung the previous decree of divorce.
Mr.. Lockwood has now instituted a suit for divorce
against his wife,
| Mr.. Smith has written a letter in which, while
| acknowledging himself the author of the above
| letter. he denies any improper Intimacy with Mrs
Lockwood and asserts that he only visited her house
| at the repeated request of Mr.. Lockwood.