The New York herald., 1870-01-18
THE LOVERS VENDETTA,
The Patient in the Hospital and The
Prisoners in the Cells. s
The Mysterious Widow Lady-Alnlost An.
other Deathbed Marriage Scene-Ths
Marriage Postponed and Why
Condition OF Balasky-Blddle
and the Detained Fc.
male Witnesses.

DARK, deep, impenctrable undercurrent Of I'M.
enviaole mysterious life lies hidden IN the present
entan clements Interviewing themselves about tns
Biddle4alasky shooting affair. with an cnvelopanx
veil OF shadowy mist that promises. FOR some time
At least to be neither lifted rent asunder. when
all the facts come 10 be publicly known, II they ever
do, which does not now seem &C all probable there
Is, from the present confused show Of be-
wilderlng circumstances, pretty sore indication
Of another instance In the long list OF proofs
OF truth being stranger than fiction. The
soooting-thc telegraph despatch. and almost on tho
swift wings OF the latter-the speedy arrival IN the
caty from rural town OF young and beautiful
lady IN Widows wecds-ths frantic speed IN q close
carriage TO Bellevue Hospital whcre the victim OK
the shooting aythe impatient haste his BEDSIDE
ana At once demanding that minister 10 sent for
and that they I've married immediately, have served u
invest the case With more tnan ordinary interest
aud in the closing OF an expectant deathbed
marriage, make 1t second In the series OF NcFar-
land.Richardson tragedies.
The following are all the facts In the case and
- they are very few are quickly tod:-
II am widow lady and aifianced TO Nr. Balaaky,,
exclaimed the strange lady visitor TO the waraen Of
Bellevue Hospital her arrival there, "and wish
to be shown TO his beside"
Certainly" replied the sable Warden OF the Hos
pital aud she was At once conducted to the ward
.'oh you are going to d,e' she shreked out, hur-
rying up and throwing her arms about his neck.
'We must be married Mt once. Send for = minister
immcdiateiy.n
when sent thar telcgraphic message to you,n
had but few hours to i've. l am 10 much setter
than expected that don't believe my wound viii
prove iatal. VIC VIM get married when yct we'll"
''Letit pe now she urged.
at won't do, = insisted Baasxy; s'they viii make
second Richardson case Of anu put 10 the PIC
:'But then, you'n marry meY,
the moment pegn to get worse rs do, and
certainly WITHIN two weeks at longest; but nor
n0w.o
The lady at length acqu!esceu In his wishes and
II Baiasky lives and continues grow better they
are to be married IN the early part OF next Ontn.
constantly AZ his BEDSIDE his faithful nurse ami
..Wnat do you think OF your patientY, Or. sayres
| asked ner yesterday IN tho presence of HERALD
'.He is getting along finely. Doctor Ihave great
| II think as you do,n he answered.
\ am 50 GLAD. DO all you can for him.
! The doctor examined the wound and on measuring
the distances rom the nipples said the bali 10
Just one quarter OF an inch below where Richardson
| was shot. lie then added that some nfteen years
ago ne attended man shot In the same place who
WAS now living and as well and hear.y AZ ne ever
WAS tn his iifen statement that had " percep-
| tlbe exnI Iaratlng effect both the wounded man
| and the lady attending upon niul The wound mas
not been proDed SINCE BalasEy was c0mulIted to
the hospital and the locality OF The bali s as yet un
known. lie lies very cay and suffers no pain. Tno
lady IS very reticent, ana refuses tell her
give any particulars regarding herself Sns Simply
says that she rs q widow and engaged to be married
| to Baiasky, an engagement OF several months
standing. NI1
She has every appearance Of being or the highest
respectabity aud In her department aud bearing IL
4 ladyhkc anu refined. She dresses black, wears q
watcn and chain. and her other ewelry though ele-
giant, IL simple aud uAostentati0us. ihe stories in
yesterdays papers, though p0intedly Affecting the
| moral character OF her ananccd, do not seem tn
have prejudccd her IN the least against him. With
the persistent and strangely Infatuated devotion OF
| woman she clings TO him through evil as wen ~
! good report.
After looking on the Abovc picture we win look on
another. The scene 10 The Fifteenth precinct head
quarters where STILL detained al witnesses, kept
! the two sister, Fannie Raymond and Emma KnicI-
| erbockcr, late miatre2scs OF Halasky and Biddle.
| Three months ago the latter w0man-A girl,
rather for she 10 only sixteen years 0ld-says she
| was seduced by Baiasky under promise OF marriage.
She Expressed great affection for him up to the
OF her hearing Of tho appearance OF the strange
widow. She now denounces hun in the bitterest
| ierms-such terms oaly Q woman scorned can
/ use--and hopes he will die. They stll give the
same story Of tho shooting that heretofore pub
| lished In the HERALD.
Btdde, who ts SILL In the City Prison, likewise
sticks TO his original Statenent. In the meantime
the most damaging stories are beng put in clrca-
ton regarding the antecedent history or both Bidde
| and Baaaky.