The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18

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A very curiom Court Martial vs recenEly
siAting IN this city, to Try Surgeon Bailey, q
The army, for conduct unbecominG IN o1kcel
and gentleman. The President Of the Court
was General Israel Voges, and Major Ban
w8 the Judge Advocate. General Kiddoo,
one of the most gallant officers Of the war,
Wa also member Of the Court. The txial
wss ordered by General Sherman. The
peci6cations alleged against Surgeon Bailey
were that he had deserted his wife, and refused
to support her, without any sufficient reason.
Ms. Bailey is daughter Of the Hon. j.
cob Broom, formerly member of Congress
from Philadelphia, and now a resident OF
Delaware. She married Surgeon Bailey
about three years ago, while he was incharge
of the Government hospital in Wilmington.
At the time of the marriage Bailey was about
fifty and his bride about eighteen, and though
their union was celebrated with the usual dis
play, its results do not seem to have been
more suspicious than those which too often
attend marriages between persons 30 different
in age.
Not long after the marriage Surgeon Bal
ley was ordered to Fort Warren, in Boston
Harbor, where the couple became acquain-
ted with Lieutenant Cuyler, . FASCINATING
Young man who had recently graduated from
West Point. 1t is alleged that the acquain-
lance soon ripened into an improper init
macy; and as We learn, Mr.. Cuyler, who
died in Georgia sometime since, informed
an army cOmrade that it had been his inten-
ton to marry Mrs. Bailey, At any rate,
Surgeon Bailey's suspicious became very
strong, and in 1868 the pair separated.
The separation lasted about two months
when, by the Intervention Of army officer.
who were friendly to both, the husband and
wife were reconciled, and undertook to live
together again. This effort proved unsuc
cessful, and within a short time Surgeon
Bailey again left his wife and proceeded Il
Dover, the capital of Delaware, procuring
from the Legislature, then in session, a bill
of divorce. 1t is said that this was done il
secret, and that the first intimation which
Mrs. Bailey had of such proceeding was tn.
announcement Of its cOnsllmmation. Mean
while, obtaining no money from her husband
she had fallen into great straits, and had
enlisted the sympathies Of the officers who
still remained at Fort Warren.
With the proceeds of their contributions hi
went to Dover, and succeeded in obtaining
from the Legislature repeal Of the bill o.
divorce, which left her again the wife of Sur.
geon Bailey. Such was the effect of her per.
sOnal charms and plausible statements upon
the members Of the Legislature that this re-
peal was unanimous in both Houses. Though
she had now obtained the legal restoration q
her right to claim from Surgeon Bailey carr
and support, she was for long time unable to
do anything toward the enforcement of hel
claim. Finally, however, in March, 1870,
she found her fugitive husband at the Metro
pOlitan Hotel, in this city, and proceeded to
take steps to compel him to support her.
But at the first intimation of her approach he
fled, and was able, through his influence al
Army Headquarters, to obtain an order send
ing him to Alaska, where he hoped to be be-
yOnd the reach of his irrepressible wife.
This, however, proved to be vain hope.
Enlisting President Grant and General
Sherman in her cause, she procured court
martial to be ordered to try him for what she
alleged rs his inexcusable offence, and as a
proof of the extraordinary interest and con-
fidence which she was able to excite, we may
mention that when the court martial opened
in the government building at Houston and
Greene streets, Mrs. Bailey appeard before
the Court, leaning on the arm of General
M'Dowell, who was willing in this manner
to give cOuntenance to her character and
PretensiOns.
The Court has concluded its sittings and
has made known its verdict. The investiga
ton has been minute and patient. The re
suit is the honorable acquital Of Surgeon
BAILEY uDOn the charup and every ono If ths
Specifications.
The conclusion is especially creditable t.
the Court, from the remarkable influence
which the beauty and talents Of Mrs. Bailey
were able to enlist to her side. 1t leaves heI
in very unenviable position before the com
munity.