The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03
STRANGE ANN RO,I1-
CMmE. &c NFr.
The POrCr VI W0man's L..
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Deaih NJ Her L5rsr. Nf
From the Cincinnati Enoul,..
on Friday afternoon last ~ i'b T..
,l.sh ~ nay = bound from Neu. q. l'tnr.
,t.5ouI N. -, ca ploaed her boilers ii i.tl' O.
~ l.,',,i % uetl iieieua' Ark Doc
common occurrence, such a. "at OILS
cry few weeks upon Tie All Apprn. o..
cnly lour persons were hurried tlH a..
world one OF them wac Hsr,..t M n.
the captain Of thc vessel. ia s AaHr
the hurricane roof aud Die boi,. D.oaU.
wards found In the hold. H. ~ ttf..
put three honrs AFTER hc had boon ~ s'a
steamer Commercial. he died m p'trI ~
that disaster came over he ~ NtHt
created only such a shock aa t,t.-i. afI
ctpatcd when cnlnmitles and .fIr. ~ HI
come croWdtug 80 fast upon r4,.l u WT.
there h no time given 10 rof..if .+if M
one that intelligence fcll win ~. IL
weight. IL was woman Ob u.
tue disaster handsome, wcll-,Ire...
called at the steamboat office III NV ".0
ham * Getty, on the public mn 4Al....
tenriully inquired ID it va, trur ti.
tain Martin bad been killed bg f'- ri.
! sion Of the Maggie ilays. She &C., ..
| u WAS. ibid you know tl4tL4. N.
I ried N she asked. II know rat H..
married was the reply ot M l.
/ dressed. The woman Wcpt bitterIt .l
| ed away. ' ..
Every day thereafter the sam.
came and went upon the lo,oe. ~.
/ boats ana the river men, alW8E. N
aud always iuquirihg OF those If.
/ whether II was true that Capt N.- E
/ dead. Her grief obtained nr tT+ NH
/ sympathy her mauneFtNcitpJ NJ.
/ poor girl only said. II um An. U.I,' TN.
Martin, and must know If lri . "a.
not Monday brought q SAD rrsiI,..'
the broken hearL Tor 60 boat touched z,
ney Martin, OF the ill-Etcd siasu.-,, 1922
I Hays. They were in charge I'll t't
! and they were being borne Cd $500,
Pennsy lyunia, the former homo ~ ..
ment. The same sad and dlstr,.f..I l..'..
lowered about she landing Whtr "'.a
came "a the wharf and she begged WI
that she might be permitted ID 90..
the remains of him she called bu.i
their last resting place but thp brat6,. y.
knew her not a. "a wife, denied tle r.., ...
She claimed that she was the "a
dead captain, but the world dd n.f
for the marriage had been pf.ial IN.
~ was not credited, but thr lHal.'
was permitted 90 look upon hr r.
tile one she had 80 foudly lowed ...I
shipped. In grief and sorrow N. r..
away, the remains were placed on I...'.
steamer X. n. Hudson tor .biprr.rr..
river. and then came the rc.ullr uf
whom the world was cold 4ul ..r.r
blank, "a Join beyond che unknown ....
whom death had taken from Der.
This was Tuesday morning. T...
I steamer Mary Amcut which mako. L..
trips 20 New Richmond aud ChlIo.r..r.
ly ready 90 take her departure atIr.
/ when "A woman came on bUurdaHI ~.
sage 10 New Richmond, Registering ~.
| as Miss Chamberlain. Aupr thu Ia.f
the dock she told the captain tht .....
the wife Of Captain Barney MaHnm#.
| ed him how lUng &c would be- IrN-. F.
Hudson, with his remains. woaId rs.t
Then she shut herself up Boo her tnt..-.
aud was seen no more until the buIft.
ed at New Richmond The Iudt0uE.#.
come yet. The woman came ulf d. ID.
state-rOOm and told the clerk tba. ..s..
expected 10 meet friends lt Richmond
that she would continue ON the bonuD.
and return 20 Richmond boa tbf mofr....
She paid her additional fare, Der inpH.
aud apparent distress being oh.pn
the time, aud then shcrCtururd 90 h0rF.
room, never "a De- seen Hguiu aiH. .
will not be- long away from my hu.l.
Night came on, and the boat p.uNI#
slow way up the river with It ISL.
though crushed heart, aud after N Gam.
Hudson bearing the remains OF Coo UH. \.
wcpt. Nearer and nearer the boa. .r.
and woman stood on che guard. d.
Mary Ament and watched thc Slow ap.r
In the moonlight Wild and distracted
the boat, bearing the rcmalu- 8f aiI mu .
dear % her, passed by, she watched ta..
ony, aud a. the dcadeuiug Thought .
over her that there WIS nothing u Dis. .
longer, she sprang into thr water. tIeU..
from the passing boat washed over LU.
the living aud the dead were Joined.
This must have been the suu sequel n..
chambermaid who visited ths elltp.rUu
the strange woman found only some arU
OF clothing, bat she herself Wu. bower .
on that b,a again. The yellow Vauu.
the river had washed away ulI U... BIZ
I sealed for the thousandth timp Ir T...
that woman's love Is stronger thauHFIa.
All that remains 10 be- told T. tIE. I
/ wOman'r name was Snillr IiufHlHFu. Dr.
four years past the mistress of fhg .aV
of the Maggie Hays. Her father D. o. I...
smith on Front street. 10 shc Wl. ever m.
ried "a Captain Martin mo world Doe. .
know IT, bat lac supported her, and .D a.I .
tents aud purposes, in thc eyes Ol .UDIH
they were man and wife She Wm aI#
twenty-five years of age huudsom, auI UH
possessing, aud h. reported to bc thr mU'H
OF two children. Captain Martin. Wh0 ~
engaged Tor many year, Boz thr l|nsIH
ana New Orleans trade, never came fU a.
cinnati in the four year, past chat .HH H
man did not see him and DE her shr Iuu
him madly and fOudiy. aud she scaled \
devotion with her life. There T. HU
that the woman led, in times pa.L fI. i
OF prostitute in this city, but chat CAPT.
/ Martin, becoming eunmorcd Of her maG
her secretly aud without the knowledge
the world.