Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-08-04

The History Of Appleton onk-miih and hi-
Escape from the t:sils~--A Bogu. Divorce
and a Mock Mnrrinse-A Woman. Trust
aud it~ Reward.
Hiram Fuller, once a well-known New
Yorker, now edit Of the London
Cosmopolitan. announced in a recent
number of his paper that Appleton
Oaksmith, an Old and valued TREND.
formerly well known in ediiorIai. iinan-
cial and political circles in New York,
has been residing since the war in the
quiet village of Chigwell. near Londoh
Oak hsmlth being thus brought before
the pubic again the New York sun
gives an uccount of his life from which
we gather the following facts. abrldg-
lng the Suns article. II is hardly
necessary tor Us 10 inform Portland
reader, that the hero of this story is
THE son Of Seba Smith. the Original
Jack Downing. once an editor here and
Mrs. Elizabeth Oakes Smith, Port
land woman. The name OF Smith not
being sufficiently arIsIocratic for her
and her family has been changed 10
Oaksmiih
In 1884 Appleton Oaksmith, then a
shlpmaster OF some repute, was ap-
pealed to by the Cuban Jun;a in New
lork, tnen gathering body of iiliibus-
'-rs under -L.itn nuiin,an Muusuetd
Lo'ell anu others. Tor AID. lie Was
not thought 10 have money of his own
but it was rightly conjccturri that his
acquaintance with shipping merchants
ana commercial men generally III tue
metropolis would enable him 10 secure
ac ess TO their llberality. OahsmIth
entered into the operation as pure
speculation. lie succeeded in borrow
my large sums OF money with which To
lit out the expedition. Among others
Mr.. Arthur Leary, the wealthy ship
owner Of William street, loaned him
$4,000. With money thus obtained
from various sources. fleet of vessels
was secured which rendezyCused at
Mobile.
Pending these events Oaksmith be-
came acquainted with isotta Rcbecclni.
the only daughter of an Italian music
teacher then living in Portland. She
was thoroughly educated, versed in
the modern languages, her accomplish
ments were varied, aud her musical
abilities especially remarkable. Thus
she was great favorite in Portland
society, sought after and admired. She
was then young, less than 8 years old
Sidney Oakslnith, the brother and IN
innate of Appleton, had married IN
Portland and moved in good society
here and As Appleton made liberal
display of money, boasted largely OF
his business connections and property,
and possessed q fine figure. good ad-
dress, and lively habits, 1t is no wonder
that he succeeded in winning the aiiec-
tions of the young and susceptible
Italian belle. He was married 10 her,
at her fathers house in Portland, on
the Path Of September, 1885, by the
Rev. Father O'Donneil, of st. Dom
inic's Roman Catholic Church. The
ceremony was witnessed by the parents
Of the bride, the family of MIR. n. L..
Woodbury., Sidney's iather-in law; Mr.
John Neal. and others. The Lewly
married pair left Immediately for New
York, where they arrived tie following
day. The bride was received with ali
proper show of affection by the mother
| Of her husband, Mrs. Elizabeth Odlses
Smith, who was then living in the
house 46 Stuyvesant street, winch had
been recently purchased by Appleton
with portion Of the money borrowed
from A. thur Leary and Others for a
different purpose, and put in the moth
ers name. 10 this house Appleton
took his bride.
About the time of this marriage the
vessels prepared for the Cuban ex-
pedition were seized by the govern
lnent. not without the cOnniyance OF
The owners, as it Is understood. Oak
smith represented to his wife that he
mus. proceed at once to Mobile to
secure his interests IN the vessels, and
nine days after his marriage he bade
her farewell. leaving her in charge oi
his desk and papers. Soon after his
departure his mother demanded and
took possession of his desk and papers
and the room ip which they were kept,
torcibly ejecting the wife. aud remark
ing that '.Appleton has never gwen
| charge of this room to any body but me-
| and / mean to keep the keys for him
till he returns" From that day CON-
| mencea q series ofpersecutions against
the young wife which have been con-
tinued with steadily increasing vlo-
lence until the present time. The
mother-in-law refused TO treat the
Young wife as daughter forbade her