The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-05-24
FIRST EDITIO N
ROMANCE IN THE ARMY.
a Horrible Wife Murder.
The City Of Boston.
Btc.. ETC.. Etc.s ETC.. Etc.
Horrible Wife M
AN ARMY ROMANCE.

AN ARMY ROMANCE.
CeieneI Bailey Court-martIailed for DivorcinR
His wiie-Gencra's Grant and shermaa on
the Ladv's side.
During the past Two weeks an army court
martial has been in session in New York. The
subject of the court-martial is Brevet Lieute-
nant-C Colonel Elisha j. Bailey. Lieutenant
General Sherman has preferred charges against
him of conduct unbecoming an officer and a
gentleman" The specifications are desertion
from and refusal to support his lawful wife and
other scandalous conduct. General Vodges is
President of the court I..tl r.
THE wRoNeED WIFE.
The case excites unusual interest among off
GERS of the army and others. The lady is well
known in fashionable circles in Boston, New
York, and Washington. She has rare personal
beauty, is possessed of indomitable courage and
energy, and 1t is through her efforts alone that
the eourtmartial to try her husband has been
Mrs. Bailey is the daughter of the well-known
Hon. Jacob Broome, ex-menber of Congress
from Delaware.
THE MARRIAGE. .
She resided with her father in Wilmington
until three years ago, when at the age of
eighteen years she married Colonel Bailey, who
was then about fifty years of age She claims
that she was mere child when she married;
that although without thought she welded an
old man, she has always been true to her mar
rage vow, and that her only crime has been
innocent firtations with army officers. As Colo
mel Bailey was of very jealous disposition,
these fiirtations caused him much uneasiness,
and were finally magnifed in his eyes into
heinOus Offenses. ..
WHAT is SHOWN BY EVIDENCE.
The evidence adduced before the court-mar-
tial shows that in the spring of 1868 Colonel
Bailey was stationed in Wilmington, in charge
of the Government Hospital There he wooed
and won his wife. A few weeks afterward
Colonel Bailey was detailed to Fort Warren, in
Boston Harbor. His young wife accompanied
him. In the fort the pair occupied what are
known as officers quarters, and her society was
in the main composed of army officers and their
associates. - p.
FOOD FOR SUSPICION.
Colonel Bailey asserts that one day he entered
his tent and found Lieutenant Cuyler enjoying
cosy tete-a-tets with Mrs. Bailey They were
looking over an album containing photographs
of various army officers. The Lieutenant was
very familiar and affectionate. Colonel Bailey
ordered him out of his tent and swore at him
like trooper He did not confne his oaths to
Lieutenant Cuyler alone but cursed all the
army officers, from the commander-in-chief
down to the eighth corporal in his own reg-
ment. He then demanded an explanation from
his wife 1s weS sae
disclaimed anything further. The Colonel then
called in Colonel ellison, now cooling himself off
in the Dry Tortug as, where he was sent by Gene
raj Sherman, and the two colonies endeavored
to force a confession from Mrs. Bailey. She
replied, II will never confess to a lie; am in
nocent of everything except Irritation"
THE FORCED CONFESSION.
After this she was locked in her room. Co.
lonels Bailey and Gibson then wrote what pur-
ported to be her confession. Assisted by a
frightened drill sergeant into swearing to evil
dence of Mrs. Bailey's unfaithfulness to her
husband. This sergeant is now on his way
from Alaska to testify to the same facts before
fha
in October, 1868. BY mutual agreement the
Colonel and his wife then separated. He re-
tanned her purported confession. Within two
months, however, a reconciliation was effected
through the influence of army officers, desirous
of hushing up the scandal. Colonel Bailey met
his wife at the house of the Reverend Mr.. Cush-
ing, principal of Auburndale Seminary. A
benediction was pronounced, blessing was
invoked, and both agreed to live in peace and
harmony. aH t-1, n -.'
THE DELAWARE LEGISLATURE ON DIVORCES.
Within a week the Colonel again became
Jealous, and left her. He went Immediately to
Dover, the capital of Delaware. The Legisla-
ture was in session. Through the influence OF
some friends he had secret bin of divorce
drawn up and passed by both houses of the
Legislature. This left his wife destitute, and
dependent upon the charities of the officers al
Fort Warren. They raised money to defray heI
expenses to Dover, where she went She visited
the leading members of the Legislature and told
her pitiful story. The Hon. j. M. Comegyt
espoused her cause and used his influence tC
secure repeal of the bill by which the divorce
was granted. The act was rescinded by the
unanimous vote of both houses, and the parties
again stood before the law in the relation of mar
and wife. "a
BAILEY OFF FOR ALASKA.
On March a. 1870, Mrs. Bailey learned tina
her husband was In New York, under the assume,
name of III. s. Borden. She Immediately re
solved to pursue and eonstrain him to contribute
to her maintenance. She arrived at the Metro
politan on the 31st of March. Colonel Bale
was greatly agitated at her presence. He LEI
the hotel in great haste, without even stopping
TO pay his bill, and left directions with the clerl
TO pack his trunk The wife, again deserted
and left destitute, found a friend in Colone
Totten of the regular army, who paid her boar
bill and furnished her with money to 60 {
Washington. She determined to lay her cas-
before President Grant and the War Depart
ment. Meantime the husband, becomln
alarmed at the persistence of his wife, manage
TO procure an order detailing him to service |
Alaska, where he hoped to be out OF his wife
reach.
MRS. BAILEY BEFORE THE PRESIDENT.
Mrs Bailey arrived in Washington during th
first week of last month. She called upo
President Grant and narrated, with tears in ht
ewes her sad history. General Grant becam
deeply interested and gave her letter intr,
ducing her to General Sherman and Secretal
Belknap. She visited both these officers al
pleaded her case with an earnestness that con
pletely won them over to her. ma
AT her request General Sherman ordered Il
present court-martiai and summoned Colon
Bailey from Alaska to answer. He Is expects
TO arrive in few days when the Judgment
the Court will be submitted to the War Depal
ment.
With Grant, Sherman, Belknap, McDowe
and a heautBfni woman on one side. and Brey