Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-12-15
WITH HER LONG HAIR STREAMING
DOWN HER BACK,

entered the arena. and, arm in arm,
with the young hero, walked sew
eral times around the course, amid
the cheers and plaudits of the whole
assembly. They afterwards had
frequent meetings, and became
warm friends; an,l he finally pro-
posed to her and was a accepted. On
the 4th of July, 1870, he again gave
an exhibition of his physical endu-
rance at Williams's saloon,- Mattea-
wan, Datchess county, and succee
ded in walking lis consecutive
hours without sleep or rest. On
the 18th of July. a day or two after
performing this feat, butcher, in
company with Miss Barnhart, drove
to Modena, Ulster county, passing
the house of Clementina's parents
on the way. Arriving at Modena
they went to to the residence of the
Rev. Angelo Ostrander, clergy
man of the Methodist Episcopal
church at that place, and desired of
him to be married. butcher espe-
cially desiring that the ceremony
should be performed in the church
as the most appropriate place-that
the marriage rite thus performed
could not fail to impress them with
the solemnity and sancity of the
occasion. The reverend gentleman,
not being able to resist this apl ell,
accompanied them TO the church
and threw open the doors of the
sanctuary. The Rev. Ostrander,
after questioning them as to names,
ages, occupation, DC, turned to
butcher and asked him why it was
they came from Poughkeepsie into
the country to have the ceremony
performed. TO which butcher re-
piled that he had a great many
young friends in POughkoepsie who.
if they knew of his marriage, would
call upon him in a body and it
would DO necessary to furnish them
with liquor; that he, being
A STRICTLY TEMPERANCE MAN.
could not with a clear conscience
comply with their request, and that
he had been advised by a few
friends to 60 into the country and
be privately married. Whereupon
the Rev. Angelo Ostrander united
them in wedl9ck. After the mar
riage butcher particularly reques-
ted Ostrander not to publish the
marriage in the papers, as he "was
a strictly temperance man, &c.-you
know how it is yourself" Ostrander
assuring him that he would not pub
lish the marriage, the newly married
pair drove away. They stopped at
the house of Mr.. Barnhart, the
brides father to dine, and in the
afternoon they left for Poughkeep
sic, without informing her parents
of the marriage That night they
stayed at the Northern Hotel,
Poughkeepsie The next morning
butcher took his second wife to the
house of his sister. Mrs. Irish,
where his first wife also was, Gesi-
ringsMrs. Irish to engage her
AS a DOMESTIC,
which she did; and the bride of one
night became newer Of wood and
drawer of waite: to the first wife of
her husband. butcher then started
off with some companions for a
spree at Saratoga, and after a few
days absence returned to Pough-
keepsie. The story of the double
marriage soon leaked out, and be
came town scandl. Mrs. Irish ask
ed the young girl if it were true she
was married to Willie" to which
the girl replied that she was. Mrs.
Irish then informed her of"Willie's"
former marriagd and told her they
would be sent to State Prison. The
poor girl said she did not care;
wherever willie went she would go;
she would go to State Prison also.
Upon butchers return to Pough-
keepsie he was arrested upon COM
plant of Mr.. Barnhart and was
SENT TO JAIL
at Kingston. Mr.. Barnhart t en-
took his daughter home, where, in a
few days, she became i
ARAvING MANIAC,
beyond all hopes of ever again re-
covering her reason, and a month
later was sent TO the Utica Lunatic
Asylum, The melancholy scenes
and the sweet, sad songs of the pret-
ty Ophella can be no more truthful
ly compared than to the plaintive,
touching and pathetic lamentations
of this once joyous and happy girl.
The counsel for the defence claim
ed that butcher was not in his right
mind at the time of his second mar
rirge; that the excessive fatigue re-
sulting from the loss of sleep during
his pedestrian feats had occasioned
temporary aperration of mind. and
hence he was Irresponsible In sup
port of THE view the defence intro
duced several trainers of
VICIOUS HORSES AND VICIOUS PEDES-
sr...f TRIANS; t....
but not being deemed by the court
competent authority on the subject
of insanity their evidence on that
point was excluded. The prisoner
himself was totally oblivious to the
fact of the second marriage, had no
remembrance of it, and his first and
only recollection of the affair was
the morning after the marriage,
when he found himself at the North
ern Hotel in company with Cleman-
tine, The Jury failed to take that
view ofthe case and after an alb
sence of few minutes returned with
e7e A VERDICT OF GUILTY. ..- 81.
Whereupon the Court, alter max