The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-04-17
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Since Hardwicke, the man or MANY
wives, passed here a prisoner on his way
to Little Rock, new and interesting de-
velopments concerning him have come to
light. 10 il. go IS
MRS. EARpwICKE NUMBER ONE, g.si :;
his true and lawful wife for nineteen years,
has been In the city. and during her stay
| she was interviewed by one OF onr report
erS. 49,
She came down from Keokuk to st.
| Louis as passenger. with her two sons, on
! steamer of which Fl. Lee, formerly OF this
city, is commander. Captain Lee gave her
! a letter of introduction TO influential per-
SONS here. hv whom she was bcfriended
during her stay.
| The Captain also escorted her on board
! Of the steamer Julia. which vessel brought
| her and The boys from ST. Louis 10 TINS c'tS.
She took passage recently. the nineteenth
annual anniversary of her lawful partner
ship with her philanthropic conSort. on the
Z. p. Walt for Little Rock, leaving the boys
in town at the hotel.
w1FE's SYMPATHY.
She visits Clayton's late headquarters to
render her incarcerated husband all the as
sistance true and devoted wife can. Mrs.
| Hardwicke impressed the officers OF the
Julia very favorably, relating to them the
story Of her distress in a way that won
their sympathy. and caused them TO think
she was lady-i Ike and well-behared per-
son. She said that letters and newspapers
had reached her concerning her husbands
sad doincs, which she could not believe.
Nor could she credit the charge that he was
the unmitigated villain he had been report
ed. She stated that her husband had long
been an invalid. and if guilty Of indiscre-
tionS, she was firmly OF the opinion that he
was dcmented.
Before giving the particulars Of our re-
Il portersS interview with the lady it may be
we'll to state briefly few other particulars
concerning Hardwicke, cleaned from va
rious sources, since he passed here as prls-
oner on his way to Little Rock:
HARDwlcKE IN MEMPHIS, AND "BRoKE."
, Hardwicke's first appearance IN this city.
or at least the first OF which we have any
; account, was some time last fall. Hc then
put up at the Commercial, and while there
his funds ran low. He applied to Captain
Reese Pritchard, Of the steamer Clehurne,
5 to advance him enough money to pay his
, board bill, also. to carry himself and family
to Little Rock. where he would settle all
right. Captain Pritchard said in reply that
l he thought 1t would be taking chance
enough to credit him for his passage, with.
out making cash advances to pay board
, bills. He managed to make raise IN some
= way and to get of from the Commercial,
=, took passage on the Cleburne, was credited
/ for the price Of it. and failed to settle, al
though numerous efforts were afterwards
made TO collect the bill. The clerk of the
:. boat afterward marked on his books oppo-
f site the amount, "dead beat" Some time
+ later, after he began to draw and nego-
r tiate drafts, and when he was well provided
Z t1ol hfo 700
) money by sending the amount to Mrs.
e pritchard, who isa resident of Little Rock
1 1t will be remembered that he passed
4 through here in January last, with the
e ostcnsble design of going to Virginia to
! look after one of his protested drafts drawn
= at Little Rock some time before on party
East. Then twas that he made the famous
visit to jackson. the particulars Of which
E have already reached the public. There,
5 rs known, he married Miss Taylor.
HARDw1cKE's LIBERALITY.
Before starting on his bridal tour, Hard.
wicke presented to one of his lady cousins
IL horse and buggy. TO another was do.
: mated gold watch and chain, and many
! other things, nice and costly, which he
offered, were accepted by his numerous
: female admirers. BY invitation, one OF his
cousins accompanied the happy pair east
ward as their guest.
A THRILLING INCIDENT.
| | During his brief stay at jackson it is re.
! lated that, while he was suffering intense
agony from tie ills with which he was
afflicted, and while several ladies' were as
busy as bees trying to soothe his pains by
, rubbing his stomach with mustard and
other antidotes, sudden alarm Of fire was
sounded. In moment everything was
. confusion and excitement, for fires at Jack.
$50 Of w
, does break out it creates tirSt-clasS sensa.
: ton. 1t turned out that a small clubhouse
: was on fire. AS soon Us the excitement
had >immered down and the lady nurses
could recover their wits, they went to look
after and relieve the disturbed mind OF
their patient. To their surprise the bird
/ had gone, none knew where. Looking out
of a window sight met their gaze. There
= on the top OF the burning shanty stood
" Cousin Larry" working like Trojan
in the
e COSTUME OF A GEORGIA MAJOR,
Y with an additional garment III the shape OF
= Il EQUITY sark'' OF the usual length. He
G passed bucket after bucket OF water to be
:. dashed on the fire, which was soon eXtin.
| ouishcd. One or two, however, after the
4 exploits Of that night, went rather slow or
e HardWicke.
n His exploits at Little Rock and move
t ments southwark have been related in g
: previous account of this elegant rascal, an6
t we will pass on to the
0 INTERVIEW WITH MRS. HARDwICKE NO. ONE
!. The lady appeared in one Of the parlors al
: the Overton, in response to card from the
reporter requesting an interview. She was
I neatly attired in close-fitting black silk
: | with nothing gaudy or tlaShy about her cos
d tune. In height she was barely five feet
and in form petite. Her weight would no
: exceed one hundred and fifteen or twenty
IL pounds. Her face was rather thin, with
high cheek bones, eyes Of gray, seated
, deep hair dark !: generalappearance favor
u able, though not handsome. Her age j
> thirty-seven or eight years, and, after
) two hours interview, an ordinary observer
y possessing fair knowledge of human Ma
h lure, would arrive at the conclusion tina
. she is not one to be easily disturbed by
4 trifle nor would she go into Mysteries a
y MANY things that often shock the nerves O
t the gentler sex. She took phlosophic view
!. of the situation, of which her husband il
: the centre figure, and had no sympathy fol
y girl who would allow herself to be i'm
posed upon so easily.
Il MERE BAGATELLE.
: Her whole story indicated that she looked
: upon the affair as a trouble from which sh'
could easily eXtricate her husband.
THOSE BOGUS DRAFTS.
Mrs. Fl. claims that her husband realized
!, only $4,000 on the fictitious drafts which
4 Jones, Mcdowell & Co. cashed, and witt
S., 900 he used to buy out Ryan, of Parrish
& RYAN, Little Rock. With this sum ht