Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-11-27
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William Henry stephens some ten months ago
married cousin In Jersey CITY Both moved In
the nrst circles OF Jersey society, and the we'd
ding attracted much attention among the fash
ionables. Amer a short wedding Tour the haDtIy
couple returned home and settled dow n % house
keeping In q snug little home on one OF the prom
came connected with his uncle, who : engaged
In the banking and stock brokerage business
IN Wall street Everything went along smoothly,
10 al outward appearance, until Tuesday
last, when he procured = gold certificate FOR
$40 coo, and had 10 cashed without dificulty at
the Bank OF North America. His appearance
there Was the last seen or heard OF him. His
vile has naturally been in = perfect fever OF
anxiety since, and not until the circumstances
became 30 clear that his guilt admitted OF no
question could she be brought o. give n cre-
dence, when her feelings may DC imagined.
Another broker, the intimate friend OF Ste
phens before mentioned, simultaneously with
me Iauers mysterious disappearance. missed
me presence OF the partner Of his own joys
and sorrows. The inevitable suspicion he.
too, refused 60 entertain for an instant.
TIL putting this and that together" he could
not DO otherwise. Everybody eNprcsses s-rcaf
sympathy for the deserted husband aud wife
II II even suggested In charitable quarters that
S6phens Is suffering from insanity SUPPOSE
ton hardly wauantsble nom either his ,isfosi-
Ton or sntecedents. No one knows anything Of
me Mnereaoouts OF the clipping couple at the
present writing, and the cndeaVOrs OF the fsolice
I'm the various cities in and out OF the state have
proved fruitless as vet. stephens was 4 rlenher
OF The Empire Truck during the Last three years
Of the existence Of the Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment AID az the present time, ii reports lie irae
belongs 10 n,e ,SSiif,~ida Boat Club. The open
hoard Of gold brokers OF witch he was a menn-
Der, have ordered his name 90 he stricken from
their roll.-N. 4. Herold, 23tA tasf.
A CANADA ExEcurIoN.-An execution IN
Canada II a very solemn srair, Judging from the
account given OF the recent hanging of a woman
murderer at Montreal. At a given hour the
sheriff appears at the cell. and an the name OF
the government demands his victim. The pris-
oner Is delivered up by the Jail authorities with
considerable formaity, and L. then at once con-
Quoted into the surgery, where group OF priests
gather around him and read the Miserere II he
u a Catholic, and say simple prayers ID lac II a
Protestant. While the prayers are IN progress
the eXecutioner, clad from head 90 foot In black
Grape, giides I'm and pinions the prisoners arms.
He then adjusts the moose OF the halter about his
neck and marches into the prison ward and
thence 10 the scafOld. The body DROPS into a
pit in the center Of the scafold, and the doctors
are In waiting. out OF sight of the crowd. 90 pro-
nounce upon the mans final demise. An INQUEST
is then heidi = jury assembled I'm the fail, and
verdict, "diod IRON asphyNia," is rendered
Exoh0Rge.