The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-01-05
FORKS Drunken Member.

washington tDec. B) Dispatch to N. Y. Sum-
An affair Of a somewhat private
nature, if public defamation and
castigation of tho wife of n drunkeHi
member ofCongrcss by her husband
can boprivat& astonished the stowd
last "Wednesday night. 1t wls in
VILLAS HolA. Eof some time1 hst
RichaM ]. NaidcinAn, Demodf It'd
menbsr FROM tho York District Of
Pennsylvania, has been on a great
debauch. Ten days ugo he entered
the House Of Representatives so
maudlin drunk that he was uncble
to articulato when he aroee, holding
on to tho desk; and, after a rappinr
Of the Speakers hammer had failed
to seat him, he was left standing IN.
I'll some OF his friends got him on to
the cloak rooph ss ss,eg t.Egt
His wife, alady Of refinement and
spotless character, tho daughter Of
Senator Simon Cameron, of pennsyl'
vnn'a, mortified beyond measure,
sought him out and enaeavored TO
get him subefed down, and, though
falling in her labors, did not despair,
but clung to the wreck.
On Wednesday night, toward md.
night, the vito of Il United States
Senator, whose husband was at the
Senate attending the night session
on the San Domingo resolution, was
aroused by loud aud infamous Ian
gnage IN an adjoining room, address
cd to the wife Of Haldeman by that
debauched Representatives; aud then
hearing blows, the Senator's, wife
rang for help. Soon tho proprietor
and two or three servants were
brought to the hall, and two
members of Congress were rous-
ed from their rooms by the then
loud shrieks Of female voice,
mingled with tho exclamation
of Don't, Richard, don'ti don'ti"
The hotel proprietor. Mr.. Sykes, at
once hammered on the door, and
warned the wretch Halderman that,
unless he instantly ceased his vic.
lence, he would spend the night in
tho police station, He stammered
out amaudlin "Yes," and his wife
not appealing to. those. who had BY
this time arrived in the hall for pro-
lection, they did not feel warranted
in forcing The door open and taking
her away. m &. ~ 44{a III,
A servant was stationed in, the hall
TO watch for further trouble, and
again at half-past and at 4 o. m. it
became necessary to pound on his
door to Brighten tho rufiian from
further violence. s,sfs s,s.ss ..
On the next morning the cowardly
wife. beaten was ordered TO leave tho
house At once, and never to return,
and his wife was invited 10. ROMAN.
Her face was shockingly bruised;
both byos were BACKED, and other
marks of this demons brutality were
on hcr person. 1s. 3.s "a.
She said that the fiend had twice
knocked her down, had kicked, and
choked, and bruised her, yet she still
thought it her duty to remain With
the loathsome wretch, and try to re-
form him, and, on that day, they
both left for York-he y drunk on sot,
and she disfgured, heart-brokcn,
Inundated vile. NJ s.ate - !.
On the ncxt occasion of this brutes
appearance in the House in an intox-
icated condition, the wife-wbipper is
to be expelled summarily, for no can
not possibly longer associate with
any man in the House of either party.
To tho credit OF the guests Of tho
hotel. be it said that, when they were
made acquainted with the facts of
r. J, Trademarks infamous conduct,
they seriously contemplated giving
the brute a coat of tar and feathers,
and a DIP in the muddy Tibcr. He
WAS saved from this we'll Inherited
punishment only by the interference
of Mr.. Sykes and d few eool.headed
guests, who thought that enough
lawlcss violence had already heon
committed,