The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-20
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ADVENIUREs OF A BIGAMOUS
CLERK.
A Married Man wiiaa Three Children
WcSis - Girl Of sixteen.

] suit was an
| EXCHANGE OF CARDS
and request from the young lieutenant
for permission to correspond with her on
| his return to the seat of war. This request
was thoughtlessly granted, and5a CORE
spopdence, especially ardent on his part,
] followed. In January OF the same year he
visited her while she was staying with some
relatives in New York city, and there
PROPOSED MARRIAGE. q.
He represented himself as Il gentleman OF
property, and averrcd That he was In the
Union army solely from patriotic desire
TO serve his adopted country against ber
enemies. In the meantime Miss Jennie dis
covered that she lad mistaken passing
liking of the man for love, and hesitated
about bestowins her hand where her heart
was not. In fact, she considered the young
officer acceptable simply as gallant, but
he failed to come up TO
| x RER IDEAL OF A HUSBAND.
She therefore put him off from time to
time, much against the wishes of her
mother (her father being dead), who urged
the match as q very desirable one. The
| young officer, whom we will call Col. T.,
the had meanwhile lost limb ut Wiuches.
ter, on the 10Th of September, 1854, been
promoted to captaincy and breyettcd
lieutenant colonel for gallant services well
knowing the influence of the mother over
the daughter, piled his suit In that direc.
tion, and filled her mind with delightful
visions of the future should Jennie become
his wife. The widow was poor, and listen
ed to his representations with great inter
est. Filled with the belief that his mar.
riage with her daughter would lift them
| from poverty to atf1uence, she urged her
daughter to accept the proposal of the colo
| mel. Jennie, however, had formed al at
tachmcnt for another gentleman, and finally
give decided refusal to the young officer.
1t was of no use; Col. Z persisted i'll
his suit, and the mother daily chided her
daughter for refusing what she considered
| .' MOST ELIGIBLE MATCH.
At last, i'll 4 fit OF desperation, she con-
ciuded TO accept the offer, and they were
married on the 3D. of June. 1867, in New
York city, by the Rev. Mr.. Curry, of the
Jayne-street Methodist Church.
THE COLONEL BECOMES A GOVERNMENT CLERK.
In the mean time Col. T. had left the
army aud entered one of the departments
Of the Government in this city rs a clerk
His services In the army richly merited re.
cognjCjon, and, besides, he WAS gentle
man uf education, and possessed of unu
sual clerical aptneSS. At the time of his
marriage with Jennie he occupied the pO
Sition Of a third-claSs clerk, which be Still
holds. Immediately alter his marriage be
brought
| HIS YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL BRIDE
to this city, and for few months nothing
occurred to mar their enjoyment Of domcs
tic life, except bis occasional indulgence in
strong drink. Although her love for her
husband was not 4 dcep-Seated passion,
Of al
and affection for him, and determined that
she would not fail in any wifcly duty; she
was amiable and industrious was IN eN.
cellcnt housekeeper, and endeyayored in
every way to reform his habits. From
month to month, however, he
| GREW MORE DIssIPATED,
and frequently at the end of the month,
after paying part of his bills, would lind
himself actually, in debt and with no mo.
ney to furnish his wife with which to de.
| fray necessary household expenses. When
taken to taSk for his prodigal expenditures
he invariably had some eXcuSe-a ftyorte
one being that he sent u large sum to his
brother.
| RUMORs OF ANOTHER WIFE.
Months of systematic i'll treatment fol.
lowed, and his wife, despairinS Of his re.
| formation, finally concluded to abandon
| him altogether, since he no longer provided
| for her maintenance. And here we may
state that they had no children. She had
| heard rumors to the effect that he bad an.
| other wife living, but as low as he had sunk
| in her estimation she would not believe it,
| On several occasions, however, she made
attempts at Investigation, but in every
case failed TO find any foundation for the
reports. 1s..."@
SHE ADANDoNs HIM.
Under the pretext of visiting her mother
| for a few weeks, she left the city on the 9th
| of July, 1868, with the firm intention OF
never rctul ning-at least, not as his wife
since she had been entirely alienated by his
| i'll treatment. Finding that she had no idea
| OF returning, the colonel obtained leave
Of absence in September, and went to Sui
lvan county, N. T., where his wife was
then living with her mother, to endeavor
to induce ner to return to Washington.
HB wEPT, PLEAD, AND BEGGED,
1 but to no avail she remained firm in her
determination and finally he ended by
| getting gloriously drunk, threatening MUIR
der, suicide, and all manner of dreadful
things. lie afterwards returned to Wash
ingtOn, although he continued to write to
| her, using every argument to induce her to
chtnge her mind. She returned his letters
unopened, and he then commenced cor
respondcnce with her mother and brothers,
| but all was unuVaillng. ..
THE WIFE IN WASHINGTON.
| On Thursday last the vile came to Wash
jncton to ascertain if her husband had OBJ
taineda divorce, to which he was Of course
entitled by reason of her abandonment.
Stayihg with some friends on 11th street,
she began investigating, and found that he
| had taken no steps in that direction. Gu
| Saturday she heard report that the col
oneI was living in the northern section Of
the city with young girl whom ne called
his daughter. .-.
/ HEANT-RENDINa sCBNB.
| Fullyabe believing that he was living with
Ianother woman, whom he passed of as his
daughter, she ascertained the No. OF his
house, and on going there was met at the
Edoor by pretty miss Of sixteen or seven
teen, Of whom she inquired. "Are you Col.
Us daughterP" :" / am." "Do you
Ekeep house for him?" {" No mann; mo-
ther keeps house" at this juncture a
woman about forty years Of age, on whose
face sorrow had left its indelible traces, ap-
! peared and asked what was wanted. care
Won the housekeeper Of Col. Z-w in-
nufred the lady from New York. t.I am
not only the housekeeper OF Col. r., tut
am his wife, g His wife OF how ulany
years 9'' ssHis wife Of twenty years !" 1t
is unnecessary TO describe the scene thai ,,a
Il n n F. tNnA