Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18
Half.Married.

The Paris courts have recently granted
a divorce, in a case 20 which the follow
ing circumstances gave rise:
During the course of the year 1869, an
individual, dressed like a laboror, present
ed himself to NJ. Frac, a master-plumber,
and asked for work. He stated to the
plumber that the costume which he wore
was a disguise; that he belonged to a rich
and noble italian family; but that in con-
sequence of a quarrel with his father
which, by the way, was not of a serious
nature-he had refused to accept supplies
from home, and way determined to bring
his father to terms by earning his bread
as a common laborer.
As proof of the truth of this story, Loc-
atelli-which was the name of the unfor-
tunate and high-spirited young man
produced a certificate of birth, which
showed him to be the son of Signor Loc-
atelli, Marquis of Orgionne. His story
excited the deepest sympathy on the part
in his welfare, and introduced him to his
family, among whom was a daughter
about sixteen years old.
A few days later, Locatelli, attired as a
gentleman, and wearing the insignia of
the Legion of Honor, presented himself
at the residence of the Fracs, under his
proper title of the young Marquis Loca-
telli, of Orgionne. All the differences
with his father had been arranged, peace
had been re-established, and in a few
days he was to receive some twenty-five
or thirty thousand francs, the first in
stalment of the sum his father had con-
sented to allowhim yearly. He declared,
at the same time, that he was madly in
love with Mademoiselle Frac, and made a
formal demand of her hand in marriage.
trrrc x-rf will ohStoin from M Einn
any inquiries concerning my family" he
added. 4" You see the danger of so doing.
If my father should discover my inten-
tions, all would be lost. i am rich you,
on the contrary, have comparatively lit
tie. / am nobleman you are of the
people. lie would never consent to such
a union we must preserve the strictest
secrecy until after the marriage ceremony.
/ have not as yet received any money,
but shall soon. / suggest that the civil
ceremony be performed Immediately, for
which you will advance me the necessary
funds. As for the religious ceremony, L
will defray its expense when l shall have
received a remittance. In this manner, If
my father hears of my marriage, he will
hear of it too late"
OF course it was not possible to doubt
the word of young man of such distin-
guished manners and wearing such good
clothesl And had not his future father
in-law and mother-in-law all the proofs of
his identity, in the way of certificates,
that they could desire Why, therefore,
should there be any hesitation Nor was
there any. Hardly two weeks had elapsed
when the ceremOnie eiCile was performed !;
and on the evening of this first ceremony,
greatly to the astonishment of the Fracs
and to the horror of the bride, the Mar
II al. .oI 80 roN g
wife to their conjugal domicile without
waiting for the religious ceremony but
he yielded at length to the remonstrances
of the parents and the prayers of the
young marquise, and did not insist.
The money so impatiently looked for
from Italy did not arrive, and consequent
ly the religious ceremony was postponed
from week to week and from month to
month NJ. Frac, becoming alarmed, re-
preached the marquis somewhat severely,
whereupon his lordship seized his young
wife and endeavored to drag her away
by force, commanding her to follow him
if she would not see herself delivered up
to him by the law which had united them.
As for the marriage by the Church he was
more than willing to dispense with it;
what he wanted was mis- wife, and her he
expressed determination to have She,
however, refused to go with him, and he
departed in anger.
Two years passed. Nothing was heard
of the marquis, and the marchioness con-
tinued to live with her parents. She nnal-
| ly appealed to the courts to be legally sep
arated from a man who had so grievously
wronged and deceived her. In the in
terim NJ FIac had done what he should
have done in the first place-he instituted
| inquiries. He found that Locatelli was a
low-b born adventurer, living by stealing
and swindling, who had already been sew
eral times convicted of criminal offenses,
and was now in the prison of Mazas
charged with swindling, stealing, and
wearing the golden insignia of the Legion
of Honor. Like some American parents,
NJ. Frac had sacrificed his daughter to
his ambition for the honor of noble SON.
! in-law.-APpletOR's Journal.