The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-07-26
SCANDAL IN HIGH LIFE.

SCANDAL In HIGH LIFE.
Some six years since a youn
law student of this city fell in low
with, and courted a lovely CIR
who soon returned his love, an
the two became engaged to b
married. The young gentle1na
was poor, however, and not ye
admitted to his profession, so tia
marrying for the time seemed on
of the question. He was madi,
in love, however, and fearing tina
before he could secure O sufficien
competence to justify marrying b
might lose the object of his affec
tions, he pleaded with her to hav,
a secret marriage, and promises
that Immediately after the cere
mony she should return to he
home and he would, as usual, g
to his bachelor quarters. Ate
much persuasion she consented
and the two were united in wed
lock at the church of st. John il
Georgetown, by Rev. Mr.. Tilling
hast, upon the---June, 1866.
The young man for o while wa:
true to his promise, but he sooI
became as importunate for the
possession of her person as he haG
been for the secret marriage. o.
course she yielded, but they both
kept their secret, and as progress
in the law was very slow, she, al
his suggestion, brought an infiu
ence to bear upon the administra.
ton that resulted in an appoint
ment to q western territory. Her
social position and connections
were sufficient to control the APP
pointment, and she had money
enough to provide him with an
outfit.
The young man departed, and
made quite successful career for
himself in his new field of opera
tions, and writing regularly and
returning at Intervals, he assured
her of his heartfelt affection and
earnest endeavors to procure a
home suited to her. This sort OF
thing continued for four years,
when she was telegraphed to meet
him at Cincinnati. She FASTENED
to obey, and arriving at the last
named place found her husband in
state of great excitement. He
told her that he had got involved
in some moneyed transactions,
and the choice was presented to
him of either marrying a rich
woman, who loved him to distrac-
ton, or being sentenced to the
penitentiary, and that he had mar
ried and was now in her power.
She could punish him for his das-
tardly conduct, and if she did that
he could not complain; he added,
however, that he had parted from
the woman at the door of the
church, that he did not love her,
and could not love any one but his
lawful wife.
Appealed to in this manner she
could only ask him what could be
done, saying that she was ready
and willing to shield him to the
last. He then suggested a divorce,
and said that he could go to New
York and procure one without
any difficulty. To this she con
sented, and the two wended their
way to the great commercial cen
ter, where he found divorce law
yer, and in three days q divorce
was procured upon testimony
manufactured between the hus-
band and the shyster, of the most
extraordinary character. One
man, for example, by the name OF
-, swore that he had known the
plaintiff and her husband in Down
ingsville, Pa, a place never seen.
Another witness calling himself
-, swore that the parties were
bona fide residents of New York,
and that he had frequently accom-
panied the defendant in nightly
visits to houses of ill-fame; that
on one occasion he had waited at
such a place for him until tired,
and then went to the room, knock
ed at the door, and being told to
come in, found the defendant with
prostitute in the room.
Upon this showing the divorce
was granted, and the decree winds
up as follows:
"That the marriage between the
said plaintiff, -, and the said
defendant, -. be dissolved, and
their marriage is hereby dissolved
accordingly. And the said par
ties are, and each OF them is free
from the obligations thereof. And
further, that it shall be lawful for
the said plaintiff to marry again in
the same manner, as though the
said defendant was actually dead.
But it shall not be lawful for the
said defendant to marry again
until the said plaintiff be actually
dead.
ENTER, S. Jones, judge
The poor wife returned home
feeling that she had done a heroic
act in shielding the man she loved,
and sustaining herself with this
thought time rolled on, until one
morning she awakened to the
startling fact that she had been
cruelty sacrificed. She learned
that the man to whom she had
chung was about to marry q fash
ionable lady of the finest connec.
ton in the land. She made in.
quiry, and found, to her sickening
disgust, that the day was actually
set upon which this infamous ont
rage was to be perpetrated. Sht
FASTENED to New York and procur
ed a certified copy of the decree
intending to appear at church OF
the day Of the meek marriage, ana
forbid the bans by presenting .
copy of the legal document tina
showed that, although separated
from her, he was not authorized Il
marry another.
| Unfortunately, through eircum
stances over which we had no con
/ troll, she arrived too late. Tn
| cruel act had been accomplished
| A grand wedding, graeed by tn
presence of members of the eabi
net and the most aristocratic pee
/ pie had occurred, and the paper
were full of glowing accounts .