Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-09-24
Tho Eixton cIorica, sca,s.,

T., M MHuleslondent OF the New YORK u....,,
Rev 'e!Hr Henr aatfd Elkton, Sept. n. saws ,hs
annear batora ,ina'MNeWs, ,i'o late of Elktoi. vii,
me etsat Newark, Delaware. to .dss dSpytery mat
cnaree Investigated. Whatth. ,es,, "n"ase ", 'ue
t'Iht alone will tell. lie Is man ", WI ne
years OF age, medium height m "' ,"ay
nguie anI lace. light hair, blue ewes an Hra,e ht
s.ue Whisktrs' Ills alleged victim wasa "i", i",,
Sir,~ ,"J a"cr W l','icteh FOR the ATTEMPT TO ,i,
xas r..I.., . ,"'.,, ana will soon he tried She
was released on hail until it comes oif ,nl ~. ~
''"W, ~ aS nave stated, with her friends -
MI Matfh"ws, while heIc went n.t,., e.,
1 '"," ~; ,'oi' asking that Mr.. Ewinv nj tl,
trc" Vhio, be indicted for libel in ,n,L i, 'nr
a''",,"n ~ l" il'.S Affair." hut that BODY Irfns,i
=; r =, an ''ir pro-" tion, aLu therefore. h,.
Is ltit 10 his civii remedy. IVY ''''
The simple story al th,, ,i,i ,,h,,t.
Itr'Sl amt II it lr true, lhe4elt, a I,u,r '..
nialkanie case "f clerical dcprayity than has
e'tl e'tl o"'"it peel presented 10 the n,,Ll,c in
l'is country. and, that it might bt. p,yci, a.. il
came from tn" Iins of th. Injured eirl hr,s,.,f
caile" tniS morning to see her lust after Mr.
l.',iu"' ;,' n''i'Srll had been with hi, counsel
'o N'S', hcr she Is now STAY ing at a relativ,,s
near the town and il wa. there | saw h.r
Nne u very nI.ght mnlatto girl, almost whit.
"i neat tr'm iigutr, and general ,omclv nm.
Peaiaiict, ana was wcl raised by on. ii ti,e
Des' ian'lltS in The place She was always
liot'u 'nf h'r quiet, "rntcrl manners and r..
l,,'nG vi, ''SP"Stioll, and was we'll spoken Of by
all who knew her. W ~
She said that three years and three months
aS" ne went I" live with Mr.. Mathews, and
was tltn YirtuOuS girl That soon after sh.
went There the clergyman began Ia take an
interest III her, and would come into th,. ki,ch.
ei ANA tatk with her and teach her to read and
Wilt'. she IN return served him faithfully
! ana soon became warmly attached To Inn ami
iInn th..,s Il "A
~ IN Nlr'nonS happiness. she following his
teachings both spiritual and mental. One
uay, some year or more ago, while they were
)"th ~ the Kitchen. a:trra short term of in
str'lrtion, she declares herself to have been
ne subject OF his ardent carts,eS and finally
Inc 'lri'hl OF ms passion She AYERS that he
couli'e!cd Nitl her as to what wa, = ! tn
be done. Several plan, were hit III put
none oil tl'in s5rmrd to promise succ :, and
hethtr "i the'h seemed willing to add to the
crime already committed the greater crime of
| MURDER, 50 the pro ject of leaving Eiktnn was
agreed upon between them, and thus IS had a
solution OF the enigma o his sudden departure.
some fon' weeks ago he took Maria to Bal
t,hort IN Accordance with their understand
| ihg, all III home believing that She WA, coming
| OH a visit te Elhtnu
Ihrte weeks aga esitidaY Mara gave biitt
I" a female child, and until last Monday the
mother remained IN Baltimore in the rndeavor
W carry onl lilo programme agreed upon.
She went to the depot, and here her desire
| to save the alleged father OF the child from
| the disgrace that would follow her return
home with the infant prompted her IL make
| another attempt to leave her child
she accordingly wrapped 1t up carefully aud
| laid II IN the depot, but the eolored hack
sliter whe brought her down watched her
| and made her come and take the babe after
Size had got in the ears
| She accordingly lett the train at North East,
six miles from Ekton, and seeing two men
ploughing III Il field near the depot, she deter.
mined to go and leayr the child in the path
they would take when going home. The men
noticed her goin. up the patti With the bundle
and saw thai She did not have it upo, her re-
turn. This excited their suspicion, and they
went up the path and found the infant, and
Immediately returned with it Ia the depot
where they iound the halt distracted mother
and had her arrested tI attempting To destroy
her child
She was taken before Justice Of the Peace
and forced to disclose name as the father OF
her child upon oath, which she did with grea,
reluctance. ArteI her declaration that MI
Mathews was ITS father she was brought tG
tlkton last Tuesday and placed in jail