Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1872-12-27

aMH securing Her MusDAHd,s
Pardon.
The Governor Of Missouri hrs rcceitl
paironed al inmateAo OF the Panitontiary III
der circum Instances which furnish 4 remark.
bio and touching instance OF what tlevofat
trusting and energetic wife ear, do for al. u
fortunate husband. Tile latter used ts liy
ln Toledo, Ohio. and the facts Of his case II
d yol'ched for sy respectable journals of tina
place. Some time ago he removed to Mi
sonfl with his wife, and early iii 1870 til
events tell out that proved 80 disastrous /
hlia. It appears that he was not Ycry pros
perous, and had occasion to sell-as nearl,
the last Of his possessions pair OF fin
horses. For these he received $500 III c,ea,
National currency. rhe stock dealer VIII
/ bought the horses aftcrwarl tlisappeared::--
On the next day after the sale the ycnde
pald out two bills Of s1A eacss. I'll was dis
covered that they were counterfeit, and III,
1 a:es.ter was pity arrested aud ltdge.l II
prison. Hes Of course ss7ssly Ffofessssss.s
1 nIs 1nnocsnce, and tn.d how lie got The mo
1 iley; ana the remaining $50 wa found or
! MS person. The horse dealer vas traced
and brought forward, when, to the horro,
and astonishalent Of the accused man. he
stouiiY denied all Knowledge of the had
| bills and swore the money he had paid for
the horses was in bills on the old Illinois
| Bank No con.frmatory evidence Of the
prisoners tale could be got, and as much
counterfeit money had lately been circulated
IN That region, public feeling ran strongly
against him. He was tried, and DESPITE his
earnest protestations and his wife's deter
nlled struggles in his behalf, he was found
guilty and sentenced to five years. inprison-
meBf IL the penitcntiary. But the wife ne
yer Tor moment doubted his Innocence.
and with astonishing resolution and pertin-
acify she now bent herself TO the task of
proving his innocence and ef1ecting a release.
10 the latter end she first sought and OH
tanned interviews with The Governor of Mis-.
souri,. 10 him she stated her case as she saw
and believed it. But the Governor. althonsl,
kind, was firm. The prisoner had beer,
shown to be guilty. Counterfeiting waa
greatly On The increase. Ii was EecessaryT
TO make examples, ard there was every lust
reason why her husband should be one of
them. He couli hold out no hope, save IN
the conaeinned's restoration to his family
veffsd aff gfic mad lstd aas, adf dff
Wara devoted her whole time and brain to
following the horse dealer, who had given
her husband the spurious notes, with the
hope Of convicting the really guilty person
OF the offense. Pursuing him like a shadow.
but keeping out Of his sight. she soon found
that when he went to 4 place counterfeit
money was said to be i'll circulation soon az
ter. This happened at Freeport, Illinois,
and afta, ward at Fort Wayne, Indiana. At
the latter place she caused his arrest. Moth
Ing couldbe proved against him, and he was
set free. She then dogged him to Canton,
Ohio, to Pittsburg, Altoona. Lancaster,
Philadelphia. Goshen, Bi~g-
hampton. Oswego, Elmira and other towns
n New York, sometimes staying month or
,Wo in each place. The man was, however,
% gualded and Ingenious As always to man.
age to cover up Ills tracks; in fact, he never
passed false paper himself at all, and his |
mplacable pursner was unable Il, bring him |
o account. AT last. however, be fell iii ut |
Newton, Sussex county, N. III, and she be- I
ieyed and proved that her golden opporta-
lity was at hand.
When the horse dealer fell i'll, the wife of /
lis victim wat at the same hotel She found T
,ut the physician attending him and frankly
old her story. She described how she had
raekee the cause of her husbands misfor-
unes. and begged the doctor for the sake Of
igilt and justice to help her. The physician
vas moved by her tale, and agreed to do
shat she asked, which was to give the patti
mt some depressing, bit safa medicine, and
droitly to lead him to think that he was
i a very critical condition. This was ac-
ordingly done, and worked to charm.--
The patient begged at once for a Clergyman.
rho, arriving, pointed ont the necessity OF
i'll repentance. and at this junctHre the wife
uttered the room, and implored the supposed
ying man to repair the great wrong he had
one her husband. The result was that the
Ifferer made a deposition before a nagis-
ate. confessing that he hid passed the $500
described, and furthermore, that he was a z
lenber OF an extensive gang of counter
tiers. mis- special business BENG, not to ut
r bad money, but to spread IL among con-
derates in different parts Of the country.
q also said that on the occasion of making
le trade III question, he happened to have
. other money! and greatly wanted the
orses -