Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-07
AN EXTRAORDINARILY STORY.
/ Love, Secret Marriage, Betrayal, De-
sertiOn, Divorce and Revenge
4 Bombshell for Washing.
ton Society,

From the Washington Capital
Some six years since a young law stu
dent of this city fell IN love with and
courted a lovely girl, who soOn returned
his love, and the two became engaged to
be married. The young gentleman was.
poor, however, aud not yet admitted to
MS profession, so TINT marrying for the
time seemed out of the question. He
was madly in love, however, and fear
ing that before he could secure q sUtii-
Gent competence to justify marrying he
might lose the object of his affections,
he pleaded with her to have a secret
marriage, and promised that Immediate
Y after the ceremony she should return
TO her home and he would, as usual, 20
o his bachelor quarters. After much
persuasion she consented and the two
were united in wedlock at the church Of
81. John, in Georgetown, by Rev. Mr..
Iillinghast, on the of June, 1856.
The young man for a while was true.
to his marriage promise, but he soon be-
oame as importunate for the possession
Of her person. as ne had been for the Sc
ret marriage. OF course she yielded,
but they both kept their secret, and as
progress in the law was very slow, she,
1t his suggestion, brought an influence
| ~ BE11 uDDAA NAAE 1lllAll-tlAtlDA LIZA tt
sulted in an appointment to a Western
Territory. Her social position and con-
lectiOns were sufficient to control the
appointment, and she had money enough
D provide him with an outfit.
The young man departed, and made
quite a successful career for himself in
his new field of operations, and, writing
regularly and returning at intervals, ne
assured her of his heartfelt affection and
earnest endeaVOrs TO procure a home for
ner. This sort of thing continued for
our years, when she was telegraphed 10
meet him at Cincinnati. She FASTENED
o obey, and found her husband in a
tate of great excitement. He told her
hat he had got involved in sonre mon
we'd transactions, and that the choice
vas presented to him of either marrying
= very rich woman, who loved him to
distraction, OF being sentenced to the
enitentiary, and that he had married
md was now in her power. She could
punish him for his dastardly conduct,
nd if she did that, he could not com
Jlain; he added, however, that he had
parted from the woman at the door
# the church, that he did not love her,
md could not love any one but his law
iul wife.
Appealed to in this manner. she could
only ask him what could be done, say
pig that she was ready and willing to
hield him to the last. He then sug-
gested a divorce, and said that he could
% to New York and procure one with
1ut any difficulty. To this she con
ented, and the two wendell their way
10 the great commercial center, where
ne found a divorce lawyer, and in three
lays a divorce was procured upon testi-
nony manufactured between the hus-
and and the shyster, Of the most extra
,rdinary character. One man, for ex-
nipple, by the name Of , swOre that
ne had known the plaintiff and her hus-
)and for years at D~owningsviile, Penn
i%ylvania, a place the poor woman had
never seen. Another witness, calling
limself-, swOre that the parties were
iona tide residents of New York, and
hat ne had frequently accompanied the
defendant in nightly visits to houses of
ll-fame; that on n occasion he had
waited at such a place for defendant
until tired, and then went to the room,
Knocked at the door, and being told to
come in, found the defendant putting on
lis clothes, with a prostitute undressed
n the room. Upon this showing, the
lahDANC WeG UAAIAf ALAA AlAE AEkAIG D
winds up as follows:
''That the marriage between the said
plaintiff, -, and the said defendant,
-, be dissolved, and their said mar
rage is hereby dissolved accordingly.
And the said parties are and each Of
hem is free from the obligations there
If. And further that it shall be lawful
for the said plaintiff to marry again in
he same manner as though the said de-
iendant was actually dead. But it shall
not be lawful for the said defendant to
marry again until the said plaintiff be
Enter, q. JONES, judge
The poor wife returned to, her home
feeling that she had done a heroic act in
shielding the man she loved, and sus-
tanning herself with this thought, time
rolled on, until one morning she ava
kened to the startling fact that she had
Oeen cruelty sacrificed. She learned
chat the man to who she had chung was
tbout to marry a fashionable lady OF the
first connection in the land. She made
inquiry and found, to her sickening dis
gust, that the day was actually set upon
which this infamous outrage was to be
perpetrated. She hastened to New York
and procured a certified copy of the de-
cree, intending to appear at the church
On the day Of the mock marriage and
forbid the banns by presenting a copy of
the legal document that showed that,
although separated from her, he was not
authorized to marry another.
Unfortunately, through circumstances
over which she had no control, she ar
rived too late. The cruel act had been
accomplished. A grand wedding, graced
6y the presence of members of the cabi-
net and our most aristOcratic people, had
occurred, and the papers were full of
glowing accounts of the magnificent
ceremony Our readers will ~reeOllect
the event, and they will have occasion
10 recur to il again, as legal steps are be-
ing taken by the betrayed wife's friends
to bring this wrOngdOeF to punishment.
The wife IS now satisfied that the whole
story of the second marriage was fabri-
Gated to deceive her, and she is, Of course,
very indignant.
In addition to all this, we learn that
this gay LOthariO paid his court last
winter TO of our most beautiful and
accomplished bellies, whose appearance
IN society always created a flutter among
the gentlemen who flOcked to her side
to bask in the sunshine Of e rsmiles and
to enjoy the brilliancy OF her converse
ton. 1t was supposed that the gentle
man, as he then appeared to be, and
this fascinating lady, whose family is
one of the oldest and most exclusive in
the country, were engaged, but it seems
that while she enjoyed his conversations
al powers, she discouraged any tender
emotions, and thus saved herself from
occupying the unpleasant position which
the aforementioned bride now holds.
In afew days the fashionable circles
Of Washington and a certain lady of the
Cabinet viii all be at sea in a high state
of establishment and excitement, and a
certain Territorial official, now candi-
date for Governor, Will be brought up
with n rOuDd7tUrD.