Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-08-22

$4,000, which bail he forfeited !; and m
husband and / removed to Washngto
County, Virginia. seven miles from Al
ington, where we lived six months, an
then removed to this place. r,ee
Rep.-Have you any relatives?-eg
Mrs. L.-Yes; my brother. r. n
johnson, lived in Knoxville, Tenn, an
when. Mr. Legge was arrested and carrie
to Knox County for trial. M brothe
came to see me, and endeavord to induc
me to leave my husband and live wit
him. aee
Rep.-Why did you not do sos Di
you not know that your husband had bee
living lawless life for some time befor
that? tz
Mrs. LII did butI loved him. ant
still have hope of reforming him whom
loved from infancy. sr.-1 a
Rep.-Did you tell Mr.. Legge of tn,
proposition made by your brother.
Mrs. Ii did not.
Rep.-Were you not afraid that Mr.
Legge would do your brother some injury
In case you should consent to live with
him? Here Mrs. Legge again seemed
reluctant to answer, and, with the tear.
trickling down her cheeks, evading the
direct question, replied, in words mel
lowed by contending emotions, that she
''still had hopes of reforming her erring
husband.
Rep.-Have you had any communica-
tion with him since he left here as fu-
gitiye from justice? rs
Mrs. LII have received three letters
from him, and money upon two occasions.
Rep.-Has he ever been at home during
this time?
Mrs. LII, stayed one night with NE.
and on two occasions sent men after me to
induce me to come and live with him, but
I positively refused unless he would give
some assurance of his living better life.
Rop.-Where did those letters come
from
Mrs. Lone, think. from Maysyille !;
the others 1 do not remember where.
Rep.-Have you those letters?
Mrs.. L.-No-they were destroyed.
Rep.-Have you heard that Jour hus-
band was going to be married on the
night of his arrest?
This query again brought the tears to
her eyes, and she answered that she had
heard it, and would like to know if it was
fact? We answered that. in our opin-
ion, it was undoubtedly true. She then
SAID that she would sue for a divorce,
whether it was fact or not. She ex-
pressed great desire too see Mr.. Legge
asked how far it was to Harrodsburg,
where he now is, in Jail. and announced
her intention of visiting him. We then
asked her if there was anything else in
his history that might interest the pubic ?
She believed there was not; she did not
think he had ever killed any one. She
evidently endeavored through out the whole
examination to avoid saying anything that
might criminate her husband: and al
though she thought that the penitentiary
would be a just reward for his lawless
life, she became especially nervous when
ever the subject of murder was broached.
Mrs. Legge is handsome, young woman
twenty-eight years old, and says she is
just ten days older than her husband.
She is of medium size, dark hair and
fair complexion, with three interesting
children. We are requested by Mrs.
Legge to state that the certificates of her
marriage to James Legge is at the office
of Mr.. John w. Rodman, of this city,
where it may be seen by any one who may
doubt that they we're legally married.
She further says that they boarded a part
of the time while in Tennessee with a
family of the same name with that of the
young lady to whom Legge was to have
been married on the night of his arrest,
namely .'Marmac," as nearly as we could
make out
1t may not be uninteresting to mention
in connection with the foregoing statement
Of Mrs. Legge. that Legge. since his incar
reration in the Harrodsburg Jail, has ha6
the cool audacity to deny correspondent
Of the Louisville Courier Journal, that
be has any wife in Kentucky. or that he
was ever married at all. He says that he
has spent most of his time since the war
in Texas. Per contrd-several Of our
,itizens, gentlemen of undoubted veracity,
who visited and recognized him when in
iail here two weeks since, aver most pos
itively that he is the man who came
with Mrs. Legge to this county last year
IS her husband, and subsequently, went 50
extensive into the horse-trade in this VI
entity on forged checks, in fact.played the
,onfidence-man, swindler, and desperadc
generally. to the serious detriment of
dozen or more of our citizens.
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