New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-05
REAL LIFE ROMANCE.
A Victim of CiFcumstantiaI Evidence
WOman's Faith and Consistency.
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Five years ago Ira +. Holland, a young
and energetic man, settled down in the
county of Calhoun, Michigan near the city
of Marshall, and applied himself to farming.
Young Holland was industrious and eco
nOmical, and seemed on the fair road to
competence, if not wealth. 1t was the
habit of Ira to visit Mr.. Bingley, who re.
sided in the city of Marshall, and who was
one of the wealthiest residents, and to de-
posi5 with him all his surplus money. In
this manner, after couple of years, young
Holland had accumulated some $4,000, which
amount remained in the hands of Mr..
Bingley.
During the visits Holland paid to the
house of Mr.. Bingley he met the daughter
of the latter, a young and very beautiful
girl who was most favOrably impressed
with his manly bearing Young Holland
fell deeply in love with the fair Alice almost
at the first meeting. With every;subse-
quent meeting bis passion increased, and,
after three months acquaintance, he re-
ceiyed the assurance from the maiden's
lips that his passion was returned. But
his hopes were doomed to a terrible disap-
pointment. The young couple returned
home from a delightful ramble one day.
AS they entered the house of Miss Binglty
they were met by the father, who was in a
high state of excitement. He ordered
young Holland from the house, placing in
his hand the amount of money left with
him, and sternly forbade further inter
course with the family.
The following day Holland was arrested
on the charge of hOTse-stealing, and the
trial elected sufficient proof TO sentence
him to the State Penitentiary. 1t appeared
that valuable span of horses had been
stolen from the barn of Mr.. BingIey, and
had been sold in the city of Grand Rapids,
by man who answered exactly to the ap-
pearance of young Holland, who had been
absent from home at the time of the sale
on business of his own, as he stated, but
which, of course, was not credited by the
court. In consideration of his excellent
character before the crime, the court was
lenient. and returned a sentence of three
years imprisonment.
Holland was FASTENED away to prison
amid his protestations OF innocence, and
without an opportunity of speaking a word
to his betrothed. YEARLY dragged on The
months TO the convict, but at last bis term
of sentence expired, and he issued forth
from the prison doors a bowed down and
brOken-hearted man, his hair whitened be-
fore its time by the great mental anguish
he had endured. He came to Cleveland,
and there met Alice Bingley. She had be-
come an orphan during the imprisonment of
her lover, and, tired CT the scenes amid
which she had suffered so much. removed
to Cleveland, and was living with her moth
er's sister. She had adhered with all a wO-
mans devOtedness to the memory of her
convict lover, and had never deemed him
guilty of the crime charged to him. The
long separated couple were married, and
Immediately took their way to Kansas, in
tending 70 commence life together in that
section, They stopped in Marion a day or
two ago, and from them we have obtained
the above recital.