New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-01
a TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
The Fate of FaithIeps Vife-The Fatal
End Of an EntrigUe-Her Husband saws
Her Head on.

| has just been discovered in the south O.
| England. In 1851 James Dalglish, mer
| chant Ut the City Of London, became ac
| quanted with Miss Josephine Helsham
The daughter Of a physician in lucrative
| practice. 4 few months after the intro
| ductiOn they were married. Mr.. DalglisI
| was a member Of the firm of Raleigh
| DalglIsh, White s. Co. and was considered
a wealthy man. Miss Helsham's marriage
was considered All advantageous one f0l
| her, and she received congratulations on al
| hands A constant visitor at her fathers
house was Charles Seton, d poor anG
struggling artist, but young man possess
ed Of tine, intellectual features. Mr.. Dial
gligh purchased beautiful villa at Rich
mOnd, and handsomely furnished it. He
and his wife continued to reside there about
Two years. Richmond is about twelve
miles from London. and easy Of access by
railway. Mr DalgIsh would take the cars
tor the city n the morning, and returned
home to dinner in the evening.
About seven months after the marriage
Mrs: D1gljsh gave birth TO very fine child
which circumstance &c rasioned remarks OF
a not too charitable nature; but the matter
died away, and Mr.. DalglIsh, who loved his
wife with undylng devotion, and had in her
the utmost confidence. never doubted for a
moment. But as the child grew, the like
ness that existed between the child and
Charles Seton was something Iemarkab bic.
The eyes and features were evidently his:
but that gave 10 cause OF uueasiness to Mr..
DdIglish After four years OF Goniugal fell
city to Mr.. Dalglish, and, 80 far as we are
aware, OF equal happiness II his wife,
il became necessary, in consequences OF
very large outstandings in Australia that
his firm was unable to collect, that lie should
proceed to Melbourne and Sydney, as the
firm was temporarily embarrassed for the
want of remittances Bidding the wife he
so much loved a fond adiep hn 9cnar+pd
for Australia. and after VISITING MrIbnurne
sydney and Adelaide. he rt+tTnrd fo Enc.
land after the laDse Of two Years, prior f.
his embarlIinJ from NelboiIrie for liver
pool he addressed q IetrHr TO his wife in
torni1,y her tha+ he ,2onI1 Ia, in Fr,rio,,1
sbontly after the recent of his letter Rrt
tbe8teamahip bv which the letter was fnr
wardp6 foundrra1 and the mails u-ara Oh
lost. On his arrival at LivernooI he tnnl5
the exnrpss train fnr London an1 o,,rir,oJ
home nj Ten O'Clock at niob4 He ms ra.
ooived Win omen arms bT Lia wife and
kissing her and tbc child again and a%ain
he believed that he had retTrned once Tnoro
TO rniov the socie~v ~ fla Wife he so nII7cb
loved
Rpturninp home one dav earlier than
usual. he saw handsome cab driving away
from his door, and Charles Seton was ia
W. jovt+l
child had become tha nnTfrrt fmara If
Seton. A few weeks afterward he Vent fa
the ruraI yostotfice. which was not far frofn
H.. vii. -, ,,IT.hosa eto+ionnI.T- IrIo,, ~
young postnistress told him She had two
letters tor the wife, marked ''T0 be left till
called for. he took them from her and
opened them. They were addressed in the
language OF passionate love to his wife, in
qniring as to the health of the two chill
dren, ana signed by Charles Seton. From
Tie c0htrLts OF 5he letter II Was evident
that DaIgIshs Wlie vas the mother Of
tWO chlldfen by charles Set0u. Dalgllsh
home and sought his wife. He
handed hef the Two letters and de
named an explanation She calmly
t0Iu MN tha1 ne vas Z wretch Tor opening
'eJtefS addressed 10 4ef, and tn&t the eE-
PLANTATION That size rad to give hln would
eaa 90 separation forever In calm words
she t0Ia NM the enid mat was born seven
months flteI .heiF marriage was not bls, |
J'!t Charles Seton :, and that three months
Ii10f 70 DIS ARRIVAL IN I'm gland from Mel |
19Une she had become the mother Of an |
)liief chId ~ Seton; winch was III tie care I
j nurse. Stunned ny the news, be left |
IL nome tn&6 night and went to nor!ey's |
,1otel: CnallEg ross, ana IN the morning /
iFQFe to his eounuDghouse IN The city, drew !
chech l3r 147, wy, went 10 his attorneys, |
SIS 4 0FIiIeiSt q. - VINO were d-Sof-
lt}s lof The bank OF England, made se5 |
cement on MS vie and her two children Of |
-2g,0l'y and appointed Mr.. treshteld the !
rustee.
Mr Dalglish immediately proceeded -
liverpool. unknown to his partners. where
e embarked for the United States TFa re-
lained in New York Tor some months INT
vas unable to find any suitable investment
or his 5000. He went to tbicaro. where.
e entered into partnership win Nathan
fatchell in the grain husjness Rnt n sir
Ionths. owing 10 disastrous snecmla+;ons
nd the reoklessness Of GatcheIl. DaIgiish
5as left without a dollar. He obtainei
abroad PASS tn Cincinnati end ON orri,,ir,rr |.
here answered advertisement after adveT-
sRment bu+ he could Obtain nO sit,7otiov
t length he became book canyasser hit
5 he was not suited for the business 81!
1ourh he struggled hard, he was ofr timne
wing for weeks on bread and watar
IN one occasion he was arrested ~
Dutchman named Jack Shiedp. ~
report, Pennsv lvania, for Obtaining hoard
nier false pretenses, ana he w.uI1 most
ssuredIv have been imprisoned by a conn
y Justice had it not been for The inter
renee of member of the Masonic fra+er
tv. In Pittsburg he accidentally met
it'll an old London acquaintauce. who |
lvised him to 90 West and advanced him |
Efficient money for the purpose. He ar
we'd in St Louis, where he Obtained a Hitu-
1on Of book keeper for substantial firm.
fter two wears had expired lie was made
partner, and at the eud Of ten wears he
tired from the firm with Dnr hundred
oUsand dollars. During All hfse years
} had kept ~ a c0rrespundance with =
ondon friend. That friend had watched
s wife by the ala of h detrctiyc Heknew
nj SHE was living all these years with
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