Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-21
MARRIED LIFE.
A Colorado Jury's idea of Marital
lsights.
Il. wHITMORE,
Publisher and Proirietor

Rights.
From the Colorado Hcrald.l
Mr.. Wells was a soldier throughout
the war of the rebellion. While in tho
service, he corrcsponded with fair
damsel, whose wishes to that effect he
had noticed in the Waverly or some
similar journal. This correspondence
eventually resulted in marriage, while
our hero was home on furlough, in the
year 1864. The ceremony, as the GER
tificate aifirms, was performed by a JUS
tice of the peace at Detroit, Michigan.
On returning home from the war the
now happy couple resided at Detroit
until the spring of 1871, when they re-
moved to Denver Prior to this date a
child had gladdened the hearts of the
parents, who appear to have got on
swimmingly until their arrival In Col
orado. A parting lin Denver was fol
lowed by permanent secession in Cen
tral in November last. Mrs. Wells then
secured possession of the child, con-
fided it to the protecting land to the
husband dreaded) arms of the inevitable
mother-in-law, who conveyed it east
ward. The husband remained in Cen
trail and the wife settled at Denver. No
steps we're taken for divorce, however.
Like widows generally whether bona
fide or of the genus termed grass), our
heroine began to look around her in Den
yer with an eye to the object often dearest
to the female heart. Chance favored
her, and soon a man, young, gallant, and
gay, who gloried in the name of Gill,
mado her acquaintance, and they were
soon heels over head in love with each
other. In March the newly consorted
pair came to Central. Opposition being
expected from Wells to their programme,
Gill determined to frighten the former
husband out of any hostile intentions he
might have, and at once carry the war
into Africa" Accordingly by threats,
duly reported to W, the newly-arrived
gave the impression that the former hns-
band was destined to be cut up into such
minute pieces that he could not be dis
tinguished from that questionable dish
that boarding-house keepers love to set
before their admiring and often migrate
full guests-likewise the contents of o
pistol were reported to be reserved for
W. s interior department.
The couple soon after departed for
Georgetown, where they were married.
This coming to the ears of the husband
who still labored steadily at the plane
and bench in Central, he determined to
"go for" the late partner of his joys
and sorrows as well as his successor in
Office. he caused the arrest of Mrs
Quien Sabel-which action greatly in
censed the acting husband, and, it is
supposed caused him to concoct the
diabolical communication below, which
was received by the unterri6ed Wells
through the Georgetown postofice;
GEORGETOWN, the 4th April 1872.
We the undersigned after making a
Thorough Examination of this case clear
the Defendant and find You wholly to
Blame. You are consequently ordered
to leave Toun inside ot Twenty Fore, "a
hours. We have hung men For less than
We Find you gilty of: The Best citizens
of georgetown intend to hang You. We
the under signed pledge ourselves to do
so. BY"
Here follows a list of some twenty
names, appropriately differed, and un-
derneath is the ominous and dreaded
signature, X. X. K, and still lower a
friendly caution is given in the words.
BE ware of the limb"
These frightful communications, how |
ever, we're passed by as the idle wind by |
the troublesome but indomitable, and he
subsequently proceeded to bring his ex-
wife before the bar Of justice to answer
the charge OF forgery. -raET !
The trial came on April 18th, and hour
after hour % food Of eioquepce was
noured forth. and with such effect thai
even Wells himse,. was considerably
mixed, and almost ready to Oeneve t.,,,' AT !
the veritable marriage certificate given
TO him years ago in the City of Straits,
and which he still possessed and offered |
as evidence, was not certificate of mar
riage, but one Of discharge from Uncle |
Sam, or a certificate of deposit in some
bank. At all events his twelve peers,
called the jury, agreed to dis
charge the prisoner, much to the delight |
Of her new affinity, who could not re-
frain from executing a double somer-
sault on hearing the verdict OF not
guilty. After this acrobatic demOnstra-
ton he took his newly-recovered wife
and went his way rejoicing. Such re-
suit of the trial being wholly unexpected
by the husband of the FIRST part" (oi
this story, that parsonage was some
what astonished at the turn things had
taken, and his opinion Of matrimonial
affairs, so far as Colorado is concerned,
has received a shock from which il will
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