The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-05-11
Real Life Romance.
A Victim of Oircumstantial Evidence
Woman's Faith and Constancy.
[From the Marion (Ohio) Rirror.J

From the Marion tOhio) Mirror.1
Five years ago Ira F. Holland, a
young and energetic man, settled
down in the county of Calhoun, Mich
igan, near the city of Marshall, and
applied himself to farming. Young
Holland was industrious and economi-
cal, and seemed ON the fair road to
competence, if not wealth. 1t was
the habit of Ira to visit Mr.. Bingley,
who resided in the city of Marshall,
and who was one of the wealthiest
residents, and to deposit with him
all his surplus money. In this man
ner, after a 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, young and
very beautiful girl, who was most fa-
vorably 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 his passion increased,
and, after three months acquaint-
ance, he received the assurance from
the maiden's lips that his passion was
returned. But his hopes were doomed
to a terrible disappointment. The
young couple returned home from q
delightful ramble one day. AS they
entered the house of Miss Bingley
they were met by the father, who
was in high state of excitement. He
ordered young Holland from the house
placing in his hand the amount of
money left with him, and sternly for
bade further intercourse with the
family.
The following day Holland was ar
rested on the charge of rse-stealing,
and the trial elected sufficient proof
to sentence him to the State Peniten-
tiary. 1t appeared that valuable
span of horses had been stolen from
the barn Of Mfr. Bingley, 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 away from home at the time of
sale-on business of his own, as he
stated, but which, of course, was not
credited by the court. In considera-
tion of his excellent character before
the crime, the court was lenient, and
returned sentence of three years
imprisonment.
Holland wa hastened away to prisons
amid his protestations of innocence,
and without an opportunity of speak
ing word to his s>betrothed. Wearily
dragged the months to the convict, but
at last his term of sentence expired,
and he issued forth from the prison
doors q bowed down and broken
hearted man, his hair whitened before
its time by the great mental anguish
he had endured. He came to Cleve-
land, and there met Alice Bingley.
She had become an orphan during the
Imprisonment of her lover, and, tired
of the scenes amid which she had suf-
fered so much, removed to Cleveland,
and was living with her mothers sis
ter. She had adhered with all a wo-
mans devotenesst 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 immediate
IL took their way to Kansas, intend
ing to commence life together in that
section. They stopped in Marion q
day or two ago, and from them we
have obtained the above recital.