The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-06-20

lfathsr delnansied reputation, that he
should marry fne. But / said, John,
YOU can marry me or not, just as you
see fit. / shall not say He thep
promised to marry me, and did marry
me. " n
OF this first child. q daughter,
named Jcssie.) Mrs. Nipple said
little tender Thing, aud ] havenever
seen her since. 1 heard of her in Pitts
burg when John ran away with her,
how she cried and took on for mamma.
Since that time John has taught her
that her mother Is dead, and / have
never been permitted to hear word of
her. l tried to get picture of her, but
this was refused me by Colonel Thomp-
sou.u.
Mrs. Hipple states that the cause
of their domestic troubles aud ulti.
mate separation was Johns infdelity
to his marriage vows--that he "ran
after other women at which conduct
her nature revolted. Following is
her statement upon this subject:
The first knew that John was un-
true to me was one night shortly after
our troubles began. had heard cut
side of his being with other women,
but | did not know 1t. lie brought
home this Mary J. at this time,
who was school teacher, TO stay at
our house. Mary went up to her room,
which was near ours, rather carly
John was left below, writing. After q
while / went to my room and undress-
ed. I waited for John until eleven
o'clock, when slipped down to see Ii
he WAS yet writing. He was not there.
| knew he had not gone out of the
house. so went to Mary's bedroom
The door was locked. then sat down
and waited. At o'clock my husband
unlocked the bedroom door, came out
and without word went TO bed. /
did not say word to him then, but in
the morning. when attempted to say
something about It., he swore at me
with dreadful oaths, and said he would
take my life il / ever opened my heal
about it again. From that time on
he had that woman In the house when
ever he pleased, and could not prevent
ii. Do you wonder that we quarrelled
continually under those circumstances.
Miss NcChristian, a miiliner at Butler,
wi testify that nj this time she was
in Pittsbtirg, and stopped ut Hare's
hotel. Miss -, my husbands Miss,
came there. also. ify husband shortly
after arrived, and asked to be shown TO
+ his wifc's room, alluding to Hiss -----.
| Miss HcChristian exposed him To the
landlord, and John was ordered away
from the hotel. This can be substanti-
a:ed i,y living witnesses day.
This Mary j. - is doubtless the
woman with whom it is charged
Mitchell eloped and lived for some
months at San Luis Obispo. Califor-
mia, before he came TO Oregon He
claimed her as his wife while in Cali.
fnrnia, bnt as he had left a wife in
Pennsylvania he must have lived with
this woman in adultery. As he did
not bring her with him TO Oregon.
and as no one can give any informa-
iion of her whereabouts, the question
is, What did he do with her y
Viewing this revolving history of
Hipple- Mitchell in its most charitable
light, can any one say that he Is Fl, 10
represent our young commonwealth
in the councils of the nation. A Sc
Queer of n chil.l-maidlen in Pennsyl-
vania, an ai,sconder and refugee in the
"wile world" with his friends money
a means of travel. an adnlterer in
California, bigamist in Oregon and
fraud in the u. s. Senatel Can a
blacker chain of crime cling TO the
skirts of the most debased man in the
land? Either one. OF the four
crimes enumerated above would cause
the man 10 be incarcerated in the
States prison, and yet we are repre-
sented by him in the Senate of the
United States! win the people OF
Oregon snbmitio be thus misrspre-
sented. Tins disgraced in the eyes of
the world, and utter no protest
against the contin uance of this terri
BILE shame, or will they demand his
resignation or expulsion The an
swer remains with them and the
world Will Judge them accordingly.