, 1873-06-26
Mrs. Hippie's Statement.

the story of the unhappy Mrs. Nipple, las
derived from her own lips. This story
NOSE than confirms the worst suspicious
that the omissions in Mr.. M;tchell's
statement excited. In this issue we can
only give one or two of its salient points.
Since her divorce, which took place in
1867 several years after Mr.. Mitchell
had cont acted q marriage in Oregon
Mrs. Ripple b $ gone by her maiden
name, Sadie Hoon. She has been doing
service in the family of man named
Prime, in Franklin, Pennsylvania. where
she is affect ionately and highly esteem
ed, Mrs. Prime being her warm friend.
The apparition Of two of her deserting
husbands lawyers had caused her to
leave the family and go into the country
Upon being sent for by Mrs. Prime, she
returned and met the reporter at the
formers house. The introduction OF
the woman. who is described as "fee-
BILE, of Large figure, with look of
agony on her face, as if every move ment
was one of pain;" her - tottering step
aero IS the room to chair by an open
window, where she sat for some time.
moaning aud sigbing with pain," while
the devoted aud sympathetic ''ittle
Mrs. Prime batheo her flushed face and
smuothed out her hair from her feverish
brow" is one o. those pathetic pictures
that touch the heart. But not till Mrs.
Hlpple-now once more plain Sadie
Hoon-begins the simple narrative OF
her life, does the reader realize the en-
ormity of John II. Mitchell's offense.
We give short extract, beginning with
her words
81 should not tell you my story if l
did not feel that it is but justice to my
husband. who had always abused me,
that should now be able to show him
that he can hot always triumph. Tor the
sake of my children l would say moth
ing. but since his story, as told by his
lawyer. Col. Thompson, is published as
you tell me, Must speak.
"Here l gave her in detail the story
as told me by Colonel Thompsou,i in Il e
original interview upon the subject in
Butler some weeks ago. She listened
with quiet smile upon her face until l
had b.iehy told her the salient points,
when she said:
-. Then that is the reason Colonel
Thompson gave you for my husband
leaving me-That our marriage was ali
unhappy one, and that he could not live
with NE 2
Correspondent-"Y Yes"
Mrs. Hipple-'' Well, listen to me.
and will tell you the real reason, an
you can find means, from the names
will give, to prove all, too. Did Col.
rhomps n tell you that when John ran
way, taking money that did not belong
to him. he took another woman away
with him p
c. No, he omitted to mention
hat"
Mrs. H" Well, LIE did. When he
went away he took with Tim Mary j..
-. And was vartised in the papers
at the time as the elopement of Mary j..
- and John Nipple. Well. that. is
Gods truts. and she was the cause of
c." Tell me about your life previ-
,us to marrying Mr.. Nipple. Was 'he
forced in Court to marry you for lead
tug you astray p
Mrs. H. John Nipple was never
forced to marry me. Ii Colonel Thomp,
son says so, he can be proved to be "a
liar. 1t is true that John Nipple rnined
me. was young gill of only fifteen
Il the time. He was twenty-six. H
had been my school teacher, and had
for two years waited on my sister. H.
took advantage of his position and my
youthful ignorance (bitterly,) and ac-
complished my betrayal. After the birth
If my child by him, my father went af-
.er him and brought him to my bedside
where 1 lay. This was all the force
about the marriage. My father deman-
,led reparation, that he should marry
me. But said, John, you can marry
me or not, Just as you see fit. shai
not say He then promised to marry
me, ana did marry me"
Of her little daughter, Jessie, whom
Lr. Nipple took away with him at the
lme OF his elopement, Mrs. Nipple says:
..She was taken away from me VIII. II
!. little tender thing. and haye never
,een her since. heard CT her in Pitts
,nrg, when John ran away with her,
now she cried and took on for mamma.
since that time John has taught her that
| LEI ulOtucI IL dcdts &uN udfc never
been permitted to hear word of her.
| tried to get a picture OF her, but this
was refused me by Colonel Thompson. -
The ''other woman" was school
ma am. and it is this cha aracter that ex
plains the presence IF a Mrs. Mitchell
1t San Luis Ob,spo, California. A mys.
terry i'll this revolving history still re-
mains. Where is that other ,oomdn.'
The worst is known, since nothing
worse can we'll be told. What strange
history: The seducer of a girl of fifteen.
himself her teacher. "a man of twenty-six;
an adulterer. ueder his own roof; the
deserter If his wife for paramour, and
tho fact advertised in the local papers;