Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-01
MITCHELL-HIPPEL.
Anxious Inquiry for the Missing
Woman with whom the oregon
Senator ElOped.
L. WHITM0RE,
puhlisher and proDriatOr

Anxious Inquiry for the Missing
Woman with whom the Oregon
Senator ElOped.
From the San Francisco Chronicle. June is.
Yesterday morning the Chronicle re-
printed from the Pittsburg Leader an
interview with Sadie Hoon, Senator
Mitchell's first wife, in which the lady
gives as reason for the separation of
herself and husband that he brought to
the house, lived with and finally ran
away with young lady school teacher.
This little circumstance seems to have
escaped the memory of both Mr.. Mitchell
aud his old law partner, Colonel Thomp-
son, in their narrations. That there is
no doubt of the correctness of Sadie
Hoon's story, We give publicity to the
following facts, which indicate that he
not only ran away with his Oldest child
and the school teacher, one Mary j,
but brought them both to this State:
Mr. Hippel disappeared from Pennsyl-
vania in the early port of April, 1860,
and about the first Of May of that year
Mr.. John II. Mitchell landed at the port
of San Luis Obispo, in this State, from
Panama steamer bound for San Fran
cisco. He was accompanied by hand
some, vivscious young woman, whom he
introduced as Mrs. Mitchell, his wife,
and little girl, whom they both called
their daughter.
Mr.. Mitchell took his family out to San
Luis Obispo, rented and furnished a
house, and commenced the practice of
law. The lady whom he introduced in
society as his wife was very fond of him,
proud of his talents, said he had studied
law with an eminent lawyer in Pittsburg,
and would one day be great lawyer
himself. She also stated that she had
been a sehool-teaeher before her mar
riage with Mr.. Mitchell.
Mr.. Mitchell was invited and accepted
the invitation to deliver Fourth of July
oration, but soon after left the place,
giving &C his reason for so doing his
ignorance of the Spanish language and
the strong Democratic proclivities Of the
people--he being Republican. They
left, and few months later he appeared
in Portland alone and reported that his
wife had, died in California few weeks
before. This sustains the statement of
Sadie Hoon. But when did Mr.. Mitch
ellis wife die in California; He came
from San Luis Obispo to this city, and
he went from this city to Portland. Did
she die here2 Did any one ever hear
that lawyer MitchelPs wife died in San
Franciseo2
But leaving this school mG' 'Gm--this
middle woman--out of the controversy,
Sadie Hoon says, and we presume the
records of Butler county, Pennsylvania,
will snstain her statement, that she was
not divorced from him until 1866, and
that he paid her five hundred dollars to
release him from the marriage contract
yet he married his present wife in Ore
ron in 1866. On the whole Mr.. Hippel- |
MITCHELL appears to have stronger af-
lection for women than regard for law,
and his sense of honor does not appear
o be up to the standard of even mod
srn United States Senator. There. are
several unpleasant and unsatisfactory
,hases in Mr.. Mitchells own statement
concerning the little irregularities Of his
past life, and every day or TIVE adds an
,ther ugly feature to the picture. We
.egret 10 say It, but the facts already
elected from Mr.. Mitchell pTeye him to
.e unworthy Of the confidence OF the
people Of Oregon, and unfit to sit in the
eat once ocenpjed by =. ID. Baker.