The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-10-03
THE MESSENGERS MARES
NEST.
ITS WONDERFUL EGG.
A Story False in its Inception and
False in it's Conclusion.

marvellous reasuTes-secrets "big
with the fate Of Cato and of Rome"
SO big in fact that he could not keep
them altogether, but had to whisper
round that Luckey was to be skinned
alive in the next Messenger. He put
on quircs of extras, and when they
were issued sent them broad cast to
"kindle storm" which, in his inno
cence, he supposed would overwhelm
our candidate for State Senator, and
gain for himself an enviable reputa
ton for sagacity and enterprise. But
"thc gun twas aimed at duck and
ployer, spread wide and kicked its
owner over" The wonderful reve
Iations scarcely rufiled the surface,
or attracted passing notice. So well
was the character of our candidate
known, and so we'll were the true and
real circumstances Of the case knoa0n,
that the editor of that delectable
sheet may now ftly exclaim in re-
gard to his composition: "If 1 am
so soon done for, wonder what !
was begun for"
Setting aside the fact that the
Democratic managers Of the cam
paign had announced their purpose
to "skin Mr.. Luckey," we proceed to
the MesSenger's story which, abrevi-
ated, is this: MIR. Luckey was mar
ried; Mr.. Luckey's wife applied for
divorce, charging him with adultery,
and the court granted the divorce
under tie form of flaao. This is the
case in a nutshell, and even the pub
lication of the entire records in the
case, as the Messenger does, makes
it no palmer or more direct. The
Messenger has a legal case. Nothing
more.
The facts as known and under
stood by all acquainted with the cir
cumstances of the case are simply |
these: At the age of nineteen Mr..
Luckey contracted a marriage with |
q lady ten years older than himself.
Naturally the marriage proved an
unhappy one for both, and for years
after his discharge from the army,
they lived apart. At last an agree
ment was made between them, by
the advice and counsel of mutual
friends, that the wife should seek
divorce, making such plea as she
choose. She did so, alleging adulte-
~ on his part, and the defendant ac-
cepted service without reading the
petition, under the arrangement to
permit the application and make no
defence. In fact, every arrangement
in reference to the divorce was con-
before the petition was
drawn up, even to the agreement to
pay counseIs fees and the specified
Of alimony, which the court
simply confirmed by allowing. The
plaintiff had been well provided for
and kindly cared for by the family
Of the defendant, and when counsel
ing with her attorney, could not sug- !
gest plea upon which to base her
petition, but left it all to her attor-
ney. We do not make these state
ments as the Messenger concocts its
story, "out Of straw" but upon
strong and reliable testimony, even
hat Of Mrs. Luckey's attorney him f
self. Let him who doubts read what /
'ollows, and then let the editor of
he Messenger blush for the unman-
Y effort he has made to do rank !
Injustice to an honorable man:
AFFIDAVIT OF J. L. GREENE, sR. T
STATE OF ONO, T
Sandusky County, SIS. Z
Jno. /. Greene, ,SanduskyCo., Ohio,
If lawful age, being duly sworn, de r
,oses and says: That he was the at T
orney of Helen NJ. Luckey in pro- n
uring a divorce from her husband,
lanes B. Luckey. That about two
weeks prior to filing said petition u
or divorce, A. W. Luckey. Esq, II l
ather of said James B. Luckey, Is
allied upon affiant and made known e.
hat the marriage relations between
aid parties was unfortunate, and c:
aused them both great unhappi- 9,
ess, as they were entirely unconge- a,
ial to each other, and enquired if W
here was any way by which the gall d,
lg tie might be severed. Afliant
dvised that a divorce was the only r.
leans Of legal dissolution of said n,
carriage. Affiant also stated to m
i'm the several causes for a di- al
Orce; whereupon he left saying he A,
ould confer with afiant further at
1me future day upon the subject. =.
fiant further says, that in a few ..
ays thereafter he received a letter p
ON Mrs. Helen NJ. Luckey, re- a. a.
Nesting affiant 70 come to Elmore ~
lat she might have an interview ~
ith him. In pursuance of said re-
lest, afliant at once went to Elmore, III
und said Helen NJ. Luckey at the TO
)use Of A. W. Luckey. She then Oh
quired what prospect there would W
, of obtaining a divorce in case ap- tic
ication were made therefor. On SCI
quiry of her by affiant upon what
ounds she hoped to get the di- hi:
rec, replied: She did not know, at
It that she would like to have it, fai
she could be supplied with means to
support; and that she would ex
we it all to affiant. AfIiant then nil