The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-05
AN UNFORTUNATE MARRIAGE.
Further Particulars Of the Unhappy Welded
Life Of Mrs. Walworth.
NOW the toy BEARS HIMSELF.
The Result of the Post Mortem
Examination.
Coroner Young to Hold the Inquest on Fri
day Morning.

The hmentable tragedy which occurred in this
city on Tuesday morning continues to be the alb
sorbing topic Of conversation among all classes OF
people. The melancholy chain Of circumstances
which led to the preparation OF the crime, and
the high standing Of the actors in the dread
drama, the youth OF the assassin and the double
trial Of his poor mother. all combine to make
the murder the most talked-of tragedy since
James Fisk fell by the bullet In the first
excitement caused by the news of the crime
public opinion set In strongly against young
Waiw0rth but since the character of the father
has become known and the unfortunate history Of
hts married life revealed the current Of public
opinion has changed, and the sympathy which
At the first was felt for the victim is now almost
universally extended to the son, although no one
10 bold enough to say that child is justified in i'm
bruing his hands in the blood Of his parent, no
matter what the provocation may be.
the facts Of the life OF the late Mr.. Walworth, as
stated by reliable authorities, are humating and
painful He was however, in some measure the
victim Of early training, and his dissoute life warns
parents against the Daneful habit OF restraining
all the feelings and affections Of children, with the
mistaken idea that by doing 80 they are mplanting
IN their minds the seeds of morality. Chancellor
Walworth, the father OF Mansfield Walworth, was
MAN OF HIGH HONOR AND INTEGRITY
In public life, but he is said to have ruled his house
hold with rod OF iron. He was strict Presbyte-
rian, and In the old gloomy family home the Pu-
ritanical ide which found favor in the days Of
our grandfathers were strictly enforced. The two
sons Of the Chancellor, the deceased and an elder
brother who ia now Catholic priest in Albany,
spent their childhood in this gloomy old house and
under this Puritanical rule. Boys who are brought
mp in this fashion generally become one OF two
things. They develop into sneaks and hypocrites,
or rush into the opposite extreme and by life OF
reckless depravity and unbridled enjoyment vainly
imagine that they are asserting their manhood
When young Mansfield was sent to college the evil
effects OF the training which he had received
through mistaken zeal began to show themselves.
The boy, who when at home was afraid TO call his
soul his own, became the fastest yonng man IN
college. developing qualities which eventually
came to be the bane Of his life.
While at college his father married again. his
wife being the widow OF Colonel Hardin OF Ken
tucky, q gallant officer, who met his death at the
battle Of Buena Vista, in Mexico The daughter,
the WIDOW OF the murdered man, was an extremely
beautiful girl so beautiful that she was toasted as
she belle Of her native State; After the death
Of Colonel Hardin, his widow having some legal
business in connection with her estate to transact
by the advice friends, had recourse to the advice
OF Chancellor Walworth, whose legal ability at the
time was well known. The Chancellor solved the
dinlculty by marrying the widow and making the
case his own, and In an evil hour Miss Nelly Hardin
became an inmate OF the same home with Mans
Geld WalwOrth. The events that subsequently
transpired are narrated by
AN INTIMATE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY.
who, for obvious reasons, does not wish his name
TO be published. Colonel Hardin, when he died.
Ido and danoSter handsome comnetencv the
larger portion OF which was settled on the latter.
After the marriage OF his father Mansfield returned
nom college and took up his residence with his
father. He was young and handsome. Miss Hardin
was surprisingly beautiful, and the Chancellor
match anu secure the e entire Hardin to
the Waworth family 1t does not appear that
there was any strong love = between til. the young
aide in Saratoga. Mutual friends who knew the
character OF the bridegroom shook their heads
though they hoped for the best, they feared the
worst. Their Tears were unhappily too well
de- evil G ss sn q s the c mass
manifested themselves. AS narrated in the HERALD
Of yesterday. he ill-treated his unhappy wife in
every way. He was idle and dssolute, and while
Intoxicated would act in such q manner that his
conduct became byword In Saratoga. While
Catholic Church, and this made, for short time,
marked change in his manner He yielded to the
wish Of his father and commenced to study law,
and the noble vile, who had borne up with heroic
1ortitu1e under her manifold trials, f0ndly hoped
that happiness was about to dawn upon her at
was too strong to be so easily overcome and Wal
worth speedily fell into his old courses. About
ey a sm e se sect an Of SrySs
him from the neighborhood OF Saratoga. In the
dead OF might, while In half drunken condition.
ne scaled the wall OF garden leading to q young
ladies' boarding school, and with a fendish design
In his heart endeavored to gain entrance through
eris He was discovered and had to nee, al and the
scandal was so notorious that he was compelled TO
leave his home The facts OF bis after life have
against his excuses until patience had almost be-
come crime, and at the death OF his father the
she availed herself Of the only form Of divorce
which
and became nominally free. One would suppose
shat with the separation Waworth would have
ceased the persecution OF his wife, put this was
native state, and remained there some time, amid
she scenes where her happy childhood and girhood
70 washington, and, through the influence OF
friends procured position as cle FIN IN the Urea
srd a at1ennp considerabe fame as novel,
1T, ana the attention ne gave TO his literary work
Sor time kept him IRON ANNOYING his wife. she re.
manned In Washington for two years and then came
80 this city, and for time struggled against ad-
yeraity BY keeping boarding house on Twenty,
sic finally removed from the city 10 assume the
position she now occupies head OF ladies' semi
nary At the old walworth homestead Since she
went 70 Saratoga the old persecution was revived
by WalWorth, and he commenced to address letters
10 the poor woman containing insinuations OF the
seems to have had noble heart, was aware Of the
unhappy fate OF his mother; but the letters were
kept coDcealed from him. His young life had been
e!ouded b. the dissensons which had prevailed
between ms parents. He had never known
fathers A0ecton; he owed him his lie
and no more. All his love was centred
III his mother. The father, not content with
Insulting Mxp. WawOrth, threatened kill her,
and these threats reached the ears other son.
by some unfortunate circumstance the letters
which impueued his mothers virtue and the
legitimacy Of hts own birth fen into the hands OF
blood OF one OF the best Southern families
aowed In his veins and ne was determined to
not stand by and tamely submit to the defamation
81 the mother whom he 80 dearly loved and his own