Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-23
REMARKABLE CAREER.
,young Woman's Exchange of Pow
erty for Wealth--Twice Widowed
aud Accused Of Murder.


Yesterday morning, in response to an
oayertisement in the Journal, hand
sn,ae. neatly dressed, and apparently
wel-bred young women presented her
self at the residence of an uptown fami-
ly an applicant for work. The vacancy
was in the kitchen department, and as
tbe applicant in addition to her prepos-
sessing appearance offered good refer
euces, she was immediately engaged and
installed as under-mistress in the estab-
ishment The name she gave, together
with certain remarks dropped during the
interview and subsequently, led to q
close questioning, which elected that the
new help" was none other thar lady
of acknowledged wealth, living in a
neighboring town in this State, less than
forty miles distance in straight line.
In addition to still owning, unincum-
bsred, residence of almost palatial d.
mensions and appointments. acknowl-
to be the finest residence in the town,
she still has in her own name property
and possessions valued at many thou
sand dollars.
Her story is strange one, and this
latest chapter opens wide field for con-
lecture; but strange as the history is, it
Is well known whe,e the incidents oc-
Cured, and in its earlier parts will he re-
cognized by many readers of the Journal
Ten years ago, or thereabout, she was
engaged in the capacity of seryant-girl
with family living some three miles
from the town mentioned, and, while
there, the father of her employer con-
c4ving an admiration for her made her
his wife. The old gentleman was one of
the wealthiest men in the county, and
the girl suddenly became mistress of a
fortune, of whose magnitude she. in her
poverty, had scarcely ever thought. 1t
was not long. however, before she be-
came well versed in the art of handling
fortune and after three years of mar
ried life, she desired to move into town,
and easily induced her husband to build
~ elegant residence there. 1t was only
a short time after its completion, howev-
er that the old man died very suddenly.
The widow, young, handsome and
wealthy, after observing the convention
al rules about mourning, married mer-
chant OF the place, who, after less than
one year of married life, died SO sudden
ly and under such suspicious circumstan.
ccs, that the body was exhumed, and the
stomach was removed and sent to Louis
vile for examination.
When the suspicious whicn had been
aroused were confirmed by the unmis-
taxable traces Of strychnine in the stom-
ach, the excitement became intense.
The popular feeling condemned the Wild
ow v'ithout further thought. Two of her
husbands had diea suddenly, aud the
verdict was almost universal that both
nad been the victims of poison. The
woman was arrested and tried. The ey-
.dence presented was so overwhelming
that conviction seemed to be certain.
Soon change OF venpe enablad her to
get trial elsewhere, and there, by the
employment of able lawyers, her cause
triumphed, and she was released,
Il techuicality. Whether guilty or inno-
rnt it would clearly have been trial to
remain among those who had once II.
spected her, but who nov necessarily re-
garded her as under cloud, and she
passed several month following in visit
Ing friends who still believed in Aer
purity. Since then little has been known
Of her Whereabouts or her habits. 1t
appears, however, that she cane 10 Ev-
ansyille some two monts since, and that
she almost at once became housekeepes
IN private boarding house near the GEN.
ter of the city front. Here her early
training at once manifested itself, and
her neatness aud activity soon made her
valuable to the establishment. In this
Sltration she had remained until yester-
day, when the change indicated was
made.
The above is simply hasty-but it is
truthful--sketch OF the remarkable
movements of this young woman. The
luller details, which we do not feel at lib
erty to give. make the story still stran-
ger than here presented. The conjec-
lures cannot but be various as to the
cause of her sudden changes, her whim-
sical movements, and her general behav-
lor. Public opinion in her own town is,
OF course, not favorable to her, and there
may be some reason in this for her de-
parture from that neighborhood. But
'he TACT that she is possessed Of great
wealth makes it surprising that she
should engage as the commonest servant
IN the household. Herfortune would en-
able her to live in ease and affiuence
Wherever she might wish to 60, yet she
seems satisfied with the position of
Kitchen girl in family whose wealth
would perhaps not equal her own. One
impression seems to prevail, though the
Judgment may be unjust, that she is pos
sessed OF wandering monomania, which
induces her to thus conduct herself. She
was reared in poverty, and yet found but
n,ue difhculty in managing her affairs
when IN affuence; and now, when she
mas passed through decade Of wealth
una ease, can any one, by means of
any course of reasoning, explain why
al should thus be relinguished for
Inc lot she has chosen? With
ou. expressing an opinion, the Jour