The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-05-01
MYSTERIOUS LOVE AFFAIR.
An Intoxicated SsyeIu Killed by ore
O. f,1pI.is Bart Disappearance OF
Considerable -IoneJ

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Ga Friday last, District Attorney TUr-
ncr rccc.gcl notice Of the sgd,.en Death OF
man by The na me Of Dennis Mccarthy,
under somewhat peculiar circumstances,
aad ttat tie body vas lying at the house
oi widow lady by the name OF Driscoli,
living short distance beyond Grimm's
Saxon in the to2n OF Cato and it was
desired that an inquest should be held
over the body previous 10 its inteiment.
Accordingly, Mr.. Turner, accompanied by
no Ter Sheriff Pierce and Doctors Patchen
aal Martin, proceeded on Saturday to the
place in question, called in a jury, made
careful czamina. lon Of the corpse, dur
ing which it was found that through DIS
ease ore side Of the heart had become
sOftcned, and 4 verdict was brought In
that Deuni, Mccarthy came to his death
Dy heart disease. Having performed their
duties, these worthy men then returned,
and this closes tho first chapter Of our
story.
Ga Frii1y a man presented Himself at
the shop Of Newell \. DAVIS Of Cato, and,
in = jyyial maaner left an order for him TO
widow Dri.coi, take the measure Of a
corpse and make coffin, and then went
j0ilily on ms Wy. This created some
little excitement al that lively little place,
where, after some trouble, the following
facts were obtained
Denui- Mccarthy was gay young son
or Erin, Of pleasin. figure, more than usual
IL intelligent, Of Il free and rowing nature,
and at the time Of his demise, possessed
between 500 and $1,000 in hankbils, AID
had about four weeks previous appeared
NJ the widow DriscoIfs. Now the wido.;
Drlscoli has been in her day quite char
acter she being the centre of a little So
cictY, who used to assemble at her horse
AMI receive much e1hllaratinS and ele7a-
ting spirits. And it used to be reported
that there were very few WHO could beat
her at a ioic, whether it were drinking
' forty rod on wager, or in holding
full hand in draw But, of late, she
has ccaseI to solicit Uncle Sam for per
mission, and her premises have assumed 4
more sombre appearance, and not much
more was known Of her, savc when she
made, as she reycr failed to DO, her Pc
riodical visit to Mani,owoc.
1t was on one these that she me. Dennis
Mccarthy, and to all appearance it was Il
genuine case Of "lovc at first sight for
they satnp all night, and went home to-
gethcr in the morning. Dennis had just
before received toward $1,000 IN ready
money, aal it was 0 wonder that the
widow ) heart warmed toward the NJ pro
toctcI stranger, q? that tie winning WAYS
Of the Qnocn Of Hearts and Of Spades
should have effcctually cnSnarcI poor
Dennis. A, least they went home tc-
rctLor, and from this time nothing ST ccial
IS known e them, except that two Irish
men report that Dennis off red to lend
Thorn money, but Jill not succre,, until his
brother. vino owns far II IN Meci.e, and
another living in Liberty were notified Of
HIS GuutiI. Ir!irlurn I.g.r,, W., tlro
cause which the bcrearcd widow assigns,
asserting hat, during a fit of insa,.ity, he
.noka all his money and tearing it all to pie
ces, b~snt some Of it Up, in proof Of which
she is ready to show in a hAndG erchiei
some pieces.
l. being generally believed that legal
operation had made them maa and wife,
she waa asked ab,ut it, but answered on
oath that it was not so also that some
contract about leasing the widows farm,
whereby some money Lad been paid, bat
this she denied intoto.
Sunday the brothers bore TO his last
resting place Dennis Mccarthy, devotee
Of Cupid, who was killed by the little god
bccansc he was dividing the homage with
BaccAus.