The Benton democrat. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1871-18??, 1873-06-21

Their parents owned adjoining farms,
for you must know John was a farmers
SON. Her family was respectable one.
but one not remarkable, certainly, not in
an intellectual way John: and this
girl, Sarah Hoom, were much together,
and about this time
UNPLEASANT GOSSIP 3s
Was aroused. Whether John ever did
any wrong to the girl I am unprepared
to say. At any rate, while yet unmar-i
ried, she became with child, and institu-
ted proceedings against John upon a
charge of bastardy, claiming him as the
father. The result of this was that
john married the girl. a go
C.-Would he have married her if he
had not really been her seducer s
Col. T.-You can settle that as you
like You are asking me for facts that
/ know in the case. John married the
girl in 1857, think this was upon,
the advice of his father. Of course
the marriage that followed was
MOST UNHAPPY ONE.
It could hardly have been different un-
der the circumstances. Two children
were the result of this marriage. The
first child the cause of the action against
John, was girl named Jessie. i
really believe that my old partner tried
to live with his wife, but her tastes
were of such a nature that there was
nothing in common between them. He
was educated, studious, and possessed
q vaulting ambition. She could not
sympatize with him, and there was
perpetual discord. He said but little
of this to me, and seemed resolved to
bear his burden in silence. During the
winters of 1859 and 1860, I was Speak,
er of the House of Representatives,
and was away most of the time John
looked after my business entirely. In
April, 1860, I returned TO my Office A
day or two after my arrival home, John
left the Office to go to Pittsburg, mere
ly saying that he was going away on
business. fE 4 40 7AE
HE NEVER RETURNED
As my partner. A short time after his
T received a letter dated
"1'he Wide World" 1t had no post
mark by which I could tell where he
was. This letter stated his reasons why
he had gone away. He said in it that
he could not live with his wife; that he
was going away where he would remain
and begin life over again.
He enclosed assignments to me of all
his property here, in satisfaction Of
some $4,000 which he took with him.
he said if this was not enough to make
the 81 900 good he would make it so
to the value Of every cent.
I3 A POSSIBLE DEFALcATIoN.
C.-Colonel, was that really in the
nature of a defalcation
Col. TIT might be. = taag7
C.-That is, if you had found Mr..
Nipple at the time, and had wished to
have an action for him upon the ground
of defalcation, there might have been
a case made out g#.s rs 3
Col. T.-There might have been, if
I had so desired. But i am well salts
fed there was no intention to defraud.
Mr.. Nipple has since made good to me
the discrepancy Of $1,000. Right here
I want to make one point clear.
There was never. any compromise made
by me with creditors occasioned by my!
partners fight. The creditors Of
Thompson & Nipple were paid in full
all their claims against the frm.
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C.-Why was it, if Mr.. Nipple had
confidence in you, he did not reveal his
plans to you, instead of running away
as he did. without giving you any warn
ing of his intent aZ5 A ,-r
C5l TIE was young and inexpe-
rienced. He was made morbid by his
unhappy marriage, and doubtless was
afraid Of some obstacle being laid in
the way of his leaving.
THE PIrTsBURG INTERVIEW.
C.--About that, interview you had
with him in Pi!tsburg last month? 5.i54" -
Col. TT went to Pittsburg at his
request. I took dinner with him at the.
Union depot hotel on Sunday the Goth
of April last. / had been in cores.
pondence with him for some time, and
had seen him several times since 1867.
There was no money difference be-
tween us them All that was settled in
1867. Nipple felt that the one great
indiscretion of his life was the assump-
ton of false name. Probably he
wished to talk with me about it. At
any rate we did talk over his position,
and the certainty of his story finally
coming out now that he had arisen to a
position of public trust. advised
him to meet the story boldly, and tell
the real truth Of the case. Isaw him but
a brief time, as after Dime he went on
his journey. 7ls
G.-For years you never knew where
he was ~ e s. aesB.
Col. 7. this was doubtless only
another one Of the many precautions
that John took to prevent his wife fQl-
lowing him, sub bject upon which he is
perfectly morbid. His wife remained
at home part of the time. She worked
also about IN families. She was at
one time charge upon this township.
The occasion of this was her being with