New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-11-12

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chiiaren were not. Ss may os supposed. *
| act!y overwhelmed with delight at the sec.
ond matrimonial venture o. their father.
On the contrary, they failed to become in
spireI with that ardent attachment for their
das1v new mother which NJ Barthooe
deemed essential to absolute domestic har-
mOhy. and the result was that they were
sen: 20 New York to school, where ,hey
were supposed 10 be a. the date of their
fathers Illness. When NJ. BARITONE had so
:as recovered as to be abs 70 travel he
eiosed up his business affairs ia New Or.
leans and proceeded to New York
whese ia proposed establishing a new
nome AID renew..g those ateetonate
relations with mis- children wa!ra his
unfortunate uu!on with the Creo.s woman
naa 10 rufely severed. Ga arriving in the
metropolis however. the father sought in
VAIN soc his offspring. Hs visited the
echoOls TO which they had been secr only to
learn that they had withdrawn from those
institutions months before. and that it was
supposed they had returned 70 their homes
n New Orlsans. Finally he inserted ad.
vertlsamen-s in some OF the New York
papers, Offering liberal reward for infor-
was elected. Discouraged and almost
nesrtbroken, the unhappy BARITONE was at
last compelled to give up the search. Find
ing thac a lite of idleness served only to add
TO the poiSnancy of the many sor.ows under
which ne WAS bowed down, he in time en-
gagged n business in the city OF Brooklyn,
where he succeeded. il accommodating aute
fortune II addition to his already ample
MeADs
REST AZ LAST.
Life. however. had los. all charms for
am. NToaS2d and desertsd by the woman
whDm he had so passionately loved berett
q rov1v -
tlo1 might have served 70 Ameiiorate in
SONS degree his other au.su.hc.eut gr;afs,
there indeed remained no re to bind him
to the world. il which he had met with
aucA exceptional experiences and under.
gone >, much suffering. That he was not
doomed long to brood owe. the wreck OF al,
LIS hopes was no doubt to him q merciful
0isDensation. H:s health. which had never
been fully restored since his illness. gradu.
ally failed, and in the year 1864 he died.
In MS asc Will and Testament no bouveathed
the DUR OF his fortune TO his children; but,
wi.A that singular perversity in human
natCro which sometimes impels man to
eaerlsh an affection for which the Obec. Of
1t has proved most unworthy, he direoted
that = handsome sum should bs placed in
the hands OK the city treasurer of Brooklyn
20 Do gwen to his wife and would be mYr-
deress "a cAse she would ever appea. 20
Claim j..
REApTEsRAScE OF THE CHILDREN.
Shortly after the ieatl, Of NJ. BARITONE
his son and daughter appeared to claim .he
fortune LETT them by their father. Their
story was 70 this effect: The daughter
while at school III New York, had formed
an attachment toc young man with whom
ste became acquainted. and. feeling that
her fathers house could be home to nsr no
more. she yielded to his opportunities amt
married him. The son had led somewhat
reckless life. and not finding it strictly con.
genial to his tastes. had not long remained
at the institution Of learning whers his
father had placed him. On seeing ths ad.
vert.semeuc Offering a reward for informa.
that he was wanted tor some ''idiosyncracy''
IN which he Nigh: have INDUCED, and he
accordingly enlisted. serving in the army
for three years. Neither lie nor his sister
had been informed of the deep Affections
through which their father had passed, nor
was mis- presence in Brooklyn known to
them: Thei. identity having been fully
established. the property bequsa.led them
was given into their possession.
close OF \ WICKED CAREER.
Il the meantime nothing hal been heard
Q: the tai.hless Creole wife. The money
left her t7 her fo:g:yiny husband wa. given
into the hands of the Brooklyn Treasurer.
and :hece it remained unclaimed from year
to year. Recently, however. information
reached William BARITONE which led 60 the
belief that the woman was dead. and he
as already sug2ested. caused
the institution Of measures to ascertain the
truth. The detective hecetcfors mentioned
succeeded n ascerta;nin3 that on fleeing
from New Orleans the guilty woman and |
ner lover proceeded to Paris. where. so long |
az ~ Barthone'A money lasted. they rev.
e!!ed IL the brilliant pleasures Of the gay
continental capital. Hans Smiths love tor !
the Creole ant the stolen money wsned 70.
.s.her. and when the Latte. was gone Mr.. !
Smith likewise vanished. Penni!ess and |
deserted By the man for whom she had so |
deeply sinned. the wretched Creole cue.
eeeded b. some means in making her way
back to New Orleans: bu: death claimed |
his own at last. and in 1873 she was sum.
Ioned to the final account. Proofs Of the
Heath OF the woman were obtained by the
detective and placed ii the hands OF the
nessrs. Penney. who proceeded to bcir.
.u:: IL behalf VI their clients before Judge
Marvin. of Brooklyn. The evidence proved
% he suHcien: to convince the court Of the |
iatice Of the claim. and few days eince
n o: Ger vas issued on the city treasurer Of !
Brooklyn to7 the delivery OF the money held
4 trust by hin; into the hands o: NJ.
3a::h o.s's children.