Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-07-30

was safe OF pruden.. The spell was on
her, however, and It WIS not easy to
foresee the real danger. His fervid elo-
quence had appealed at once to her
Imagination and her religious aspira-
tions. From an interest in the preach
ing it was only step to an interest in
the preacher; but in all things she
treated him simply as holy man, her
spiritual guide. He was so devOut that
she foTgave hin for keeping her glove,
which he picked up in the wood, and
for painting her portrait for his own
lectatiOn. She even obeyed him wh88'
be told her to dismiss her Protestant
servants and employ Catholics in their
places. Busy and malicious tongues
told part Of this to Ser hu band, and he,
as matter Of coarse, was furious. She
failed to understand the road she had
taken In short tine she had become
so Jealous in good works that she with
drew from society, surrende red her
judgment to her spiritual director, and
no longer took an interest in her hus-
band or her husbands affairs. There
was separation and grief and after much
suffering that reconciliation which is
necessary TO give novel happy end
ing. The story, We begin to sus-
pect, Ia not an uncommon
one. Here was a woman, albeit a
character Of fiction, as Mrs. TiltOn says,
who never thought to wrong her hu5-
band; but the devotion she owed HIM as
a wife she permitted to be absorbed by
another, and not only became the de-
fender Of the poO-, silly priest, but
allowed her husband to go from her In
the blindness of her own folly and devO-
ton. The sin was Leonard's," said
Father Francis to the erring woman,
"but the fault was yours" That this
fault was Mrs. IilsOn's she admits in her
remarkable letter; that The graver sin
was Mr.. Beeeher's seems the dsdue ION
Of his statement which we print this
morning. That there is no crime is now
plain enough. The Brooklyn story is
the story of Cstharine Gaunt over again,
only the Plymouth pastor was no silly
ecciesiastic, as the novelist calls the
other; and it was hardly priestly in him
to take pleasure in the "paternal affec-
ton" which is now the gravamen of the
charge against him. This, we are in
clined to think, is the whole story which
Mr.. Tilton's heated imagination has dis
tOTted into terrible crime, and the les
son to be learned from it is in that
deduction which stands out with such
startling prominence in Mrs. TiIton's
letter-a virtuous woman should check
Instantly an absorbing love.
ANOTHER BRO9BLYN SCANDAL.
From the New York Herald of Sunday.
Another scandal has Just been brought
up in the supreme court of Kings
county. The case involves the fair
name Of a wealthy lady in Brooklyn,
and the character and standing of
stock broker in New York. The plaintiff
is Mr.. William w. Proctor, who seeks
to recover the sum of fifty thousand dol
lars damages from Mr.. Samuel w. Laps
ley, Of the firm of Lapsiey & Bailey,
New York brokers, with whom the wife
Of the plaintiff did business. The plain
tiff sets forth that his wife, when she
called and placed ten thousand dollars
in their hands, induced by tue defend
ant to drink wine, wssand that while
under It's influence he seduced her. The
complaint goes on az length to detail the
various circumstances connected with
this alleged crime, and says that the
plaintiff was married TO his wife
OH the second of October. 1862.
He has since lived happily with
her, she demesning herself in such
manner as to acquire the respect and
confidence Of the best classes of society,
among whom she was looked upOn as a
worthy member OF the most select cir
cles, and faithful wife. Itappears that
about the eighteenth OF February. Mrs
Proctor applied to the firm Of Lspsley &
Bailey, aud opeBed an account ia her
own name with this firm, leaving IN
their care sums Of money and securities
on deposit amounting to upward of tea
thousand dollars. 1t is charged that on
or about the twenty-fifth Of last Februa-
ry, Mrs. Proctor was induced by the de-
fendant to enter private Office attached
to his place of business, and after plying
her with wine until she was in a help
less condition to resist the alta ks Of
he accomplished the crime Of
which he is accused. 1t is also set forth
that in the interval between the twenty
fifth OF February and the second of May
last, at several times and places, partic-
ularly in the Office above named, and in
the West Side hotel, the same criminal
course was pursued by the accused, and
on each occasion wine was used as the
means whereby Lapsley was able
to accomplish his designs. It Is
also claimed by the injured hus-
band that certain Mrs. Fanny ROsen- !
thall, wife of Robert Rosenthall, of New
York, was taken TO the offiee Of the de-
fendant, and other places, and both Ia
dies rendered helpless from the effects
of wine, in order that he might accom-
plish his hellish purpose. Mr.. Proctor
lays claim to damages in the sum of
fifty thousand dollars. Samuel W.
Lapsley, the defendant, admits the al
legged business transaction with Mrs.
Louise Proctor, but states that she de-
posted no money with the firm to which
he belongs, the capital having been, by
her desire, invested at her own risk snd
account in stocks. A general denial on
the part of the defendant is set up in
answer TO the criminal practices men
toned In the COMPLAINT.