The New York herald., 1874-11-07

IN vain Tor his onsprng. He visited the schools
they had withdrawn from those institutions
monIns before, and that 1t was supposed they had
returned 70 their home In New Orleans. Final
nc 'nserted a0vertlsoments In some oil the New
YORK papers, Offering liDer raj re ward for informa
ton concerning them; but no response was
unhappy Barthone Was az last compelled TO give
up tne search Finding that life OF I'd e.
ness served only 70 add 20 the pognsncy o. the
ne ID time engaged N business IN the city OF
Brooklyn, where he succeeded In accomplishing
quite fortune IN addition to his already ample
means.
REST AT LAST.
Lie. however had lost all charms Tor him.
Wronged and deserted by the woman whom
he had passionately loved, beret OF the
children whose anectionate Illustrations might
nave served TO ameliorate In some degree his
other ALL sufficient griels, there indeed remained
no tie TO bind him to the world in which he had
gone SO much suffering That he was not
doomed long TO brood over the wreck Of all his
tion. HIS health. which had never been fully re-
stored since his illness, gradually laied, and IN the
year 1864 he died. In his last viii and testament
he bequeathed the bulk OF his fortune 10 mis- ch'l-
dren; bnt, with tnat singular perversity in human
nature which sometimes impes men to cherish an
affection ior which the OBJECT OF 1t has proved
most unworthy. he directed that handsome sum
should be placed In the hands or the City
Treasurer OF Brooklyn, to be given 10 his wife and
Would-be murderesS Ia case Sne should ever appear
REAppEARANcE or THE CHILDREN
and daughter appeared 10 claim the fortune lett
them by their father. Their story was TO this
York, had formed an attachment Tor a young
man with whom she became acquainted. and,
feeling that her father's house could be q home to
her no more, she yielded TO his mpor tunities and
married him. The son had led a some What reck-
less life, and not nnding 1t strictly congenial to
his tastes, had not long remained at the institu-
placed him. On seeing the advertisement
Offering reward or information concerning him.
ha u U n nfad enrc cnyn
'idiosyncracy'' IN which he might have INDUCED,
and he accordingly enlisted, serving in the army
been Informed OF the deep aftilctions through
which their iatner had passed, nor was his pres
ence in Brooklyn known 10 them. Their Identity
having been iuly established, the property be-
queathed them was given into their possession.
CLOSE OF A WICKED CAREER.
In the meantime nothing had been heard OF the
falthess creole wife. The money left her oy her
forgivlng husband was given into The hands OF the
Brooklyn Treasurer, and there it remained un-
claimed from year TO year. Recently, however, In
formation reached William BARITONE which led TO
the belief that the woman was dead, ana he ac-
tuition OF measures to ascertain the truth. The
detective heretofore mentioned succeeded
IN ascertaning that on neeing rom New
Orleans the guilty woman and her lover proceeded
to Paris. where, so long as NJ. Barthones money
lasted. they revelled IN the brilliant pleasures or
the gay Continental Capital. Hans Smiths love
for the creole and the stolen money waned to-
gether, and when the latter was gone Mr.. smith
likewise vanished. Penniless and deserted by the
man Tor whom she had deeply snned, the
wretched creole succeeded by some means in max
ing her way back to New Orleans; but Death
claimed his own at last, and In 1878 she was
summoned to the final account Proofs OF
the death OF the woman were obtained
by the detective and placed in the hands o. the
Messrs. Penney who proceeded to bring suit IN
behalf OF their clients before Judge Marvin, OF
brooklyn. The evidence proved to be sufficient to
convince the Court oil the justice OF the claim,
and few days since an order was issued on the
City Treasurer or Brooklyn for the delivery OF the
money held In trust by him into the hands of NJ.
Barthone's children.