National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-23
SAD STORY


YEARS OF MISERY AND REPENTANCE
One of the most remarkable and sensational
cases ever investigated In 9 court Of justice has
occupied the attention of the Chancery Court
in Louisville, KY, for several days past.
Major John 3. Throckmorton, wealthy bach
eior Of fifty, sued out commission OF lunacy
against Miss Ella Goodwin, aged about thirty
six. It was developed upon the TRIAL that
Throckmorton met Miss Goodwin over twenty
two years AGO and became enamored of her.
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tnas .i1ne' ooe anu nei ir'enus siAni sAe.
Throckmorton seduced her under promise OF
marriage, and that they lived upon terms Of
intimacy for several wears. when Throckmor-
ton ahenaonad her She formed a desnerate
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Ieeoiusion VI fesseance y aills' sne o1oi -
her ruin, and here Is where
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Her own storv "a .antiaIIv as follows. as
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occasion ana ~ eveEJ oppor'uni.y' ana, oeins
an accomplished man OF the coria, oouio eashy
induce an inexperienced girl TO believe IN him
.nd bis nronises. and throurh her affections
80 h.- - he, min Then bis own safety was
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his onIy cAie auu, ieAiNe suop
true state OF affairs nom my iamiiy,a tfN'si
circumstance, In itself hardly worth noticing,
afforded a pretext for an advancement which
10. c,,Ir,trstsd IN tventv wears of almost un-
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equA A li'ee1.
thas one 70 whom MAJ neen
and one who had been the oeVotea ioVer, Wouto
abandon me, now tnat mao eufIeuuereo "
MIN al that was Vaiuao,e 20 . woman.
took years 10 reaiize II. ny nrSt eno,s Wa 70
effect RECOMMENDATION. linen 1 saw the true
character OF the man loved; was mace an
OBJECT Oh riaicuie 70 ms irienus; tIeaeeu on az
occasions with tne mos, orussi s,oishce, esSs
adrlIt; every lnuignity neapeu upou uio, ~
suited by prostitutes; oegrsaeo IN every Possi-
BILE way; my ieehngs ana Charms tosaIly "
nored. igraaually m nau u ISL ISL.
Illness NV love had been -.
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get o.er, years snicI Iann mi Iet ~. =.
Sut snuuueI, anu "Sn WIZ paes 60, th ~
oTleny Us possDle mnen ,ae 4iS.-. st,is
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anu Waste. my ttouoie an " ra,'SIf.
arateu me lroh tue ress VI sue nun.AA .a.I
coulu nos iorm oIner tes' Ms go IT,
man Woula nave tna9e ne nsns $1,000 -, ~,
man VINO hau "rouSShs niy ~ - 80 -!
sunerings, ana seelneu un.ouenou ~ ny , S
mere was no legai le1i eS ~ ,no =, a.
maue q PuDnc lesofu " ny nnrsaiS 7 do
Sou[ %. Ge.eInsn nad " e'e-s0 ~
noeFa'ely paSiiieu anu
- - .-a.a,-,., ,ho;,o,r In h,s
natl. TO keen ever before him a living monu-
ment OF the ruin he had wrought. / considered
the dntv owed to NV family, but my own
WRONGS were Greater than nv rights. did
not Consider the world, but believe the world
IL genersIly not yery much shocked when a
Iibertine IL Killed. though cannot do murder
T believe that | have done the community
no WRONG. and that know 1 have done this
man no wrong, but on the contrary have done
rsobt, have not been impelled to my course
by an Irresistible force. neglected no duties
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MY HOME
or to my friends, and believe that II Mr.
.oit n@u - 'T e.
FonIJ have soffenod INV resentment and
wonId have desisted. But his course strength
epcd INV resolve. II was one of uniform brutal
itv- F6ur times have been drarped before the
malice court tbropch His instrumentality. No
man woman or child in the whole twenty
wears saw in INV behavior ANYTHING that could
he construed into disorderIy conduct, except
when on two different occasions was grossly
insulted nv leyd women through his infueucc
I resented 1t. do not desire to publish my
yrongs or to confess nv shame to the world. 1
have been silent twenty years, never saving one
word even In