The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-02-21
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the life she led7R there lbefo,e.d She
reminds her husbnnd1thas he isrhappie r
than when they were together, but at
tributes their differencesto the poverty
other lot. Once she asked him to, send
her Truro paper and ptopisedito send
the money to pay foritji She asserts
over and royer again lier1iaelity to, him,
saying lshe has 1neyer.loved any sothaf
man, and bids himato bdstrue to,he,. II
they had enough to liveiin scomfGrt, she
says God knows how gladly sne would
go home and, call ,herselfhis DOWN g
wife. i. In, The Boston viletter, howey cr,
she says she has h chapce,toi 60 to Cali
fornia, and if she goes shet@ill mover
return to Nova Scotia. esShe complains
OF frequent sickness preventing her
from sending money, andssalks freaue ent
ly ofnaking aavisit atsemei time W hen
sho gets money enough, but always in
sists that she will not go back to live as
before. i1y~g ~ .l,tatigib
ANGRY nErTERs. 7q"sl -
In letter Of February Is. 1873; She
replies to an angry letter from Waller,
telling her if she can't be. Content with
what he has, in Gods name to stay
where she is. She says She cannot cannot live
in poverty as they haave done, RI he is
tired Of living alone he eau get. a Idi
vorce on the ground Of dis}ssertii'oNp.' i}s ii'N' She
says she has never loye any one one on
earth but him, and 'dosss' noots & wish to
give him up; but if he Wants d divorce
he can have it all his own Way, she, will.
not Interfere. There ,isSanosh + lstter,
dated August /, 1873, after. tie visit to
pictou, in reply to'a 'saeff accusing ey
Of having made a new marriage. 1t is
very angry letter she declares; that
the vile accusation has orisiinsted in his
own bad heart She tesuld, nave got s
divorce if she had wantSl Stsand, if she
despel to Jl,arrv 80 -,
cRrhrtu no man, but xpull have told
him the whole trn,h but if John Wai
Ter was IL sampleof the men, she prays
God to keep her from them all II
this lett:r she says she intend, to sail
for Cuba in five weeks. The letters are
un grammaticnl but not with ut Ger
tain vigor of expression which is very
markell in The last Of the s:rics. Mrs
Waite listened with an pp.arauce OF
great interest, occasionally turning to
her husband, Mr.. Waite. with smile
which he reciprocate
LETTERS BY MRS WAITE.
Then came letters, written avow .dly
by Mrs. Waite on the Sth of September
last. The first was addressed to j ohm
Waller, and was accompanied by Il note
from Mr.. Waite, which was ruled out by
the court Mrs. Waites letter explains
that she was in Truro Gin July applr
cnt!y) ald met there woman called
Mrs. Waller; but don't know whether
she was Mr.. Waller 'sswife or not. Tne.
second letter is addressed to George
Holden, who had then identified Airs
Waite as her brothers wife. Mrs Waite
says she knew girl named Carrie Wal
ler who resembled her that Carrie
Waller said she had husband in Pictou
and meant to fool Kim, and that Carrie $
plot had involved her in his dreadful
suspicion. She relies, however, upor
her husband s constancy, and he knows
whether he married girl or woman
She adds that Mrs. Holden seems to
take more interest in the matter the q
her brother, who says women are plenty
enough in Nova Scotia. During the
reading of this letter Mrs. Waite hid her
face III her mutt. The letters in red ink
were not introduced. 4r
TIE DEFENCE
opened on Saturday, January 3lst
manifestly with the intention Of estab
fishing a care Of mistaken identity, and
produced evidence that the prisoner had
been frequently mistaken for woman
known as Catharine Wallace, who, it wa.
claimed, was really tn, wife of Waller.
This woman was not, however, produced
MIR, Verrill made the opening speech