Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-01-29


ing cltizers' OF Anderson, ind, was briefly mar
rated III the telegraphic uewsuf Thursday last 4,
In spite oil the "leading' character oil the actors .
in the f.ir, the details Of the quarrel and its
results reveal depressing amount of rather h
commonplace rascliity. The story begins with .
the rivalry Of Col Thomas n. Stilwell and John
E. Corwn for the social leadership Of town ,
of some 5000 or 6,000 inhabitants. This may ,
seem petty enough contest, but 1t was prose- ,
cuted with as much intensity as if half the ma
ton had been lockers on. Col. Stilwell, more |
over, was a man Of mark beyond the limits Of
Anderson.
He raised and commanded the One Hun
bred and Thirtieth Regiment of Indiana Volun-
teeis during the war, he was member OF the
rhirty-nnth Congress, and in 1867 President
johnson appointed him Minister to Venezuela,
post which, without Senatorial confirmation,
he filled for year.
ABOUT tue period of his return from South
America, Col. Stilwell found John E. Corwin,
| native OF Binghampton, N. Y, married to |
| the daughter of one of Andeisons wealthiest |
citizens, and possessed with the ambition of
| supplanting him in the .'s0cial political, and
commercial" leadership of that community.
Stilwell succeeded his father as President of
| the First National Bank of Anderson. He was
fee liver,a popular fellow among large class
| OF the general public, and very loose 10 his
dealings with his depositors.
Corw MS fdther-in-law bad been one of the
| lattel, anu tne Dank was accustomed 10 assist
him in evading taxes on his deposits by certify
ing at stated periods that it held his money in
US. bonds instead Of greenbacks. On the
death of the "wealthy citizen" for whose bene-
fit the fraud had been annually perpetrated, his
son-in-aw came into poss 4sson Ct one of the
certificates for $4,000 of I 30 bonds, alleged by
the bank to have been cullly represented by
ereenbacks which had long been drawn upon.
Corwn, however, refused to accept this expa-
nation, and entered suit for the recovery of the
money.
This case was about TO be brought to a trial
when, owing to run ON the bank during the
great hnanclal panic, it was forced to sus-
pend.
According 10 L statement furnished 10 the
Controller ofthe Currency in September, the
assets of the bank were stated at S223, 900. Ac-
cording TO the statement of the Receiver, two
months later, the assets were some 100000 less
, than in September. Thereupon ensued much
indignation on the part fthe depositurs, allega-
!, tons of fraEd against Stilwel, and an indict-
ment by the t'rand Jury charging him with The
, ENLIGHTENMENT OF some $la0,O0O of the bank
| funds.
: OF late years Stilwell has proved unsuccess-
a inl IN most OF his enterprises He appears to
: | have put more money into the building or u
: hotel than he was ever likely 10 get out of IT,
In politics he became a leader IN the Liberal
W cause, and like many better men, promised a
!, good deal that lie could not perform. When 1t
IS added that he took to drinking great deal,
al, the question of hls ultimate ruin became OBJ
., Viously mere matter of time. Smartng uH-
II | der the cnusc,nuSpess M rera.t.J r,il,ra L
u found A convenient o. nl,naiinn nt hi. ,ni,tnr
% tunes in the hostility of Curwin.
Atlength when indictment followed bank.
~, ruptcy, his rage against his rival assumed the
III | character of a menomant. IN W.Jnasd,n 81,
Of ternoop after some talk anon, h,s ,ecn,, MA
y fortunes S,ilWrn siatied far lis ho,na ~,
v seen in crossn, the stree, IN nIaca bis ra,ola
IN in his oyprcon, nocnt and ip,,,,.,d,o,,I az,
m to enter The of,ira nj Eorwin '''''' " Jaw
IN 10 marley there 90. Ir;,r a,o,..,. >,i,,.,,
he raised Lig nistol ia .hn,,. f,arnTi .i i;
T. much mar, nowaIiuI mo,, sI,cca la IN
r inc his ann and Lirnc,,i la ,,oi " ~ hi
o. vcrsat, I,,,uI - ~ p''.o, VI n's au
" cepted by a hundla of tsys in snocra, Tho,
be t,nrwiu seiznI his ossa;I, 49, US Nv
nj his cont uIrt,ed Inn, r,,,,nI M ,ta h,t, 30
ne head was in Inn win Ih,. ,,is,oi h.Iai y;
ed rphi hand ma yyi, o,ar,,, =. , Ia. ~
l'p shot him t,vi,, ,Lr.,,t TX 49, H. III" ~,
lie Col SIiln,eu il, iln ,IiJlo nf 10, 's =" "a
las have been f inst and honorrd ono dieJ ~
ng death of !, raiId cnr and line tn, ,,,e ~
IS Lra,,t l., - ~, 81" nus mas us r''
ar trIsd c, ,i, to- - ',, ~ " justice W
ho Instinct an, ,r,,,,Ids r .ait is ~ ean
Il was ,I.ii,.,'r,t, ,,,,,,Ir ,,r VI "hetn'
with il ;, n,n,,l ''' t"'''
\ SriMTt AL urMRUG.-Mlss Ida Hart.
. pretty girl OF this city, being DESTROYS of IindI
ino Sonlthing do, was So iudlscIeet as to answ
mr. an advertisement for "young lady To travel
80, the amusement business, and obtained an i
teryeiw with a certain Charles Read, who II
,ur folded TO her his plans lie wanted to 90 IN
,rt the spiritual-nedium business, and the appes
a., ~, ancr Of Miss Hart pleased him She took ID
j.. SONS on Phenomena, lui soon became a FIJI
"a, developed medium. An Offer of $50 A we
ng was tempting and She needed the money,
~ she engaged with Read TO travel and give pll
ua lie exhibitions and private seances. They VT
ars very successful, and Miss Ida Hart became
al wonder in the rural districts of the State \
ia,s was medium Of extraordinary power Al
al, made many converts to spiriiuallstn and 90,
- money. Read got the heaviest end of the prC
nv. its though.
H. She dropped into Rochester one ,av Ike
w. messenger from above and her doiurs werp
expliclble She had become yery expert; BIN
;, woman found her out. She stopped Al a =
,a, yate seance. The lady's curiosity was eyci
and ole day, during her absence, she went /,
lIs Miss Harris trunk, and found a palr of wbisl,
I'm and mu>taches and many other spjritnaI ma
IL pherualia, without which professional sri,
- Il ilist has no power, because "thp conditil
l. are uufivorabe."
t,. Probably the end Justified the mean g, bo /,
-no took to iuuuire into supernatural tbinus ~