The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-09
A DOMESTIC DRAMA.


AN OLD MANS WIFE BECOMES DISCONTINUED
AND LEAVES HoME-PRIDE AND POVERTY
AND A FINAL ELoPENENT WITH A SPIRIT
UAL AFFINITY.
The Toledo Commercial gives the follow
ing sad story ofdomestic unhappiness: Last
Saturday evening there came to the city a
wealthy old German, citizen of Detroit,
seeking a young wife, whom he'had reason
to believe was in the city in company with
a travelling clairvoyant physician" and
spiritual medium, nominally as his wife, and
be applied to the chief of police for aid in
hunting her up, telling his story as follows:
Nearly nine years ago he was married to a
beautiful Southern girl at Louisville, Ken
lucky. After a few months they came
north and fixed upon a residence at Detroit,
Michigan. Although the husband was forty
or more years OF age and the girl put
eighteen, his constant attention to her and
her desires of the most trivial nature, was
sufficient to compensate her for the differ
ence their ages might occasion, and all went
pleasantly and happily for period of about
four years when the husband began to notice
a restlessness and observation-disclosures in his
wife's manner that occasioned him extreme
surprise and pain. He imagined that she
was sorrowing and signing for the happy
home he had taken her from, and accord
ingly returned with her on visit, hoping
she would in time lose that feeling and be
satisfied to return to her home in Detroit,
there to reside permanently. They passed
year or two travelling through the South
and visiting her people at Louis
vile, after which they returned to Detroit.
where they resided together, although some
what unhappily, until last September.
Finding that they could not be happy to-
gsther longer, they mutually agreed that
she should apply for a divorce. She made
application at once, but there being some
delay In the matter, and. she feeling too
proud to accept aid for her support, in the
meantime, from her husband or her people,
accepted position as copyist in the house
of Pittsburg firm, where she remained I'M
til the 9TH; OF last December; The
firm failed about this time and she was
thrown ont OF employment, with No re-
sources at hand with which to support her
self. In a moment of despair her eye lighted
on an advertisement in PittsbUrg papfr,
for lady travelling companion. She an
swered the advertisement, and the husband
says, left Pttsburg in company with the
party who had advertised for a companion,
as his wife. They travelled for some weeks
together as man and wife. but ner companion
not proving kind to'her she communicated
10 a lady friend of hers, in Detroit,
what she had done, and said sheiwa
TREATED WITH EXTREME CRUELTY.
This intelligence reached the ears of her
husband, who started at once to find her and
tender her the means on which she could
live comfortably until she obtained her di-
vorce. He traced her from place to place,
and finally to Cleveland. On arriving there
be found she had Just left in company with
her supposed paramount, and had gone to To-
ledo. Last Saturday evening he learned
that she was at ST. Clair
street restaurant. He Immediately
sought out Capt. Purdy and told him the
whole story, and said that he wanted TO see
his wife then. Capt. Purdy, to cblige him.
called with him at this restaurant, and
learning that the recslcitrant wife was there,
requested to see the man she was with, and
he was summoned accordingly. The man
denied of there being any lady with him ex-
cept his wife, whom he said he had married
in Pittsburg. The husband, however, begged
to be favored with an interview with
the woman herself, which was granted. She
denied that she was the Germans wife, but
acknowledged that she had been married to
him. Her paramount assumed to be ignorant
OF this and asked her finally if she had
been divorced, bur she declined to answer.
Her husband pleaded with her to come back
to him. but she refused, saying he had not
done for her as he ought TO have done,
and she would never live with him
again on any condition. After long
and urgent pleading the part of
the husband. it was agreed that all the inter-
ested parties should meet in the morning
ana ARRANGE matters. Inc cialrVOyanC nau
been advertised to give a public entertain
ment Monday evening, but Immediately
caused his advertisement to be Withdrawn
from the papers. Sunday the husband
aud wife met at his rooms, and, after a
long interview, parted to meet the next
day. They met, and after an hour or
two spent in the husbands pleading, he
succeeded in Obtaining her consent to go to
the house of lady friend in Michigan and
remain a day or two to collect her confused
thoughts and decide what she would do in
regard to living with him again. At the
hour she promised she was ready, and the
husband, placing quite sum of money in
her hand, saw her depart for the home OF
her friend. The medium" was advertised
to give "seance'' last night; what his sue
cess was is not known;