River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-03-09
FAMILY HONOR.

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morgue. Leaving the facts to speak for
themselves, we lay them before our read.
ers without further preamble, suppress
ing, for obvious reasons, the real names
OF the principal parties concerned. but as.
surfing that every word Of this strange
story is true.
The members Of q prominent firm in
this city, brothers, and three in number,
entered into business and a common COM
pact TO remain unmarried, AZ one and
thu same time, and as years rolled by,
gathered fortune and gray hairs togeth.
er firm in their original purpose. Rep
resentatives Of one Of the bluest blood.
ed Of local families, with a common in
come Of over a million Of dollars, many
a feminine heart went up in obvious ad.
miTation Of them, but all in vain,
At last, however, the youngest Of the
three. while lounging through the sum
mer Of 1871, at Saratoga, became ac-
quainted with the widow Of wealthy
Kentucky sto * breeder, regal beauty
Of thirty, with no incumbrance bui her
fortune and bright, handsome, gold.
haired ten-year-old son. The lady's con-
quest was perfect one the courtshiO
which followed was AZ short as ii was fer
yid, and the twain were married.
At the desire Of the bridegroom, who
dreaded the effect Of his step Upon his
brothers, the wedding was strictly pri-
yate one. Upon the return Of the happy
pair TO New York, the lady took rooms
at an uptown hotel, where husband and
wife met by mutual consent as intimate
friends. Riding and promcnading tOgeth-
err and meeting in society, the gentle
mans attention soon became so pro-
nounced that his unsuspecting brothers
fell into the practice Of chatting him
about them, though never dreaming of
the real state Of affairs.
"Im afraid George is finished" be.
came common fling at that conspirator
as he adjusted his attire before the Office
glass, preparatory TO the regular after
noon drive and George, feeling that he
held the winning hand, received the in
nuendoes with complacent smile, in
wardly congratulating himself on hiseasy
ascape.
Things we're at this pass when an init.
mate friend of the brothers, wealthy,
and rather fast man about town, casually
remarked 10 the bachelors that he had
seen George driving in the Park with a
famous beauty Of Savannah. As George
had but one companion in his drives, the
ostensible position of the lady was ex-
planned to the speaker. The gentleman
looked grave, and upon being pressed, ad-
vised his friends to exert their influence
With thaip brothar 10 conarata hin, fro,,
the woman in question, who, he declared,
was person with more dazzling than
enviable record che who had, to his Ger.
tain knowledge, run the race of fast
life in all its phases. The brothers took
George to task upon the subject that very
afternoon, whereupon he derlated his real
relation to the lady, and gave the man
who dared impeach his wife's truth the
lie direct. The gentleman in question,
put on his ifettle by this aspersion Of his
veracity, declared that be had been per.
sonally intimate with Mrs. at q
time when, as Flora Kahn, she figured il
the upper stratum Of the Savannah demi
Monde that he had lost sight of her
some three years ago, and that he was
willing to swear to her identity beyond
the possibility of mistake. The boy, he
affirmed to be the illigitimate son Of a
well-known sporting man of Atlanta, Ga,
who had meet his death in fight on the
race-course there in 1850. He gave the
most minute, circumstantial accounts of
dates and places, and denoted by name a
former intimate friend Of Flora S, a brill
liant fallen star of the Southern social
world, known in her gilded shame as
m nnie, the Pearl, a name given her
on account Of her passion for those gems.
George was furious at this recital. but
the brothers, impressed by the evident
carnestness of their informant, restrained
him from the violence which he threaten
ed, and demanded his consent TO fur
Their investigation Of the affair. IL was
readily accorded, as the husband felt Ger.
tain Of its resulting in the confusion Of
the accuser, whose death he swore TO
bring about directly the lie was proven.
The services Of experienced detectives
were then called into requisition, the cir
cumstances OF the case made known to
them, and carte blanche, as regarded
money and authority, given them. The
friend of the suspected woman was ascer-
tanned TO have left Savannah at the same
time as Flora Kane, tracked thence to
New Orleans, and Their followed to Cuba.
| From Cuba she had come 10 New York,
but few weeks before the search was in.
augurated. thorough search of the
we'll known mdisOns de joie Of this city,
and no less detailed sitting OF the penal
institutions failed, however, to develop
/ he -
had disappeared as effectually as if
he naive element Of her fayorite gems
had engulfed her.
At last, when the detectives were about
giving the quest up in despair, chance
threw in their way an old acquaintance of
the object OF their search, who, although
ignorant Of Minnie's present residence,
was able to designate her fayorite haunts
Of her fdes dcadtes, a notorious second
rate gambler. who, when off duty, as
"capper," figured conspicuously as a
statuesque ornament Of the front OF a
Broadway hotel. For consideration,
this man consented 10 give the Pearl
away. ra. rr
A bank-note Cor a considerable amount
changed hands, and Minnie was found
living quietly in an uptown palace, as the
mistress Of man Of high standing and
years. On the very day Of her discovery
she was seen to visit Mrs. George---
at the latter's hotel, but so admirably
disguised that il was scarcely possible for
her real character TO be deciphered
With this knowledge TO warrant futhci
action, Mrs. George - was herself
put under espionage, and with rapidly
developing proofs Of the truth Of thu
charges against her.
Her husband though still refusing d
be convinced Of her guilt, consented /,