The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-03-01
A SOULLESS SOULE.
MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.
A Ter der Widow and Her Trustful
Mother Misplace Their Affeo-
ton and Their Money.
THE SAD STORY

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As RRcrTRo TO A SENTINEL REPORTER BY THE
vICrIMIzED WOMEN AND orHERs-LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS To BE INSTITUTED TO RIGHT
THE woMEN's WRONGS
At the beginning of last October Mrs.
Mary A. Patch, an aged widow and
Christian woman, owned and presided
over a happy home near Buffalo, n.
Y. The only other inmates were widowed
adopted daughter and her child, little girl
of three years. In another part OF the
city of Buffalo lived Andrew Soule, with
his vile aud four children, all under his
fathers roof Mrs. Patch mad real tssate
valued at $4,000 or s. 600, and money on
deposit amounting TO about $500. On
her litsle fortune Soule had fixed his
thoughts and determined to secure IL. DE
left Buffalo for a short time and when be
returned he represented that he had been
at Erie, Pa, whittier he bad gone for the
purpose OF procuring divorce Oily
toDgued aud pleas ant of speech, he soon
won on the ELECTORS of both the women,
until the elder came to regard him VITA
the trusting confidence she might have
given one OF her buried Sol $, while the
younger one entertained tenderer trust
for him. To his soft words she lent a
willing ear; to his tale of s)rrow she gave
closest attention and readiest belief;
for his sympathy she was warmly CRATE
| ful: and when at last he told his love she
WAS only too ready to yield to his wishes
| and become bis wife. To their ppiness
there was but one drawback. BY the
laws of the state of New York he
wss forbidden to marry again, and q
violation of that law rendered him liable
to arrest. To obviste this difficulty IL
vas determined that 30 soon as the mar
rage ceremony was performed the happy
oOnn1a ahnnld starL FIR INDIANAPOLIS.
where, by contract already made with the
Singer Sewing Machine Company, the
happy groom was to have charge of the
Singer agency OF the state at salary OF
50, 900. That there might be
NO TROUBLE ABOUT MONEY MATTERS
after getting here, Mrs. Patch drew from
the bank $500 and requested Soule to have
it shipped through by express. he took
it to the Office and took receipt for 1t In
Mrs. Patch's name, which he brought
back and exhibited to her. With the party
came a young man named Frank b. Conc
| yer, who was to take p sition in the
Singer Cffice under Soule. On their
arrival here they took cottage on Huron
street, which proved too small fer their
| furniture, the propt rty OF Mr.. Patch, and
Soule was reques ed TO either sell or trade
for something moro convenient and less
4 Oulky. Luis no Ulus bIduluB lOI q IOiulDs
| couch, which, he said to his wife, wss not
covered but would be finished and sent
home in a few days. Not content with his
s., 900 salary, be sought the appointment OF
| vice president OF a new Insurance COM
| pany which was just organizing. He talked
/ this matter over with his wife, saying
that the position would give him author
| i,y to appoint agents all over the country;
| they would be his sub-sgents, and he
| w nlH ro0aiua q noPQontpOQ nm THAR hnai-
ness, amounting probably to IS. 0O0 year.
| and all this without giving up his $1,000
/ situation with the Singer. He could not
| get the appointment unless be could give
| good evidence OF responsibility. III only
/ her mother would give him q power of
attorney authorizing him TO draw all her
money rom the Buffalo banks, and mort
gage her property there to secure q loan
Tor his own use, that would show her con-
| fidence In hun, would convince the othCr
| stockholders that be was eLtrsly r5-
sporsible, and secure for him the
| cove ed position. He wouldn'6 draw the
money nor make the loan, but would
RETURN THE POWER OF ATTORNEY
to his mother in-law in week. At last,
on Saturday, February 5, the old lady gave
him the desired Document, he assured her
that the company would be organized dur
| Ing the week; be would be app )inted vice
president and on Saturday, at the farthest,
he would return the paper to her. On
| Monday be informed his wife that BUSH
ness in connection with the insurance
| company would call him to Cincinnati
and Cleveland, and thence home. Tues
day morning he left, ossensibly for
| Cincinnati. In q day or two some lady
called and suggested that all was
not lovely. The friend, ConOver, called,
too, as he had bsen in the habit OF doing
| before Soule went swsy, and be stated
| broadly and plainly thai the absent hus-
hand was swindling the innocent and ur-
suspeotihg. women, and that he (Concver)
had been sharing the spoils. Later he
! called again, saying that he had letter
| from Soule, and was authorized to get his
| trunk and clothes. Mrs. Soule replied
| that he could have the things on produc-
| ton of the letter. Not being able to do
this he left the house, q sadder, a wiser,
and an augrier man, but none the richer.
| Chewing the cud of bitter reflection, he
thought him that his partner In
| iniquity bad skipped out without
a lair division, and he determined
| to be revenged. He wrote out terribly
ungrsmmstical and miserably misspslled
| account of Soule's share in the trsI sac
ton, carefully saying nothing about bis
own infsmy in assisting his pal to deceive
the con6ding women. This led to q Sc
ries of interviews by a Sentinel reporter,
which developed, perhaps, all the facts in
the case. Acting upon the hints received,
Mrs. Soule began To iuves tigate matters.
In the first place she lesrned that he had
| never had any connection with any sew
ing machine company in Indiana. Then
she learned that the $500 which was sup
posed to have been expressed to Ipdisnap-
oils and deposited in bank by him, bad
been quietly withdrawn from the express
office at Buffalo and pocketed by Soule.
ON THIS HE HAD BEEN LIVING
ever since his arrival here. IL was now
nearly exhausted, hence the necessi y for
a power of attorney that he might draw
Mrs. Patch's remaining $1,000 from the
b ffslo banks, and negotiate q loan by
mortgaging her real estate. he had repre-
sented that Mr.. Mckenzie, of the Trade
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