The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-03-16

The following is from the SAndusky
Register, and was called out by the
publication of the foregoing story. fl
shows that the story is faua ded OF
facts and also gives fAetI entirely di-
vested of romance
The article published in yester,lay',
Register in relation TO the Case Fran
els affair created great deal of com
ment in the city, especially among
our Older citizens who were resident Is
here at the time that Case stole the
Government money and fled Will
Mrs. Francis. Our reporter button
holed some of these older residents
yesterday and succeeded in obtainin.
some facts in relation tn the matter
that will be fresh t1 tine greater pDr
| tion of the readers of the Register
Harlow Case was years ago Collector
at the port OF Buffalo. and was vel
known at that time all along the chaiu
of lakes. He had Influence wit
PRESIDENT Fillmore and obtained, u,
we have already stated, the position
of Collector here. At that time Hen
~ Francis and wife lived on C0Iunl.
bus avenue, and when Case ca'ne
here to take possession OF his oiIics
he went to- Francis house e
board. He became smitten with the
charms OF Mrs. Francis and il repar
be true he and she were fer lOns
time on terms OF criminal intimacy
In fact a reliable gentleman witt
whom we conversed yesterday aud
whose family were Intimately ae
quainted with Francis and his wife
when the latter couple resided
on the avenue, confirms the report in
the strongest manner possible. This
intimacy between Case and Mrs
Francis existed apparently withou
Francis entertaining or at least show
ing that he had the slightest suspicion
of it. Case had a wife and family
living at that time ia VermiliiOn
where some of his relatives now re
side, and others of them, or at Iegs
one other, now lives in this city
Years ago Case held the responsible,
position of treasurer of this county
aud deported himself in sach a man
ner as 10 win the confidence and es
teem of the people. His relative
here and in Vermillion are people vii,
command the highest respect OF al
who know them-and they are gen
orally well known throughout tn
county.
. When Case aud Mrs. Francis AM
daughter fed from here a siroag ef
fort was made to find them, but from
. the time that they left the city unit
long afterwards not the slightest elu
could be obtained of their where
abouts. Years elapsed, aud Franci
heard hstthey were on the Island 0
Ceylon. Filled with q desire to Sc
his child, whom his wife had tori
from their home, he started for far-ul
Csylen, arriving there sfter man,
vexatious delays and after eudnria
untold hardships. On arrival h
went to the authorities and stated hi
: case. A thorough search of the Who'll
: Island was made, but no trace wa
} found of the runaways. FFanel
; learned in Ceyl0n that parties CORES
+ ponding TO his description or Cass
: Mrs. Francis and daughter had bee
seen in London, England, and tina
] his daughter had been married t.
{ physician and was living in one Z
the suburbs Of London. Soon ate
/. hearing this. a British mau-of-wa
g came into one OF the ports OF the 1
5 land and Francis shipped on the YES
e sci for London. The man n-of-war ha
/ only been out few days when th
? cholera broke out on board. an
: Death held high carnival during th
t remainder of the trip. Very siugu
). larry Francis was not afflicted wit
g the dread disesse, aud in eOnsequsne
] he directed all bis energies To reliev
+ ing the sufferings OF his less fortunat
shipmates. When he shipped o
: board the man-of-war be was penn
less. Ali he had in the world wer
the clothes he had on and a srna
] silver watch but on arrival at LaT
don the survivors Of the tsrribl
:, scourge on shipboard made up purs
/, and presented il to him as = siigl
!, recompense for the, inestImable Sci
: vices which he had rendered his vi
: fortunate shipmstes. With tn
e money he was enabled to begin th
prosecution of his search und'
lmore favorable Circumstance