The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-08-19
THE VILLAIN CUNNINGHAM.
A Scrap From the History Of the Man
Who Intends to Make 1t Hot for the
Papers That Have Slandered Him.

Papers That Have Slandered Him.
CARDoNDALE, LII, Aug. IS, 1877.
EDITOR BULLETIN In your weekly
issue OF the 10th appears two items in
reference to Harry or Harris Cunning.
ham, and the death OF Maggie King, ont
Of the victims of his sCOundrelism. In
one of these items il appears that he has
put on the air OF injured innocence and
proposes to make it very warm, legally,
Tor the newspapers which have taken
any part in the blackening of his repu-
! tatiOn." This Cunningham is no stranger
to the writer. In the latter part OF 1875
he was in Bloomfield, Iowa. What he
did there is best told IN the following
item from the Commonwealth, published
at that place, of which Mr.. Van Ben
thusen, the present editor of the Carbon.
dale pjsGrrr, was one Of the editors.
He has kindly placed the files
OF the paper at that time at my
disposal, and in the Issue OF February !,
1876, | find the following, under the
head of "a Sad Story" which throws a
little additional light upon this sad cpl
sodc, and stamps Cunningham as the
scoundrcl he undoubtedly Is:
"Many Of the residents of this place
recollect that last tail man named
Harry Cunningham, a piano tuner,
cloped from this place with Miss Maggie
KING, OF NoultOn, Iowa, who was teach
ing music at this place. The attempts
/ OF the parents to lind the young lady
have since then been utterly iruitess.
Recently lady from Unionyillc, Mis-
souri,, came 10 MOuIton in search OF
/ Cunningham. claiming to be his wife.
She stated that Cunningham lett her in
| August. parting with her in the most
| atlectiOnate manner. but telling her as he
| would be home il! fifteen days that lie
would not write. This was no
unusual occurrence; and nothing
strange was thought OF it by the wife.
When the time had elapsed, she wrote to
him, asking him Whao Vas the matter.
iACL' IVA * ~ aus Vt sue lIdtl NIIllNil
time and again to his folks and to other
points, but no one knew of his where
abouts. Recently she heard the sad, ter
rible news of the scoundrely manner in
which her husband had conducted him.
self. and came at once to Blonmtie d.
She bel ewes that Cunningham is in st.
| Louis, and says she will find him if it
takes the remainder OF her days, so that
! she can pat HIM where he cannot seduce
another innocent woman and disgrace
her. She thinks that Miss King has
been deserted by him long ere this The
lesson taught IN this should hea salutarv
one TO many young ladies' who are ever
ready 10 take up with comparative stran-
gers. We sincerely hope Mrs. Cunning
ham may find the villain, and that he
may receive his Just deserts for robbing a
young girl OF her innocence and purity,
and deserving his lawfully welded wi'e.'
The brazen efrontery Of Cunningham
should be iearlcssly met by the press,
which he proposes to ''makr it very
warm for. | should like TO see this story
Of his treachery and deceit in each paper,
which he has threatened, and in newspa.
pers generally in this section. Another
point in this sad story is that Miss Hing
was engaged at the time to one Of the
noblest-hearted men in existence, who
was almost distracted oy the circum-
stance. Pass this story round, and let the
scoundrel receive a no:oriety as deserving
as it is unpleasant. JUSTICE,