The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1877-11-08
4 Criminal Romance and Its sad Hc
sults.
New York Sun.

4 singular case came before Justice
Murray, yesterday, in the Fil1y-scvcnIh
street police court II was one of aban-
dOnmcnt, in which Emanuel Martinez was
arraigncd for rciusin! 10 contribute to the
support of his wife and family, Martinez
was arrested yesterday morning by I'm otli.
Ger of the court squad, at the Maxwell
house, in Blceckcr street, where he is at
present boarding. The prisoner is 4Gycars
old, and was born in Malaga, Spain. He
dresses well, rather CXlravagHnlly and IN
court was very rcticcnt refusing to speak
unless when ntcrrogalcd by the magis
tratc. His wife, Adele, is only D years
old, and was plainly but neatly dressed.
Her story, as she uniOldCd it, was one full
of romantic incident, and many in the
court room looked on in mute astonish.
mcnt, mixed with feelings of sympathy tol
her, as she described the thrilling narrative
of her short but cvcntlul life In the
course of her remarks, alternating with
sobS, the following facts We're revealed
Adclc's maiden name is llitc, and her father
was Il wealthy planter, and was the owner OF
considerable property on the banks Of the
Mississippi The family always lived in
New Orleans, and il was there that Marti
ncz first married. A short time previous
To the commencement of hOStilitics between
the north and south Mr. llitc died and tho
care and charge Of the property then dc.
volved upon his wife. The rebellion
breaking out, the widow lost most of hcl
property and at the conclusion Of the wal
She found herself, though not pcnnilcss, less
aillugnt than she formerly was. Mrs. Hilt
has three daughters, one of whom is At
present in New Orleans, one figures con
spicuously in the present case, and tho
other resides with her husband in Twenty
third street, near Third avenue, II
this city. Ii would seem from Tho
complainant's story that her husband
Emanuel, arrived in this country some tel
or twelve years ago and went directly tt
New Orleans, where his eldest brother haC
already settled down. Martinez soon he
came aware that his brother had married
into family of wealth, and he himscl
conceived the idea of following his broth
cr's example. He soon married his sister
in-law's mother, or iu other words, hi
brothers mothcr-in-law, who was non'
other than Mrs. Hitc. The marriage wa
not happy one, as MARTINEZ, whose sol'
object seemed TO be money, could not pre-
vail upon his wife To give him control o
her property. 1t is alleged that, failing il
his aims, he then sought to rctaliatc b.
hcaping abuse upon her and il-treatinghc
generally.
Mrs. IIitc, becoming sick and disgustc'
with her mcrccnary husbands cruel con
duct, sought Il divorce and was successful
in obtaining it. 1t would only be natura
to suppose that after this occurrence III
relations between Martinez and the Hit
family would he forever sundered, but sucl
unfortunately, was not the case as th
SEQUEL will show. Mrs. Hitcs youngcs
daughter, Adele, the complainant in tn
present case, who at the time was about |
years of age and fresh from school, SCENE
10 possess considerable attraction for Emal
ucl, her mothers late husband, He il
duccd her to elope with him, They secrc
ed themselves for two or three weeks in III
woods, and during their short stay in ii
! vicinity of New Orleans, were concealc
; in the humbehut of mutual friend Whe
the story of their flight had in part subsi'
ed, the couple left their temporary quartet
and fled to Havana, Cuba, II was he
they were married, but IL is said that tl
girl was imposed on, and that there WI
onlya mock marriage ceremony prciolme