The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-09-01
MATERIAL FOR / ROMANCE.
ionr,>,inu Of Nan Vino HE!dcrcd
His Nijc's Lover.

Iflom TIE Fr.t Nayn" S"nt;""L
! he mel ,i!t,Ylng town Of Van Vert
j. %trn'Iy excited over Il scASatI'n a.
iiy.t-vlass dimensions. On Friday
evening respected and Wr'l-t"-do
farmer nan cd John Arson, living N
.VarhSnn township. eleven miles nom
Van Went, went to that place ana
made u S,atling confession to the
officers. His story substantially Is
as fellows: About the fist of last
January q Young man named Arthur
Anderson, WHO was cn.AScd IN cnt -
,lnr timber, went to .ln>on'S house
and secured board. Anderson was
much impressed with the charms OF
AnSun's wife and mad" himself rx-
rce,lingIy agreeable to her. This did
not escape the attention of tie lrS-
band, WHO, however, h;"( too much
runtilcncr in his wife to believe that
she would hc guilty of intldrllty t"
him. SO things moved on until about
he first of March, Wien Mrs. AnSon
suddenly expressed determination
Of coming to Fort Wayne. She gave
her husband very little information
as to the object on probable duration
Of her visit to this city. She left and
came to Fort Wayne, ANDERSON re-
manning at her house. llcl husband
resolving TO letter from his wife, his
suspicionS became excited and he
went to the postotticc and asked if
there was any letter for Anderson.
He WAS informed that there was a
letter for Anderson, but that the lat
ter had directed that his mail should
not he given to any one who had not
II written order from him. This re-
doubled AnSon's suspicious. and he
FASTENED away, forged an order from
Anderson for the letter, and soon re-
turned to the poStoflirr. He obtained
the letter, and found it from Fort
WAYNE, and was in his witc'S hand
writing. AnxiouSly he tore open the
envelope, and discovered the cxiS,
tcnce Of guilty relations between the
writer and Anderson. and also that
she had come to Fort Wayne, and
~ns to be joined in this city by An
derson at an early day. The hns-
band, neatly crazrd, returned to his
home with the tell tale cpistle, and
denounced Anderson as II villain.
The latter seized an TX and dealt An
SOD blow, which, however, was not
serious. He was about to repeat the
attack, when Arson took tho large
butcher knife from the table and
drove it three times through Amber.
sons heart, Arson, left, alone with
the body of the man who had WONG
cd him, was driven almost to a fren-
rs. lie took the body and dragged
it some distance from the house to a
small shed on the farm used by the
lumbermcn. There he dug grave
and buried the body, and, to funthe'
conceal the crime, burned the shanty
down over it. Arson declares that
his life since The first of March has
been wrctchcd and miserable beyond
endurance. He says that he had got
no sleep at night or peace by day
and that if he had attempted to long
rr carry his guilty secret about with
him he must have become Insane.
.Anson's confession, when made, was
not generally believed on account OF
past good character. 4 party wa,
sent, however, to the spot indicated
" him, and Anderson's body was ex.
lumed and found to have been stab
bed in tic panner confessed by An
son. Last week brother of Andel
son, the deceased, was in the city
looking for him. He reported tht
mysterious disappearance to the po'
lice authorities here, and requested
Them to trace it up. Anson says J.,
has not heard from his wife since tlt
homicide, but she is believed to b'
in this city somewhere.