The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-01-25

Cedar county. A very early settler,
he was positive sort Of man, and al
though Oh the rough order was quite
power in all kinds of local affairs
religious matters, perhaps, excepted.
He worked, as well as swore hard, and
accumulated very fair share of broad
acres and other worldly goods. Some
of these were dissipated by the riotous
disposition and conduct of his son
ack-evidently "chip from the old
block" and knotty one at that-but
all this brought the old man more
notoriety and left him with still plen-
ty of tin to make quite a respectable
member of society"
Under these circumstances it made
a very fair sort of local item some two
years ago when "old Prior" then in
his seventy-eighth year, took to his
bosom for second wife buxom
widow lady something less tnan one
half so venerable. This morsel of
news was not injured any by the post
script which less than year later an
nounced the advent into the Scott
family of bouncing boy. Since that
time, with the exception of an es-
capade or two on the part of the ire
pressible lucknow fled the country
the Scots have attracted no more
than their share of public attention;
but on Monday last the patriarch Scott
rather laid all his previous sensations
in the shade by being arrested upon
no less grave charge than the seduc-
ton of his step-daughter-a girl not
vet sixteen years of ags-and this, too,
under peculiar circumstances rather
tending to aggravate the bad features
of the very bad business.
1t appears that the daughter OF
Scott's last wife, Miss Tillie Ruble
has lived with her mother and step.
father since their marriage. This fall
scandal began to creep through the
neighborhood where they lived con
corning the girl. II was refuted by
her friends, with the added authority
as we are credibly informed, OF
the family physician who after regular
attendance upon her declared that
dropsy was her only difficulty. But
an evil tale, whether true or false, is
not easily put down; and SO the talk
went mountaineering greatly three
weeks ago when 1t transpired that the
girl was gone, no one knew where.
Then ii was that her relatives took
note of the affair, and fearing that
there might after all be some truth in
the story, and that the girl might have
been taken where life would be en-.
dangered, they employed Constable
ID. j. Bunce to make an effort to fine
her. Bunce soon discovered that Scot
and Tillie took the train on the morn
ing of the 4th inst, to Ego to Upton
AS they did not go to Upton, Bunct
prosecuted his inquiries in the mex
village on the road, viz: Chicago. Or
the Palmer House register he foun6
the names of up. 4. Scott and wife,
arrived the evening of the 18th, ant
left next day. We will make no at
tempt to follow the Constable and th'
detective whose assistance he secured
through their further search, but sim
ply state that it ended by finding thu
girl at an institution, cor. West Adams
and Paulina streets, called Chicago
Hospital for Women and Children
The woman in charge, who seemed
respectable lady physician, said thu
old man had left his nephew's wifi,
there and paid for such attention IL
she would sooa need. The girl her
self, when assured that she had friend
who would staad by and care for her
declared that to her stcp-father AM
him only she owed her trouble; tina
she had yielded TO him at the first, ha'
| kept his wicked secret and had al
| lowed him to bring her there onl.
| through fear; and that she would b
| glad to come back to her friends. TIN
constable took her to the first trait
for the west, and Is constant attend
ance seemed prudent If not necessary
he employed Mrs. Brown, the residen
physician at the Hospital, to com
with them professionally.
The three arrived in Upton Mon
day morning. The same day Bunc
and Langham went up and arreste'
Scott upon charge OF seduction. II
was brought down here and Tuesda.
fixed for the preliminary examination
Scott was no little shaken by the AZ
pearance of the officers, and his con
fusion was not !e5sened by learning
that the girl was in Upton instead o
Chicago "a he supposed. Mrs. Scot
affected to diSbclieve the whole story
and after arriving at Upton was tax
en- by constable Langham To see he
daughter in order that she might b
| convinced. As she remained wit
the girl until nine o'clock Tuesda
morning, when she became CRANE
mother to a lnsty step-son, she wa
probably CONVINCED. Not 80, howe>
err, that NJ. D.-who having bee
brought down here to prove that drop
sy alone was at fault, earnestly avow
ed his knowledge to that effect som
hours after Dame Nature, assisted b
Mrs. Brown, NJ. d., had cured hi
patient,
The aiyeat Of that young Democrat
ic prodigy, his grandfather last .horl
son and his mothers step brother
caused the postponement of the tri,
to Feb. 2ist--the white-headed defent
ant ana probable sinner going hon
under ST 900 bonds after having tw
more actions, one for bastardy an
another for 5000 damages, plastere
on him by the indignant friends
the poor girl.