The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-24

I 4 case % eAtraorl:aarr t,- .-. sra
tanning al the e.eu4etl'- I ,. ..--
ing romance. Was 5rought - 80. D..
| New York city lately. = acts-.rs ta4,
about three years ago 4. yra;s : }eo..4.
Of retiae nert aud many i~.- .atL Attrac-
tions, the prid- of family Il hBz8. -
cial standing ii England c4ln~ u fii,
country TO JOIN i Insu uau;.s Reynolds.
| with " hom she had become lafttGa1e 81
| and who had induced hsr t. leave Aer
home. It appears that this r yno.is
was the illegitimate ~)u u a. Eagl:sh
/ nobleman. who had married one 4 hi.
fathers servants. and wa- forced T. quit
his home aud oil hauuf> by reason of
having forged the parental Iame il
England II order 10 obtain moaev
/ Reynolds and the 4dy referred 70 lived
together in poverty 10 Nv Yerk until
the arrival ot the E ,.uI The children
/ ot the former. * 10 had heard e MS
/ whereabouts ard followed him The
appearance Of tie family II Reyuoid,
caused a separation between Llsu anu
his victim, and the latter. unfortunately
for herself. fell into tAe power II ONE If
Keynoid assoclatcS. ! Nafthlt,, Il low
named Henry X Lewis, who kagw the
secret of her CONNECT son with REYNOLDS.
ana used 1t To mplish his own base
purposes. He was specimen Of the
dissipated Irish gentleman who had be-
come 50 degenerated a. 70 be lost to all
ideas of honor. ani hal come u tins
country to indulge his habit, ia obscuri-
ty. he WAS man of good appearance
unusual converse !oaal powers. aud con
sumAte impudeuce H. had been >
lieutenant III an EHglleh regiment, and
spoke frequently Of hls acqaaintances
among the English nobility. aud the
immense revenues of his parents state
in the county of Kildare, Ireland. which
were collected for him by trustee. His
family was one of the oldrs. in .hc
country. be explain, his ancestry ex-
tending back in direct lime 10 tie an
cient Irish kings. None Of tl!o revenues
OF the vast estates OF this scion If nobil.
ity found their way To this country
however. and after cxhaustlns an his
ingenuity in the effort to obtain food
or what he loved more. viii ky. AZ
spent a season on Wards Island
After leaving this retreat II fallen
nobility he sought on the woinan whom
his associate Reynolds bad ruined. ana
taking advantage of he MASTERY be bad
gained over her. pursuaded her T. allow
him to live with her. She bad OBJ
tanned employment i'll large manulac-
Ia
dustrious habits had 50 commended
her 10 her employer, that he invited
her to bis house, and she became "a ftc-
quent and welcome guest Of bis family
Lewis, whose appetite for liquor was
almost insatiable. treating her Ia , rui-
hsniy manner. resorting 10 every means
in his power to compel her 10 supply
him with money, and she, fearing that
the secret OF her miserable lite would
be disclosed. was compelled to comply
with his demands. cut OF her weekly
remuneration Of $S she was compelled
to support and clothe herself aud give
the scoundrel who tyrannizcd over her
money with whicn to procure liquor.
He not only beat and abused her. hat
actually compelled her to steal uumcr
Gus pieces of property from her en-
ployer, threatening If she refused. 10
inform him of her ua.Jrtunatr cuaacc-
tions with Reynolds aud himself She
finally, under pressure Of his threats.
consented I" steal i'll order H. supply
his demands, and the system of tbi.v-
ing thus begun was continued through
many months The stolen urorar.v
Lewis disposed of AT small st,r.>. ari
spent the proceeds for whisky hat not
cou.ent with this he pawno.l ~ ~
shred of hIa luck less victims ciuthiug.
not excepting even her last article OF
underwear HIS i'll treatment aad per
sonsl abuse became 80 unbearablo that
she. OH several occasions had ht.a takrn
before a magistrate and srat 10 the
peniientiary At last. Size determined
that she would ~ubmit ~ him no
longer. no matter what the couseq8eu.
ces might be, wherenpon la ili-treatri
her agsin, aud was sent back 10 his old
quarters on Bisckweil's Island /, WAS
while undergoing this terms of oolfne
ment that Lewis carried uUt his oft-T,.-
peaied threat at exposing iu~ victim.
and actually did write }n her cmp,aytr.
informing him OF her pr,yiou. charac-
ac,er and dcnoUucing h,r as ! jhicf
The subject was inquired into imme
diaiely. ard tine ~l3 u matter was dis
covered \ large qu.utIty 90 stolen
property. the proceeds ot tue mans
enforced theft., were {.uid ia Geg room.
and she made tul. d.. -sioH 81 the
facts rs stated above. lae wona ana
Lewis were both .a..t,tei she for
grand larceny ana h~ Ier ryc,e5ag
stolen goods, KNOWN, fi3em ~ be ,toleu
The case WAS taken II ba.l ~ 'he di>
trict attorney, who Inye->tI- ,ted s} tho-
roughly, and became convinced :hat
Lewis WAS scouudse oi tAe deepest
dye. who had compelled III" estartu-
nate woman Ia steal III order ~ afttity
his wishes. Tie ~oIuats eJup.agrr al
~ became convinced that lis. wa~ the
victim Of an INSCRIPTIONS :4se.... ard
still retained full conlIcae. i9 H.r Ga
tegrity
The climax of the remnants, story wa<
reached. when Lewis. the VI. IA I oy
plot. MAS placed or trial tor receiving
stolen goods The district attorney
used the woman a. = w.,o,e> tuT 'i.c
prosecution. and her app 7r<.,s. .u ;.se
witness stand. g. she told tae ,4t I'd ...r
checkercsi life. eiic,iet, the syu ..s;iy 8 cf
her hearers She - a yoa :, N .an ot
prvpossessing app,ara'4ce. al gave oer
evidence With The ar %. aGv E cu.-