The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-10-24
ST. LOUIS SCANDAL.
A Wife Cowhides Her Husband ior
ALLEGED GIandestine Meeting WIN
a Pretty school feacher-sta'e-
ments Made by the Interested re-
males.

1 Special Dispatch to the Enquirer.
ST. LOUIS, October 22.-ConsideraDie
of sensation has been created here by
the publication ol II cOwhlding ah.ir De-
! tween u lady teacher in the public schools
and the wife OF n LEAN VINO hau
been me ting he teacher clande' tine Il
The lazy who did the cownidlagly.
Mrs. Concanuon, the wIte OF Charles
| ConcaDnon, man who figured conspic-
uously in the Whisky Ring trials. The
teacher who was the object OF the attack
by the jnturisted wife is Mrs. Ella keI-
w, pretty blonde OF thirty, who has n
husband, but has been separated IRON
hum for some time. a reporter inter-
viewed beth ladies to, day, and obtained
from them respective accounts OF the
collision and the causes leading TO 1t.
Mrs. ConcannOn was found at her
home, No. 1909 Morgan street. her
husband was also there, but being IL an
upsLalrs room asleep was unaware VI tne
reportorial intrusion. Mrs. COncannon
states that she and her husband were still
living together, but not on the trlendllest
terms She relat that about SIX months
ago she discovered In her husbands
pocket letter from Mrs. Kelly. She
said nothing about II, but IN few days
found another, showing that they were
in the habit Of meeting and correspond
ing clandestinely. subsequently she
found many other letters, and has now
in her possession nearly fifty fond billet
de.lr and notes from the pretty school
mistress to her hege lord. During tho
period named he has been given to
staying out a. nights, and she now
claims to have conclusive proof that at
least some of those nights were passed
under the root OF Mrs Kelly.
The wife, though exercising ceaseless
vigilance, was meyer able to find the pair
together until the night the hiding
took place. On that night she accident
" learned that her husband was IN walt
Ing for Mrs. Kelly who Was
engaged in ber duties Us teacher at
the Everett evening school. Aiming her
self with cow-nlde, she proceeded to
the neighborhood and suddenly came on
the couple. when she immediately drew
her cow-hide and proceeded to business.
III =.
Mrs. Kelly three blows, and Is only sorry
she did not hit nine and harder. Her
husband intertercd, knocked her INTO
the gutter and kicked her. This brutal
act was committed by CoEcannOn In spite
of the TACT that his wife was enclente at
the time, and the injuries luhlcted upon
her by his violence may yet prove 5en-
oIs.
Mrs. Kelly WAS also found at home,
and made statement, in which she de-
MED that there had been anything oi al
improper nature between her and Con
cannon, though her conduct had perhaps
been imprudent. She was much averse
to having anything published about the
affair, as 1t would certainly cause her DIS
missal from her pOsltion as teacher. She
denied that she had ever correspOnded
with ConCannOn and met him clandes-
timely. She said that be was Ill old
friend and acquaintance of hers, and
sometimes called, but that she had not
walked with him or met him Tor long
period before the night III question. She
further said that COuCannOn dad not
strike and kick his wlIe, but merely
seized her and took away the cowhiGe.
AL the parties move IN good society,
and Mrs. Kelly has stood hgn MS
teacher tor number of years. She is
member OF good ST. Louis family, and
of fine education. COncannOn is about
AS ugly rs nature ever makes men, and
why rs pretty woman rs Mrs Nelly
suoud become infatuated with such u
specimen OF manhood Is II mystery Curl
Gus people are trying to solve.