The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-03-23
A GREAT SENSATION!
TIEFIN EXCITED OVER A
sc n NAG. CASEi

For several weeks past we had hearC
rumors OF scan. mag. case of grea
magnitude, in which some of the frs
families of Tiffin were concerned, bu
as nothing was said about it in ths
local papers, we came to the conclus
sion that the reports We're greatly ex-
aggerated, and did not refer to them
But the Register of Thursday contains
a full account of the case, and the ex-
cItement consequent thereon. We
give the substance of its statements as
agreeing with our previous informa-
ton.
For some time it had been noticed
that there was u fondness existing be-
tween Judge Seney, former Demo
cratic candidate for Congress, and Miss
Walker. a lady who, after a married
life of ten years, was permitted to OBJ
tain a divorce and resume her maid
eu name. In fact the fondness awoke
suspicious of too great intimacy, and
these grew into whispers which at last
reached the ears of the Judges wife.
With true wifely devotion, however,
che denounced the whisperers and re-
fused to harbor suspicious of her hus-
bands fidelity.
Thus matters stood when a few
weeks ago, Rev. Henry Ward Beeche,
lectured in Cleveland. The day prev
ious to the lecture Mr.. Singer, the
father of Mrs. Seney invited her to go
with him to Cleveland and they would
go and hear the great preacher. They
started on the morning train. At
Berea they got off in order that Mr. s.
could attend TO some business. While
there they ascertained that the rush
for seats was so great that even stand
ing room would be hardly possible to
get, and as they did not appreciate the
idea of standing they concluded to re-
turn home.
They reached Tifin about 9 o'clock,
and going TO the house found the
doors already locked. Mrs. s. called
to a servant to come and open the
front door, which she did. As Mrs. s.
entered the hall. she fancied she heard
the rustic of silk dress upon the
stairs, and looking up she fancied that
a woman disappeared in room at the
head of the stairs. Possibly the sus-
picions which had been limited to her,
returned to her mind, and in the pres
ence of her fancies, "rrifles lighC as
air" became ''proofs as strong as holy
writ" But be that as it may, she
pursued her fancies, and when she
reached the door of the room afore-
said had it slammed to in her face.
Now Mrs. s. is spirited woman and
"ne of considerable averdupois, ard
when she threw herself against the
door. it yielded to the pressure, and
she found herself face to face with her |
flesh and blood woman nam
ID Walker, as aforesaid. Mrs. 8. IS
also woman of action, and with a
grip she seized the Walker
and walked her into another room |
where the Judge sat looking very like
a culprit: and there the guilty pair
were confronted aud received lecture
such as an honest and aggrieved wo-
man may be expected to deliver with |
emphasis. And the scene ended by |
her putting the intruder into her home |
and bed out into the street. Ofcourse
the matter got ont. and the Episcopal |
Church of which the Walker was an
member. churched and expell |
ed her, and society was busy with what
ought to be done with the judge"
when new fuel was added to the fire.
Not many days ago, the aggrieved
lady was walking with some other
ladies, when she concluded to call at
her husbands law Office, which she did.
1t was an unfortunate call for-Miss
Walker. As Mrs. 8. went in at the
front door, the Walker lodged into a
back room, but not SO quickly as to
escape the vigilent eye of her whom she
had outraged. Is it any wonder that
Mrs. s. bounded into that back room
and brought the culprit forth2 Is it
any wonder that the Walkers bonnet
was tralnpled under foot, or that dis
heve,ed hair and disordered robes were
the result of the struggle that ensued,
and in which right triumphed2 We
guess not. And now the whole of that
is in arms, and the number
Of stories which have foated upon the
breeze are innumerabie. But still there
are those who find excuses for the Judge
aud say: lever since the day that Eve
became a helpmate for Adam she has
helped him into trouble" But the
Judge has 'steppe down and out"