, 1877-10-13

Il. from ssaa 'si psestar, e to A2.. e! J. J.
Wilks. No. 60S North Water street, Dlon:nfng.
Wilka, snn,c street and number, Bloomington.
Their contents are fcarfullv mnnntonnna, In
some casrs sitiktnEly suggestive. and III others
startffngly vile. Tlsougout them breatl,cs the
sias sdhee1 eop.tnt, At s iho n IT. lot fsf NJ tSe
two lovers. In ono t,r Two lla,Ilen is openly
rcproaci,cd fot not giving her money to enable
her to tEaTcl dcccntlY frnn place to place. bnt
prolcstatIon Of lore fur her ;, Darling One y
III one Elle comes ont with the p1aiu, tnattcsof-
fact statement that she had not up to that ttmo
made anY money, but TINT she wns going
OFT ON THE STREET
10 get II. The letters abound TIT expressions OF
rtty fnr her ''tlearest onc," hupo that he nay
be successful In getting and keefinu work, and
regrets TINT he has been unfortunate IN that
prniseWorthy cn,lrasor. According TO thc tenor
perpetual candidate for the grand BOUNCE, near
ly every letter expressing Aiaul's pity that her
darling has not tten able to keep a place. In
n!t thG letters no ansson Is made to Belt Or to
Mrs. GLADDEN., anA no ono wtNiltt know from
reading them that there werc othcrs' hearts to
mourn besides those Of the tEui.ts lovers.
Among lot uf poatal-carsle Of no value II,
the way ct exp1ain!ng matters, and among a lot
OF scraps, dates, blank onkAt etc., all OF no lec,
was found letter dtfte,l Fcb 10, 1877, from tho
diereputab1c shystcr and divorce lawyer, 4. J..
Dexter, OF this city, addressed to j. s. W1IEa,
Bloomington, ILL.,, Offering to get him two
Tho letter 0ra,lly states that 100 was tlle usual
charge fnr Auch valuabB services, but that III
special cases like tho nno ~ hand the
business could be done for &15. directions arc
then Rayen as to tho kind OF evidence NEEDED,
ctc.. and Wilks Is Instructed to bc particular IL
hayc the narnea Ut tnc witnesses. and tho .totcs
Of tho acts Of adultery. on tho strength Of
which charge, y sccrns, thn divorce was to
to CLEARLY indicate that Wtlls was not oniy de.
sfrous Of getting separation from bis own
wife, but also Of getting orc tor Maud from
Bell. DEBTORS letter also lncoscs blank re-.
ccipt for tho 57:, but from the fact that
no further eorrcsponlsneo was found, and no
rcceIptcl bill signed. It would sccm TINT Ciad-
slcn gave mp the diroEcc scllelne as
NOT WORTH Ills WHILE.
Probably flis chrpnfc tmpccunioslty rendered Il
impossible for him to comply with Dexter's
generous offer.
AZ GOOD luck would hare It. n reporter STUN.
blcl atross ltohcst y. Dell himself iast evening,
and Ut course put lin through the interviewing
hnrd-hanlei fellow, pretty we'll dressed, anti
very slow and denlllrc IN what l,r says. at
llrst he appeared In very low snirits, but tho
conversation went on iIis grief suddenly gave
not at ali as II the wild Of his bosom had been
most loully murdered: Ills stury Is, In brief,
that his wlfe's parents live at New Sharon. Ia.
lie has been married sons three years. and they
sa5o as esa Sean onf ve s IN rt5 o.kaea.a e r1sy sr
sons time past, Dell himself being
a brakeman, and cotn!ng l,otnc every night, ns
hc says. He Inns known GLADDEN. sutno time, he
says, aud states that lie was formerly Marshal
tlons with his wife, Uc'l says he never suspected
BuciI thing, always believing III his wle's ildci
~ and purity. and regarding GLADDEN. Us Q
friend who would be tho last man In tho world
to undermine him. A ruupto III weeks Or 30
ngo hts wife told him she
WAS 0otN1 TO orruMwA, Ia,
and lie, suepectln9 nothing, got her a pass to
that city. The next he heard from her was
sho was In boarding -touse, Ind not been able
to make any money, and asking him, TO send
poet that there was anytt!ME going on. The
fact Of her coming. to Chicago was Of Itself
been ablc 70 make anything still more so. In
stcad, therefore, Of sending her the money, he
sat himself do'vt. md wrototo her that he would
be here during the last Of this week. In her
letter to her at No. 100 North Water street,
wlile It turns out that she las been tboasdtng u
with Nine. Scott at that number Oh North Wells
street, Accordingly, when Bell arrived IN town
saSss s'S oa ates 70 IT, sssc s0'fsa and
Of course. found himself among the
eo.nmlssiun-housea In the nclghborhoo1. and
did not tlud ILLS Wil0. Then he wandered
SFun .sxing 1 here and ths1e i rene q
truck OF sucl! . woman, and brought up at
Madame 4eott's. Willu not positive that It was
Ills wife, he had b, this tins bcgun to SUSPECT
as much, and to now mfstruss her, even Il ho
did not do 80 before, which several Of tho
sladamo's boardcrs insist
lie MUST HAVE DONE,
II he wasn't wholly fool. At acott's lie heard
that the Woman answering To h!s wlfe's descrip-
last Thursday, and II he was told all that tic
reporters were told he would llavu learned that
Mrs. y. turned her charms 10 advantage. lie
also learned that GLADDEN. hal ylsited the
ehc always appeared anxious and considerably
torn up In hes mind ut each 0f tllcso visits.
Finally he learned that she hal gone OF with
Gladden. Thursday night, oetenalb'y TO take the
train for indianapolis. After that ho didn't
Aladamu's husband, he sct forth to lind Glad.
den, Ind, in finding him, to get further track Ut
thu woman. From what Gladden had dropped
In big vista to tue house, scott was pretty well
sat!Aaed where he was. and Immediately stccreu
for tho hotel whero Gtadlcn was staylug. llu
and Bell arrived there at abput II o'clock or
thcrcabouts. According to NIL tho evidence at
talnable. GLADDEN. at tlrst assumed airs mud
didn't knuw Bell Until m Introduction tlIawrl
the particulars OF which BELL Is strangely hilent.
lie says, however, that he askcd utsulden II tho
woman whom l0 took away from 2cctt's Waa
Ills wife or nut, aud II abe wns In torn or not,
ard Gladden. sail she was Ills (tiladlen'E) wife,
ami he had taken her tothe train rhur5uay night
Then he a-tually began to nl!strust, lu saya,
that tho woman was Lls wife. Moro question.
Ing led to Gladdcn'a admission that her mana
was Maud, Which unly SERVED to Increase his
suspicious. Finally, 10 md Gladden. went out
to get lunch, and GlulIcn gavo him the slip.
Tho ncxt thing he knew lo un1 Beott were
passing the hotul Just us tha eorpscs Ut tho sui.
eide aud his murdered ylttitn were being pIarcd
IN wagun to be taken tn tho Mtrguc. Drawn
by somo fatality to the apot. lie gayu ona look
at tho woman and cried
"Ay GOD, IRIS MI w1Yx!h
ln re:ponse to se reporters expression OF
sympathy, BELL coolly said: swell, II this
woman was dissatisfied with mo and wanted 10
70 With somebo1y else. rather than sec hcrdca{l
would have glally seen her hts vile. don't
want to SEQ nnyb0ly taken III before their time.
1 think we're sllort-ltyrd enough ut ocai.n
Tho reporter asked hlI, point -hIalk II there
was my truth lu thu stories that hls wife had
borne character tor immortality In Oskaloosa,
mud u abs had not written tu him in rcgRrd to
the prospects Of hct agniu establishing herEelf
in business there. Ilu did not grow Indignant
at such . question, but simply replied that
there rs no truth tu such 9tof1es ni,tl that hs