The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-25
M'CiRTY's DESERTED WIFE.
A Touching and Graphic Recital OF n Long
Suffering Womam's Wrongs.

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suffering Woman. wrongs. ''N
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10 the LpiIoh OF NE 9oNIo". III lHt
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ira'ld attempted 10y uhe notorious Coz. WIN.
tho scenns of his former ufe Tho "details which
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l am a)ont 10 furnlsh can DE verified at any
time. though it would be to the gallant Coloncls
intorost d, ,l,n, ev,rvthfnt. II nnsaihia Durir,,
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ms tral Ior larceny wear "So' ne while under
oath testified to the death Of his first Wife This
CO.,, ,,t,,' ,,n, - ia ,,,o,, ,,i.,h,s a., h
""' "'''' NV % "'' i'""' '''''"OOu'' anu nv
knew II AT IN" time.
am his first and believe only lawful wife;
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years ago. MAJOR, now Judge Chalmer. OF Her
h"h'lo' MISS wis 'i'' '""S'r 'irVusn "noih inc
court OF Msslsslppl granted salu divorce.
McCariy is not native Of Texas. but was
horn, ia p,,,.hur,b u, T1. i.iq ma
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mother whose heart was deliberately broken
anIhfs ,rno,,r,n. -, ~. ,,,,s hor,, - Hen
anu ~, '''ul,'''h' ~ mr. was porn III h''ters
town. Md. wh"r"sh also died. having returned
there from Texas after he death ~ her husband.
which occurred ~ Galveston February. 1868.
wis married to M'tarty March %. 1860. when
mere child. Ny uncle. who performed the
ceremony. l. Siill living in Alabama though we
were married ~ my father -resdsnc" IN COlum.
nus. Gt IN lS0O we went u Galveston. and
there lived four years with McCarty's parents.
When his mother r,iurnei To- Maryland he soon
after went 10 NV York city ind opened a
real estate office at n Broadway with
9 most honurable gentleman, A. l., Catlin 81
burlington. W. ~ partner HIS resti,ss spirit.
however. soon l"d Mrtariy back 10 Texas for
the oTtrnsihl. purp.,se u enc'iins the passa.Ee
ot hlll through the TeNns Legislature. He
cnrontery 10 represent n ms wife. even among
our mutual a'punnianccs, While OH their WAY
20 lrNns ne prrtrhirI t1 nave h.'n ronbrd OF
very vainrhlr diamonds intrustrd To- MS keep
tng ny Texas gentleman who wished them re-
SET IN New YORK II j. needless 10 say that he
kept me diamonds himself. saw them alter
ahsrnreoi SIX months, lie ms always had 4
passion for accommodating danOnds and will
-toop u any means oi securing pc.-ses-ion Of
them. MI thtin heard ui MS partner = dirgracc.
iul cohhu.t N l.Nns tiu thouSh k,nu friend
70 me u" ne last ne trlr me eandhy. though
700 mu,h OF Erhurnhh 20 explain me real
cause. Una, he was soinprliri To dissolve the
tMh'tsnlp' ny ATTY lnll'ii 10 pr'Vln.. ,Inr my
IN, tr,sM5S6n umn"r NJ oo, ,I 70 40 so
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i TX ','' "'7t.'', .u'h ny 'n.u
Luz III ,"us, vs., a'i .''rn Vy, 'n,U'",r ne ahn
xan "ni -, H., .n,i i,," .,,,,n, I'm Is M
tI"run n"~ 80, ny S''u ~ r go, ntinE "a"
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"hilJ / rnmini"d lin tbn, ~" hnd nor u,s
hin, tYsnrin.,i I'M Z" his III. ai,s,y r,,i, Ynmr
liza %hlpi - n" ti t.tv,en ms. hni I ,3nn
10 N.Y. .,,nt - unrni,. nv ,u,r ,vror,s IA
tore The ruilir HaVin.s horn. =" LAM I con
h.ar Ia M. and n,iant that 10, who uvnn,,ns
nil wr"n,s ,y m "lt nr"nor rs
HE mnn VII" So infnmot'slv batrayn1 H.. VIC
he had sworn Ia cherish: the mother whom
he d,i iny~ n he ever Loved anv mo son, ni. a
u,ss,,,e unon nor dvin,, LnI thnt IL ,iiinr
would YET ie glad 10 beg me for a crust OF
bread"
As for his rank Of Colonel" allow mo 10 ex-
plain that when | married Mrtariy. M the close
Of the war. he WIS only Second Lieutenant by
breyet. having been promoted from the ranks
for the only brave act he ever did. Al Trevillan
station Va, where he was wounded in his left
wrist He never was in the army or reported
for service after marrying me. He never re-
ceivrd n comm issiOn rs Colonel from any
officer. but from my hand alone. and only con-
f"rred the rank upon him by sowing gilt star
Lieutenant Colon Il stood where only Brevet
Second Lieutenant stood n moment before. He
was with me- the whole time of MAximilian's
reign in Mexico, and never fought upon McXi-
car soil in all his life. during the Franco
Priissian war. in which he says he did such ac-
tiy, service he WAS IN Chicago. Nicc-Presdcnt
o, the American Bureau Of Mines. and in con
saint. uninterrupted correspondence with me.
i have still his letters, pictures. and the maya
zine published by him there to prove my a-scr-
ton. | cannot but think 1t n pity that he had
not expended half the chivalry upon the wife Of
his bosom the mother Of his nd, that was SO
calamity displayed in Paris in behalf Of his fair
countrywoman have no idea. however. that
ami morally. especially. he is one Of the most
ablrct towards that ever hrcathcd. This In
proved in the mass Of danning perjury to
which he has committed himself ever since
knew him. though. as "A true wife should |
used to try Ia shut my eyes To his
awful propensity for lying. He cannot speak
truth, for he has no idea of It, am. ana ALWAYS
have been. in constant correspondence with
visit to Hagerstown she received letter from