Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-03-09
"THE LATEST SENSATION"
Cause Of the BOdie Standard Libel
Suit.

Following is the article upon which
Mrs. Kirgbaum bases her suit against
the Bodie Standard for $4,000: ,a
For several days past quiet ru-
NOR has been flying through our
midst relative to the sudden and
mysterious disappearance of one of
our well-known citizens. Many of
the missing mans friends had horri.
BILE suspicious that he had been MUIR
dered, and common rumor made sure
of foul play, though whether to the
extent of his taking off was not in
timated. While unsatisfactory and
wild stories Of all sorts are filing the
idle gossip of town it is painful, to
say the least, to stand by and not
make an effort to clear up the case
and give to an eager community the
full and concise details of the story,
just as ye reporter gathered them,
boiled them down and evolved there
from the facts. The missing man, as
before stated, was well-kn0wn in this
community, and only short time
before his vanishing into thin air was
seen TO have in his possession checks
and other moneys aggregating 81 700.
OF course the possession Of so much
money only strengthened the belief
that he had been murdered, and cor
roborative evideBce was adduced from
the fact that he never was seen after
he had started from his boarding.
house. But there IS another side
to the story which may throw more
light upon the whereabouts of the
missing man. Last Thanksgiving
Day two loving hearts were
joined in hymen's bonds at
Aurora. The bride and groom were
from Bodie and after the nuptial
knot was firmly tied the happy
couple returned again to their home.
Matters progressed smoothly and
love seemed to make all sunshine
and rose water in the humble domi-
cile of the newly welded pair.
The Biblical injunction Of Ego forth
and muntiply" was even rigidly
carried out. But here is where the
first cloud in the matrimonial hosi-
zon arose. The young wife allowed
her religious fervor go too far in car
rying out the above holy injunction,
halt months of her married life pre-
scented her lord and master with an
heir. Being an old timer he knew,
of course, that mauy things in cou
junction with high attitudes and pure
mountain air were conducive to the
early and vigorous production, not
only of plants, but also of children,
and therefore at first was pleased
with the efforts of his better half.
But upon mature deliberatien and
sober second thought lie soured a
little on the first exuberance of his
Joy, and finally concluded that his
two and half months acquaintance
| with his wife hardly warranted her
/ in making him average his four
months and half which he would
have been willing to do provided
she had waited two months longer.
In other words he was willing to
shoulder the responsibility at tour
and a half months il she would do
| likewise with the other four and ahalf
months and thereby split the differ
ence. But women are proverbially
perverse, and this was not an in
stance where one was otherwise. She
had her own way, and hence the
moody brow and downeast eye of
her liege. However, he bethought
him OF the story of the "son OF a
gun for White Pine" and so gather.
ing about him his portable valuables
he silently folded his great coat
about him aud lit out. Parties who
know, say he last registered in the
vicinity of Wadsworth eastward
1, bound,