Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-07
SOCIAL SCANDAL
I'm Toledo, OhiO-seIf-Degradin and
Disgraceful Confession of Hus-
band BrOtheF-in- LAVA Tale
OF Seduction and Dis
honor.
Special to the Cincinnati ENQUIRER.

Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer
TOLEDO, O., August A booming social
sensation burst to-day in the publication, by
the Sunday papers, of a scandal, which has
been bubbling up very near the surface for
some time, but which, from the high stand
ing Of some of the parties and their relatives,
had been known heretofore only among the
gossips. Mr.. James Barrett, formerly living
at Blissfeld, Michigan, and at present, or
until recently, in the employ of the Dayton
and Michigan railroad here, makes public
statement, charging Mr.. L. NJ. Hubbard, the
local agent OF that company here, with the
seduction of his wife's sister, and improper
relations with his own wife, on account of
which, he charges, he has put his wife away
from him, and his family is broken up. Hub
bard is a brother-in law of President Shoe
maker, of the Dayton and Michigan road,
his wife having been Shoemaker.
The latter, it is said, is nearly dis
tracted over the affair, which is of
the greatest possible pain to Hubbard's
relatives. Barrett's charges are most sensa-
tlonal, and the following is the substance:
He states that Hubbard has long been crimi
nal with his (Barrett's) wife, sister, Miss
Sarah Mcdowell, a young woman of some
accomplishments, whom he has been keeping
In private rooms, whose expenses he Hub
bard) bore. This was for period of nearly
two years past, and the rooms were on st.
Clair street, not far from Mr.. Hubbard's own
residence. All this time, Barrett says, while
cognizant of his sisters shame, he was vet
influenced to keep quiet about it by Hub
bard's declaration to HIM that he loved his
sister, and intended 10 get a bill of divorce
from Mrs. Hubbard and marry her. As con-
irmatory of this intention, it seems fact
that Hubbard took steps beyond the usual
treatment OF a paramour, and actually sent
the girl to the convent here-the Ursuline-
for time for instructions in music and other
accomplishments. Miss Sarah's first connec-
ton with Hubbard's family was as a domes-
&c, doing common homework. Last fall. in
October, Barrett says Hubbard came to Bliss
field, Michigan, and proposed to give him a
situation In the railway Office If he would
move to Toledo and furnish a place to keep
Sarah, whom he still talked of marrying. Bar
rett came AMI was made delivery clerk, and
permitted portion OF the house he
lived IN to be fitted up for Sarah at once.
Hubbard visited them, or his mistress, con-
tinuing the same to this time or a recent
date. Recently Barrett says his sister told
him Hubbard was, as he expressed it. fooing
around his wife, Mrs. Barrett, in his bar
rett's) absence, but Barrett attributed It to
his sisters jealousy; but on the night Of July
25th, he says, CHANGING to remain on the
stoop reading, when 1t was supposed he had
gone out, he saw Hubbard come down from
Sarah's apartments and stop and kiss and
fondle his wife, who was lying on a sofa He
mentions other evidences he has that Hub;
bard had been criminally intimate with his
wife. Next day he says he sent his wife and
Sarah away, and that they are now living in
rooms paid for by Mr., Hubbard. Mr.. Bar
rett made these charges publicly in the rail-
way Office, and has since been discharged.
President Shoemaker was here yesterday in
vestigating the matter. Hubbard has long
| been known to be living recklessly, and has
brought bitter sorrow to relatives and friends
The affair has made less excitement from the
| known bad habits of Mr.. Hubbard.