Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-22
MITCHELL'S MUSS.
WASHINGTON ExERcIsED OYER
DIRTY scandal.
The Divorced Wife of the Secretary of
Secretary schurz Makes Some Most Dam
aging Charges--Aneell's Defalcation Re-
duced by Money Refunded by His
Observation-Disclosures Deeds of
Crime.

Brother-in-Law--NIisce Deeds of
Crime.
| THE LATEST WASHINGTON SCANDAL.
| Especial Telegram to the Globe
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-One of the most
odious scandals of Washington life involves T..
| w. G. Mitchell, private secretary of Secretary
Schurz. In 1866 Mitchell married, in Albany.
Miss Laura E. Collier. On the 26th of last
June Mrs. Mitchell obtained divorce from her
husband on the ground of cruelty. Eleven
days after Mitchell married Miss Annie e..
! Eliot, of Greenville, Mississippi A great
| scandal was occasioned on account of charges
that were made against Mitchell by his wife.
Recently paragraph was published, announc-
| ing MitchelFs second marriage and the fact
that he had obtained divorce from his wife.
This has brought out card of
TERRIBLE REVELATIONS,
which the first wife publishes here. She says !:
Mr.. Mitchell never obtained decree of divorce
obtained divorce annulling my marriage
with him on the ground of cruel and inhuman
treatment the 26th Of last June. He is said
to have been married about eleven days there
after. On the 18th of August, 1877, Mr.. Mitch
ell filed his bill for divorce This application
was based on single affidavit, that of disso-
lutte person by the name of Charles Gagh. This
creature in his better days, and before be-
came acquainted with Mitchell, had offered me
his hand in marriage. which l had declined
From facts and circumstances which have re-
Gently came into my possession l believe that
Mr. Mitchell hired this man to
COMMIT THE CRIME OF PERJURY.
In making this affidavit l know that he went
to Chicago and was his boon companion for
dave ofhor ofSdov;ta NV, xyb;ob bo ro,,xL4
to fasten the crime of infdelity upon me
amounted to nothing aside from the fact that
they were rank perjury. as l can prove. There
was not particle of this evidence that | am
not ready to disprove, and there was not wit
ness against me who not guilty of foul
perjury. As soon as obtained copy of his
bill filed my cross bill, in which every one of
the allegations was denied, and in which
charged him with series of
INFAMIEs AND oUTRAGEs,
that was there, and am still ready to prove; 1
charged him with cruel, brutal and inhuman
treatment; 1 charged him with infdelities with
numerous women, actresses, cheap singers and
female tramps, with whom he found congenial
panionship; he has repeatedly confessed
to me these sins, and has repeatedly sought
my forgiveness and been forgiven. On the
night Of our final separation he confessed that
he was sadly compromised with female whom
L shall not name, that he was compelled to
seek divorce from me that he might marry
her, and again and again implored me>to pity
his distress and pardon his transgressions
against me; 1 sincerely trust that he may be
more faithful to the elegant and accomplished
lady whom he so lately married; I charged him
with attempting to compel me to
SURRENDER MY VIRTUE
as female, my dignity as woman, my re-
spectability as lady and my very honor as
mother-the mother of his children-to Sena-
tors and members of Congress whom he named
and to whom he proposed to introduce me I'M
der an assumed name. He insisted that
should commence the nameless and abhorrent
crime with these persons for money for his ben
EFT. Horrible and unnatural as this charge
may seem stand ready to prove it, and in his
own hand writing. charged him in my cross
bill with other acts of infafny and outrage, to
substantiate which then had and still retain
abundant proof. need not now repeat them.
Mr.. Mitchell and his attorneys became alarmed
and sought safety in compromise. A propo-
sition was made by Mr.. Mitchell and his law
yers to withdraw both bills; that should make
an application for a decree Of divorce on the
ground OF cruel treatment alone, and that no
opposition should be made to the granting of
the decree. 1 was begged and importuned to
CONSENT TO THIS COMPROMISE.
Every appeal was made to me that could be
dren, and to woman who cares for her wifely
and womanly honor to consent to this com
promise. did finally consent, and as I now
think most unwisely. and filing my application
and submitting abundant proof of the allegs-
tlons, decree of divorce was granted me on
the Goth day of June last. She then charges
that after this concession Mitchell repeated his
scandals against her until she has been obliged
to protect herself regardless of the conse-
quences. Mrs. Mitchell closes her card to the
public with the following II feel an abiding
confidence in my God that He will not permit
me to suffer for any great length of time under
the infamy of these utterly false and shameful
charges. know that they are not believed by
many. very many friends in this city, most of
whom have known me well during almost my
entire married ife''
ANGELL'S DEFALCATION.
CHICAGO, Aug. 21.-It having been stated in
special dispatches in Boston and other Eastern
papers that later developments increased the
loss to the Pullman Palace Car company
through Charles w. Angel, the missing secre-
tary, inquiry has been made of Geo. w.
Pullman which proves such statements to be
incorrect. He has made to Hon. Fred Billings,
Woodstock, VT, the following satisfactory
statement: No indications of any loss in ex-
cess of my statement to the press, and that
amount is now reduced over $4,000 by the re-
turn of money which he had given to his
father-in-law and brother. All books and ac-
counts, including my own personal matters in
his charge, appear perfectly correct. 1t is a
case of robbery not defalcation. The most of
the amount, say $4,000, was taken after my de-
parture for Europe, and he has, probably,
that amount with him now. The balance say
thirty of our bonds, appear to have been taken
from the vault here since April. If our efforts
to apprehend him proves successful / have
faith that we will recover large portion of the
amount taken. There is no truth in the rumo1
that Angel was previously defaulter to the
company.
FUGITIVE ARRESTED.
New YORK. Aug 2l.-Anton Bracht was ar.
rested on the instance of the German authori
| ties Immediately upon his arrival here, charged
with the murder of Ignatz Burquer, of Eickel
hoe, Germany, and with forgery.
| SUICIDE OF CADET.
| WEST POINT, N. Y, Aug. 21.-Cadet Jane,
Todd, Jr., of Indiana Pa, who had been in tb,
hospital since May 80. drowned himself in tn,
Hudson last night. His clothes were found OF
the river bank, and letter expressing deter
| mination to commit suicide.
HANGED HIMSELF.
/ Troy, Aug. 21.-Richard Shannon, who killed
| Mrs. Bice at Waterford, hanged himself in hi
cell.
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