The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-10

taken into his confidence. helped to lay his
plans for the liberation Of the slaves, and was
finally made Secretary Of state in the tabln"t
which existed in the brain OF the rash moro ~
Ossawattomie. The main circumstances OF his
connection with this scheme nave already poeh
told in THE SUN.
One Of his thrilling experiences escaped no;
tice He was one day oyertaken by a p tn,gor oi
making an example Of their captive ropo
was put around his neck and thrown over tne
| Richard Renlf. While he was thus suspended
a Southcrncr happened to be passing on horse
| offence was and, on being told. he drew his re-
| volver and commanded them TO let him down:
| They reluctantly complied. and after they had
| been compelled to release MN, the man on
! horseback told them thatthe first who attempted
| 10 injure the prisoner would be shot dead.
| Rcaif never learned the name Of the person to
| whom he owed his life.
! Before John Browns plans were matured.
| ing his absence he delivered a course OF lee
| lures which were fairly successful. When John
iicqii was in Texas. Returning he, won. West
and in the early days OF the war Of the rebellion
illinois Volunteers. He was reported killed at
| the battle of Bull Run. and notice Of
ne death, together win a bTiet sketch OF
| Gazette. He served in the Fiftieth Colorcd In
| iantry after his regiment was mustered out,
| rank of Captain and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
| Whom Gen. Lyle. author Of the strangely beau
| tiiul verses, | am Dying, Egypt, Dying" was
shot at Chickamauga Realf stood close beside
him and the bullet that Killed the mono.poct
| passed through paper on which Realt had
| inscribed u sonnet TO him q few days boforc.
| At the close of tho war Realf found himself
| in Rochester in reduced circumstances, and in
| the regular army with the hope OF being sent
out TO the plains and having kindly bullet put
| Whether this was before or after he made
| the great mistake Of his life is not ascertaned
named mar CathcrnS cassidy and i was because
| OF the impossibity Of escaping from her that
he died. The marriage ceremony was per-
ter. in October 1867. lie lived with her only a
short time. and Of this period Of his life
| he did not wish TO recall any OF
its events. Whenever his second wife
| spoke OF IL he seemed deeply panied. and beg
ned her To never again refer to II. 1t il stated
| that Catherine Cassidy was woman OF the
town with whom he had made an acquaintance
| during n dchauch; that she had befriendcd
that he married her in a burst Of gratitude
briefly given to friend was that she was
chamoermaid In Rochester hotel and that he
married her without intending TO do sO-eith"r
under the influence OF liquor or OF some drug
administered by the woman for the purpose OF
appearance, hut was ignorant and Of thu lowest
breeding. There was nothing In common
between them. shortly after their mar
riagc he went TO South Carolina. where
he opened school for negroes. and
finally WAS made u revenue officer in
the Edgefeld district The woman followed
him and made his life miserable. not only by
her opportunities. but by her conduct while
i've ner in The n9litica canvas in South 1nro
lima. and at one place he hoisted the stars and
Stripes where they had not waved since tho re-
The year following he came North and went
TO Indiana for the purpose OF securing di-
pose, for he began divorce proceedings in
Pittsburgh. Pa. whittier he had gone 20 acrcut
ae pSso"T The ground on Which he hue asked
divorce was adultery, He was successful.
and shortly after. welded, Miss ,Whapham,
whose brother had married one Of his sisters.
and whom he had known in England when she
was little girl. But the woman whom he bad
went TO Pittsburgh. and began proceedings to
have the divorce set aside. During the time
since he married her. previous TO the divorce.
he had contributed to her support. only reqnir-
ing that she should keep away from him. Her
suit was successful by reason Of the omission Of
dates from the testimony Of witnesses as 10 her
adultery kealt was sitting at his desk in the
Sonlnn'c!d1 once when me Dau news was
went into paroXysms OF despair and for three
!, days he was ravng like mailman. From that
ing could drive away but for a brief
interval The final outcome Of the, legal
; granted a separation from the woman ana
should pay her n certain sum weekly. but he
was not AZ liberty TO marry again. PREVIOUSLY
set aside the woman had him arrested for de-
sertion and he was thrown into Jail. Through
the efforts OF the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation he was released His connection with the
Commercial lasted until that journal telescoped
,, with another paper In 1876. During this time
/, he was constantly harrhssed by the woman
.. whom he had married In Rochester, except fgI
, visit 10 his aged parents in England. From
, Pittsburgh he came 10 this city, but soon went
, away on a lccturing. tour, which was not very
Murphy, the, tempera1ce apostle and
aud the West. During this time his second wife
, was living in this city. aud one day while he
, was in Il distant town he read that he was thg
father OF trplcts. He returned TO this city and
, bemoaned the publicity given TO what heconsid
! cred his misfortune. He had already one itl'
boy. who is now q. years, old and he used !,
take him on his knee and say that he wQplC
/ rather bury him than know that he had in him
that which would make him a poet Ike hi'
taken sick and. TO add to his misiortunes, hac
a very serious trouble with his eyes. He wcn
! to the Ophthalmic Hospital in, Tweny,thir'
street. and tho mother ~ the tripcii
! was sent to the hospital on Ward
Island AMI he res '3S nf R be 1e
: that through the kindly interest Of Gen. John
J.. Miller he could secure a place IN the Sai
ms hopeful as he had been in since the deere
! Of divorce was set aside and the marriage will
= | Miss Whapham made void.
il was in June of the present year that h
! went 10 California. He wrote ailectionate let
ters 70 his wife. and had promised her that 81
+ | should come TO him by the middle q this month
= During his employment in the Mint he me
: with n quite serious accident Being yer
! near sighted. he stumbled over some object, nn'
= was severely burned by falling on some no
y metal Ha was obliged to suspend work for
= | month. but his pay continued
While his wife WAS making preparations 70 e
= 10 him she received the Intelligence OF hi
' death That was on the day Of It's publication
by the papers Of his city A san Francisco pa
= per OF a rccout date tells the story of the appear
y anco OF the Rochester woman in that city, whic
drove him 10 tho act which he had long feare
that no would some day commit.
"a on Saturday mornihg n woman, who announce
y | herself "A. his wife arrived in this city from Pitt
: bufgh Pa aud a,cettaimng where Col Reulf 1tet
9 procetded to tho house and informed the landlad
; that she was Mr.. Rrat. NJ the same time cAhinun
/; turned aud told him That she had come from PM
~ wife would shorty reach this city from the East an
her and that he would 1--we with n
Vic stoulli asserted hGt 81, had travelled all tle "a
from tic El-t o. compel him 70 maintain her, that ~
II hi- lawful wife ind intended TO rrotc'i her rsht
1he conversation euded by RcH requesting ber ~ tab
II walk with him a. which shr readily oonNniod. IT,
- wa shortly after dsfk IN SATURDAY. evening When
g about 10 leave. she asked hun or some money az
he gave hcr tu ceuts remarkins That ~ was all Ill
IL money be tad Sh. returned a. Ncalts loirings 49,
~ occupied there ON that aud the following nigl
e. Rrat, as nrHs can be a-coituncd MAS not 9ltr"al
Is uu lis body was found IN The Windsor House yc
20 tcrday morning
The woman he loved, and for whom he WI
I'D p,oLiuas "a hama iu San Francisco l. still Twin