, 1878-01-19
A NEW YORK SENSATION.
A Lawyers Attaehn,cni. and its Conse
QNenCes.

A NEW lOkA SZNSATION.
A Lawyers Ati.ehncni, and its Cons,
| quences.
A terrible sensation has been create
among the political and fashionable Gil
cles, and particularly among the club me
and leading members of the legal profes
sion, through the publication of the nal
rative of woman's grieyous wrongs a
the hands of a very prominent lawyer
whose name, although not given to tn
general public, can be at once recognize
as resident of Fifth avenue, a conspicu
GUS politician and aspirans to nomination
for one of the most important foreig
missions. In 1864 this individual becam
acquainted with lady of education, cul
ture and family dwelling in another stat
while upon visit to this city, the youn,
wife of an officer in the confederate ser
vice, a stranger in our midst. The &C
quaintance commenced at the house of
mutual friend, where the lady was tenn
porarily staying, and almost rnmedistel,
thereafter she became the object of thi
i eminent and fascinating lawyers adora
ton to such degree that she was forced
! to be the recipient of his visits often a
thrice day and did she but venture ou
of town but for a few days, she was sum
marily recalled by the glowing epistles O
her admirer, who declared existence to bt
blank without her presence, although Al
the time he was a married man. Finally
the infatuated woman succumbed to the
arts of the willy barrister, and for three
years the amour was carried on with such
effrontery and defiance Of public decorum,
both in this city and elsewhere, as to ex-
cite general comment, while tidings as to
the erring womans misbehavior reached
the ears cf her distant relatives, and
Knowledge Of her husbands in6delity be-
came communicated TO his unsuspicious
wife. The lawyer was equal to the emer-
gency, for he permitted his inamora:a to
throw herself at the wife's knees, implor-
ing forgiveness, asserting the husband not
tobeteblanse, asshe, in Naturalization, had
TEMPTED HIN TO HER RUIN.
The wife unhesitatingly overlooked her
husbands moral transcressions upon Con
dition of the SIRENS departure to her dis
tant home, to which she consented, being
accompanied by tae forgiving wife to the
railway depot. Nevertheless, she did not
leave the ciry, but at her paramour's sug-
gestion, rejoined him at metropolitan
hotel. To allay scandal the lawyer, de-
parted for Europe, followed fortnight
afterwards by the infatuated woman, who,
however, returned to New York in ad-
vance of her lovers departure for Ameri-
ca, he continuing his travels in company
with his wife, In the winter, after the
return of both the ladyreceived an anony-
nous letter, warning her that means were
being taken to have her "disposed of. y
With this letter she fastened to the house
of the perfdious lawyer, still protesting
intensity of love for her, and upon being
ushered into his library, they were joined
by an intimate friend and brother lawyer,
to whom the eminent lawyer made use of
a significant remark that he could not be
held responsible for "this." The this "
was explained through entry of couple
of men who arrested the lady and carried
her off to the central police station, where
her arrival had evidently been anticipated,
as a room had been specially prepared for
her reception, wherein she was visited by
the police surgeon, while the lawyers two
friends fastened to the south to induce
the lady's relatives to apply for her trans
fer to lunatic asylum. She was released
through friendly Intervention on the NOR
row and returned to her hotel; still on
the next day, while awaiting the return of
a messenger, dispatched to solicit advice
from her lover, she was seized in the
street by two mea, despite resistance in
carcerated in a
LUNATIc AYsLUM AT UTICA,
in the very fcart of this state. Ar eye
witness to the affair, to whom she had
c0ntrived to communicate her parents
address, teiegraphed to them, and within
few days the lady was set at liberty.
Her lover next suggested the proprety Of
her taking up her residence at Philadel-
phia, where he could visit her at his con-
yenicnce, when, upon her declination Of
the proposition, detective visited her
hotel, informing her that she would be
arrested did she not leave TIE city Ter
rifed, the lady consulted an eminent
counselor in Wall street, who, fearing
foul play, supplied her with a paper :;
"GOOd for g to any one bringing this to
my Office" His fears were well founded,
for she was, a day or two thereafter, ar
rested on Broadway, by Justice Downing,
accompanied by detective, and taken to
the tombs, whence, within an hour, she
was hurried, upon Dowlings commitment,
to the penitentiary, upon Blackwell
Island. Thrown away, the paper was
picked up by boy, who fastened to Wall
street to claim his reward, and by this
clue the lady's whereabouts were discov-
cred. Brought before Judge Barnard,
the woman was commanded to sign an
agreement to leave the state, which, BY
advice of her counsel, she refused, and
| was discharged. Next she commenced
suit against her seducer, for S1OO, 600,
EMPLOYING Edwin James, into whose
hands was committed all their correspon-
6ence, but the great Q. c. sold her out
for $500 and destroyed the letters Find
ins her quondam lovers influence too
GREAT in New York for her to obtain JUS
f;ce a suit was commenced in Brooklyn,
bnt the venue being changed TO New York
Judge Cardozs granted an injunction to
restrain the prosecution of frivolous
,uits. and after keeping the papers two
wears, his Honor made the injunction per-
netuaI. one of the acts leading to his I'M
peachment Finally, ruined IN health
and purse, the betrayed lady compromised
| her wrongs, ard is at present dependent
| on charity for living.
Uxy,yosABLE ro SUBsIDIEs-Carefni
;nou;yv leads to the conclusion that the
present congress Is unfavorable to subsl'
a;es A considerable number OF demo,