Daily Republican., 1879-05-02
rhIRD EDITION.
More about the butcher. Watson
Case.


From the Hartford Courant, May |.
Mr.. George NJ. butcher and Mrs.
'"Judge" Watson left Hartford tor New
York by the 20 A. NJ. train yester-
dav. evidently coming to the conclu-
sion that their Joint enterprise was be-
ing clearly and conclusiyely txpoaeG
so as to make it impossible to continue
further labors in the cause of Reform IN
this part of the vineyard.
That Mrs. Watson is an aaveutu Ter,
cannot be questioned, il the light oI
farts already developed, and perhaps it
is charity to believe that Catcher has
hpen deceived by her, though his ad-
herence to her, after almost lndiSputa-
Bile proof of her character was furnished
puts him in position from which 1t
0tli he difficult to eXtricate himself
AMI satisfy the public of his good IN
tentions.
His own statements have been con
traiic.ory. When he presented card
explanatory OF his conduct, he asserted
that Mrs. Watson was a victim of a
dark plot. When privately urged t"
divulgc the mystery, he reluctantly
declared that there was Il cons piracy
formed because she had been Roman
Catholic, and Romish influences were
pressing her.
After being pressed on that point
aud made to see that his story was in
consistent and unreasonable in many
OF is bearings, he retreated and then
gaze vi hat he insisted was the real
cause OF the persecution and the wo'
man corgoherated him. The final story
the stuck to was, that after Mrs.
Watson's redemption, a gentleman OF
prominence in Philadelphia, sought
to prostitute her, and offered to pro-
vide hrr with house and give
her Sij, 900 in money that she in
dignantly repelled this base proposal,
and Dutcher came t. the rescue, and
was bound to see that she remained
pure that getting her away from PhiIa-
d~Iphia so incensed the prominent
gentleman that b" followed her
through paid emissaries, and was him
self instrumental in poisoning the mind
OF Mrs. butcher, whose presence III
Connecticut and whose letters We're TX
planned by his desperate plot to rum
Mrs. butcher.
The newspaper representa- i've tC
whom this wonderful yarn was unfold.
ed was perhaps not in a sutli -ieutly
credulOus frame of mind to take it all
in as settlement of the case, and he
asked so many questions about the
prominent Philadelphian-even going
so lur as to suggest that a man who WIS
doing as this man was Sa d to be doing
might easily b. exposed, that Mr.
butcher and Mrs. Watson both seemed
to be singularly effected,
FINALLY Mrs. Watson gave as a reas NJ
why s.r dHin' rXpose the man, he had
q wife W HON she knew as very dear
friend" and She lid not want to de-.
stroy her happiness. The more the
story was examined the thinner j, be-.
came.
A letter Of inquiry, sent to rhilatrl
pha fronl the "tuurant" Office, request
Ing information as to the "prominen
Yentleman," brought out the interest
ing and painful report that tllr nal
nai already lived with Mrs. Wato,'
and h"d not probably been engaged, il
any plot to ruin hel; but that she hat
blaCNmailed him.
The "Courant' entered upon an in
r->.igati0n OF This case in the publ
interest and was willing from the star
to do fuil justice to all parties. Its su.
picions that tie association OF Dutchp
aud the woman was for no good pur
pose have been justified hy the diaclos
ure made. The tirst Development il
the case-the appearaNce Of Mrs
but her i'll Daubury, protestin Rgains
her husband des ertng her and goinI
off with the other woluau-was enOugi
to warrant suspicion and demand in
Grstigation.
If Mr.. butcher Las been made tn,
victim Of a designing woman, believing
her u be reformed, it is not yet too lat
for him TO desert her and turn his at
-V,ntion TO a inore hopeful subjcct.
4uc'a yet e. he reformed 1t Will De NOR
profitable for Mr.. butcher 10 hire al
other man t" pray with her than to az
plv his own energies in the same dlreI
ton.