The daily gazette., 1879-04-29
FIFTH EDITION.
BUTCHERS DISGRACE.


comes plain Mrs. fannie Watson. who
has seen the inside Of jails and has had
the delirium tremens. Her palatial
residence sinks into the little unpreten-
tious sixteen-dollar-a-mo brick house
No. 753 Florida street, small thorough
fare running from cambridge to Chris
tian street, above Eleventh. She does
not own the house, and the furniture has
been sold at auction since she left. Her
cut-glass decanters become black bottles,
and her choice wines take on the flavor
Of cheap whisky and jugs of beer.
In fact, Mrs. Watson liz no more nor
less than W ruthless woman, whs has
lived life Of debauchery aud crime for
years, l. all reports of her are true, and
no one can be found here to deny them
Her pretended reformation is a fraud
Her maiden name was fannie Devine.
Before she was married to Watson she
had child, daughter which was taken
from the a. ms Of the drunken mother by
a lady, Mrs. Bell of New York, who
brought the child up and with WHOM she
is now. The girl, who il sixteen years
old, was with her mother, in Florida
street, during the winter. And it Is now
said on the authority of this girl, that for
two weeks after he was supposed t.
have Il TT this city, and while his wife
believed that he a. absent on Il lectur-
ing tour, butcher was laying at Mr., e.
WatsOn's house in Florida street.
MRS. butcher AT HOME.
Mrs. butcher and her six children are
In Wilmington. Mrs. butcher is q thin
faced, CAR, worn, sad-eyed woman. The
people of Wilmington speak in the high
est terms Of her many virtues and gentle
disposition. She said vest erday that she
was utterly penalties, but not word of
reproach of the man who has abandoned
her passed her lips.
"There never was, )" she sad, ga better
husband and father than George ever
since he signed the pledge, fourteen
ears ago, until he met that woman. /
cannot understand what has come over
him. He seems to have lost his reason.
believe she has Il ugged him. But the
ladies' always did like Geo-ge. and suI-
pose she fatterad him. Oh, he must
come back" sne said, in a moaning tone
"for the chilIren's sake" He must not
actso.
/ cannot endure it. When one of my
little girls was going to sshool this morn
ing a boy shouted after her, "Hullo,
your father has run off with another
woman After a pause Mre. butcher
'ontinued: Mrs. Wat>on is bad, wicked
woman; she has all the airs aud manners
Of an outcast.
She smokes cigars like a man, and has
got George to smoking, a thing he has
not done before since he signed the
pledge. When she and George were
both ANNOUNCED to speak here at the
same meeting they came from Philape[
phia on the same train, but he left the
depot first and walked to the hall alone.
and when she afterwards came in they
ae' ed As though they had never met be-
fore that day. That night they sat to-
gether at the hotel smoking until two
O'clock in the morning. Que of the
children was with them.
MRS. wATsoN's wILEs.
"When he would start to go home she
would detain him, putting her hand on
coaxing way "Dont go yet, George;
hate GU to leave me- They sat up to-
gether at our house nearly all night
Once when l entered the room they W, rt
ialking in a low tone, with their heads
close together. When they saw me they
drew apart suddenly and she was putting
cigar. Then | told her just what
thought of her. / have seen a letter
which her husband wrote to her in 1871.
He told her that he had been out of work
for two months and had not money
enough to pay his board. He said thai
she IL light easily have supported herself
with her needle and not have been pub
lished all over the country as a hotel
swindler. Tue tier SAID that he .ju iged
from newspaper reports that her trip
East had not been a success financially.
Ours Is not the first family that she has
broken up by her Jugs. She is a black
whom she got into her clutches aud broke
up his family. She thought that George
owned our house and she wanted to get
me out ami get in herself.
Only to think that George butcher
would throw away the reputation that
it has taken him fourteen years 10 make
for a creature like her. When l saw
them ia Danbury George begged me moi
to disgrace him not to make seem.
md not want to disgrace him. 1 wanted
him to come home for the children's
sake. So what L sa to him was said In
his own room. l begged him to leav
the woman and come home o his chill
dren, but he would not listen. He said
that he would place Mrs. Watson side by
side with Anna ID crimson on the plat
form or die in the attempt, and said
that / would expose them wherever they
went or die in the attempt, and | lief
them" Mrs. butcher then produced two
letters, the second of which she had JUS
received. As examples of cantng hypo
crisy, hlasphemy and cruel eff'rontery
they are unique. The second letter is as
follows:
HARTFORD April % 1879.
DEAR MoLLIE have just time to say
received your letter and was glad to heal
YOU were well am about tie leave Hart
ford TO speak in town about ten miles
out. Did you write to Rev, drs
Lansing at Meredin, Connecticut, telling
her to do all in her power for Mrs Wat.
son? You owe her that kindness for SHE
nearly died during theawful persecution
shall win in the conflict for Almighty
God was with me. Write me here 1 have
lots of engagements ahead for Mrs Wat
son aud she will soon be on tn. top The
ladies' of Hartford all say that she mad,
the best speech of any woman that eve
visited Hartford last night. The hall wal
crowded The ministers are all on he
side and the public press just pray fo
her and one day you will find that she i
your tru friend Love to the babee Go,
blts you all Hope to be able soon t.
send you money Many kind regards t.
Sam Thine ever GEORGE
1t is unnecessary to say that Mrs
butcher has not written to Rev. Mrs
Lansing ct ling her to do all in he
power Tor Mrs. W atson." Mrs Bell, O
New York, who took charge of Mrs
Waison's daughter after her mother ha'
gene of with butcher, il is said has n
sympathy with the woman and gives he
the worst possible character, and c)n
firms all that Mrs. butcher said ahou
her being professional blackmailal
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