, 1879-03-19


t'reach Of protlIac Of marriage, tiai,ns IL
IM tile willow nf ono 1lnlnas II. Oliver
wt,o waA l.ic,ltc',ant In tlu
Confederate nary, hut, acc,rlir. 10 recent de-
velopmrats, .hcrn Is soIae rc1son to believe
th1t blIE IL mt n willow ut nil. Sumo weeks
aRo sncI,"r of tElr I'ar Df this city rcsefycd a
letter from Kentucky inqniring wlLc;tNr Of not
the plui,tttf wns n Kentucky woman, and ile ut
Gn:e mndc Inquiries which satts(leIl him that
she wns from TINT State. Ab'sut tIle ea,nc time
Mr. Thomas II. Oliyrr, formerly of Frankfort,
i1t that Htntc, wrote tu Incitl!HF .! tile kcn-
lucky Bar in ills city making inquiries as to
whether or not thc Washington Mrs. uItycr was
not The writer's wife. Yesterday this Kentucky
tnwycr wns II, tic Circuit Court and identified
The plaintiff A. the wlfc of 1l,nmas II. Oliver.
liz remembered iIcr Us the wife OF Thomas n.
Oliver,
sALrtMAH
In the wholesale dry gotnls llntisc of Bright,
iInrrts d t,arce, nj Louisville, ky., In the curly
part Of the War; a,nl, wlien +slc .uul for t1t-
y0rcn Of, tho Erotnl Of inh,lcltly In hia mar
riagc VOWS at sftllers1,lra, III That State, tie
Kentucky lawyer was present. The suit e!Ic
was unable 10 maintain, OWN. To her inability
10 PROVE l,cr marriage with oliver. n.nt Acr bill
wns distnlssetl. It Is stated that, eInee these
proceedings, Oliver has not lirel viii, her.
sone wrcka st1cr tho cout,acl fnf tue dcscnnc
wtrc Informed Of the Kentucky Olirer's claim
to her, AMI he was sent fur, alnl Is now In the
city, nyInE leen ilrse aver week, a1ul 1t ia IT..
lievrtl that, Ht tho proper tme, ia will be pro.
illgrts rs wttheAs III the cnsc. or col.sse, II
Mr.. O1Escr is produced, and is shown tn hc her
legal husband, tfle case against Atr. Cameron
will fall through.
MKs. oLlvEn's CHARGES AGAINST nt.b SIMON.
tn thr ltff:tr4, .issartattd T',rs,.
WAsittSaroa, y. C., March 1S.-l'lc OLIVER
Cameron case was continued to-day. Mrt. OIL
rer tca'tle Tint relying un tlie prn,nl.c III Alr.
Cameron to marry hct, she permitted him tu
ta Tits city.
Witness sail: In the winter, Cameron sent
fur her to cotllc to Ills arldr nj tte Courrcs.u1l
al I'otel. When Blo entered he locked tl'c door,
AMI ket,t tier IN The room nll night. Cameron
saitl she was to marry htln, unI she yielded to
Ills solicitations.
Upon rross examination witness SAID sffc had
lived with Tisomas Marstml Oliver rs Ills wffe
:liui Ind twu children By him, though }lc lIad
vile living. Hb subsequently pruclred di.
vurcc from Ills wife, and 'tl,e judge told her 1t
divorced her nlso. After the divorce Ulltcr
left, anil she never sa'c hin, ngafn.
For several years sllo was looked uton as Oit-
vcr's wife. The marliaEc was not lawful, he.
canss he had n wiEo livng wiIan ltc married
witness, who WIS y'lnG Mt ttc time. mil dill
nut knnw anything about tlle Eormrs marriage
S'lc l..il written 10 OlIvcrat several places late.
jy, but did not know lie was living.
At this point afr. Oliyer entered the court
r0o,u, au1 TIC wttncrs said. "ruat Is Mr.. OIL.
yer. lie has changed somewhat, but Hut Is
lfn." For tlvG ycars wltl'rss snfd sc held ller-
self out ns Dilver's wifa In Louisville lie tllrre
left hrr n,,l went to Lexington, Ky, where l,e
married 6oMu Onc else.
TILE FOLLOWING LETTER
vag then shown to her, nft,l sic admitted the
handwriting rs tcrs. Thu envelope bore statn1,
"Oe., 81. 1851:
ne Hoa. Simon Cameron: Late as It - J. viii
pray t" tod Ia have YOU sent to England II ron
will nHrrf me or provide for tne ~ ynn wnulh for
vile Ms yun promised sns: lou hnYc hit short
timo tn let nc kl,uw mud tbs mi. tim IL yours. It
WILL lr VEaited to MO becaHse | Eray for 1t. Ny
5"s'st to NC and afo'ta''s j yours. hrsps;iial'y
After rcatliu- 1t SHE lnughtucly eait,: swell,
Gen. Butler, you Gan'. blat mt for wanting tl
R!r the DID t..nn tip nliA gut lin to marry .np"
Sic snk size hatl not shown the following letter
tn anybn'iy aml It'll not rcspllprt receiving It.:
| 1lAun:snr1ta, sep,. Il. 1h7,.-Mr DEAR Mrs.
wlfc before very lonu. 1t Is i,rttcr s"u should
tnyu home tim rcna!,, without pro,cciion.
your expenses. rhail probably be- in Washington
wfss y as % 1t III sys ssos SS ss 70" sy
W!tsmt,t concluding tho crosa-esalnInatlor
tho Court adjourned untIl ta-morrow.
| lr1oposEn COMPROMISE.
In letter tn Cameron Mrs. Oliver Eays: NJ
will nrcept s4,0O, with thy ,0u0 have aircad,