Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-29
A Feminine Fraud.

A young woman has been arrested at
Nahan for publishing notices of her own
death for the purpose Of destroying u
rivals reputation. The notices pur-
ported to be sent from Abingdon, Mass,
m each case, and were accompanied
by letters, signed in the first instance
by "Deacon Gilmore" and in the sec
ond by the "Rev. Samuel Lee" Tho
first notice stated that Ida M. Eddy died
in Abingdon, of heart disease. Aug. 26,
1873, at the age of q years; the second,
that Ida M. Eddy died in Abingdon,
June 4, 1879, Mt the age Of Il years and
10 months. The accompanying letters
gave - detailed statement rs to the
sutielings of the deceased during her
last illness. The notices were published
in good faith each time by the papers
to which they were sent. Immediately
after the second publication. Miss Eddy
herself called at the office of the paper
and uporaided the editor in no meas
urcd terms for publishing the an
nouncement other death when she was
still in the land of the living. She in
timated that Miss Jessie Bosom, N
young woman residing vt Woodend,
had caused the publication ofthe notices
by forging the letters i'll which they
were sent, The police took up the
matter, and soon learned that young
man had transferred his affections
from Miss Eddy, to Miss Bessom, and
that the former has since endeayored
to win him back 10y composing ma
licious forged letters written to herself,
and purporting To come from the latter.
These letters have been publicly eX-
hibited, and so much feeling created
in the locality against Miss Bessom,
that when she was accused by Miss
Eddy of bens the author of the fraudu-
lent notices, the city marshall was
called i'll. Miss Bessom, however, soon
proved her innocence, and ii became
apparent that Miss Eddy herself was the
gully one.
III is related that General SCOTS
famous letter to Zachary Taylor, an
nouncing the withdrawal ofmost of the
regular troops from Taylor's command
to be placed under his own III pro-
ected movement from Vera Cruz to-
ward the capital Of Mexico, was re
ceived while General Taylor was At
supper with his staff near Monterey
The General asked Colonel Bliss to
read it to him. He had just replenishe ed
his coffee cup, and was engaged IL
cooling ii with spoon while the read
ing went on. This appeared to make
no further impression upon him than
that indicated by contemptuous
"snifl," but rs the real import of the
letter began TO appear his whole manner
changed, and he abstractedly dipped
the spoon into bowl OF mustard
which sat upon the table, and stirred II
in the coffee. This he repeated until
by the time the reading of the letter
was i'lished the contents Of the
mustard bowl were exhausted. With.
out saving word, and to Bliss astonish
ment and horror, he raised the cup (
his lips and gulped down the abomina
BILE compound. He then broke into ~
excited and profane harangne, consign
ing to everlasting damnation every one
cont erned in the proposed depletion o
his forces, and only ceasing when hi
speech was oyertaken with paroxysm
of suffering. which, with him, usually
followed violent outbreak Of temper
General Pleasonton, who commanded
the Generals escort in Mexico, says
that when cnce thoroughly aroused. NJ
was the maddest man he ever saw.
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