Daily globe., 1879-04-26
a DEAD HUSBAND.

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a DEAD HUSBAND.
He Comes to Life and His Wife Won't
Recognize Him.
1t is queer case, apparently companion
picture to the great Waeckerle controversy |
between wife and alleged arisen husband.
This new case has just been developed be-
fore the eyes of the secretary of the Relief |
society, and has the components of the other |
alluded to case, in wife who refuses to rec |
ognize a defunct husband stepping around
in the flesh. The story is as follows:
On the l4th of last December pleasant
faced, but meek appearing woman with a
baby girl applied at the Relief society's
Office for help. She stated her name was
Clarissa Potter; that she had come from the J
southern part of the State, Worthington, and /
was en- route to her fathers fireside in Ches
ter, New York. Two years ago she had
married, and with her husband had
repaired to this State, where he had
possessed himself OF a farm, and set in
dustriously at work to build up suitable
and comfortable home. Hardships befell
the young couple; crops were blasted by the
drought or devoured by grasshoppers.
Against all this they unfalteringly battled,
ness of the husband. He was seized with
that fell disease, consumption. Lingering,
he dice, leaving ~ destitute
Fellows, of which order her husband was
member, came to her relief and buried her
dead.
Thus destitute and alone she bethougnt
herself of her far away home and parents,
and determined to reach the home roof.
She arrived here on her way, as stated, and
being out of means told the above, her sad
and pitiful story. Having in the course
of her recital stated that her parents
| were we'll to do, Secretary Chase
concluded it was best for them to serve and
save their daughter, and communicated with
them at the address given by the sad faced
| woman.
| Meanwhile, she and the child were pro-
vided with comfortable quarters at the Home
of the Friendless. Days and weeks passed
along, and no reply was received from the
old folks. The secretary thonght it odd, and
for the matter of that the woman said it was
decidedly so. Despairing of hearing from
home, the woman sought work, and
with the assistance of the Relief society, she
obtained remunerative employment.
The queerish aspect of the affair comes in
just here. A few days ago Chief Weber re-
ceived a letter from Worthington, the town
in which the woman claimed to have lived,
making inquiries about her. It stated that
her husband had returned, was prepared to
resume work on the farm, and signifed his
teager readiness to send her money. Tie let
ter, signed Jas. Millington, was given to Secre-
tary Chase, and he placed it before the wo-
man. She expressed neither Joy nor sur
prise, but confessed that she recognized in
the handwriting that of cousin. She con-
tradicted any such assumption as that of
her husband having revived, come to life
again, and weepingly alluded to the obliga-
tions she was under to the
Odd Fellows for burying him.
Secretary Chase was decidedly puzzled, but
left her.
Yesterday. the secretary received letter
woman. The letter purported to be signed
by the alleged dead, or alleged alive, as you
please, husband, Luther Potter. The wife OF
the alleged was confronted with the letter.
She adhered to her former story, and de-
clined to recognize the handwriting az
the chirography of her de-
funct It was explained that the difference
in his sign manual, etc., if any, might have
arisen from change in circumstances aris
ing from the service done him by the ODD
Fellows, as stated by her. She'd have none
Of it. And until he shows up in living flesh
, she declines to accept the writer of the letter
the sender of the money, as her husband.
: Yesterday GLOBE ambassador sought out
Secretary Chase. He was reticent about the
: affair, but did not deny the existence of such
, woman and the alleged existence of such 6
man, heroine and hero of this narrative
when he was confronted with the above array
of facts. Nothing being learned from tht
, secretary, Mrs. Potter was found. She il
/ bright-faced-it' several months since tn.
l Odd Fellows did her a servjce-black
: haired, comely looking young woman. Sh'
;, was asked about this strange resurrection O.
t her husband. From her full confirmation
: of the above story was gained, but she added
/ that it was all ga put up job.'
3 "What?' was the natural inquiry.
: Why, that he ''-she spoke thu
] indefinitely of the Odd Fellows service
Q ''has come to life. He is dead; saw hin
t buried"
: Chow do you explain his letters?"
Q To this she replied at length that she ha
;, enemies, and then, she looked coyly, VIII
Q wished to injure her. And when she ierke
|. out reference ''to keeping company tn
! GLOBE was suffused with apprehension, calle
:. to mind Tony Weller's admonition abou
: widows, and vanished.