The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-19
SCANDAL AND ELOPEMENT.
ExcITED--A WHIPPING ADMINISTERED BY AN
OUTRAGED wIFE-REIIGIoN BELIED.

MATTEAwAS AND FIsHKILL LANDING GREATLY
ExcITED-A WHIPPING ADMINISTERED BY AN
OUTRAGED wIFE-REIIGIoN BELIED.
NEwDURa. N. y. August IL. 1879.
There is unusual excitement in the villages OF
Fishkill Landing and Matteawan. caused by the al
legged elopement of Mr.. d. c. Haver with the wife
OF a Matteawan halter named Webster Tompkins.
Haver good looking man of about afty-ive years
OF age. He went Fshkill Landing about ten years
ago and engaged in business. He has son and
three or four daughters. all grown up. OF tho
latter being married. When Haver located in Fish
kill Landing he Joined the Methodist Church. He
was for years devout Christian. teacher of Sun
day school children exhorted Justify in prayer and
class meetings and was chosen a steward.
VILLAGE SCANDAL.
Haver. however. like many ano. her one before him
fell. He has. it is alleged, disgraced himself his
family and his church. and proceedings. looking to
his ignominious expulsion from tho church and c
legal separation from his wife. will take place.
The of all this is Havers alleged cupable in
timacy with women and tho eliminating act of elop-
ing with one OF them--a married woman. A few
days ago Mrs. Webster Tompkins, of Matteawan, q
manufacturing village. mile or east of Fishkill
Landing. where Haver's principal operations have
taken place. to Cold Spring. ostensibly to visit
friends. The next day she started, as she said.
for Brooklyn, but got off the truin at
Garrison's the next station below. Here she bought
a ticket for Utica. and, with her six months old
babe in her arms, took the next train north tho
Hudson River Railroad. On the same day Haver said
he had IMPORTANT business at poughkeepsie, and he
took train for that place. He had previously drawn
all the money he had in the banks and 1t is believed
that he Joined Mrs. Tompkins ut Poughkeepsie.
day two after this friend informed Mr.. Tomp-
kins that he had seen Haver and Mrs. Tompkins to-
gether at Albany. Mr.. Tompkins investigated aud
he discovered that not only had Haver and Mrs.
TOY M
and money. jewelry aud other valuabes had gone like
WISE Mrs. Tompkins left two other children behind.
An officer sent to Utica to apprehend them. Mr..
Tompkins procured warrant for the arrest of both
on the charge of larceny. Officer Petite detailed
to do the work. He spent four days III iruisless
search for them and returned reporting only par
tiai clew to their whereabouts The woman in the
is twenty years younger than Haver. and is not
very prepossessng!
HoRsEwHIpPED AN OUTRAGED WIFE.
The immediate of Haver's alleged sudden
elopement the horsewhpping he and Mrs.
Tompkins received at the hands Of Mrs. Haver.
This lady became acquainted with the state OF affairs
between them. and satisfying herself that Haver
kins. she determined to put an end to it
if possible. Armed with the necessary
the rompkins family. On entering she discovered
her faithless husband. Frantic with grief at the
scene before her eyes she instantly began the as
sault. Each of the unfaithful twain came in for Q
share of the drubbing, and while Mrs. Tompkns
lost large quantities of her ambrosial tresses the
husband of the Infatuated woman received gashes
the face and nose. to hide which he found it
about the streets with his hands COW
ering them. Haver set to work ut once collecting
money duo him about the two villages and deposit
ing it in the savings bank drew it out just before
he lett and took it with him. The scene through
which she had gone produced such shock upon
Mrs. Havers system that IN the afternoon OF the
same day she was in perfectly frenzied
state of mind. and serious results were feared
She watched; but in spite of the precautions
taken she in some way got hold OF revolver, the
discharge of which the first intimation to her
family Of her possession OF it, The report called in
a neighbor, who, with the assistance OF her son,
forcibly took it away from her. Since then Mrs.
Haver's condition has been very critical. She has
been kept ignorant Of her husbands subsequent ac-
tons. She only knows that he has gone away. 1t
is considered unsafe to give her further
for fear that it will terminate her life.
Since Havers departure his son and daughters have
carried the business. To add. however. to tho
cup already full Of misery and humiliation it is
ported that the first steps have already been taken
in the courts to foreclose mortgage on the Haver
property wherein the business is carried on.
In conversation with u trustee of the church the
reporter learned "that Havers case will be taken up
on charges at the next quarterly conference and
quickly and summarily disposed Of"