Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-11

OIL plank, S~rleudldly dressed, az II
for a ball, the body Of one of the
haudSomcSt specimens Of man ! had
ever seen. His c%ountcnance wa in
perfect repOse, and but for the CHASTITY
wound he had received, he would have
seemingly been sleeping. | obtained
permission from the coroner to remove
the body, aud delivering il into the
custody Of the undertaken, it was
taken to Washington.
The trial of Mr.. j. and his party
before the coroner was proceeding at
the time of my arrival. found them
greatly embarrassed by the situation,
and exerting my personal influence in
their behalf, succeeded in having Mr..
j. discharged on bail, myself beeom-
ing his security, to appear at the next
term of the court at Upper Marlboro,
Prince George county, Md. The
second and surgeon were discharged
without bail.
When the court met (some months
a~fterward) it was necessary for me to
attend. | accompanied Mr.. j., and
during our drive to Upper Marlboro
Sixteen miles from Washington he
remarked to me that his friends were
persuading him TO take back his wife,
whom, on the discovery of her guilty
behavior with DR.. H., he had sent to
her father, and he asked me what |
thought he ought to do. He stated
that he had a large family of small
children, that he was greatly attached
to his father-in-law who was one of
the most noble and chivalric of gen
tlemen, and whose heart was nearly
broken by the disgrace of his daughter
and its fatal consequences, and from
these considerations he was inclined
to accept the advice of his friends, if
he could do it with honor.
| had previously heard the unf0rtu-
nate woman described as a person re-
markably queer, refined and ladylike
and that her fall was generally at
tributed to the peculiar advantages
afforded her seducer from his profes-
sional relations with her, and his seek
ing an opportunity of her ruin in
an hour Of weakness. Under all the cir
cumstances, | did not hesitateto advise
that, if Mr.. Us feelings justified the
act, to disregard any censure of the
world and restore his wife to himself
and their children. The grand Jury
ignored the indictment, and on his
return home that of his wife followed.
He removed soon after to an ad-
joining county. AS a LAWYER of large
practice he was necessarily often from
home. During one of these absences,
a brother-in-law, who had his sus-
picions aroused by the frequent visits
to the house by a person of the very
lowest social standing-the keeper off
a toll,gate in the neighborhOod-
caught him in the very act of adultery
with Mrs. j., beat him severely, and
elected him from the house. This
shocking discovery gave rise to the
impression that the woman was of un-
sound mind. A medical examination
conclusively established the fact, and
she was placed in an insane asylum.
Before her departure for that abode
she confessed that the paternity of
her youngest child belonged to DR.. j.,
and she was allowed to take it with
her.
Colonel Jones prefers to designate
the names of the parties in this affair
by their initials. 1t was conducted
with great secrecy, and was barely
noticed In the newspapers of the day.
This, | presume, is the first published
detailed account of it. The names of
the parties, as | happen to know, we're
tombstone and Jones. The first was
The latter has been for several
years dead.