Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-03
DENEEsE's DOINGs.
How a 'Carpet.Bag" Congressman Mar
rled a Second Wife.

There is a lady registered at one o.
the respectable hotels named Mrs
John T. Deneese, of Cleveland, Ohio.
The lady is quiet in her demeanOr.
but beneath that quietnesS there is a
EOetul history Of the wrong commit
ted upon her. The other day another
person was registered at a hotel in a
different part of the city as Mrs. John
7. Deneese, and she had as her escort
a man named Colonel j. I. Dcneese.
The first Mrs. Deneese is the legiti-
mate and outraged wife, and she came
here to seek the aid of the police. SO
far as the police are informed land
they have, as they say, good authority
the exploits Of John t. Deneese are
as follows He was colonel of the
Fourth Indiana Cavalry during the
war, and he got the reputation Of be-
ing a dashing officer, with, however, a
weakness as regards the female sex
At the close Of the war, in 1865, he
cmigrated to North Carolina. taking
his wife with him, a Cleveland lady Of
good and wealthy family, named Drum.
Nothing particular occurred to
MAR THE DOMESTIC HAPPINESS.
DeDecse was ambitious. His wife
furnished him with money-or he took
it himself The field Of politics was
open to him. He belonged to that
peculiar phase Of American politics
known as carpetbansm. He took the
lead among the Republicans, and, in
a short time, he vas elected to CON
gress, But it was not very long bo-
fore he was expelled from bis seat for
selling cadet appointments. Dis
gusted with the South, our hero took
his family back to Cleveland, after
having spent a large amount of the
estate OF his wife, whom he left with
her parents. Next he was heard Of
in New Orleans. There he fell in
with a woman Of the name of Kitty
Belle Adams. a partnership was
struck up between them, and he took
her with him to Cincinnati. where he
set her up in Housekeeping" The
loving husband then returned TO his
wife in Cleveland. How he was re-
ceived history sayeth not; but it ap.
pears that reconciliation was effected.
If 50. it vas not lasting, for eight
months ago the colonel was discovered
az Little Rock, Ark, in company with
the charming Kitty. The colonel
talents were versatile, and at Little
Rock he formed a connection with a
law firm. One Of his first steps was
70 get a wild cat divorce from
Utah, which effected, he married
Kitty. For months and months hi.
lawful wife in Cleveland heard moth
ing Of her truant husband, but a short
time since she received an anonymou,
letter, informing her Of the divorce
and second marriage. II is alsc
charged against Deneeso that hC
forged the name Of his father-in-la
TO certain notes, besides stealing (
watch from his brother In law. and a
quantity Of
His wIFG's JEwRLRY.
This was Just before he left Cleve
land for Arkansas. In order to OBJ
tain the jewelry stolen from her, anC
10 seek redress at law on account O
her husbands bigamy. Mrs. Denese,
went to Little Rock. There sh.
learned her husband and his wife No
2 had left for st. Louis and were stop
ping at the Laclede Hotel. She dis
patched Chief MoDonough to find GU
whether they were still there. Detec
tive ONeil was detailed 10 hunt nj
the fugitive, and it was found that h.
! and his mistress were at the Lacled.
as dispatched. The chief tolographe,
this fact back to Mrs. Denesoe at Lit
tic Rock. OF course the police coult
not hold the couple without a rcques
having been made TO the st. Loui
authorities. Yesterday Mrs. Dene
see presented herself at tho nolio,
headquarters and. sworo out a warrau.
against her husband and his mistress
She was satisfied that the stolen lew
eiry was in possession Of the latter
But when the police went TO the hote
with the search-warrant the birds ha,
town: They had " skipped the town
tne night previous for parts unknown
Mrs. Deneese will probably satisf
Chief McDonough Of the business q
her cause, aud Will induce him Ia tole
graph ahead and have the callan
colonel arrested, to await a reauisitio,
rom the governor Of Ohio. Mrs
Deueese will probably ROMAN in tow,
a day or two, With the view of await
ing Developments and the recovery o
the iewely. She doesn't object I,
recovering the property, though sh,
has no desire 10 replevin the truanr
husband from the fir Kitty who /,