New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-11-26

On Tuesday night, August ~, 1873,
Mr.. Wheatley was found dying at
Charles and Morton streets, this City,
on the sidewalk, crying for help. His
clothing was disarranged and his collar
crushed. He told an officer that he
was walking along Sixth avenue at
dark, and three men assaulted him,
threw him down and robbed him of
$4,000 in bonds and money. In the
police station $4,000 in money, q
gold watch and chain, and a set of
diamond studs were found on him, and
the police discredited his story. He,
however, insisted that he had been
robbed, and his family now believe
that he was. Ho became i'll in the
Charles Street Police Station, and he
was sent to St. Vincent's Hospital,
whence he was taken the next day in
an ambulance to his home at 172 Rem
sen street, Brooklyn.
The next day he walked out of the
house without saying good-by to any
of his family, and the next that was
heard from him was telegram from
Washington to his wife, saying that he
would not return that night. Weeks
passed and he did not return. The
telegraph operator in Washington said
that when he asked Mr.. .Wheatley for
his address the latter said that he had
none. Private detectives conducted q
patient search for him in vain. and at
length he was thought to be dead. Mr..
Silas NJ. Giddings, who had been Mr..
Wheatiey's most intimate friend, was
appointed guardian of his only son,
James V. Wheatley, q boy of seven
teen, who had inherited fortune from
his grandmother, Mildred L. Wheat
ley. It was discovered that Mr..
Wheatley had used up all of this
money, but, under the power of attor-
ney which he held, he had q right to
use it as his own. There was no dis
crepancy complained of in the other
trust funds.
The house in Remsen street was sold
to prevent foreclosure, its equity being
almost nothing, and the wife and son
from condition of great prosperity
were reduced almost to want. The son
went to live with an uncle, on q cattle
ranch in Texas, and the wife went to
live with some friends.
In the latter part of March last MIR.
Giddings learned that q man answering
Mr.. Wheatley's description was living
in the Village of Hendersonville, in the
mountains of North Carolina, eight
miles from any railroad, and that he
passed under the name of G. Il. Carter,
Of New York. Hurrying thither Mr..
Giddings found his friend on his death
bed, and by his side was q refined
woman of thirty-five years, who said
that she was Mr.. Carriers wife. A dis
Greet inquiry informed Mr.. Giddings
that Mr.. Wheatley had wandered into
the town few weeks after his disap-
pearance from his home. He was
weary and seemed sick, and, as he ap-
peared to be gentleman, the hospita-
Die, Southerners received him kindly,
although they could not solve the mys-
terry of his appearance or his mission
amorg them. He acted strangely, and
was often seen in the woods seated on
q fallen log, with his face buried in his
hands. Miss Josephine Bond, maiden
lady, who lived over the mountains,
hearing that Northern man was sick
in y clearinghouse in the town, carried
him delicacies and took an interest in
him. Mr.. Wheatley was extremely i'll
with asthma and Bright's disease, and
was plainly on his death bed. Miss
Bond tried in vain to learn his history.
His friendless condition appealed
strongly to her sympathies, and several
nights, when the snow was deep on the
mountains, she remained all night in
the house.
This set the village gossips to talk.
ing, and, feeling that her character
was being assailed, Miss Bond told Mr..
Wheatley that if he consented she
would marry him and take him to her
own home to nurse. He was propped
up by pillows, and she stood by his
side and held his hand while the cere-
mony was performed. Then she took
him to her home, where Mr.. Giddings
found him. Mr. Giddings concluded
not to reveal that Mr.. Wheatley was
passing under an assumed name, and
was already married, as he knew his
friend was on his death-bed. MIR. Cid
dings returned home, and soon re-
ceived word of MIR. Wheatley's death.
Then be learned that Miss Bond had
discovered the deception from a news
paper found among Mr.. Wheatley's
papers, which gave an account of the
assault upon him. Miss Bond had ten
Derby nursed him up to his death, and
had buried him in the village church.
yard. She learned with grief the true
tory of Mr.. Wheatley's life, as she
had become affectionately attached to
nim. Mr.. Giddings told her that for
four months before his disappearance
Mr.. Wheatley had been pronounced
deranged, and that all of his acts since
had evidently been the acts Of an in
sane man.
When the widow in Brooklyn learned
by degrees of her husbands second
marriage, she said:
Poor man. he was not response
blev'
The body was returned to BROOKLYN
and deposited in q Greenwood vault,
whence, In the latter part Of April. it
was buried in the family plot. Mr..
Wheatley left an estate worth only one
hundred dollars on which Mrs. Elizabeth
Wheatley took out letters of admins
tration. The widow feels kindly to-
ward Miss Bond, and both she and MIR.
Giddings think that Miss Bond was
self-sacri6cing in her attentions to Mr..
Wheatley. and in marrying hin. They
mad agreed with her TO bury the secret
OF the second marriage with the body.
IN. 7. Sun.
Deceptive Distances In Arizona.
If there Is anything more deceivirg
chan your grocery bill which has be,
stretching unsettled longer than six y
days, it is distances in this climate.
You are not always certain whether
you are almost there or not. It is not
just wise to attempt to walk to the top