The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-09

by C. III. Wilson, justice of the peace from
Salem. +. 7. HOWARD.
Witness:
Written and signed in our presence.
DR. JOHN H. PIKE,
! MARY A. PIKE
With the exception of the witnesses
names the certificates is wholly in Howard
writing, and is now in the possession OF Mr..
FL. S. Bell.
After giving this certificate Howard left
for New York, taking his departure on the
23d inst He gave it out that he was going
for the purpose of arranging some business
affair, and on his return he would remarry
the lady according to the rites of the Catho-
lie church.
DIR. Pike was satisfied with this plan, but
consulted with Messrs. Bell and Bobb, who
appeared greatly surprised that be should
agree to Towards plan, after
HIS vILLAINoUs CONDUCT
in the first place, and advised him, by all
means, to publish Towards declaration in
| the form of marriage notice. DIR. Pike
agreed to this, and placed the certificate IN
| the hands of Messrs. Bobb and Bell, who
published the marriage notice quoted
above.
1t was about this time that DIR. Pike tele-
graphed to the clerk of the county court OF
Roanoke, asking for information relative TO
/ y. w llStln Tue justice Vi Tie PctASC1
who had performed the marriage ceremony
The reply came
WITH CRUSHING FORCE
that no such man lived in the country. The
CONSERVATION and grief of the lady's family
| at this announcement can be better lmag-
| ined than described, and it was, at once,
apparent to them that Mrs. boswell had
been the victim of a design, so horrible
and so brutal as to seem unreal.
A day or two since, DIR. Pike left for At
lanta to look after the welfare of Mrs. Dos
we'll, and is expected to return to-day,
when full and detailed statement of the
whole affair will be prepared and published,
which will not differ materially from the
foregoing.
There is, however, one mystery in con-
nection with the case which could not be
unraveled this morning. Reference is made
to the denial of Howard, also quoted above.
As he is out of the city the card is sup
posed to have been telegraphed to friend
here, who had it inserted Inquiry at the
various newspaper offices failed to reveal
the name of the supposed friend.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
1t is surmised that Frank Howard was
really in love with Mrs. boswell and that
if his father had not threatened to disown
him, a public marriage between the pair
would have been celebrated two years ago.
This prospective punishment, involving a
loss OF interest in the vast wealth which the
father is reputed to possess, was more than
Frank was willing to bear. Itnever seemed
to have occurred to him that he could do
what many young men with less advantages
than he has had, are doing every day, and
that is making their own way in the world,
and winning an honored name for themselves
and comfort for those dependent on them.
1t was the fear then of disinheritance
which made him stoOp to the low artitice of
a mock marriage. Finding that the mar
rage could no longer be kept secret, he |
went to New York, and there held a stormy
interview with his father, during which the
whole story came out.
The father was more than ever opposed to |
the marriage, and finding that the original |
ceremony had been but mock one, he tele> |
graphed the card of denial to the papers |
here. Whether Frank consented to the |
denial, or whether his feelings were not |
consulted in the matter, is a question i'm
possible of solution at this distance from /
the scene.
At any rate one fact seems generally ac-
cepted and that is that Frank is now on his |
way to Europe, and will probably never
return to New Orleans. What his feelings |
may be when he thinks of the trust he has |
abused and of the anguish of the woman
WHOM ne uOuOCleSS loves yet, one can only
conjecture, but not the poorest individual
in this city would care to change places with
the wandering heir.
SCENE OF THE MOCK MARRIAGE.
Along through the southwestern portion
of Virginia runs the Atlantic, Mississippi
and Ohio railroad The stretch of road be-
tween Lynchburg and Bristol connects sew
eral stations, among which are Bonsacks,
Big Lick, Salem, Allegheny, ETC., all in
Roanoke county. From Salem Station one
may go by the dirt road to Salem town. a
pretty little place, distinguished by the ex-
istence in it of Roanoke College. In this
town Frank I. Howard and Mrs. boswell
spent a portion of the summer of 1879
The statements of Messrs. Bell and Bobb
show that the two started in buggy from
Salem, and went to Big Lick. To do this
they either took the dirt road to Salem
station and thence eastward along the rail
road to Big Lick, a station in all about four
miles from Salem; or, they journeyed
estward from Salem to Old Lick, a village
distant about two miles from Salem, and
then southwark to Big Lick, which lies on
the railroad
The neighborhood is very romantic, being
situated in a gap between the Alleghanies
and the Blue Ridge. The widest and most
beautiful scenery prevails, and the little
town ofSalem, Is, on account of its situa-
ton, quite a summer resort, and for years
several New Orleans families have been ac-
customed to spend months at time there. |