Smyrna times., 1880-06-09
A Philadelphia Lady the Victim Of a
Heartless Spendthritt.
SAD SCENE IN NEW YORK HOTEL-WATCHING
FOR THE FACE OF STOLEN CHILD--A
BLASTED LIFE.

BLASTED LIFE.
Certain society circles in this city have
Just become cOgnizant of the facts surround
ing a most pitiful story, and the uniortu
nate lady who is the principal character in
the sad drama is receiving many expires
sions of sympathy and offers OF material
aid to gain the point upon which her life
almost depends. Briefly told the story is
this:
About six years ago there lived in Arch
street, this city, young widow, childless,
of excellent family, considerable wealth
and attractive person. She had the entree
to the best society in Philadelphia, and at
a party on West Walnut street was intro
duced by her sister to a gentleman from
New York, who was then temporarily stop
ping here. The gentleman, who was an
exceedingly handsome man, and whose
dress and manners proved his familiarity
with good breeding and good society, was
struck with the charms of the young
widow, and in few short weeks proposed.
He was, he said, batchelor; had very
wealthy family connections, and was at
that time connected with a New York
mercantile house. Investigation by the
friends of the lady resulted in the verifica-
ton of these statements, and the gentle
mans social status and family responsibility
being established, marriage speedily fol
lowed
After a brief honeymoon the gentleman
took his bride to Boston, where apartments
were taken in frst-class boarding house
on Murray Hill, right in the aristocratlc
quarters Of the city. In month or so the
| husband bad so far won upon the conf
dence and devotion of his young wife that
| he had little difficulty i'll inducing her to
place in his hands $4,000 in government
bonds, part of her private fortune. This
| sum, lie represented, was to be used III this
business. About two years after the mar
riase little girl was born, and the hus-
band and his wife for time became more
! attached to each othVI than ever. lie
still continued bis demands for money,
and was continually accommodated by his
trusting and devoted wife. Finally the hus-
band began to grow careless il his atten-
! tiOns, absented himself from his wife and
child for DAYS and weeks together, and
otherwise gave his victim unnistdkahie
reason to believe that her hopes of hapri.
ness with him were diSpellrd forever.
Finding that he had obtained the last
cent of money, the scoun1rel began de
mands on his wife for such family jewelry
as she possessed, thus gaining possession o.
some fine plate and other family heirloom:
which she treasured highly hy reason 0
their associations. But this state of things
could hot continue forever, and after a de
mand for money which was refused, for tht
reason that her supplies were exhausted
the husband threw OIL the mask and CAM
out in his true cOlors.
A volley of oaths and language OF tn
most brutal and vulgar description at las
replied to the wife's appeal that her hu'
band would remain at home, and about
month ago, after visit, the brute threat
ened the poor woman with violence if sh
didn't obtain for him money, he didn't car
how or from whom. Finally the heartbro&c
wife wrote to her friends in this cit
about her condition and her case was place
in the hands of proper legal represents
tive. A watch kept on the movements
| the husband resulted i'll Il startling dl
covery. 1t had been suspected that IL
man had entangling alliances otherwi:
which might account for the treatment h
wife received, and this theory proved tru
No one, however, has suspected the Tors
The man was found to be living in gran
style on q street which crosses 9th avenu
and not far from that aristocratic thorOug
fare, and there is reason to believe that
is living with bis wife and that he "
already married when he wooed and VIZ
the lady in this city. The sad sequel
this real.life romance, however, yet l
mains to be told. A few weeks ago, Il
bereaved wife and sorrowGul mother visit
some friends living in New York Gil
bringing with her her 2.yearold daught'
Since the discovery Of her husbands fait
lessness, the mother had become presun
bly, attached TO her child, and found
this tie some measure of comfort. I
mother and child visited large dry goc
establishment in New York, and while
lady made some purchases the child v
permitted to play around. When the la
had completed her purchases she look
around and found that her child was go
The distracted mother, nearly fran
with grief, caused quite an Excitement
the store by her piteous appeals for
child, but the mystery of its disappearal
was soon solved A clerk in thestore ca
up and calmed her by saying that the ch
was all right-that it had gone in
riage with gentleman"
A" gentleman-what gentleman
"Your husband-her father" was
. reply. The clerk had seen the husbi
and wife together in the store in hapl
DAYS, and naturally conjectured that tn
was nothing wrong in allowing the chile
be taken by its father.
The mother with the piercing cry,
~ has stolen my child" swooned away
had to be carried from the store. The
~ was placed in the hands Of private de
tives, who bled the unfortunate lady ou
hundreds of dollars, one man getting
in one day. Finally Superintendent
ling of the New York police was appe
to and he is making every exertior
find the stolen child. In the meant
proceedings are being taken for dive
and in a few days the public will learn
, names of the actors to the sad drama,
rT story of which has now been told
l' Evening Nel0s.
Two ROBINS HANG A SPARRow.-A
IlV. one hundred persons witnessed q cul
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