Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-05
AMWE9 -HAZELTINE.


GENCER, regarding the gossip about John
NJ. Amwes, jr., late of this city, aud Miss
Nellie Hazeltine, the belle Of st. Louis.
will be read with interest here and with
satisfaction by the young mans friends in
Lancaster
ST. LOUIS, August 80, 1881.
Thinking your readers might have some
interest in matters that have been trans
piring in this big Western city, more par
ticulafly certain series of circumstances
concerning young man we'll known in
your community, have set about gather
ing some very spicy and interesting facts
regarding the matter, with later develop
ments i'll connection Herewith. st. Louis
cannot only boast Of a very hot summer
in ono respect, as it was exceedingly
warm in others. Some thirty mur,lerers
are now lodged in the Four Courts await
ing trial or execution of sentences. and
the list is added to almost daily. The per-
formances at Urig's Cave have also been
not unmixed with sensations. This is i
large summer theatre, which is much
patronized by the ton Of the city, who arc
particularly fond of al .tfresco entertain
ments. FOrd's opera company had a
splendid season Of three months, and during
that time there wero the following episodes: :
An intercepted 6illet-dour from gallant of
the mdsher type, to a lovely girl named
Speer, who was in the chorus, which re-
suited i'll the filing of S15, 900 libel suit
against the POST Dispatch, tho evening
paper here; two knOck-down fights,
in which the two leaders of tho Or
chcstra figured quarrel in the company
resulting from jealousies, and ending
with the discharge Of the aforesaid beau
tiful Miss Spcer and another lady and
last. but not not least, tho highly scnsa-
tional episode in which tho belle of St.
Louis. Miss Nellie Hazeltine, ayouns lady
whose reputation had ever been above re-
proach and whose beauty was of national
report, figures in a double barrcled tlirta-
tion with comely young chorus singer,
John Amweg, who, by tho way, has been
ridiculed and scoffcd ct continuously and
without warrant ; and in order to get the
true inwardness Of the affair put myself
to some pains and believe for tho first
time the true version of the affair is given
publicity. Mr.. Amweg related very cir
cumstantial story, and he has certainly
carried himself through the matter in u
manly and self-reliant manner, for the
odds were very heavy against him.
Miss Nellie Hazeltine is certainly very
lovely young lady of refined type of
beauty, graceful, spirituellc figure, deli
catcly chiseled features, dark brown eyes
that merely have to plead for amorOus
glances to receive them, and al abund-
ance of rich dark auburn hair. Her face
is one which would be noted in a large
audience or congregation where beauty
was the rule rather than the exception.
She is sensible, experienced. and possesses
traits which have made her extremely pop
ular with her associates.
AS Mr.. Amwcg says for several nights,
she frequentcd the Cave, occupying with
her gentlemen escorts front seats. \
in the ballet called Amwcg's
to the notice the young lady was
taking of him, and he accordingly very
watched in return. One evening
she took asmall bouquet from her bosom,
with it, and placed it beside her
chair. He made inquiries and was told by
several persons who tho young lady was.
The susceptible young man was no Joseph
and he lost no time in following up his
conquest. Correspondence and interviews
at the lady's house followed, and the belle
him with several photographs on
The back Of which were inscribed lines
sisnifying her undying devotion. Amweg
sought counsel OF several friends, whom
he considered as trustworthy cOnlidantes,
but one these proved unworthy of tho
trust, and in brief time the particulars
Of the affair had reached tho ears Of her
brother, Will Hazcllinc, and her alleged
Intended, Fred ParamOre. OF Amweg's
good faith in the matter no better evi,lencs
could be furnished than that he sent one of
tho young lady's epistles home to his
mother, who returned it, at his request.
Then came the meeting with Messrs.
FIazeltino and ParamOre. They succeeded
n cnticing Amwcg into al office in the
Merchants Exchange building, and made
IN assault upon him upon his refus-
ng to sign rctraction taking
back all he said in regard to
Hiss Hazcltine. He defended himself as
we'll as he could, but sustained some severe
INJURIES, one of the bloods using a loaded |
'ane on him with considerable effect. |
They offered him money to get out of |
own and made all sorts of offers to COM
promise, but these he declined, and the |
lext day his suit was in the hands Of a |
,fominent lawyer. A criminal suit was
also civil suit for loss of posi-
ion and consequential damages. The
aking of depositions was commenced,
'ut, rs yet, nothing new has been elected.
II the meantime the belle of this affair,
las returned from her summerius at White
sulphur Springs, aud is still Gu rupport
nth her friends, who will not accept that
he had done anything wrong in the
rcmises.
Some of the press have behaved un-
bad towards Amweg, and
ONE of the statements made regarding
i'm were palpably untrue. In one paper
was stated that during sup
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