The daily gazette., 1881-09-16
AN OLD HEART CRUSHED,
How q Chrfstiana Farmer Was
Tilted by q Chester Lass and
Beaten by Her Brothers.

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Tilted by q Chester Lass and
beaten by Her Brothers.
From the Chester Times. Thursday.
Yesterday afternoon Constables Pol
lit. and Wheaton arrested Hettie and
George Blizzard and James Shaw, all of
whom live ON Second street, near Nor
rIs, on the oath of Il. X. Layman, known
in this city as the Eliza Hancock butcher,
charging them With assault and battery.
The parties we're given hearing before
Alderman Armour, OF the South Ward,
yesterday afternoon, and Mrs. Blizzard
and George were required to give bonds
to keep the peace, and James Shaw was
discharged, as no case could be made
out against him. Nathaniel Blizzard, a
brother to George, was also named in
the warrant, but he could not be found.
Behind the whole affair Is racy
story, and shows an old mans devotion
to a young woman who did not love IN
return. Layman Is an old widower, on
the shady side of sixty, who has lived In
this city and In Christana Village, Del
aware, at times. While here lie made
his home with his son, in what Is called
Foiwood's Row, IN the South Ward.
There he made the acquaintance Of q
young girl, whose parents lived only two
doors from Layman, and iu very short
time he became quite smitten with her.
The young lady had beau, SO the
story goes, at the time Layman first
knew her, but be resolved TO run the
young fellow off and have the prize to
himself, If possible. The young man
had been paying regular visits to the
young woman for about year prior to
May, 1880, and, of course, had gotten
hin. self inlo her good graces. Layman,
" iCh heart full OF love and feelings rs
tender as spring chicken, sought an
interview with the girl, and, after he
thought be had made q favorable i'm
preston on the object of bis affections,
proposed that she accept him as her
high lord and he mistress OF her own
household. The girl was a young thing,
hardly old enough TO leave her mother,
and desired to consider The matter.
While the girl was pondering this i'm
portant question the young suitor In
creased his visits from Two to five nightt
week, and this came near leaving The
old man ont In the cold. He arranged
matters, no wever, to call al ler the young
man had left. and he could be seen mos'
any night banging around the corneri
waiting for the young man to 60 home
This unpleasant way of courting contin
ued until near Christmas, when LaymaL
resolved to have her for his bride. HI
gave her lots of presents, so he says, ant
Thought II he could not win her with
love he could with jewelry. For son'
reason they did not get married Christ
mas, and day in June last was set
Layman says he took her to Philadel
phia to get married and to have tw'
days tour around the city. When oi
the steps of the ministers house Laymal
drew pistol out OF his pocket and sho v
ed 1t to her. telling her that be woul
use itlf she continued to receive th
former suitor. The woman refused to b
Joined to him, and the engagement wa
annullsd right there. Since that um
Layman has regretted that his little e1
perience of love c0ft him so much NOR
ay. The brothers and mother of the gil
did not like the way he talked abou
her, and last Saturday night they CON
m,t'ed on him the offence for whie
; they were arrested yesterday. Layma
says they were going to ride him on
, rail, and the affair |, not over yet. b
considers himself Tilted In loye and
very much abused man.