Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-05
NOT A !s!!Y. N 1ss WORLD.
SAD RECORD OF A BEAUTIFUL
WOMAN, ONCE A MURDERESs
AND NOW INSANE.
A STORY BROUGHT FROM THE
CITY ASYLUM.

~ Nii' W hINh'l hNNN hNiN
the words that flew swiftly from mouth
to mouth in Brooklyn just twenty-eight
years ago, when Jessie Hillerbrand, the
only daughter Of the then T. Hlder.
brand, left her fathers house and was
heard from no more under that respected
name. Jessie Hilderbrand was then only
seventeen years of age, tall aud beauti-
full the petted daughter OF wealth and
refinement. Curiosity in this case was
heightened, when, the morning afterhe
disappearance, . note was found, stating
that she had left with the man she loved,
never 70 return to the home OF her father.
The strictest search failed to reveal the
girls whereabouts, and after the papers
had spoken on the subject, and the Cos
sips had made the occurrences nine days
wonder, all was forgotten about the
matter, until it became a thing of the
past, and was only mentioned by the
gray-haired father, stopped with age
and sorrow.
One person alone seems not to have
forgotten the occurrence, and that was
Captain Vaughn, of the United States
army.
Captain Vaughn, while on a leave Of
absence had met Jessie at her fathers
house, Falling desperatelyin love with
the daughter, Captain Vaughn was q
constant visitor at the palatial residence
and it was not long before he was looked
npon as the accepted husband of the
fair and beautiful girl, heir to over five
millions of dollars.
Vaughn was himself well fixed in the
worlds goods, his father when he died
having provided handsomely for him
ont Of an immense fortune.
Jessie had been seen occasionally in
the company of well to do and rising
young merchant, who was looked upon
by many as II suitable match, as persons
would say now-a-days, Tall, dark and
handsome, he was Il man to take the
heart of Il maiden by storm so when he
disappeared shortly after Jessie, Cos
sips put their heads together about the
matter, and jumped to conclusions.
In the year 1854, just one year sue
ceeding the great epidemic, wherein so
many persons died, strange and beau
tiful couple made their appearance here
and settled permanently in the Crescent
city. The husband entered the drayage
business, which was then one of the
most profitable of any of the many in
which enterprising men were engaged,
and soon by his hard work aud saving
habits. and with the help of his wife,
amassed quite snug little fortune, and
became the owner of one of the best es-
tablished businesses in the city.
The couple joined the church, visited,
and became well-knOwn about the city.
A casual observer would however, have
seen at glance that there was some
thing connected with them that would
no, bear investigation, and which they
tried to cover up with the greatest care.
When questioned about their past his
tory, theS would relate that they had
been married in Boston, and that they
had lived in that city for two years
after their marriage.
One morning the good people Of the
fourth district. then known as Lafayette
city. were electrified by the intelligence
that the husband, who was known to
the public as Henry Hilderbrand, had
been murdered, his throat cut from ear
Ia ear with q small Italian dagger,
which was identified as belonging to his
wife, who was then missing.