American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-08-13
"Wcddcd in Haste TO Repent at Lei.
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| The Richmond (Na.) papers recently con.
| tanned an account of romantic marriage il
| that city, of which the following is the SAT
| sequel, as given in n Richmond dispatch OF
the 29th ult:
| Society here IL In flutter of excitement
to-day over social sensation the occasion
for which is the betrayal into marriage of u
| young lady of Rch mond, who moves i'll tho
| Thomas Marvin. The victimiled lady is the
| niece of one of the most distnyuishci mem.
| bcrs of the bar of this state and a gent!em
| of the highest social pos ton. She is also con
nectcd with many othcr excellent families
mere and In other portio ms of the STATE. She
| is an exceedingly pretty blonde of less than
twenty years OF age she is sse, faysr:
in the city. Being dependent upon her
Tor some time before the unhappy union with
Marvin considered the prnprieiy, Of SECURING
weeks ago her attention wits called to an all
vertisemcnt in the Hartford IN iucdHistn pur-
porting To he from widower in Ohio. who de-
sired to secure the services of IA COVE. ness to-
| take charge of his little girl, abou six or eight
years old The lady quickly decided to apply
Tor the position. She accordingly visited her
pastor. n welEknown Episcopal C erEyman in
this city, and also distinguished jurIst, from
whom she Obtained let ers of recommends
ton, which she forwarded to the wdower.
The result WAS that Marvin came on to Rich-
mond, having discarded the great number of
application. with which he was bcse,.
s saiisted that ne had found the LAZY he
mothers residence and here informed
her that he was the Ohio widower
mentioned in the advertisement. He had sew
era interviews with her, during one of which
he presented letters of introduction to many
prominent business men here from men Of
the highest business and social positions in
the North and West, purporting to represent
that the bearer of them was a main of ample
ton. So plausible were these letters and
Marvins story, that they were accepted as
genuine by his victim, her family and fir ends.
Marvin made proposition of marriage to the
lady. which, after consideration by herself
and friends, was accepted. and the marriage
.olemnized at the home of her mother by the
pastor of her church. The marriage
a very quiet one. The groom. with great
liberality, had marriage contract drawn
up by prominent lawyer, in which he
agreed to bestow $4,000 on his wife after the
marriage. The bridal party left for Niagara
ON the afternoon train Marvin leaving the i'm
preston upon the friends OF the bride that
they would remain at that watering place for
several weeks, going from thence to the West,
where they would remain till the fall, and
then sail for Europe. The groom represented
he had lived for many years. Not suspicion
of the truthfulness of these representations
mans appearance and letters all tended TO
quiet any doubts of his integrity. During his
stay here Marvin called on several of the lead
ing business men and presented his letters
and was kindly received. BY some OF these he
WAS introduced to the First National Bank.
where he exhibited letters of credit hat gained
for him ready recognition a responsible
man. Upon the strength of these Marvin
presented a draft for $500 upon a well-known
Chicago banking house, which was readily
cashed. Several days elapsed after the depart
ure of the newly married couple before anv in
lady's frieuds here. In the meantime the
First National Bank received notification
from their Chicago correspondent that Mar
wins draft was Pulpable forgery. This fact
was communicated to the girls friends. who
one had been made the victim of a vile inipo-
.ition- The parties purporting to have given
telegraphed TO. While the names of many
we're found to be fictitious, the response of
forgeries: The first intelligence from the UNI
happy lady was Il telegram from Albion. New
9rk N h which sne in \ the fndas aGf
'eem that Marvin had carried the lady to Al
eRems n upon wealthy of hers he's tssre
md in order to get rid OF her had manufact-
Ircd and had published the false story of the
atal accident to her mother, doubtless hoping
hat this would cause her to at once ret7Irn to
richmond and thus leave tho way clear to him
o desert her. As soon tho friends of the
Tictim realized Marvn's imposition two of
PT3mpty iet he sod to h 5o d hef nv me
bridegroom placed the case in the hands of
detective, who telegraphed to ltdon to have
here were two men OF that name in that city,
nd inquiring which one was wanted. The |
is track, fled, and is supposed to have gone |
n the direction of Canada. The lady 8 friends |
Ound nor Mt Albion, ana, IN order to |
void all publicity, she would consent only |
o travel at night. She is expected to ar |
i've on the Northern train which will reach |
ere tonight at 10:45. The man who has |
cted such an unprinciped part in this af- |
air s about ffty-five years old, and it is very |
Uubtful whether the name he is known UNI |
er here belongs to him any more than the 1
mple fortune of which he pretended to
c the possessor- He is represented by |
hose who met him as a man of prepOssessfng !
ppearance, exceptionally good address and 1
ears himself like one who is exactly what he |
ne III la i
ut not much about his own affairs to
lain what does not actually belong to him.
reat Indignation is manifested here against
ne perpetrator of one of the crueist imposi- |
ions that could have been inflicted upon
Ugh and honorable family, every member Of \
tate. The tenderest sympathy is felt for the A
nhappy victim of Marvin's cool and dar- 4
~ rascality, and it might not be well for 4
i'm to put in an appearance here. just at this /
me an event, however, not anticipated nor 4
kelly to occur. For audacity and cool daring |
Iarvin's exploit surpasses anything of the |
ind known to the people of this gu, ct
rowing city. OF course the alliance in which
nat man was such a prominent actor and so
astily contracted is the theme of discussion
social circles here this evening. In ac-
eptiDg Marvin's proposal of marriage, this
nhappy lady was tied no doubt to a great
xtent by an unsel1sh desire to add to her
Ved mothers comforts. and surround her
18th all the Injuries that the wealth she sup |
OSed WaS offered her would afford.