The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-14
rnrocsmor.on's shadoW.

M", o,sr uAuNTs HER Bs1RArER FoE
'h'e qwENrY.THRES YEARS
.on, death Of Major John X:
Tue n,ion. Of Louisville, has revived
TbrecAInnve,s 81 some SINGULAR events OF ms
toe ne ,1r d,ed a bachelor OF sixiy-hve--a
life, ~ a,snre and OF style, who Tor quar-
msn o. nntnrv was 4 beau ana the pro-
Ter OF "a SalIie Ward. when the DC.
iesseo W. souihern girl captured tue beaTl
wtcu'ue ~ Governor Lawrence, OF Mas
Of iDe ~ They were married, and when
saebsses'1, hr,de accompanied her husDand
the louus New England home Tbrockmor-
70 ibeWv .,sSd Jealousy Of Throckmoi.
ton iVsSh Mrs. Lawrence was too prOud
too, W. nv explanation, was the fe1t
TO rst" no separaiion that followed, ana
cause u ,'rence going hack TO her lathers
Ms L'",hIed her husband TO obtain
house ' ~, the ground OF desertion. Tue
dEo'et - M EXPLANATION, was afterwards
bdy ss.'V,rried. and still is handsome
t"lee r., never paid any attention 10 tbe
widow o %. IN The DAYS Of her girihood.
Msior 1n' ,,,,s another woman who haunt
Bot 'nV u,,Dr AZ persislently as he followed
ed zoe %5d The MsjOr was pleasing
Sallc W',O,s man when he first met Ellen
snd iinV'' schoolgirl OF fifteen. Soc was
GodNlu' Interesting, aud innocent, when
impusNe' q ,hlrty) feigned love and won
b. "a uN" and then threw it aside.
ber he1 r,r yeiled figure followed
soon .,.onoh the streets OF Louisville,
him lu,1o,siding or revillng. At whatever
VIII 10 ~ SF or night. he left BIS hotel or
hour, r,om. she was there like q phaD-
the GU ~ New York, New Orleans, or wher'
TOM aront. she pursued him, and ne
ever ~ ~, snoke OF her 10 his friends rs MS
iocu'S,,,P nel,ob,." Ten, fifteen, and even
"Hel - nsssed. and still she kept up
iWen2 :, haunting OF the man who bad
tbe ~ hcr life. Her friends bad long
Wfv'N'N -, nm A. insane, and at last, when
g'eu tor iweniy.thTee years logged his
'ue n'' oorts,n misguided friends OF the
sep Tblcckmorton had her arrested as
VtHu and the two met face TO face In a
siu.-...,io conrt.room. Then IL was that
Io'l,', ,,,y woke up to the knowledge that
S' 10, ,r,3n was neither cr9zy nor iosi.
I1v t,,rnaee was eloquent, her manner
bt' 6or face firm. The whole SAD story
I, .n'. ITO v,, told--her vow TO follow him
Of uI' ,ho bour Of relribuliOn, her persistent
un, In, her silence and revenge. Before
"a. ..,''or no md wronged Throckmorton
lDo ~ ord his brayadO was not equal 10
w, ga', eros questioning TO which ne was eN.
To.cd. Al list, one evening gfe e s9 EGe
I.Nnded cheer after cheer went up ne
s 81 oonr, !bduse rang with applause. Men
y ...oa nm their hats. Ellen Goodwin was
..nanni,,ed and ThrOckmorton's ghost was
; sc{D' ,oy the woman. having brought him
"'. hsr and having told the story OF MS
~ rSI said that her work was done, and
he would haunt him no more.
~. W., 49, Tho trid Ellen Godwin entirely
.,anocd her babits Of life. Her shabby
Si,nE snit wa, abandoned, and plain cloth
IN; M bul Of The richest, took its place. She
i 10, led for some time at the Gait House,
and then travelled; but the purpose that
Tent her up 50 long was now lacking ana
me ann gradually for few years and then
a,'io,ly nqssed away. but she left directions
ior her burial, and she went to her last rest
jngpaco dressed like queen, IN Dlack
velvet burial.robe, with rich laces, silRen
hose. and dlinty slippers.