Daily Republican., 1881-12-29
FOURTH EDITION.
ALMOST A ROMANCE.
A Lady Called . Mistress ana
Thief, Proves herself 10 be the
wife Of her AcoRAers

Yesterday afternoon two ladies en-
tered the REPUBLICAN office when one
of them, the younger OF the two, who was
young and handsome, handed the re-
porter the following which she request
ed published: 49,,
| MEssRs. EDITORS You will please
correct a mistake in your paper OF the
27lh inst, in regard 10 warrant issncu
| bv me tor the arrest of Lille Mosedale,
on charge of larceny, the said Lille
il a married lady and not tne mistress
of any one. have seen her marriage
certificate. The charge of larceny ls
| not sustained and she is his (StacE'
house's) lawful wife. Yours,
| j. w. NANDEGWET, u. +.
! After the ladies left the communi.
cation they quietly walked out. In.
qniry at Squire Nandcsrift's Office
after wards rev ealed the fact that Mrs.
| Stackhouse was not the common woman
represented by her husband who SAID
She was bis mistress. AS stated IN
| Tuesday s REPUBLICAN warrant was
Iissuci by him on the oath of W. II
Stackhouse that Lille Mosedale bad
robbed him of $50, aud he wished hel
arrested Immediately. The warrant
was p,aced in Constable DilsCu's hands
and be proceeded to the resideroo OF
Mrs. Burse, 500 Orange street, whert
Lille, FIR the time, made her home
Not hnuiug her in, he LETT, luz Lille
returning soon afterwards and heat ing
tuat she was wanted at the S4ulre's
| office, Immediately reported her
self before Justice NAnde2rift, anxious
| 10 meet the man who accused her who
Eas his lawful welded wife of being
| his mistress and OF stealing So
from him, when as she said he was not
worth dol ar. StackhouSe who was
IN 40 great a hurry to nave his wife ar
rested failed to appear though he was
not far iron the "fiiCe ~ the tune.
Mrs. stack house then told the Squire
that she was married to her husband
aUuut tour years ago, ia Hartford Coun.
y, Maryland, the Kew. A. NJ, Comte-
Dau, Of Baltimore, performing the mar
riage ceremony. She brought her mor-
RI. .e certnGave wlth Eer, bat ner hns-
band tore IL up, and when she found
lLat her husband had published her as
his mistress, she teleeraphed TO Baltl-
more for = duplicate certificate, ami the
minister To whom she telesrapnrd sent
u message back that the certificate
would be forthcoming in the next mail.
Sh, saws her father Is well of, but that
she ha, IA step.mother with whom she
could no. agree, and becoming ac-
quaintod with S;ackhouse, who said lie
lived near North East and had wealthy
parents. she married him to get away
rom her step.mother. Coming TO TINS
ciJv, they went to Mrs. Burke's board
ing housc, Stackhousc going and return
ing, but doing nothing Tor a living.
Some three weeks ago Mrs. Stackhouse
got employment with Mrs. Lizzie
Stockley at sewing and her husband
came utleu to -. her, but being so otlen-
slye III mis- manners and disgusting IL
his appearance, Mrs StockIcy for
babe h,lu to come to the house. and last
Monday she discharged Mrs. Stack
house also. Stackhouse never seemed
to have Il dollar except rs his wife
would give him one out Of her hard
earnings.
tStackhouse is still in the city, and
last night cail-u al Mas. StoGk.ey's res
idence and accused her o. harbJring
his wife and threatened to have her
house searched for her by the po.lGe,
but Mrs. StJckley has not seen her
since she discharged her. The case
seems to bs involved in mystery, but
the general impression is that Mrs.
StackhouSe is n lady that has soen bot
ter days and has had the misfortune TO
fall III with a bad character who be-
rlmp her I'M Sbant