The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-30

they bad known HIM . great many
years; that he was = gentleman Of
great culture and refinement, Of the
highest homer and integrity and pos
sessed Of large means. The clergy
uan wrote that h,s daughter had beer
Mr.. Marvin's first wife, and that ht
had treated her with the utmost kind.
nesx. Miss Turpin expressed her sat
isfaction with the result Of her in
quiries, and 50 informed Mr.. Marvin
who came to Richmond TO see her. anC
their interview resulted in her partia
engagement as governess for hi
daughter, whose sudden illness. b,
explained, called him away before til,
! ontract was closed. Miss Turpiu
and her mother were most favorabl,
! impressed by Mr.. Marvin. Ee Was I
tall, stout. fine-looking man Of sixty
years. with white hair and whiskers
pleasant gray eyes. Of insinuating ad
dress and conversational powers.
ovERTUEEs OF MARRIAGE.
A few days after Mr.. Msrvin's de
| parture to attend to his sick daughter
Miss Turpin received . letter from
Mrs. Taylor. wife Of the Camder
congressman, making an interesting
and romantic disclosure. The writer
said that she could not resist the
temptation of betraying Mr.. Marvin.
confidence in = good cause. He had
called on her since he left Richmond
and told her that the young lady he
Was about to engage a. governess, va.
the most charming woman he had
ever met in his life. He Was in love
with her, aud would be the happiest
man in the world if he thought Miss
Turpin would consent to be his wife.
The writer strongly advised the latte,
if Mr.. Marvin should offer himself,
saying that she had known him fol
the last thirty years, that he had been
= devoted husband to his first wife,
and had nursed her tenderly through
the long illness which terminated in
her death, six years ago. Two days
after this, u letter from Mr. Marvin,
formally proposing for Miss Turpiuis
hand, and saying that he could not
think Of employing her ss q mere
governess.
A day or two after he presented
himself in person and was accepted.
He again had to leave hurriedly on
business. and on his return settled
$50, 600 on his prospective wife, and
on the Goth Of July last the couple
were married, the groom being in
haste to get to Hot Springs for hi,
health and thence to 60 abroad.
on THEIR HONEYMOON TRIP.
The happy couple started on a honey
moon trip at once, but before leaving.
through the Identification Of Mr.. A.
VI. Bromwell, q Richmond business
man. and brother-in Of the bride
Mr.. Marvin cashed check for s765,
drawn by Bavid l. Bradley, through
the First National Bank of Madison,
Wis, on the First National Bank Of
Chicago. Out of this he took $3.50
in money and the balance in a draft
on the Merchants NatiSBHl Bank of
New York.
NJ. Marvin had not left Richmond
Il week before it was discovered that
the draft which he had presented was
a forgery. and when it was discovered
that he had stopped to the small bust
ness Of borrowing SIS from the min.
lister who had married him. it was
realized that he was a scoundrcl and
in advcnturcr.
Mrs. Marvihs friends at once took
measures to discover the whereabouts
of the man who had 81 mcanly de-
ceived them. Through the letters Of
his trusting young wife, who had not
yet discovered that she was the victim
Of an unpricipled villain, it was be-
lieved that he was in the vicinity Of
this city, and PinkertonS detective
agency was communicated with. For
several days it was impossible to OBJ
tain any cIew I" the scuundrers
for he was a'lroit
enough to have all his wiie's letters
mailed on the wing" They were all
posted Oh the railroad trains or stop
ping places on the road, so that his
wife could not be communicated with.
A lady friend Of the Turpins and Mr..
Bromwell had by this time come to
New York to aid in the search and to
take the young lady to her friends as
soon as she could be found.
At length IN the 26th slt., it was
learned BY the detectives that the
couple were in Albany, but he was
too old q bird to be caught there, and
only stayed there long enough to get
\ worfhloss dr~{f a.ashed for about