The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-02-18
4 VlCIm OF W0uA1C6
pE6FIDY,
Charles ". Sdckney ~ Be
Tried for Killing His
Wiib'S Paranour.
ILLICIT LOVE IN A CHURCH
CHOIR.
The Murderer Hounded on to HI
Act by Constant Persecution.
Stiokney's Good Anteoedents

BOSTON,, Feb. 9.-Charles w. Stickncy
will be arraignel this morning In the
District Court 1T Denver, Colorado, on
an indictment charging him with the
murder Of NJ. +. Campau, on May 3lst
last. The details of the killing If Mr..
Campau and Mrs. Deveraux are ~ frcsl,
in the public minds as rot to need rope
titiOn, but there are many facts cOnncc-
ted with the histor, of the defendant. his
wife and his family. that will prove Of
general interest. Aipong all the notable
Incidents Of this strange case, the touch
ing and beautiful! devotion of Mrs. o. w.
Powers, the sister Of the defendant, who
left her pleasant hon,: in London. and
her husband and two infant children.
the moment she heard Oi her brother 5
deed and the situation in which it hat:
placed him, tn hasten to his side, shines
out with Il brightness that mus: COM
nand the admiration Of those most
harshly disposed toward the central tis-
ure in the approaching trial. The fam
lily of which he comes is one Of the old
est, most respected. and lxet known in
New England. His Uncle, John IL.
Clifford, WIS AttOrney-( General and
Governor of Massachusetts,. The lat.
Justice Clifford Of the Supreme Court Of
the United States, was y near relative
Of his, and Governor Van Zanalt, "f
Rhode Island. is u Cousin. Great intel
lcctual ability has always marked some
members Of the family, and the tact that
two Of the defendants uncle< died in
sane-one in the asylum Of Illinois and
one in the hospital for insane in Com
observation-disclosures that insanity has ais,
tainted the Stickncy blood. Passing
over the details of Lila youth :,~ uni,l,-
portant. Charles w. Sticklcy, when a
boy under Is years, applied to Hon.
Charles q. Farwell, Recorder Of Deeds
III Chicago. in 1856. To obtain Il clerk
ship III his office. lie secured the &C.
sired employment, and. 81 great was his
clerical proficiency that within three
months he was placed in charge Of the
details of the office. He remained in
Farwel!'s employ until the breaking
ont of the war, when, though, tut II
years, old he
ENLISTED AS A PRIVATE
in q battery. During the siege Of Vicks-
burg General Grants chief clerk LEFT
him, and on the urgent recommends
ton ii llr. Farwell the position was
given to young Stick nsy. who filed it 81
faithfully and ably that when General
Grant was transferred IL the Potomac
>tirkncy was retained in the same lnrsi-
ton by General sherman, aud served
in that capacity till the end Of the war.
when, as i mark Of special favor, Gem
eral sherman signed his mustcr-out VA
lers in per~.il. sstickncy returned to
Chicago and re-cnlered the employ III
Mr.. Farwell, this time ~ I'OOkkecpcr in
the large wholesale establishment III
that well-knOwn merchant and politi-
ciah. Out Of his salary he saved enough,
t. send his only sister, whom hc fairly
wo,shi,s~l, (" Paris I" obtain Il finished
education. While she was Their: an cid.
or brother, who had also served through
the war, rising from the ranks to Il brc.'-
It -colonelcy, died Of yellow fever, while
serving. as iir,t lieutenant i'm the rcy,i-
arar,ny at New Orleans. 80 tcn,lcrly
thoughtful was Charles for his sister
that he would not permit the informal
ton Of their brothers. death to he sent
l,y cable or mail, hut went all tho way
III person ~ break tho sal intelligence
as gcntly as possible himself. His
,,Ollrminl task accomplished, he return
I'll and went back 10 his old pest o;Guiy.
Always 4 student, anil possessed of
marvellous !~wc:s "f application, IT,.
soon resolved to seek the atlvanta." Ol
!. thorough education. and after due
preparation he entered Harvard Uni
verSi.y. ami in time graduated from
that institution with hig', hon"r-. Be-
fore going through his course Of studies,
he had met and n'arrie'la lady whose.
home was in Albany. y. \. lie did
his best /" make her happy, mi .:'c gay
bell. wc,rird "i her student husband,
" i'o found more pleasure in hooks than
in halls and receptions, ami she left Him
after two years 0t matrimonial partner
ship. He procured u divorce w. com
sent, and that chapter in
THE ROMANCE OF HIS LIFE
WAS ended. After leaving !Ia"v"r: he
became principal If u high school near
Cambridge. and while there hlet and
! .uur.:i AMI married iii" woman WIN
was afterwards destined to play $,.ci, AL
important anil terrible part in tn. life
drama Of herself and !: nuIni"'r Of 9th
cr<. He remained ti,cr" for NV" ar
three years, and u little daughter came
t" brighten his happy home. WL"" t',:
Lc:.ivi!lc fever broke out he in,:.'n.
possessed Ofth;' notion that his kn"wl-
;; c,j:.: Of n,incra!".y w"ul'! cnal'l" him t"
win fortune faster in the far West than.
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