Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-02-23
A AfELON'S. DECEPTION.
A WeII-Known Cincinnati Lady Suing
To Be Divorced from a ScoundreI.

10 0e OiNOTCeu from q OCouHOESi'
Cincinnati Commercial.
A petition for divorce has recently
been filed in Batavia. the county-seat of
Clermont county, which, from the an
tecedents of both plaintiff and defend
ant is of interest. The title of the case,
Morgan VS.. Morgan, will perhaps in
itself reveal to but few the identity of
the parties. While one of them has
figured in the annals Of crime of almost
the blackets dye, the other was the
honored widow, by her first marrige,
of man whose talents and power as a
political writer had won for him ma
tional reputation.
Tie lady. the plaintiff, is. in short,
the relict of the late G. nj. d. Bloss, of
the Cincinnati Enquirer, and she sues
for absolute divorce from her second
husband, William Morgan, man whose
history is of the most unenviable char
acter. and whose present whereabouts
are not exactly knowa.
The tragic death of Mr.. G. NJ. ID.
Bloss while walking upon the
track of the Little Miami railroad. i'm
mersed in thought and utterly needless
of the rapid approach of train around
a sharp curve, is still remembered. He
was struck by the engine, hurled into
the air. and before his body again
touched the ground his spirit was in
eternity. The accident happened in
May, 1876. He left his wife, with
whom he had been living for quarter
of century, three sons and one daugh-
ter, since deceased. His idiosyncrasies
had been manifold. but they had never
outrun his native goodness, and during
his whole married life he had never
failed, in the spirit and habitude of the
New Enland stock from which he
sprung, to carry the larger portion of
his earnings home to his wife. For
many years prior to his decease Mr..
Bloss had lived at Branch Hill, a sta
tion on the Little Miami railroad, not
far from this city, with his family
They dwelt in pretty frame house in
the center of comfortable little gar
den and farm, all their own property,
ard this, when he died, was the chief
support of those he had left. Mrs.
Bloss was lazy who, to the cultiva-
tion of her girlhood, has added much
historical and literary knowledge She
was self reliant, but led secluded life,
rarely visiting the city. Until the ear
ly months of 1880 she kept up the old
homestead and managed the farm with
all the energy and prudence of hero
inc.
Early in the year 1880 she was intro
duced by reputable citizen of Branch
Hill to William Morgan. He at that
time dressed we'll and was a fluent
talker, supple in address, and in
many points capable of winning the
confidence of recluse. He exert
ed himself by every means in his
power to ingratiate himself into the
lady's favor, and bid her consider the
interests of her children, and by rep
resenting himself as engaged largely in
the boot and shoe business in Cincin-
natl persuaded her that he could do al
most anything for herself and family.
He promised to pay any outstanding
debts there might be against her, and to
establish the children advantageously
in life. Her property, he said, could
be so improved that it might at any
time be placed on the market, and she
could pass the remainder of her life
happily in the city. By this means
and other arts he completely won Mrs.
Bloss, and in March, 1880, they were
married. 1t was a sad mistake for
her.
Within a week after the marriage
the unscrupulous adventurer proposed
a plan which, if carried out, would
have placed in his own hands, subject
to his own control, the greater portion
of the property accumulated by twenty
Eve years of hard editorial labor of G.
N. ID. Bloss. Prudence prevented
Mrs. Bloss from taking the steps in
dicated 10 her. The villain threw off
the mask. Positive brutality took the
place of simulated kindness, and from
that very day Morgan's treatment of
her became worse and more unsupport-
able. Among other exhibitions of his
temper he appeared to have a mania
for throwing knives at any one who
excited even his momentary anger
On one occasion he hurled a sharp
knife at Mrs. Bloss, grazing her temple
and inflicting severe wound. The
stories of his wealth and position all
proved false.
The persecution and villainy of Nor.
gan became so apparent that inquiries
into his past career were at length
made.
Itappears that abo1t twenty-five years
before the marriage there was fierce
street fight in Columbus. The police
were attempting to arrest gang of
ruffians, of whom William Morgan
seemed to be the leader. Shots were
fired, and one of Morgan's pistol killed
one of the officers.
Morgan at once fed, and for five
years managed to elude justice by sulk
ing in the most sparsely-settled districts
of Michigan and Minnesota. There he
associated much with Indians, and
seems to have stimulated almost savage
instincts. He was finally captured and
brought back to Ohio, and, when put
upon trial, the verdict was murder in
the first degree. After a second trial
he was sentenced to the penitentiary
for life, and, after an incarceration OF
seventeen years, was pardoned out by
Gov. Allen, for whom Mr.. Bloss, thu
first husband of the lady he has 8,
previously wronged, had done yeomar
service.
Such a revelation was horrible. Tn,
boys soon left their home. They couls
live there no longer. But the devoted
woman, thinking perhaps Of imagined
duty and the hope of reclaiming on,
whose vice and falsehoods had wrecked
her happiness, still abided with him
His cruelty at length became sucl
that her very life was in danger
He then deserted her. They hat
lived together scarcely twelve month
when he finally disappeared, and is nov