Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-21
KISSED AND MADE UP.
The Sequel TO the TeVis Scandal at st. Louis
The Injured Husband Takes His Rec
reant Wife and They are Re-Married.


The Injured Husband Takes His Rec
reant Wife and They are Re-Married.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
LANCASTER, o., June 20.-The Lancaster
Gazette of to-day published notice of the
marriage of Rush n. Tevis. of St. Louis.
and Kate E. Reese, daughter of Col. H. B.
R9ese,of this city and niece of Senator
Sherman. Ia Philadelphia on the Is inst.
The bridegroom will be remembered as
figuring in highly sensational case in St.
Louis last winter, in which he shot Frank
lgleharr, seriously though not fatally
wounding him, as he was descending the
steps of a notorious house with Tevis' wife
! on his arm. The affair led to the divorce
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Tevis shortly afterward.
he retaining the custody of their child. a
daughter, and she going to Philadelphia
with friends.
The above recalls an incident which
startled st. Louis society last November
when Rush TevIs, a well known merchant
of that city, shot Frank IgIehart. the par
amour of Mrs. Tevis. The scandal attract
ed great attention from the prominent
position of the parties, Mrs. Tevis being ?
niece Of Gen. W. 7. Sherman and the
daughter OF an officer in the regular army.
The dispatch would indicate that a recon
Citation had been effected, and that the
parties had endeavored, by going to a dis
tant city, to keep the veil closely drawn
over their previous record. The facts in
the case are briefly as follows: The shoot
ing occurred the 18th of last November. in
front of Nine Durant's designation house.
at No. 1416 Singleton street in st. Louis
Mr.. Frank Iglehart and Mrs. Tevis had
been traced to the house by the husband
and private detective, and after waiting
about three hours the guilty pair came
out When they appeared Tevis fired, the
ball hitting his wife's paramour in the
arm, telling him to the ground. The en-
ragged husband ran up to him as he Law
| PROSTATE and pointed the revolver at his
| breast, but was prevented from shooting
! by the detective. Tevis and his companion
then drove rapidly away, leaving his wife
with the In jured Iglehart. She helped him
to his feet, hailed passing carriage, and
took him to his home. Mrs. Tevis is a lady
well known in st. Louis society. Nearly
five years ago she was married to Tevis.
who is son of John G. Tevis an old and
respectable citizen of st. Louis. Their
home was apparently happy one until
few days before the affray, when the hus-
band received an anonymous letter which
| disturbed him very much. He finally, how
ever, appeared to let the matter drop, but a
very apparent GOODNESS continued to exist
between them. At the time of the shoot
ing the woman was as brave as lioness as
long as Iglehart needed ner support. but
| when he was cared for her woman's weak
ness manifested itself, and she broke down
completely. She seemed perfectly at a.
loss what to do. She realized that disgrace
and ruin were her lot, and like the prodigal
She returned to her father as her only
| refuge. A most painful scene naturally
ensued. The soldierly middle-aged gsn-
tleman could not at first realize what the
sobbing, frightened girl was trying to tell
him, but when he did comprehend it, the
| shock was CHASTITY. His first impulse was
| for vengeance, but there was none upo2
whom vengeance could be taken There
was nothing to do but to be silent and
suffer humbly. The guilty woman, over
come by the excitement of the affair
and shame and remorse at the
stain she had brought upon her
self and family, was stricken by a
severe illness, and lay for some weeks on
the verge of the grave. The morning after
! the shooting the heads of the two families
had an interview, at which it was decided
the young couple must separate, and that
Tews should file bill for divorce. which
his wife would not contest. This was
done, and the bonds which united them