Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-10-22

AT the Bath Iron Works i. employed q man
VINO among his fellow workmen va .lv.v,
known - one Of the most lieht-bearted and
Pheasant companions, and one Who evidentlv
had known little sorrow.
Ills home was apparently a happv ono and
everything went smoothly until some week.
since, boarder was admitted into the f.,;lv
CIRCLE In the person of a good looking young
ieliow' but Of negro blood, although his skin
" nearly white. The fellow j. about % year.
Old and is well know in Bath. having .i~.v.
nved there. He has the reputation of being
wholly without principal, his moral percens
lions appearing to be entirely wanting, and
now the young iron-worker could allow .uch
Viper 10 come into his home is past kuowl
eoge. tie has worked occasionally in the
snip YARD, but his habits incline him TO stirk
honest work. Drink has drawn him below
"hat ne might otherwise have been. and he
mas repeatedly been the victim of delirium
tremens. 1
The wife became fond of this dissoIute Ne
gro and ultimately gave herself up TO her
FOOLISH infatuation. The neighbor. were not
long In seeing cause for talk" The Young
Fellow almost openly INDUCED in familiari,ies
that would have aroused the suspicion and
anger Of the most lenient of husbands.
The boarder finally got in arrears for
BOARD, and when the master of the house re-
ferred to the matter once. at home. there on.
sued quite scene, the wife empha,icallv
champlsning the boarder, and using harsh
and violent language towards her husband.
whose forbearance was truly remarkable.
About two weeks ago the fellow went of.
ostensibly to visi; Portland. Soon after the
wife and mother concluded to visit relatives
IN Freedom. Her husband provided her with
well filled purse. She had been gone but
few days when the trusting husband re.
ceived letter asking him to send more
money. as she had lost $50. letter from
the woman's sister came at the same time
however, and was startling revelation to the
c0nhding man. 1t told how his wife had
come to her house with a coored follow and
that she had turned them away, the couple
then taking up quarters at hotel.
The wronged man, now that his ewes were
wide open, wrote the wretched wife q spirited
letter, disowning her and forbldding her to
ever again enter his house. He will take no
action In the way Of pursuit. or interference
with the parties. but closes his door forever
against the guilty wife. On being inter-
viewed with regard to the outrage he would
say but little, but stated that he intended to
post" his wife in due time. He says that
although repeatedly warned by well meaning
friends he never INDUCED a suspicion of his
wife's peridy until he learned that the
couple were in Freedom together. He be-
lieves his wife's money, which she COM
planned OF losing, went to pay the expenses
of the negro.
The woman was very prepossessing per-
son, had been married some six years and
was the mother Of two children, one three
years and the other five years old. To all ap-
pearances she was very pleasantly situated.
had a nicely furnished home in a pleasant
part of the city, and fond husband. and in
teresting children, and how she could be so
lost to decency is beyond comprehension.
The couple were young people. perhaps 20
years OF age.