Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-17
MISS NUTS STORY.
Another Chapter In the Uniontown
Tragedy.
SOCIAL SENTIMENT IN USIONToWN

UYIoHrowH, Pa, March leone very i'm
portant personage in the lamentable TRACE
dy has been kept in the background during
the trial. That one is Miss Lizzie Mutt,
daughter Of the murdered man, and the
one whose character the peridious Dukes
sought to destroy that he might be released
from a sacred obligation. To learn her side
of the story a correspondent visited the
Mutt mansion.
She Brands Dukes o Liar.
There's not a word of truth" she said,
Sin Mr.. Dukes letters. What induced
him to write them can not imagine, un-
less, indeed, bis object was to manufac-
ture an excuse for breaking our engage
ment. He thought, / suppose, that father
would say nothing about the letters. When
father showed them to me l was almost
stunned. / told him they were untrue,
and asked him to request Mr.. Dukes
to call at the house and confront me with
his statements. Mr.. Dukes pretended
that his personal safety would not warrant
him in coming, but in reality he knew he
had told falsehoods about me and was
ashamed to look me in the face. Oh! that
should ever have loved such a man! But
he is not man. can't understand now
how he won my affection. Everybody has
been deceived by him, and l most OF all.
He was a constant visitor here and was
cordially received by the whole family.
did not suspect that he wanted the engage
ment broken. Why didn't he tell ME?
Such a course would have been manly and
would have commanded my respect. In
stead of doing this, however, he
Took My Ring
for the purpose, he said, of getting another
that would better please him, but his in
tention was to get the ring out OF my
hands. Was that the act of a gentleman?
Then he wrote those vile letters to father.
All the world knows the rest. l would
rather have died than that this misery and
disgrace should have fallen on my mother
and her family, but, indeed, sir, am in
nocent of each and every charge brought
against me. Oh, that God would only let
me die for / shall never have any peace
this side of the grave"
Mrs. Mutt sat in the room during most OF
the interview. She is delicate, sweet.
faced old lady. If her face may be taken
as an index to her grief, her suffering must
have been severe. She corroborated her
daughters statements so far as her knowl.
edge went, and then added that, to say the
least, the verdict had surprised her.
light bron hair, liquid hazel eyes, small
delicately shaped mouth, and slender fig
ure.
The residence OF the late Captain Mutt is
large brick building with bay windows,
situated on hill overlooking the town.
Captain Mutt was a gentleman oil educa-
tion and refinement. He was studious
reader and had one of the best private libra
ries in Pennsylvania.
Social Sentiment.
There is a disposition among the leading
people here to show Miss Lizzie that they
do not believe Dukes allegations by inyit.
ing her to visit their families, as they
think this is the only way by which all
suspicion be removed. She has not left
home since her father was shot, Her ply
sical condition, as indicated by Dukes in
his letters, is false beyond doubt.
The worst that is known about the girl
is the fact that she associated with such
man as Dukes.