Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-30
CHAPTER OF LOCAL EVENTS.
TRI4iLS AND TIoNS or
EXCURSl ONISTS.
A Tailor Denies 5sts wtfe's
Existence Because She Was Tenn
parnriss insane.

An item in Thussdsy's Morning Ne,rS
says tailor, formerly of Wilmington, ho
was onoe one of The Hs,vstiou Army
leaders at Lancaster, Pa, some months
ago abandoned his wife In poverty st that
place snd came to this city srd strIF-1
employment. Since his arrival here. tls
item says, this tailor hiss passed himaeif
off as gay and festive widower, but lis
play was spoiled last evening by the gp-
pearauoe OF his wife.
The tailor alluded to is William T..
Baste, who boards at No. 406 East Fourth
street and works for James Roberts 81
No. 6 East Fifth street. A representative
of the JOURNAL interviewed Mr.. Beste
| Thursday morning. Said he; ''Previous
to my departure from Lancaster my cir
cumstances were greatly reduced ~
| sickness and death. BY the advice e
| Mayor MeGonigsl and the Chief % Pc
| placed my wife, who was lsboTingu
spell OF insanity, in an asylum
sent my children 10 public Institution,
Since my return to Wilmington have
been aHked what had become Of nv
family. My reply was that my wills Lad
died and that my children were IN E
home. The reason why l said ny
wifs wss deal was thai had
some pride and that / did not
wish my acquaintance to know that
was 80 poor and that my wife was in al
insane asylum. Sinoo have been here
| have never firted with other women,
but have been true to my wife, writing to
her three and four times week aud
frequently sending her money!"
Referring to the assertion that
he had been Salvation Army leader, he
said it was false. "When the Salvation
Army was in Lancaster, t" said he, "I wss
member OF church and also was in busi-
ness. Some of the members OF the sriny
had no place where they could lodge, and
procured Them boarding houses and
paid their bills. That is all that eget
had to do with the army"
A number Of letters from Mrs. Bssts
We're exhibited. la one epistle she sd-
dressed her husband as mir. William T.
Beste, accused him of being unfaithiul
ard having q wifs somewhere else and in
formed him ghat she was going to forward
to him . couple Of his photographs and
requested him 10 send for anything belong
ing to him which she possessed.
In another letter she stated that she
loved him aud believed him to be faith
full, and begged him to return the photo
graphs and asked him 10 come and see
her. She further stated in this same let
ter that she had just recovered from
very bad spell and that few days pre-
vious she had to be guarded, she having
attempted to jump from a window for the
purpose Of running to creek TO drown
herself.
Mrs. Bsste was also interviewed. She
oorroborated her husbands statements
and said she had never bsen nsltreated
by him snd had perfect c1nfdeuoe in him.
She buried her youngest child On Tues
day snd started for Wilmington yester-
day week. Her health ID greatly improved
and she thonght that ss the tall trade
will soon commence she might sssis; her
husband with his work.
Mr.. Bssts says Carl W. S3hurz ia his
tradncer and that he will immediately
sue him for libel. He further says that
Sohurz recently brought suit against
number OF policy men, but compromised
the matter on receiving the sum of $25.
For doing this MIR. Beste declares that he
gili have SchuTz arrested for compound
ing felony. Mr.. Beste says Schurz's
motive for traduoing him was because he
was Jealous OF his reputation as tailor.
Ferd. Carson says Mr.. Beste wss sttsn-
tive to his work, and was faithful TO his
wife while in his employ.