The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-27
TOO VERY FRESH.
The Troubles Of Couple who Loved
Unwisely.
Naturalization OF the Husband and
the Horsewhip, and Collapse
OF a Beautiful Dream
or Bliss.

LAwRENcEBURG, Ind, Oct. Ellsworth
A. Hammond, thoroughbred dude, met
handsome blonde, with striking figure and
face more than ordinarily progressing, in
CINCINNATI some time ago. She was very much
taken with the appearance Of Hammond, and
Irritation was carried on. The couple met
frequently in Cincinnati. Everything worked
nicely for the loving pair until Saturday,
when the lady lost a letter from her Cincin-
natl dude This was found by boy, and
the contents reached the ears of the injured
husband. The letter was dated from the
Grand hotel, Cincinnati, Oct 10, 1883, and
read:
MY DEAREST AND ONLY DARLING: Your
letter was received this morning, and, my
dear one, you cannot realise Low happily it
affected your devoted slave The words II
would give my life if had only met you be-
fore did my husband" fell upon me with a
terrible force. l said to myself, after re-
peatedly reading those words: would to
God you had" ] am very anxious to
see you, and can hardly wait until there
is train to Lawrenceburg. l must con-
troll my affections for you or unthought-
eddy will expose the whole thing. But, my
dear, you must come up Monday sure, for
cannot delay seeing you any longer can
your husband, but | shall never abandon the
hope With a thousand kisses, my. dear one,
will close for tonight | expect to hear
from you in the morning. Do not fail to
write me- Good-by. Your devoted lover
and would-be protector, ELLSWORTH.
The letter was a revelation to the husband.
On Sunday the lady wrote her daily message
to her lover, in which the said she could not
possibly see him in Cincinnati on Mon lay, as
her husband, upon some pretext, had refused
to allow her to make the trip Upon the
receipt of this letter Hammond wrote that
| he would have to see her, and consequently
! would arrive in Lawrenceburg on the Ohio
| & Mississippi express, due there at 1919 p.
m, and she would have to meet him some
| where near the depot.
The letter was called for and delivered to
| the lady's husband, and he Immediately be
gan preparing for the young mans reception.
Hammond stood patiently until the train had
steamed AVA. The wife was then made to
walk forth and meet him, when strong mas
culine frame pounced upon him, and he was
made to walk to the corner of Arch
street and the railroad The husband
then produced whip and laid it aclos
his back with terrible force and rapidity
| Hammond begged and pleaded and called
upon his sweetheart for aid, but to no avail
and while receiving tslis severe punishment
he accused his former darling of giving hin
away and enteSing into conspiracy to hav'
him thus treated
The husband laid on the blows harder, ant
| Hammond then admitted that he had acteC
thu scoundrel and pleaded for mercy
After being released he started like deer M
the Ohio & Mississippi track, and it is not be
Geved that he stopped short of North Bend
The husband, after the affair, accompanied
his wife home. aud it is understood that ate
the many sacred promises for the future tina
she made they have agreed to live together
| and forget the mast