Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-08
LEVY AND HIS LATE WIFE.
The COrnetIst Talks About His
LaTe TrOubles-SOme Crush
ing Love Letters.

Jules Levy the cornetist, wa
sheen by Philadelphia Zines re.
porter, clipping from New York
paper, announcing that Minnie Con,
way had had their marriage annulled
on the ground that be had living
wife from whom he ha6 not been di.
vorced.
"Yes, l have seen that" said Mr.
Levy, merely elsneing at the clipping.
Nearly all the papers have that mis-
statement. For years past | have
been the victim Of such misrepresenta
tions as this, until the public has be>
gun to believe that l am a seoundrel
Of the deepest dye. 1t is now time for
me to speak out, and shall do it eff
fectively. | tell you that my wife
knew my true condition on the 10Th
OF August, 1875, as we'll as she knows
1t now. She had been previously told
OF my marriage and divorce, and in
marrying me she did not do so blind
ly. We lived very happily together
Tor some years, and the results of the
union were two children, boy aud a
girl, which she wants to keep to her
self. | have letters from her dated no
longer ago than last July,iu which she
speaks to me as the best and kindest OF
husbands, and expresses her dread Of
losing me. And yet | am said by the
gossips to have neglected TO buy her
shoes! Why. my Godl sacrificed all
bad for that woman. In FIVE months
OF last year | sent her $4,000, and how
she disposed oft | don't know to this
day, But when | went to Paris last
year and lived wit her our household
expenses we're only $50 or 800 a week.
How there came to be the vast dis
crepancy | cannot tell.
Il cannot conceive how she has
been led to act as she has. | will take
an oath that she married me knowing
that | had another wife, aud this fact
was not referred to in my presence
at least after our marriage. She seems
to have been under some evil inhueno !
tor the past few months. Did you read
an editorial article in the New York
Times of Thursday about an actor &
divorce suit, in which the Judge de.
livered severe reprimand to the mani
That man has been an intimate of my
wife. 1t is my suspicion that she now
wants TO marry that man, all obstacles
being removed.
Mr.. Levy, continuing, said: Early
ia November last | met my wife in
London, at Euston Square station and
in December had an engagement al
The Italian promenade concerts al
Covent Garden. She was there every
evening, seemingly as happy as a
Princess. She was contented until
we went to Paris, where | saw a
change come over her. l knew, from
certain circumstances that had come
to my knowledge, what to attribute
the change to. In Paris we went ia
theaterS and other places of amuse-
ment every evening, and we lived to-
gether until early in February.
wish to say that | make these dis
closures merely in self-defense, and
with no spite or malice. Here are a
few of the letters that show the affec-
ton entertained by the wife in July
of last year:
| 4 II must now say Cad
bless you, my darling boy. Every
one envies mo my husband and his
great love for me. They all seem to
know you do love me so. Nine.
Smith says you are more in love with
me than ever, and that you are the
best husband in the world. Just as il
didn't know better than any one for
| know you better than any one, and
more know you the more | appreciate
Gods goodness in bringing us togeth
err | am just as positive as that Live
that never could have been long with
any other than you. Belieye it or not
as YOU like. You have your fail.
ipg-I have minei but somewhow
where one is strong the other is weak,
and our dispositions were made to bar.
monte and they do, do they not?.
am happy and content with my lot.
only wish were not ambitious. If 1
could resign myself to set;la down and
live quietly, | believe l should be
much better in health l could not,
think, be happy without trying to
sing and take lessons, and by nature
am not fitted for hard working ar
tistic career, \ y Darling, you
must take NE everywhere to see all
the theaters in London aud all the
sights with our kids | must stop
writing, SO God bless you, kind hus.
band, and bring you safely back to
those whe love you dearly, and as the
best husband or papa in the world
ought to be loved. A million kisses
and dgy9ts4 '''' MANA.
"ThiS letter was from the Bots do
Boulogne, in Paris, where my wife
was living in good style, aud surely
shows affection, said Mr.. Levy.
Here is a portion CT q leHer dated
from the same place, July 10, 1852.
God love you my own dear boy. |
always like you to write how much you
love me, for it is very grateful to know
there is some one who cares for YOU
so much. and that you arc all in ali 10
some ones happiness. | cannot write
raptureusly, but no doubt my feelings
are quite as deep and siaeere. I will
tell yGq hoy muOh- I love you when |
SOC you in London. A million billion
kisses from your babies and from your
loving, ever and ever truly affectionate
MANA
This same letter is continued and
headed later. It reads:
My dear boy, johanna has Just 70.
turned from tpe bank with a notice
thst you have sent me 1000 francs T;
did not need so much; 1865 franc,
were all | expected, and | wonld have