Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-13
A WRECKED LIFE.

the reporter. There was a convulsive
trembling of the lips, tears sparkled in
eyes unused to tears, and glistened in the
lashes of the woman as she passed into an
elegantly furnished drawing room, and
disappeared from view. There was some
thing unutterably dreary and depressing in
the very atmosphere of the place. The
door closed behind the reporters retreat
ing footsteps, and he made his way down
the steps, out from the home of gloom
into the darkness of the night.
Intelligence of a man gone wrong had
been communicated to the reporter. 1t
was said that young man who was
thought to be surrounded by the humaniz-
ing influences which dictate the exem-
plifcation of all the virtues, had
been led into temptation, and for fear of
the consequences was become fugitive, a
wanderer in the wild waste of the west.
with naught to look forward to but dis
grace, infamy and death. 1t was the oft
told tale. The syren had charmed with
her melodies, and, combined with wine
and the game" had turned one from
home, those sweet fields of Eden, to the
channels of destruction and living dissolu-
ton. His name is unnecessary to the re-
cital of his crime. Perhaps he may sur
vive his disgrace, perhaps Auteus like he
may gain strength with his fall.
Years ago he was employed in clerical
capacity by the clerk of Hamilton county
Ohio. He was man of character, and in
possession of that complement of position
and social standing character always COM
mands. Ten years ago he came west as the
assistant TO a post-trader stationed at one
of the agencies on the upper Missouri.
Prosperity attended his efforts and with
the expiration of the Grant administration
he was able to return TO his home at the
East with fortune estimated at upwards
of $4,000. While there, he renewed at
tentions to young lady resident of Gov
ington, KY, and SO successfully did he
plead his cause that she yielded to his elo-
quence and became his wife. 4 wedding
of exceptional elegance announced their
marriage to the world, and the bridal trip
that followed was extended and delightful.
Upon the return of the happy pair to the
home of the BRIDES parents, the latter en-
deavored to persuade their son-in-law to
take up his residence with them and
invest his resources in an extensive roll
ling mill the father-in-law conducted.
But the young man de-
clined these overtures. He had become
fascinated with life on the borders of civ
ilization in the west. The devil may care
existence enjoyed there, found response in
his mercurial nature, and to the west it was
| determined to emigrate.
They located in Chicago where they
were guests at one of the leading hotels
and enjoyed that season of elegant pleas
ure that invariably attends the inheritors
of wealth. There he became a member of
the board of trade, and being a hazardous
gamester played for large stakes, and with
varying results. In time his fortune per-
ceptiblY diminished and having access to
that of his wife he continued investments
and succeeded in getting out whole" to
appropriate the vernacular of the specu-
| lating operator. About one year since he
| came hither. By this time his family
| had increased by the birth of a
daughter, and it seemed as though
| fortune had voUcshafed her choicest bless
ings to his acceptance. Establishing his
wife and daughter in home on one of the
| prominent streets of this city, he launched
| upon the sea of speculation, consigning
| his purchases of grain to factors in Chica-
| go and at the East. His businnss pros
! pered, his domestic life was lighted up
with glints of sunshine that succeeded
each other SO rapidly that it was difficult
| to describe the line of demarkation be-
| tween that which dawned, and that which
| followed in the wake of its predecessor.
! Felicity, prosperity and a future colored
/ with the hues of promise, was trinity
offered as the shrine of his idolatry. But
he turned away from this picture OF
| blessed reality to contem plate
and finally embrace course OF
life, invaria bly, eliminating in a divorce
| from all that has served to render that
life endurable, that reaches its period be-
hind the bars, out from which the prisoner
\ gaZes into past over which the sunlight
OF happiness has shone as ripples upon q
sea of gold. He ran the race he set before
himself to run, and has finally attained
| the goal of infamy reserved for men who
| put aside wife, home, friends, associations
and integrity to dwell for brief period
in the companionship of gamesters. To
! basE fora season in the favor of those
! homes of pollution, that hide them
| selves in the vicinage of responsibility, as
5erpents amid bed of roses. Three weeks
ago, as the story goes, he entered into a
transaction involving the shipment of -four
hence to the east, and upon which he
issued duplicate bills of lading. With
these as collateral he is represented to
have raised a large sum of money. The
bills first presented were paid, but when
payment on the second series was de-
manded the same was refused and the
paper went to protest. Upon its return to
the party who made the advance, CAPT
talist of this city, he Immediately took
measures to secure himself, but before he
was able to accomplish that desiderstum,
the drawer of the subjects of hypotheca-
ton fed. 1t is scarcely probable that
criminal proceedings will be instituted, as
the fugitive's relations have promised to
liquidate his liabilities, and when the pres
ent ruction consequent upon his felony
and flight has subsidized, he may return.
But these fact were obtained last night,
from various sources, and impelled visit
to the grief-stricken household of one whose
final resort for crime committed, was ex-
! pressed in his escape from justice.