The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-23
WHAT LIZZIE MUTT SAYS.
Picture OF the Home where
Dukes Carried Destruction
and Ruin.
cor philadeIphia Times,

The residence of the late Capt. Mutt IS
a fine, winged, bay Widowed brick build
ing, situated on bill overlooking the
CITY of Uniontown. Your correspondent
called this afternoon and had an interview
with Miss Lizzie Mutt and her mother.
Miss Lizzie is pretty; her hair is light
brown, with just a suspicion OF redness
about it; her ewes are large, hazel and
LIQUID her mouth is small and delicately
shaped and her figure is slender and
graceful. The expression of her face
shows that she has suffered great deal.
In fact she looks and acts as though she
were completely broken down, mentally
and physically. She expressed a willing
ness to do all she could to refute the allie
cations made against her by Dukes, and
tried hard to appear calm and collected
during the interview. but tears gushed. to
her eyes frequently, and once she burst
out crying. She sat near centre table
while speaking, and toyed with a pretty
picture of an oriole, which was perched
on an easel.
There's not word of truth, she said,
lin Mr.. Dukes letters. What induced
him to write them | cannot imagine, I'M
less. indeed, his object was to manufac-
ture an excuse for breaking our engage
meni. He thought, | suppose, father
would say nothing about the letters.
When father showed them to me | 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 statement Mr. Dukes pre-
tended that his personal safety would not
warrant him in coming, but in reality he
knew he had told falsehoods about me
ri ho f<Nl in fha faa
Oh, that should ever have loved such
man; out he is not man. cant under
stand how he won my affection. Every
body has been deceived by him and
most of all. Wehad been engaged several
months. He was constant visitor here
and was cordially received by the whole
l did not suspect that he wanted
the engagement broken. Why didn't he
tell me? Such n course would have been
manly and would have commanded my
respect. Instead of doing this. however,
he took my ring for the purpose, he said,
of getting another that would better
please him. but his intention was to get
the ring out of my hand Was that the
act of a gentleman? Then he wrote those
vile letters to father. All the world
knows the rest. | would rather have died
than that this misery and disgrace should
have fallen on my mother and her family.
But, indeed. sir, | am innocent of each
and every charge brought against me.
Oh, that God would only let me die, for |
shall never have any pence this side of the
grave"
Mrs. Mutt sat in the room during most
of the interview. She is delicate and
sweet faced old lady. If her face may be
taken rs an index TO her grief her suffer
ing must have been severe. She
corroborated her daughters statement so
far as her knowledge went and then added
that, to say the least, the verdict of the
jury had surprised her. There is dis
position among the leading people here to
show Miss Lizzie that they do not believe
Dukes allegations by inviting her to visit
their families, AS they think this is the
.only way by which all suspicion can be
removed. She has not left home since
her father was shot. Her physical con
dition as indicated by Dukes in his letters
is false beyond doubt. Captain Mutt was
a gentleman of education and refinement.
He was a studious reader had one of the
best private librarie s in Pennsylvania.