The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-15
sRAYB0ULD'S RACKET.
HIS coaasspoNDENce GIVEN AWAY
By ITS Indignant Hife-illt alsctiianeous nashiuR
Y utts Him Iato Troab,s at Lsst-soms Not (
yerJ Loving Allusionsto nrs. Rslbould.
tgE and \ Ltttio vsry sham Pity.

Point Pleasant woman from her husband,
an alleged minister named William Ray.
bould, WAS printed yesterday. Tho Pitts.
burgh Leader contains al article on the al.
fair, from which the following ID taken:
Tho Fit sburgh woman mentioned In con.
neotlon with the scandal Is Mira. Lucy Wright,
aud his alleged aaioufa Included the vile Of
q prominent man Ia Charleston, VIVA. II
tlons OF respectable and refined young lady
OF New S.raltsyille, o., but before her aiIec.
lions were engaged his character was exposed
by gentleman who knew his antecedents,
ms. RAYDovLp's hToEf. gl
The following IL the testimony OF Mrs. Ray.
bould: II came Ia possession OF some letters
through the mail. / opened tina envelope
addressed 10 ]. A. Autman. care Of VIM.
Raybould. Clifton, West Virginia, and found
the aecond envelope addressed TO and with
lug Tho letter I called his attention to Il. aud
he said no knew nothing about 1t. lacked
him II thought Il Was blackmailing scheme,
and DO slid 1t YVES. ] then asked him II he
would 10 with ME 10 Pittsburgh to lind this
woman, and he replied, No, 1t was no u.s.;
that when VIC got there we would not find
any woman or person by that name. I
went to Pittsburgh, and by the aid Of q police.
msu found the house aud found woman
who said she answered 10 the name Of Lucy
N. Wright, alias Lulu May. then told hor
| WAS Raybould's wife, and l told her had
come 10 SEQ her in reference to letter which
| had received, which hs said was black.
mailing scheme. She then said: La Are
you the wife Of Willie Ray bould?, and further
said: mo, 1t was no blackmail,' aud she
handed mo cut three letters from him and
my husbands picture. now file said letters
and picture rs a part Of my depoaltion aud
mark them No. l. The letters to her iden-
baud. 6he boarded the girls who waited In
beer gardeus OF the city. When rot there
In tho afternoon most OF the girls were III
bed" IS
EAYBoCLD'B nENARKs. ,.
In one Of the letters the man Gays, REFER
ing to his wife: This woman, she Is a per.
troll things, but pyopose 10 do that myself.
She has treated ME very bad, but. the time
will soon come when abe cannot treat me so.
| will not abuse her nor say any angry words
To her, but Twill hold the reins tight. She
bar had several spells since my return, and
after they are over she tells me wait her to
de- tell you. Lucy, she is as queer stick
as ever yon saw, boz will wait the Lords
will. l know we khall be happy. l. canno,
be otherwise. Cod bless you, my dear 6arl
ing. o.! how l, long for the time to come
when you and ! shall meet to part no more
un.ildsath. think Of You night and day;
you arc never out OF my mind. WIS very
sick Christmas dry. How I wish you had
been thers. I had q bilious headache. ..
"Oh! want to tell you what occurred last
week. She asked me to allow her living.
I told her I would, but when II came 10 q
teat she tucked our. che pretends to bp crazy
sometimes and the neghbors laugh at her.
Ny neighbors are oil In sympathy with me
and say they do not see how stand 80 much.
1t is given out that will take more from O
woman than any other man."
~ LuLu's LETTERS.
In The Eoman's letters are such sentences
| as The following:
my Loved, Ny oaly One. That's Dearer
Then All Earth TO Me; I wish thee a happy
New Year, and may the newborn year prove
morehappy than the pa,t has besn. Darling;;I
was at witch meeting last night alone, and in
the first moment of the new year my sincere
prayer to God was that l might dedicate my
lie. my soul to my Maker, and before tho
year should cloee should kneel at your side
JSaA .aPpS UhSs ~ ~ Hoa GAAkuA w t4luA
such thoughts. In company with an earnest
desire los my souls salvation. can only beg
may be forgiven, for my desrts:, Icould not
helpit I must pray for the thing nearest
my heart; and, sweet one, you are my every
Thought, night and morning. And, loved
one, II We trust in heaven and live devoted
frat to God, next. to each other we will be
brought together. The time may seem long,
but II we bide here in true faith our meet.
Ing will DO thesweeter." -'r-" ,,a& l'-g
"1sthere no help. Will? Muat we endure
this ? Must our very lives be blank 10 r
one 20 unworthy? cannot you device some
plan for teparation? Thousands have
doneit aud, oh, Will, it's so hard to think
that mine own beloved one must be tied to
another. jealousy is killing to one tina.
lovesas do. You could not be happy II
you thought was living with another. 1t
seems at times t.at must 20 10 you and
cannot stay away. II, I was your wife
could not be more devoted. What signifies
c few words. They don't wed the hearts.
VIII, ii two are bound by a true, heavsb-
born sacred love, 1t matters not. The out.
ward form Is only in the, eyes Of the law.
Idol ofmy very life, write soon."