Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-08-18

nuubef ol our city pastors ana It's euitoE
has talked with several of the leading
ones about the matter Almost without
exception they say the ease should be
laid before the people by the press. Some
of them have personally Investigated the.
matter and assure US that their inquiries
convince them that the charges Of immor-
alty against the governor are true The
Ielegrdph's action to-day is taken after
counsel with several of the most inf1uen-
tial pastors of Buffalo and with their
warm approval. ~ fFa
The IefegfQf,h's Investigation Wasscon-
Quoted independently of these gentlemen.
For the purpose,of this article the result
will be confined to the case of Maria
Halpin
The story which is to be told as the re-
suit Of that Investigation is that Maria
Halpin was betrayed by Grover Cleveland,
now governor Of the state of New York
and Il candidate for president Of the
sponsible position she had long held with
Flint & Kent, of this city, as the result Of
her relations with the noted politician,
son, who bears the governors image if
he does not now bear his name. The
woman implored Grover Cleveland to re-
deem his pledge to marry her and proper
ly care for his child and it's mother He
put her off until her heart grew sick Her
former female friends-with two excep-
tions discarded her when her shame be-
came known, and she was left desolate.
The author of her misfortunes called oc-
casionally to see her at No. IL Genesee
street, where she lived with her son
whose mother was dishonored by his
father; and he at least partially provided
for their support. But this did not salts
fly the disgraced mother, who is said to
have been Il woman of some culture,
proud spirit and hitherto uhblemished
life. She persisted in her demand that
he should marry her and thus at least
partially remove the stain on her honor,
save his boy from shame and relieve her
misery. Her appeals did not move him,
and she took to drink to drown the grief
that was consuming her.
As time rolled on and it became appar
ent that the future man of destiny would
not take the only step possible to even
partially repair the wrong he had done,
the wronged woman grew desperate and
frequently threatened the life both of her
boy and his father. Her frenzied features
haunted the future governor and he be-
came thoroughly alarmed. Finally this
state of affairs made life such burden to
Mr.. Cleveland that he appealed to the
| police. He procured the services of two
detectives, both of whom are now living
in Buffalo, and they thought to divine the
woman's intentions and work some
scheme by which she and her child could
| be separated and removed to where they
would not worry the man who should
have been the husband of one of them and
| is the father of the other. They could
find nothing out from the woman and
could do nothing with her. Naturally
enough, Mr.. Cleveland's desperation in
creased. Finally one night in the fall OF
1877 one of these detectives and physic-
ian now living in this city surreptitiously
entered the rooms at IL Genesee street,
where Maria Halpin still lived with he1
boy, who was at that time two-and-a-halt
years old. They forcibly seized the
mother of Grover Cleveland's son, and
despite her cries and stubborn resistance
tore her from her baby, rushed her dowr
stairs, violently dragged her to a hack
they had in waiting, and within an hour
landed her in the Providence lunatic asy
lum on Main street near Humboldt park
way. The shrieks of the woman and the
heartrending cries of her baby aroused
some of the neighbors, but the work o
abduction was SO brutally and speedily
done by Cleveland's hired men that they
got their victim off before the people GO
any notion of what the uuusal proceeding
meant. There was no pretense of lega
warrant for the seizue, and the poor WON
an was landed in the asylum without 1ega
process. The detective who assisted il
the dirty work told an acquaintance sool
after that he got not less than $50 for thu
job, and said the woman resisted 81
strongly that it took all his nerve ant
strength to overpower her. To use hi
own words: st was hell of a time"
The woman so treated was the mothe
of the son of the present governor of tn
state of New York, who aspires to b
president of the United States. The me-
, of America, as rule, would die to protec
the mothers of their children from sue
treatment. af
BY the law of the state Maria Halpi
was the custodian and guardian of he
baby. Her right of guardianship coul
only be taken away by due legal process
Z and proof that she was not fit person t
, have charge of it. But that same night
without any formality, it was spirite
, away. Let us see what further may b
known of the history of the mother an
Il, child t1a{ ~ s5"
DIR. William G. Ring, an honored citize
: of Buffalo, was then attending physical
at the Providence asylum. When visite
by a Telegraph reporter last week he sal
that he remembers Maria Halpin wei
I He says she was brought to the asylui
: | without warrant or form of law. Whe
: he examined her he found that she wa
| not insane. She had been drinking. Th
e managers of the asylum had no right t
!. detain her, and she left in a few days
q that is, as soon as she chose to after he
). terrible experience.
= The wretched mothers first inquir
q after leaving the asylum was for her bah.
: He had been spirited away, but mother
v love and zeal is not to be easily cheated
q and she soon discovered his location an
; set on foot legal proceedings to recove
+ him. An exposure OF an infamous col
: spiracy was feared, and to avoid it I'll
. child was surrendered. E9a eaE
9 Before the attempt to deprive her
p once of her liberty and her child, WI
v thought Il heritage of sin was her onl
! solace in her great woe, Maria Halpin
love of Grover Cleveland lived in spite {
J his disloyalty, and she would have SUITE
). | ed much to shield him from open scanda