Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-10-10

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The Original Maria Halpin
Story.
LETHIM SAY WHETHER HE is GULL
TY OR NOT GUILTY.
BUFFALO, July 21.-The Evening
Telegram to-day publishes a long
story of seduction and abduction
by Grover Cleveland, of which the
following is an abstract: An ofii-
Ger long on the police force declares
that he has often seen Mr.. Cleve-
land beastly drunk, and has indis.
putable evidence Of his habitual
immortalities with women. Two
respectable and influential citizens
testify that hearing great row in
a saloon one night they rushed in
and found Mr.. Cleveland and
another lawyer in a terrific fight
over a lewd woman. Each seized
a belligerent and held him fast un-
til they both agreed to keep the
peace. They we're both drunk and
had rent and torn each other till
they were both nearly
NAKED AND COVERED WITH BLOOD.
Since Mr.. Cleveland was elected
to his present Office he arrived in
Buffalo one Saturday night, drove
to a noted saloon, was met by three
other men, laid in a stock Of Ii
quOrs, repaired to apartments in
another building, sent out for four
lewd women and spent the night
and all day Sunday with them in
debauchery. Some years since a
beautiful, virtuous and intelligent
young lady entered the employ of
Flint & Kent, as you know, most
excellent men and leading mer-
chants in our city. She was put at
the head of their cloak department
and served them for two or three
years to perfect satisfaction. Mr.
Cleveland made her acquaintance,
won her confidence and finally Sc
duced her. She of course, lost her
position, was cast out Of good so
ciety and driven to despair. Her
appeal to him to fulfill his promise
of marriage, he did not regard
The mother and child were taken
TO the residence of Mrs. VIM. Baker
on Genessee st. to board, and were
visited occasionally by Mr.. Cleve'
land. The boy was named
OSCAR FOLSOM CLEVELAND.
The mother was wretched and
often desperate and worried Mr.
Cleveland by her threats. He re
solved to abate the annoyance, EN-
ployed two detectives and a doctor
of bad repute to spirit the woman
away and dispose of the child. She
refused to surrender the child or &c
with the detectives. They ther
seized her by force, and in spite o.
her screams and violent resistance
took her by force, and drove her tC
the Province asylum on Main St.
where she was committed as in
sane, for which service Mr.. Cleve
land paid the two detectives $50
The child was taken to the Buffalo
Orphan asylum. Our worthy fel
low citizen, DR.. VIM. Ring, wa
the visiting physician at the Pro
violence asylum, and Oh examining
the new patient pronounced he
perfectly sane, and the authoritie
allowed her to depart. She hat
been
COMMITTED WITHOUT LEGAL PROCESS
and departed of her own volitiOr
Her first move was then to emplO.
an attorney and recover her child
Her lawyer advised her to secur
it by force if necessary. She sue
ceeded in getting the boy into he
arms and at once fed, NO one oil
structing her fight. Then negOtia
tions were opened with Mr.. Clevt
land, and finally he paid her $50
TO give up the child, and at lengt
succeeded in getting her to leav
the city. The boy was then give
to family on Niagara st., wheI
he still lives and bears their nam,
but poor Maria Halpin, for thi
was her name, went away broke
hearted, disgraced, an Outcas
while her seducer continued
revel in the realm of lust and pr
tend before the great America
public that he is a model of virtr
pre.eminently worthy Of being no
ored by their votes and being e
aIted as an example for ambition
youth to initiate.
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II Trying to admire that which "
do not like accumulates failure, al
exhibits weakness.