The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-02
A CUkIOUN NINRY.
F" liusbnnds III u fuueraI-More 10.
mantle than u Novel.

Two Husbands nt u fuuernI-More no.
n,aniic than u Novel,
Tho following story seems 10 me oven
more curious than the history of Lord
Euslon'a unfortunate marriage, SAYS a let.
ter TO Tile 81. James Gazette. In August,
iaoi, a gentleman purporting to DO n MIR.
Williams, II Hamburg merchant, landed
near Colchester with a chest, which was
promptly seized by tho custom.h house oti-
GERS. One OF tho officers opened the chest
aud wa going to u hia hanger into II,
when MIR. Williams claspel bis hand upon
bis sword and dosired him in French to
desist, for in the chest was the corpso OF his
dear vile. Az there were other boxee of
fine clothing and jewels belonging TO the
deceased, and no IL distinguished foreigner
always excites the suspicion OF the British
Official, the custom.housc people insisted
on plucking oil the coverings and setting
tho corpse in the church, where ANYBODY
might come and Look on it, while they re-.
fused to allow tho agonizsd husband to
bury 1t until he should give a better &C.
count Of himself. The poor man at last
acknowledged TINT he wa a person OF
quality that his name was not Williams
,hat he was born at Florence; that
the lady wa Engliah and his vile, and that
she desired TO be buried in her native
Essex. The officials, however, bluptly
told him that in order 10 clear himself Of
murder he must disclose his name and
condition. The husband refused TO do
this, but WAS allowed to have a KEY to the
vestry, whore he eat every day with the
corpse. The story l shall continue in The
words Of The correspondent ola newspaper
OF the period, from whose letter this &C.
count 10 taken: My brother went 10 zee
him there, aud the scene 30 shocked him
he could hardly bear ii; he said it was so
like Romeo and Juliet He was much
pleased with my brother, as be talked both
Latin and French; and to his great su1-
prise told him who the lady was, which,
proving 10 be a person he knew, he could
not help uncoyering the face. In short,
the gentleman confessed be was the Earl
OF Rosbery's Son (tho name is Primrose),
and this title Lord Delamcre (Dalmenyj;
that he was born and educated in Italy.
and never was in England till two or three
years ago, when he came to London, and
was in company with this lady, with whom
he fell passionately in love, and prevailed
on her to quit the kingdom and marry
him; that having bad health, he had
travelled with her all over Europe, and
when sho WAS dying ehe asked for pen and
paper, and wrote: i am the vile OF Rev. |
MIR. c., rector OF Til, in Essex. My
maiden name was Cannon; and my last
request is 10 be buried at iii. The
poor gentleman who last married her pro-
test he never knew till this confession on
her death bed) that she was another's
wife; but in compliance with her desire he
brought her over and should have buried
her at Til liz the corpse had not been
stopped) without making any stir about
it. Alter the nobleman had made this
confession they cent to Mr.. c., who put
himself into c passion and threatened to
run her last husband through the body;
however, he wss prevailed Oh to be calm.
It Was represented to him that this gentle.
man had been a great expense and trouble
to fulfill her desire, and Alr. &c con-
scented to see him. They say the meeting
was very moving, and that they
addressed each other civilly. The
stranger protected his affection
to the lady was so strong that it was his
earnest wish not only 10 attend her to the
grave, but 10 DO shut up forever with her
there. He put himself in the
most solemn mourning, and on Sunday
last in a coach attended the corpse to
TIL, where Mr.. = met it in solemn
mourning likewiue. = +" There never
was anything like his behavior to his dear,
dear wife; for go he would call her to the
last. Mr.. c. attended him to London
yesterday, and they we're civil to each
other; but my lord is inconsolable; he says
he must fly England, which he can never
see more. ? Kitty Cannon is, l
believe, the first woMan in England that
had two husbands attend her to the grave
together. You may remember her to be
sure; her lifo wonld appear more romantic
than Q novel;" This old letter appears in
the Cambridge Journal Of October, 1852"