The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-07-24

here, ] want my nelgnOors 70 KNOW
every thing. DIR. Blackburn and my-|
self were never really happy together
after q discovery made in Dubois
which involved him with servant girl
II had. tried to respect and shield bin,
but he would betray my trust. could
endure this for the sake Of my little girls,
but as he sank lower he began to be jeal-
Ious Of me. He was almost insane on
this subject. For over Q year he has
been trying to drag me down to his lew
lei. IA You know, Miss Adamson came.
we gave her the best room in our house,
the parlor, for the doctor told me she
would only remain few weeks for treat
Iment. She stayed year. The doctor
would treat her daily, and they would
lbe together alone always half an hour,
and sometimes three hours.
"He had good practice before he be-
gan boarding this girl, but it soon fell
away. He said she paid for her board,
but II so, never knew of It, and never
saw one cent Of the money. They SEEM
led to be in love, and had plenty of op-
for love-making every day.
II told linn be was too intimate with Miss
Adamso but he insisted 1t was all my
jealousy, and finally, when l charged
him with outright infidelity to me with
1.-The girl he admitted 1t. Soon after this
Ihis persecution of me began. He said
he wanted me to receive attentions from
lZiba Adamson be said be no longer
loved me, but the elder did. He urged
that if consented to the elders wishes
he would no longer be jealous of me,
nor Of him, for then we would both be
Iou an equality. He would plead one day
land threaten the next, until didn't
know what to do. Ii | left him he
would claim my little girl. For months
he persecuted and persuaded until his
conspiracy bore its bitter fruit"
The deliberate sacrifice of his wife to
lZiba Adamson was the foundation -stone
lof DIR. Blackburn's hellish conspiracy.
He had the Elder completely in his pow
Ter, and used the woman whom he had
driven to disgrace to extort from Adam
son the money whirh the latter paid her
lat Loogootee ia the presence of John
|Pinkston aud the husband. DR.. Black
burn drove his wife away from her
home said that she must 60 to her moth
Ier's and that Adamson would escort her
Ithither. On the road between Silver
willie and Bedford the elder said to her !.
ssThe doctor swears you can never GO
back TO his house." This reused the out
ragged woman. Standing up in the We
hicle she commanded the Elder TO turn
'the horses heads toward her home. He
compiled. Before they had gone mile
they encountered Blackburn. "Doctor,"
asked the wife, lis II true, as Elder
lAdamson says, that you don't intend I
shall ever return 10 Silverville ~ Yes.
d-n you; IL you come back III expose
you both. saw your pranks that night
with my own eyes, and had witness
with me, too
The wife yielded and went to her moth
|er's. Her love for her innocent children
-|rebelled ct the thought Of exposure.
The doctors next step was to bring
about meeting between his wife and
\ IAdamson In the presence Of himself and
TIPinkston. He needed for the further
ance of his vile designs 3 written &C.
Of his wife's sin. The
Iunlettered lawyer dictated 1t and the
llhepless woman signed 1t.
q Catching freight train on the fly l
elcame to Mitchell, and here, sitting on a
,Ibaggage-truck in front of the Ohio and
n mississippi depot, was DR.. Joel 5. Black
burn. Blackburn is under the medium
stature. somewhat portly, untidy in
dress. wears soft slouch hat and is glib
-lof tongue. His face shows that he is
sIfond Of the bottle. and all who know
)lhim believe he would faint fifteen times
lIevery day If he could thereby secure a
Iprescription Of brandy to "bring him to. =
Sitting on the truck with the doctor
-Iwas Que OF his counsel. Judge Putnam.
-IBecause Blackburn at once went with
Imc to hotel, the Judge subsequently
?,said: If was DIR. Blackburn l would
iIteIl the Enquirer msn to 60 to hell"
.lrhe good Judge was little hasty in his
rlhours he admitted that he had no reg
llular diploma, and. coming down to his
Injecting Miss Adamson and consenting
Ito give her treatment, said she was q
e"voluptuous concern" but their con-
sduct Is physician and patient had been
fabove reproach. 81 took her 10 my
house." he said. "because IL would be
scheaper for her father. and because heI
lbeing near me would better facilitate
lmy treatment Of her"
n .Doctor, why did you and Ziba Adam
:Ison and third party conspire to hav,
'.Iyour wife left alone with Adamson OF
lItbe night Of May I'd last between th'
hours Of nine and eleven o'clock p
ave didn't ccnspire. Say, are you Al
, Odd Fellow ?"
. "why did you tell your wife you wer'
olcalled away TO see patient, and thci
eIskulk around your house pcering through
|. the window blinds ~
!. "Did Pinkston tell you this? Say, ar