New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-01-11
EIOPING THREE TINES.
vuy THOMAS b. OWENS Is SOUGHT.

o,crn WIFE LOOKING FOR HER TWO
-, nRry-FAscINATED BY scHooL-ihAChh"'
cm-.oo.;vas have for the last month been
10 this city and its vicinity for Thomas
nrons Of shelbyville. Tenn, who TOOK TWO
.s,s .b,liren with him when ne disappeared from
oi h'' 80, vehruary His wife has since obtained
ho"o a. che Chancery Court of Nashville, and the
ai'o' :, nsr wrongs as set forth In afdavits Ia ro-
wv. an. A reporter called on her yesterday
Ma ,.s,red the particulars of the case She said;
snu - not for the hope of recovering nv children.
.M never make pubic word OF TINS put perhaps "
i"o" - .ha ewes Of some who will aid me in
una. them My husband and had lived happily for
ge'''"s Sso,hvvs until In September, 1881 we took
year " ter ne Miss Sophia NELL who came there 70
" sbe was well connected and her father'
80, yo,u Of the Confederate army, who was kihea In
80, .s one of the best-known men In rennessee ono
20 not been long in our house oe1ore she
nau 80 force herself upon my husband At first he ais
pessn ~ 49,, she was handsome and accomplished. and
' -. ,,onths she gained complete control over MIN.
,,sr went driving together, and peary every night
49, .at in her until midnight or later. was
and his iufatuation was so great that ne paio
- ,,antop to his business. In May, 1887 coud pear
!. M longer and said that either she or must leave tne
nou.a She laughed at the idea went TO my mothers
go. Int two weeks later my husband came after me-
20 that Miss Neili had left shelbyvile and that he
$3.50 hays M more to do with her. He pleaded so hard
.s., T returned with him. He had not gwen her
", however, but kept UP q correspondence WIN
~ Refore a month had elapsed he suddenly lett IOWA.
and ,oued her on train, by which they travelled 10
I.mnb,. They took rooms in a hotel as husband and
-. and lived there for two weeks Friends OF ootn
Families prevailed them to return to their homes ana
- ,s,t Memphis They arrived In Shelbyyllle on
..orrt day' when the town was crowded with people
from miles around all OF whom had heard OF their eiope
,o.ut and return. My husband walked down Man-st
ore through the crowd and the Court House met
Neil face TO face He is the girls brother ana ne
,,omedataly drew a revolver and tried to shoot Mr
Owens At this juncture ffteen-year-od son, Der
,,, cot horse ON which his father threw himself and
sal,oned out of town. In a few minutes young NELL
followed on another horse, braDdishng his pistol ana
doclaripg that he would kill owens NELL re-
turned alone in few hours, ana sahd
that he had overtaken the fugitive. but that
on his promise never to see the girl again ne naa spea
his lie.
RECEIVING HER PENITENT HUSBAND.
any husband came home, protesting great penltence
for his misdeeds and his promise OF reform truseu
him again. aud once more began living toSether'
Rut utthin a few weeks he ascertainel Mss Neills
whereabouts in the Cumberland Mountains, where
friends of her family had found quiet nome ot net anu
again they begana correspondence AT the uur knew
nothing of this and when my husband began urging tat
should remove 10 Nashville ana not .s' ,h
lie was rksome TO him ia shelbyvie. where every one
stunned nin and said that IN Nashvie Ne couIu p'nn
nrocseds-snme Ss00O-we went to Nashville to live.
taking with us children Berran, nttern years OF
faut Miss NELL was alst living in Nashville.
and my husband began 10 visit her frequently. After
such absences he would always tell me that business
hal kept him away from home. This went on unlll
October 1882. when my husband and MISS NELL ned %
Cincinnati and this tmehe carried Berran with MIN;
did know where they had gone untli my husband
came home two weeks later ane told me 'hat Beran ny
in Cincinnati hospital very sick with smallpox BE
fore could start 10 see my boy received Telegram
saying that he was dead f9r %eeH was H.
me. lie sppeareq stricken with reJnorse and bitterly re-
preached himself for being the cause OF Berlans death
by taking him from home. His repentance seemed so
sincere that | trusted Aim once again, ana 1
that woman she wrote letter after letter to
him. aud they resumed clandestine intercourse
which continued until June, 1858, when they clipped
again, this time to New-lork. 80
After he wrote several letters to our children
and COMPELLED Willie to answer them. although did
reply to of those which he wrote NE Early IN
to se 81 me ' refused to Sa4e "nhag To do With
him. Then he begged 10 oe allowed to see the cnlidrrn
brought them home in the evening This was done two
or three tmes until the 18th OF February he dsap;
learned that he returned to ,NewYoTk;, He
had souandered all his money with Miss NELL, and
on the sixth-ave Surface Railroad under his own name,
for some months When he was discharged later. ne
road Further than this the detectives
pleading for my children he never answered them.
although he got them at the posoiice The children
years with fair skin, brown hair and blue eyes aud
Lulu seven years old, but small for her age she has
ion
APPLYING FOR DIVORCE.
"When all other OF recovering the children
had been tried 1 reluctantly applied for divorce
a. last resort. Friends had long advised
this step but had resisted the idea.
The court granted divorce in November and awarded
TO me the custody of the chiliren came at once 70
York and detectives TO work 10 find them, but
very little has been discovered up TO this time feel
sure that my husband prevents Willie from writing. or
thoud have heard from him. The boy breads his father
and probably does not dare TO write"
Owens is feet inches in height and about forty three
years old He has dark sailow complexion and thick,
black hair; wears beard. He is reserved and some
what mOrose 49, - 90
handsome, dashing brunette, about twenty-five years
old with regular features and large, brilliant BLACK eyes
DTScFNSIONS AMONG TAHMANY MEN