Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-05
A DESERTED BRIDE.


cations has developed in the Circuit Court
of Davies county. Indiana. involving
prominent persons of that county, will
liam J. Clarke, prominent young man
of Bogard township, few months ago
was storming the heart Of Miss Estelle
Patterson, the pretty and winsome
daughter of Greenberry Patterson, a
prominent farmer of that township.
Young Clarke wooed and won with an ar
dor that would have paled into insignif.
canoe the addresses Of the dashing
Romeo at the shrine Of the fair Juliet,
and Miss Patterson yielded to her lovers
pleadings, and the day OF their union
was set. .l-ss - ~
The future seemed exceedingly bright
and happy for them. In an evil hour,
however, Clarke betrayed the woman
whom he had chosen for a BRIDE and of.
ter time his ardor cooled and he neg.
lected her from time TO time, and finally
ended his matrimonial suit by deserving
her altogether. 1t was not long after
Clarke's cruel desertion of Miss Patterson
that she entered complaint against him
before Esquire Elias Myers, a Justice of
the peace of Bogard township. and Clarke
was forthwith arrested and placed under
bonds TO answer the charge of betraying
Miss Patterson. These legal proceedings
created tremendous sensation in the
neighborhood, and set the tongues of
gossips wagging at fearful rate Clarke
consulted with his friends about the mat.
Ter. and he was advised that the best
thing he could do to cxtricate himself
from his almost insurmountable Difficult.
ties was to marry the girl. Such were
the overtures Clarke made to Miss Pat.
terson, and he agreed to marry Estelle if
she would put stop to the prosecution.
A marriage license was procured, and
the two were Joined in wedlock at Green.
berry Patterson's house, where all the
ardent love-making had transpired few
weeks before the scandal broke out and
created such an earthquake in the com
munity. People seemed to be satisfied
that this marriage would be the last of
the trouble, but such was not the case.
Within few hours after the matrimonial
ceremony at the Patterson house, Clarke
left the premises and did not return. Al
most broken hearted, Miss Patterson ap
pcaled to her father, who was so enraged
at the elimination of affairs that he sworc
dire vengeance on the head of his recre.
ant son-in-law. Such were the severe ma
ture of his threats against Clarke that
the latter, upon hearing Of the same,
Immediately caused an action to be
brought against his father-in law for
surety of the peace. who was arrested and
compelled to give bond. This was the
second legal difficulty. Patterson, anger
ed beyond endurance, rctaliated upon
his Festive son-in-law by having him ar
rested for seduction, thus bringing upon
the family the third legal complication,
and while young Clarke Syas having his
preliminary hearing in Esquire Meredith s
court, Greenberry Patterson, the father
in-law. made many ugly and unsavory
remarks concerning Esquire Elias Mey.
ers' court, in which the first proceedings
against young Clarke were instituted, de-
claring that it was well known that Es-
quire Myers had sold out" the case in
his court. Myers was very indignant
when he heard of Mr.. Patterson charge,
and at once brought suit for $4,000
against Patterson for damages. The
damage suit of Myers VS.. Patterson came
up for trial last week. and, after bitter
contest Of three days in Davies Circuit
Court, before Judge lIeGron, the jury
brought In verdict for the plaintiff, as
sessing his damages at one cent and costs.
Thus ended the first lawsuit. While the
slander suit was being fought In court,
the fifth case was started, the grand jury
finding an indictment against Clarke for
seduction. Clarke wax Immediately ar
rested and brought into court, where he
gave bond in the sum Of $500 for his ap-
pearanee at the next term Of court. Thus
the end Is not yet. and the fight promises
to be long and bitter The more it is
waged the more furiousit grows. Clarke's
predicament is q most unenviable one.
He courted the girl he pretended to love,
wooed and won her for his own, married
her, and in few hours after the c.re-
mony left his bride to face alone the
storm of the worlds cruel SCOTS and
sneers-was arrested for betraying the
woman to whom he was welded, and
now stands indicted by the grand jury for
the seduction of his own wifel
The expense of all this trouble and
trlbulation will amount up into thousands
of dollars. &