The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-30
BADLY COMPLICATED.
4 CASE WHICH ILLUSTRATES THE
ANCIENT ADAGE,
BE sure You're Right Before You Go
Ahead-Litigation Unlimited Likely
to Grow Out of an Enoch
Arden Case.

CALDWELL, Ohio, Dec. 3o--The old story
of Enoch Arden, with highly sensational
features and possible criminal accompahl-
ments, has just been repeated two miles
south of Caldwell John Sealoek, one OF
our well-to-do farmers himself a widower
at the time, met a dashing, black-eyed
widow named Vincent, at Beverly, ONO,
some two years ago. After short court
ship they were married, and came to MI
Sealock's farm, near Caldwell, where they
have lived very happily ever since. She
had in her own right considerable real
estate in Washington county, inherited
from her former husband, who, as
it was reported and believed died in
the California mining regions nine years
ago. Indeed, his brother, returning soon
after. called upon the widow Vincient and
delivered to her the wearing apparel OF her
Jlsceas ID husband He said that he was
with his brother when he died and saw him
hurled There could be no doubt of his
death, for the surviving brother was quite
as well known to Mrs. Vincent as any one
c0nld be. So before her marriage with Sea
lock she proceeded to sell and convey a por-
tion of said real estate, and to rent and
lease the rest, as she had no children by
Vincent. The parties who SO purchased had
no doubt whatever of her legal right to so
convey it.
And so matters ran along smoothly
enough until about one week ago when
messenger arrived at the Sealock homestead
and delivered to Mrs Sealock letter in the
veritable handwriting Of her former
husband, Charles W Vincient. The alarm
and CONSERVATION Of the stricken pair can
better be imagined than described when
they read in that letter the angry husband $
imperative demand. SO unlike that Of his
poctical prototype, that she should abandon
| e{calcck Immediately and JON nm at
| Amesville, Ohio Alike aiarmed with fear
! of q criminal prose cution-he FOR living and
| cphabitating with married woman,
| and she for bigamy they at once agreed
that she would start Immediately to meet
| Vincent, and she accordingly did SO, mr
! Sealock court ,ously taking her to the rail
road station i'll his carriage ana p'udlhe hef
an eternal adieu.
1t is not poatical, but it is true that Mr..
Eealock noticed that it was not much of a
thunderbolt after all to the lady, because
| her old love had revived, ana
the new love was of Nothing further
was heard from the lady until Mr..
Sealock received a letter from her,
, fligiily informed him that she had not yet
determined what her future course should
be. but one thing was certain, she hau
found out enough 10 know that it would be
| legally hazardous Tor her ever again y re-
| turn to Sealock.
No further particulars are at present at
tainable, but certain it is that several sen
| sational lawsuits must follow. Of course
the parties who purchased from Mrs.
Vincent have no title to their lands, and
are consulting the lawyers about it. And
Vincent will probably sue Seaock for dam
ages. and at the same time will enter suit
for the recovery OF his lands, decided away
hy Mrs Vincent Other legal complica
| tiaus will follow. unless indeed, it turns GU,
AS many of the quidnuncs are conjectuling
that the letter from Vincient is forgery
and that there is third man behind the
scenes somewhere who will presently make
hi, appearance and not alone