Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14
CHARLES 11BBY,s MARRIAGE.
A Romance that Began in the New York
Inebriate Asylum.
Econ "a Ne,o York World.

From the NsO York World.
On Monday, April q, there disappeared
from mis- home IN Chicago MIR. Charles A.
Libby, a well-known business man of that
city. Mr.. Libby was the manager of the
Chicago branch of the New York firm of
James L. Libby & Co., shirt manufactu-
rers, and although he was man who had
at one time been of incorporate habits,
his business reputation was 80 good
that nobody connected his disappear
ance with any possible shortage of
his accounts, and an examination Of
the books showed that no suspicious of
irregularity could attach to him. Mrs.
Libby asserted that there had been
nothing in the manner OF her husband
previous to his disappearance to warrant
the idea that he had become deranged, and
il was generally believed that be had fallen
victim to foul play. On May the wife
of the missing man, who daily from the
date of her husbands disappearance
had made the rounds of the hospitals and
morgues of Chicago in hopes of tIdings of
her husband, committed suicide by swal-
lowing dose of carbolic acid. 1t WAS
the seventh anniversary of her marriage.
Every night after putting her two little
children to bed she had walked the floor of
her apartments, refusing To take any rest
and scarcely taking amOuthful OfnOursh-
ment. She died in intense agony, and
while frautically calling upon her hus-
band to return.
A few days after the death of Mrs. Lib
by it was reported that Libby's where
abOuts had become known to his friends,
and that be bad been placed in an inebri-
ate asylum near Boston. Nothing more
definite has since been heard by the pub
] 10 I.,.e khn FDll fna ID - H.
courtship of the unhappy lady, for
whose death he seems to have
been responsible, were obtained
yesterday by a reporter who encountered
in the hospital at Ward s island Mr.. G. RI.
Stanley, an EDglishman, who was for ten
years Secretary to the British Consul Gen
eral, and is a phenOmenally clever chess
and whist player. He has made his home
for several years past at the homeopathic
hospital on Wards island, paying small
sum yearly for his support
81 have been deeply panied" said Mr..
Stanley, ''to hear OF the misfortunes
which have overtaken poor Libby. first
met him twelve years ago. 1t was at
Bnghampton. He was a remarkably
engaging man and a fine whist player.
Seven years ago / met him again in this
institution, which was then an asylum
for inebriates. We were fellow-boarders
and the same trouble affected
us both. He had been ON
a protracted spree and came here
to get over its effects. He had scarcely
any clothes. | rugged him out. Among
the nurses was a Miss Nellie TompkiDs.
She was an exceedingly sympathetic soul.
introduced Libby to her. She attended
him and he fell in love with her. She was
a sister of one of the physicians on the
staff. 1t was, in tact, only u few weeks
after he first met her that Libby
became engaged to his pretty nurse.
He had no money, but his friends we're
rich. He left the hospital and Miss
Tompkins gave up her position at the
same time. They were married in New
York. six weeks afterwards / met him.
He was very sedate and cautioned me TO
be good boy. 1 never saw him after
wards. | don't believe he is dead. He
may have been on a bender and may be
working it of in some such institution as
this -