The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-01
SENSATION AND SCANDAL.
l.. ID. Dimick Flees From the City
With Disreputable Character
IAN Ugly Affair if it
be True.

If reports which are afoat in the city
today he true, Rock Island is about to
give the public one of the most scan
dalous affairs that has occurred
in this county for many day. The
rumors which the ARGUS has attempted
to trace to reliable source, are
that last evening the well known
and heretofore highly respected young
liveFyman, L. D. Dimick, left the city
suddenly under circumstances OF the most
sensational character. AT about 7:30
O'Clock he ordered his hostler to
hitch up two carriages, took driver,
and mounting the drivers seat Of one of
the vehicles himself, drove off, leaving
the impression that he had gone out into
the country to attend a funeral At s.
o'clock Mr.. Dimick was seen at the
postoftice with the two rigs, and
that was the last seen of him.
Today it comes to light that young
Dimck has decamped, that he has fed in
the direction of Milan, where he was met
by Maud Terry, one of the most disrep>
utable characters that has ever been
known in this city. She was formerly of
Davenport, but when driven out of that
city, came over to Rock Island, and it is
said Mr.. Dimick was fascinated with her,
and that although married man, he for
got and degraded himself so far as to be
seen in public in company with her. His
plot, it is understood, was well planned.
A city hack driver Informed an ARGUS re-
porter this morning that two weeks ago,
Dimick laid his plans before him, told him
he was going to elope with this woman,
and take with him rigs enough to go into
the hack business in the west. He in
vited the hackman to accompany him,
but the latter refused,
When Dimlck left the bara on Third
avenue last evening he had with him one
black team worth $500, another span of
horses, bay and brown, valued at
$3.50, and large bay horse worth S175,
a landau recently purchased at cost of
1000, and clarence hack priced at
$500. 1t is understood that he hitched
the single horse to an express wagon,
which was used in carrying the woman :
baggage from Milan to Muscatine, where
it is understood the vehicles
and horses were to be shipped
to Kansas City, thence west to
some remote district where he will settle
down with the woman and go back into
the business. The man who accompa-
MED him is not well known in the city;
he went by the name Of LOU" but his
last name has not been learned. As far
as can be ascertained Dimick had about
$500 in money when he left
The woman who figures conspicuously
in the affair is small in statue, a blonde,
and dressed in a manner that would att
tract attention.
Dimick was married year and a halt
ago, and the young couple apparently
lived happily together, The father, o. j.
Dimick, did all in his power to give his
son a good start in life, setting him up in
the livery business, and advancing him
money whenever he was in need. The
young mans wife has been very ill fol
several weeks, and was reported at the
point of death two weeks ago. She il
still quite i'll, but in fair way to recov'
9 cry 1t would seem that the shock occa-
stoned by her husbands conduct would
drive her distracted.
Mr. 0. J. Dimick, who is in Chicago
has been tclegraphed and will arrive
home tonight. He and his family vii
:. have Widespread sympathy in their attic
ton.