The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-11
sBAUER'S BEREAVEMENT.
AN rAJuRHD HUSBAND SEEKING RE-
LEASE FROM MARITAL DISGRACE.
A Sensational Divorce Suit Recalled by
s Another Growing Out of TIA Sad
Recital OF Double Domestic Intellect
ties

Some weeks ago The APPEAL contained
an account Of the Cling of bill for divorce
in the chancery court OF this county by
Mrs. Sarah Ne Jones, OF Salem, ILL.,,
!. against Hubbard B. Jones' The bill was
Of sensational nature, and detailed the
ruin and wreck Of once happy home,
surrounded with all the comforts Of life,
bya husband and father who stood high
in the social and. business circles OF tho
town of Salem. Hubbard b. Jones was
II wealthy lumberman, about fifty years Of
nge. He operated extensively throughout
the south in lumber, and was thus neces-
sarily absent from home for several months
!. at time, but the aflectionate letters OF
faihcrly solicitude for the welfare OF his
devoted wife and three daughters reached
them every few days during their enforced
separation. ~
As to doubling the husbands fidelity,
the trusting wife never dreamed of such a
thought until in July last. Mr.. Jones
had been away for several months, but no
letters came to tell OF his whereabouts.
lilo was known to be in the south, aud
every point he had formerly been known
10 visit was telegraphcd and written TO,
but no tidings came OF tho missing man.
For a time he was given up for dead,
and that would probably have
been the opinion Of his sorrowing family
today. had 1t not been for like sorrow
that about the same time had so mysteri-
onsly cast its shadows over another home,
that of q near neighbor-a young man
who, for all the world and he knew, had.
up to a few weeks before, been the pos
SCISSOR Of as pretty and charming young
wife rs the town.of Salem boosted Of This
young man was Leopold Bauer. "a wcll-io-do
young merchant. He returned from
his business one evening and
found that his wife, Ruth
Bauer, was not there. Where she had
gone, or for what purpose, he did not
Know, nor was there any one who could
tell him. Days wore on, but the mystery
OF her disappearance was unsolved. lie
had been married 10 her six years before
in Kentucky, but there had never been
the least domestic trouble between them.
The young man was almost mental
wreck, as well rs heart-broken, over the
unexplained absence OF his wife. All
search Tor her had proved iruitlcss.
Finally one day-the latter part OF July
Mrs. Jones received information that
her husband was living Mt little village
in Dyer county, this State. and had with
Inn a beautiful young girl, whom he rep
resented was his niece. Two mysteries
were solved at once. The description OF
the girl fitted the missing Mrs. Bauer ex-
.actly. Mrs. Jones was wholly ignorant Of
any intimacy between her elderly husband
and pretty Mrs. Bauer, and Bauer was
equally ignorant of such a fnct. She
communicated the contents OF her letter
20 Bauer, and both at once instituted
inquiry, which proved too true. Jones
learned by some means that the true story
OF his infdelity had reached his wife, and
before she and Baucr reached Dyer coun.
" Jones and the iaithless young wife had
suddenly left that vicinity. As after de-
velopments show, they came TO this city,
Jones passing the young woman as Miss
Ruth Williams. his niece, at several
clearinghouse at which they stopped
on Court street. They were not permitted
TO stay nj any one house longer than their
true relations werc found out, md on
more than one occasion they were unccc-
inoniously rejected.
In the meantime Ms. Jones sued for
divorce In Illinois, but finding out that
itt HurDahh WIN utit "itu hNihk ~ Np'
. 1lg Exchange street, she entered suit here
foe alimony. She and Bauer came here
Bauer in the hope 10 reclaim his mis-
guided wife; but not so with Mrs. Jones,
ns abe wished simply ~ secure portion
VI her husbands estate sufficient 10
support herself and children and
let him 20 his way. Tho suit
for alimony X still pending, but
u receiver was appointed 10 90 10 Salem
and take charge OF the estate. Jones and
Mn. Bauer learned Of the appearance Of
their former better halves In the city and
left for parts unknown.
Tho case was again recalled yesterday
10y the filing II bill in chancery by Leo
pold Bauer for divorce from Ruth Bauer,
un the grounds OF adultery aud desertion.
The bill recounts tho facts in substance
stated above