Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-16
A SAD STORY.
why n Martins Ferry Woman Wanted
80 die.

why n Martins FERRY Woman Wanted
just what q woman may lag driven To
by the slanderous tongues OF others ~ hard
to determine.
Yesterday, as a result of such a thing
Mrs. WIN. Prince, ci Martins Ferry, at
tempted suicide, and hut for the fact that
two employees Of the Buckeye Glass Com,
pIny saw her going 10 the river she would
no doubt have been successful.
MI. VIM. Prince, who is nov keeping a
saloon in Martins Ferry, and Miss Maggie
Lacey were married several years ago,
and, IN far as their personal re-
lations are concerned, they have lived hap
PLY ever since. 1t il alleged, however,
that Mrs. Princes mother and other mem
beers OF the family have formed a dis
like for her and her husband, and have in
many ways tried to turn them against one
another. Mrs. Lacey has cone 70 Princes
mouse in Martins Ferry on several Occa-
siOns, and tired in various WAYS to modest
the peace of the household. Once. for ev-
ample, II IL asserted by u]cIEhhOra that
while IN a rage she swept with one stroke
Ill the ornaments iron! Il mantle shelf, in
GLIDING in the lot II clock and a pair OF
line vases On the sinr occasion she
pulled pictures down from the walls and
. - .HaHNal YIsFFR nFNlAF I.lN GNllR EN,lV,
a. these have been supplemented until
lately, ny assertions from her that Mrs.
Prince, her own daughter, il a woman Of
no character, and has, in the presence Of
strangers, called her all kinds oi bad and
lUsinUatiug names.
MRS. PRINCE
has borne mp under -uch treatment, and
has been II good and faithful wife to her
husband. Ahout "a year and a halt ago,
her slstor, Ellen Lacey, married u man
named John Curtis. Shortly after this
marriage M.s. Curtis aud Mrs Prince be-
came friends again, and about the same
time Mrs. Curtis and her mother became
%e,traGged, the Curtis family came TO
Martins Ferry to live, aud they and Mrs.
Prince became intimate, a. was quite uatu-
raj. IL ls stated that during the past six
weeks, while Curtis, who iaa glass blower,
was out Of work, MTs. Prince dida great deal
tug the family, giving them provisions and
helping them financially. Last week Mrs.
Prince and her husband went
"A visit to friends in rittsburp. When
they returned Mrs. Curtls upbra ded her
sister Tor not having allowed her to accom-
pany them. On Saturday Mrs. Curtis i'm
pOrtuned Mira. Prince to loan her 500. Mrs.
Prince could no. do 1t. aud Mrs. Curtis
became very angry. Ga Sunday Mrs.
Lacey, the mother Gf the two women, came
over from Wheeling, and Mr.. Prince went
up 20 Willow Springs 10 visit the Fam
Jones fishing cub. Mrs Prince and her
mother went to Curtis house, on Carlyle
street, and abOu: . O'Clock Mrs. Lacey aud
Mrs CARTS went awav from the house.
Immediately upon their return Mrs. Curtis
accused iIGs. Prince OF too
CLOSE INTIMACY
with Mr.. Curtis. Mrs Prince and Mr..
CARTS both protested innocence, and an
other woman employed as a domestic at
Princes, and who was at Curtis home
while Mrs. Curtis and his mother were
away, asserted that nothing improper had
occurred. Mrs Curtis got ont INTO the
street and proclaimed in loud and vulgar
language that her husband ana sister had
acted Improperly. Quite a humber of
people heard her, II the s%candalou4 re-
port spread like wildfre, SO that by even
ing when Mr.. Prince came home,
half the town had heard of the
trouble. Since that time Mrs. Prince has
baen very morose, and feels very keenly
the disgrace her %sister's assault has pro-
duced. Constant worrying has at last un-
balanced her mind, and her rash act Of
yesterday is the result. On Monday she
said to her husband that she could not live
through it much longer, and he has kept a
close watch npon her. Yesterday morning
she seemed in good spirits, and Mr.. Prince
having been up late the night before, con
Ia lie abed a little later than rsual.
AbOut nine o'clock Mr.. Princes father,
who lives With them, came to his room and
told him that
MAGGIE HAD GONE AWAY.
Mr. Prince hurTiedly put on his trous-
ers, and thinking OF the river, started down
the alley towards the Buckeye glass works.
His suspicious were well founded, for his
wife had gone the road Il few minutes be-.
fore. 1t happened, however, that George
Ware, who Is a friend Of Mr.. Prince. knew
Of Mrs, Prince's condition, and seeing her
going down the river bank, followed her.
She hasteGed into the water, aud before
Ware could reach her she was in up past
her waist. lie caught her, bat she re-
10 come ont, aud being
quite large and strong would
have drowned herself had not William
Donovan followed and assisted Ware. Mrs.
Prince was taken home, and now lies in a
dangerous condition from hysteria and ner-
yous prostitution. In conversation with a
REGISTER man she stated that her life, 40
tar a. her husband was concerned, had
been most happy, and that all her troubles
had been caused by her family. Mr..
Prince stated that he had the utmost
confidence in his wiie's f~ailhfulness, and
that had it not been for the continual in
reference OF her family their lives would
have been all sunshine.
Mrs. Prince has lived in Martins Ferry
since childhood, and has always heen con.
sidered of the h. moral character.
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