Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-01
Married to a Dead Man.
Chicago Tribune .

A few W eks ago the telegraph news re-
corded an extraordinary marriage which
was said to have been performed in a
sleigh in Montreal. Immediately followed
by the death of the groom, Mr. Ralph
b. Husson of Brighton, England. The
story was to the effect that Husson, who
had been living in Canada, became en-
gagged 10 a Miss Mulcahy of Montreal,
returned to England, and. becoming Sc
riouslv Ill, came out with his father and
a clergyman, and the lovers were mar
ried upon the party S arrival. This was
in substance the story related by Mrs
Mulcahy, the mother of the young wo-
man who was alleged to have become
bride and widow within the same hour
The Montreal newspapers published col
umns of detail, but no one could be
found to tell what had been done with
the body of the young Englishman, and
a good many unpleasant things had been
said and insinuated with reference to
the condition of the young lady who
was the most interested in the
case. The matter was allowed to drop,
and there appeared to be few who de-
sired to continue the investigation. The
poor girl IS father, who was compositor
in the Gazette office, took the matter so
much to heart that he threw up his situa-
ton and went to Chicago, while the
family are still living in Montreal.
1t now remains for the Montreal COR
respondent of the Toronto Empire to
give the true version of the story, which
has been obtained after an endless
amount of research and investigation,
and it will be seen that Miss Mulcahy has
been made the victim of one of the
most cruel and wicked jokes ever
perpetrated in this or any other commu-
nifty. The facts of the case are as fol-
lows: Mr.. Husson was no myth, and
not only did he board in the house on
Bleury street, but paid frequent visits to
the Mulcahy household, where he
was received with great favor by
the eldest daughter. 1t seems
that the young gentleman from
Brighton, previous to his departure for
the old country, had made known his in
tentions of marrying Miss Mulcahy at a
future date to a number of medical
students. At subsequent date, how
ever, to Husson IS sailing for home these
embryo doctors resolved to perpetrate a
hoax on the young woman.
Monday morning Mrs. Mulcahy re-
ceived note from friend saying that
her presence was required at once. No
sooner had the good lady left her home
when second messenger entered bearing
a note for Miss Mulcahy entreating that
lady to repair at once TO well-known
hotel in the city, where business of
the utmost Importance to herself had
to be transacted. The young lady at
first decided to await her mothers re-
turn, but at the earnest entreaty of a
second party she put on her hat and
sacque and went directly to the place in
Dictated in the note. A gentleman
well muffled up with powdered
locks, met the excited girl at the door of
the hotel, and said: 81 am Mr.. Husson,
Sr. My son, who grew gradually worse
after coming home, has expressed de-
sire to become your husband before he
dies. We have just arrived, and both
he and clergyman are in the covered
sleigh at the door. % What could lady
do but comply?i So she got into |
the sleigh, where she saw the form of
man, whose head was completely |
wrapped up, and only the mouth, from |
which blood was streaming, Appeared T. !
be visible. The hand which va
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