Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-08-22
a THOROUGHLY BAD NORMAN

AS Judge Terry was one of the worst
men that civilized times have produced,
his wife appears to be one of the worst
women of civilization. The human
tiger was fifty mated to the human
tigress As a girl she is described as
having been fitful, hayward and passion
ate, and prodigious liar in regard
both to the minor and more important
affairs of her girl life. No imputation
is made regarding her personal virtue,
but she must have had nearly all the
vices except that of unchastity OF
remarkable beauty when young, She
seems to have possessed peculiar pow
ers of fascination for men of distinction
and impressibility. This was her rep
utation in Missouri, where she was
born, bred and grew to maturity, Going
to California in the ripeness of ner
beautiful womanhood, she there cast
her net and the late Senator Sharon
was caught in its meshes. She could
not have become attached to him per-
sonally, but his great wealth was the
object of her greed and ambition. The
alleged civil contract of marriage with
him, after his separation from his first
wife, was made valid by legal adjudi-
cation. But she lost her share of his
property after his death by decision
that a marriage, unrecognized and un-
fulfilled as hers with Sharon appeared
to be, though sufficiently valid TO pro-
tect her marital character, was not
such marriage as gave wife dover
rights to her husbands estate.
Judge Terry was the attorney of Miss
Hill, or Mrs. Sharon, or whatever she
was entitled to be called under this pc
culiar decision. When she became a
widow he married her. This fierce,
bad man became the husband of this
ventures and as claimant to the re-
lation of wifehood toward Sharon during
his life, and on his estate after his
death, had brought her to an age tar
beyond that of forty, and it is said that
another year will, round up her half cen
fury. Her personal charms and her
attractions of manner and mind must
have been well preserved to have exer-
cised so powerful an influence over a
bold audacious, desperate man like
Terry, in his advanced years. To the
mental and moral qualities of Jezebel
she must have united the longevity of
grace and beauty of which Ninon de
l. 'Enclos was the possessor.
As described in the dispatches, The
rawlings of this woman over the dead
desperate who loved her as she loved
him were sensational in the extreme.
The Scene was CHASTITY yet ludicrous-
tragic yet grotesque. Pointing to the
wound from which he died, she said:
There's the place where the bullet en-
tered which pierced the grandest, kind
est heart that ever beat in man S bosom.
Oh! sweetheart, why could not die in
stead of youP' Turning to an officer
she exclaimed Il want you to arrest
Judge Field. | want you to arrest him
as an accessory. But want you to
know Judge Terry had the satisfaction
of slapping Fields face. Then fling
ing herself on the corpse she moaned:
They shot HIM down like dog in the
road He wouldn't tell a lie to save his
life. Oh, if | could be IN your place,
my loven'
OF course this woman now is crazy.
She would have shot Judge Field, and
would now, if the opportunity had been
hers or should come. There is one
place for her, and only one-the mad
house. To the condition of lunacy with
murderouS inclinations, her corrupt
heart, her tempestuous temper and her
evil culture have led her at last Chi
cago Journal.