The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-23
CRUEL DISCRETION.
Beautiful Young Wife Cruelty Deserted by !
Heartless Husband, LeavingsHer Desti-
tute Many Miles from Home.

The people on the West Side are con,
siderably wrought up over the heartleSS
desertion of a beautiful young Southern
girl by her husband a thread of romance
! runs through her story which makes il
doubly interesting and cruel These oc-
! currences happened on last Saturday
| night but out of respect 10 the grief
! stricken wife the matter was suppressed at
| the time. Since, however, encouraged by
! the cOunsels of her newly made friends 1t
seems but justice TO her that the plain, un-
vanished facts in the case should be made
/ known. This course seems 10 be all the
! more eXpedient since she viii remain in
this city for some time and the story viii
gradually become known To everyone in
the distorted shapes sensational matters
assume when passed from mouth to
mouth.
About a year ago a copy of the Climax
matrimonial paper published in Chi
cago. came into the hands of several young
schoolgirls living in Sabougla, Mississippi.
They, in a spirit of fun. without the par
ents consent or knowledge sent their pic
lures and invited correspondence. As a
natural consequence they were all flooded
States and at first it was great fun carry
ing on this cIandestine correspondence
Soon the girl in question found that one of
her correspondents from Colorado was in
earnest and wrote that he was coming on
TO see her. In this predicament she did the
right thing and confded in her parents.
Her father was a well-to-do farmer and
probably was not very we'll posted about
the ways of the world and before he could
mako up his mind what TO do the would
be sutton put in an appearance in the per-
son of James II. Swisher. He was accom-
panied by little boy, nine years of age, to
whom he was perfectly devoted. named
James Dale Swisher a son Of his first wife
from whom he had been divorced. accord
ing TO his sons story, which j probably
true. He was very plausible and fingered
in SabOugla some time, becoming better
acquainted with the family and gradually
himselfin tot their good graces. /
He represented that he was in comfortable
which was borne out by
his general appearance and his correspond [
ence.
His perSiStency IN pressing his suit and I
his honorable proposal Of marriage soon
the romance in such an arrangement was /
well calculated to win the love of young |
girl of eighteen. On the 9th of January |
last she was made the happy wife of |
her romantic choice and received the /
parental blessing. Shortly afterwards he !
was called away on business, and wrote 10 /
her from FL Dorado to join him in Wich- |
tia. He was very kind to her at first, but |
seemed to tire of her and /
threatened to leave her.
On Saturday evening last he insisted /
upon her accompanying him TO the concert |
and although not able to go she acquiesced |
to please him. He put her and his little |
boy in the reserved seats and went off leav-
ng her to get home as best she could. |
Upon her arrival home she found to her /
iismay that he had taken everything out /
If the house that he could carry including .
he best of her clothing. In a few mo-
nents he came in and clutching up the (
BOY started to leave but she chung on TO
lim imploring him not TO desert her leav-
ng her destitute. He dragged her a half /
block to Oak street in this manner trying /
o beat her off when he became desperate
hitting her on the head and stunning her /
arriving the boy with him.
While little sympathy is felt for him, the
ate of that little boy is a matter of deep
concern and much sympathy IS felt for the
Unfortunate wife Her brother is expected
lere in a few days and her father has
Promised to sell his place and move to
Kansas in the fall. If possible she would
Ike to take care of herself until then when
he will find home with her parents In
peaking of her neighbOrs she said they
we're very kind and would not let her
want for anything, but she did not intend
o be a burden to them as soon as she
ould find work. Although young and
in the ways of the world
he has an intrepid spirit and determine
ion to live down her troubles that will
AIRY her successfully through.