Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-04
A TROPICO ROMANCE.
AN ELOPEMENT ALLEGED FROM
THAT PLACE.
A Sad Case Reported of Unlawful Love.
A Wife and Husband Said to Have
Been Deserted.

The quiet and staid people who reside
in the neighborhood of Tropico are in
full enjoyment of domestic scandal
that will undoubtedly be aired in the
divorce courts before long.
1t is not often that the residents OF
the locality have anything spicy to talk
about and they have made the most of
the opportunity afforded them by the
disappearance of we'll known resident
OF the place shortly after Mrs. Shuler,
wife of the postmaster at Tropico,
left for the north.
The story reached this city yesterday,
and as all the parties implicated are
very we'll known, considerable comment
was caused at the actions Of the pair.
D. Shuler, at present postmaster at
Tropico, came to Los Angeles from
Lima, o., some years ago with wife and
five young cons. He purchased the
Tropico store about two years ago. A.
S. Hollingsworth was near neighbor.
He kept hay, coal and wood yard. and
the families were quite intimate. Mrs.
Sbuler, who is about 40 wears of age, is
quite a handsome woman, and the
neighborhood gossips soon connected
her name with that OF Hollingsworth,
who is a married man. and has daugh-
ter about 10 years Of age and several
sons.
The husband finally heard the stories
which were going about, but turned a
deaf ear to them. He had unbounded
confidence in his wife, and paid not the
slightest attention to the many remarks
and insinuations which came to him
from all sides. A short time ago the
truth was brought to him very forcibly.
A stormy scene followed the discovery
of his wife's faithlessness, and the re-
suit OF the matter was that Mrs. Shuler
left on the next train for San Francisco,
her husband furnishing her money for
the trip. Hollingsworth disappeared
shortly after Mrs. Shuler, and the Cos
sips say he followed her. Mrs. Hol-
lingsworth, it is said, left her husband
two weeks ago on account OF the inti
macy which is said to have existed be.
tween him and Mrs. Shuler.
81 don't know where my husband is"
said Mrs. Hollingsworth yesterday, in
RESPONSE TO a question asked her by a
HERALD reporter. "He was in Tropico
on Monday. This unfortunate affair
occurred during my residence in Los
Angeles"
Tears came to the eyes OF Mrs. Hol-
lingeworth as she q thought OF her
troubles of the past few weeks. The
Hollingsworths have resided in the val
lev for eight years and the family have
been held in high esteem by their
neighbors. The fall from grace OF Hol-
lingsworth will be surprise to the hun
dreds OF his acquaintances. His wife is
a motherly, tender hearted woman who
has the sympathy of the entire commu-
nity. She is now trying to cell out the
business as it is too much of strain on
her and her young cons.
It is supposed that both Mrs. Shuler
and Hollingsworth are now ia San Fran
cisco. though it is not known that they
are together. There was not much
chance to fix up matters after the explo-
sion came, and it is a surprise that the
ready gun was not brought into requisi-
tion. Some assert that Hollingsworth
is in Los Angeles and that he is very
penitent since his intimacy with Mrs.
Shuler was discovered. The Shuler and
HolIingsworth residences are directly
opposite one another, but the erring
uple were 80 much taken up with one
another that they did not exercise the
usual amount of caution.