Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-08-03
His Life Saved by His Wife

O2e OF be most r0mact o;les OF
modern times hsd & sensatioua, euding n
the C, u-t room al Mohs1z town In Hun.
gary Of twelve thousand Inhabitants on the
west arm Of the Danube. johann Komlos
came 10 Mohacz poor boy. he was bright
and fourteen years old. he tcuod iit-
tie difficulty in obtaining situation in
large warehouse. While we'll l;ked his ad-
vspcement. however, Saa slow, owing to
the ssratcaed scale OF wages. Ba!pg o. an
affsc,ionate disposition, he dsclded to stint
himself OF the sctuai nee; s5ariss CT life UntIi
be could prapose marriage 10 Cara kultct,
his faucied affinity. Unfortunately Clara
did not realize his dream. She was rather
prstty and petuiant. He. health, however,
gsve cut sud she became chronic Invalid
and dlscon; entcd woman Fortunately for
Kom o., he attracted the attention Of ore Of
bis !s'her's wealthy neigh bbors. Being ud-
educated be neadec the services OF a general
assistant and made JohaGna s tempiiag Cfe-.
This proved to be the hasis OF his fortune.
After q few years bis patron died aud Johann
was left with modest com potency. homlo5
became en- expert 10 manipulating the grain
market and ended 10 becoming richer
man. Meantime the sisustion az home be-
came woyse. Nsither Ciars's health nor her
temper improved With his improving for
ture. During one of lis Lusiness trips to the
city ne saw stsndDg In chop door pretty
Kunds OrtZy, milines. and felt that she
vas the soman TO make him happy. Kun
da did not prove difficult Diiz, 10 esquire.
Ii was insisted that that the secres marriage
should be again celebrated after the decesss
Of his invalid wife Her sdmirer then 10
stalled her 10 charming cottage on sn
lsend in the Danube, opposite MoaacZ, 30
which be frequently reaorted on the plea of
indu'ging bis fs7orite pes,ime OF fishing.
Clara did not set N to notice her husbands
visit 10 the island at first. After few
months, however, sbe began to suapect and
finally was couvinced that som ething was
wrong. Disgusting heiselfss an old peasant
woman she crossed the Danube, and by
stesiihy Inquiries soon discovered the house
which was visited By gentleman whose de-
scription answered thst of Komlos. She ap-
preached the cottsge az begsar, and subse-
qpentiy bribe6 servant and uscertained
+! her euspicions were too true. Clara return
ed home much wiser. She was Dot woman
| 20 patiently submit thus to be Wronged aud
coolly planned to murder her rival, which
she accomplished enc dark night In April
last With parlor pistol. Having obtsiDed
keys from servants she concealed herself In
boudoir until after Kiunds had retired. AL
though this occurred during tbs sbsepce
of Komlos in Budapest, be was arrested and
tried for the crime, the police working upon
the theory that The decd vas committed dur
ing o lovers quarrel. There was sensation
In Southern Hungary when on last Sa.nr.
day the jury hrough. in a verdict OF guilty,
Komlos being unable to prove an ali5i to
the satisfaction OF his peers. The greatest
excitement prevailed But this was only
ripple TO that produced Thursday. when
Komlos was brought into court to be sen.
tenoed. Amid bres hess silence the prose-
cutor snnouaoed that the wrorged Wife had
relented and confessed. Komlos wes thus
again free man, bus it ls not likely that be
will long remaio upon Hungarisu soi.