The evening world., 1891-05-09
HERE'S 4 ROMANTIC STORY.
A Woman Marries the Man Who
Killed Her Husband.
He Had Sent Her Money Anony-
mously for Some Years.

A tall handsome, tull-bearded man
about forty years Of age walked around
In the corridors of the Merchants Hotel
one day lately. says tho 81. Paul Pioneer
Re'S, and during the afternoon, In COM
pany with u handsome blonde. twenty
eight or thirty years old, he drove about
the city. He departed at night for Mon
tana on the Northern Pacific line. The
gentleman was wealthy Montana stock
man. and the lady with hun WAS his bride,
who was going to Montana to share his
fortunes Thereby hangs O romance of
more than ordinary interest.
In the year 1867, during terrible storm
on the coast of Maine, an English vessel
was driven against the rocks and the cap
tain was drowned, together with large
number OF passengers. Among those
who were saved were two very pretty
childien, the captains daughters.
One of them was adopted by Samuel
Ward. merchant OF Dover, N. H.. and
was brought up as his own daughter.
The girl had good education and de-
veloped into n beautiful and attractive
young woman. She had many admirers.
but the favored one was George Hark-
moss, tho son of Boston tailor.
Mr.. Ward diSllked the young man. but
love knew no barriers, and one day the
handsome daughter of Samuel Ward
eloped with the Boston man. Ward re-
fused to forgive his adopted daughter.
aud q couple OF years afterwards Hardness
took his handsome young wife TO Jersey
City and placed her in charge of an aunt
while he went on westward.
In the second act OF this drama OF real
lite the scene opens in the latter part OF
August, 1883, in Garfield, Warren County,
o. Garfield Nns q new oil town III the
centre of the Kaleidoscope Cherry Grove
oil field. filed with the scum Of the oil
country.
One morning teamster driving down q
street past Ru unfinished building saw
lying ON the porch Of the building In the
gray morning light what appeared TO bs
The body of murdered man. He called
| TO the prostrate mnn, but receiving nj
answer drove up to the porch and saw
that his suspicious appeared to be correct
and TINT the man who was lying on the
porch was stone dead.
A Coroners . Jury was hastily impan elled
and an inquest showed that the neck OF
the young man was broken. Foul play
was suspected, but there was no evidence
| implicating anv particular person. ant
the Jury returned q verdict of Academia
death. No one knew where the young
man came from: lie had no friends u
claim the body. hut papers found il
MS DOhbtssiOh lututlueu hllh ho NcOIk'
Hardness.
1t was several weeks after this that Mrs
Hardness received from ali anonymou
source letter containing 800. 1h,
! letter stated that the writer had been in
directly responsible for the death of he
husband. and that aB long as he lived sh
should not want Every month afte
that time she received an aponymou
letter containing from $50 TO 800.
Finally about six months ago the write
of the anonymous letters requested an in
terview, which was accorded. The meet
ing was q strange one. but there are onl
two people who can describe it.
The unknown protector proved to be
handsome man about thirty eight, VIII
gave his name rs james Henderson. Il
the widow of George Hardness he eS
planned the mystery of her husband
tragic death. Ne stated that Harknef
was in gambling room on the secon
floor of the building where he had bee
killed, sitting in an open window. Durin
the evening II fight ensued between Her
derson and u stranger and in the mele
Henderson threw the stranger bac
against the WALL knocking Hardness on
of the window. the fall breaking his mech
Henderson said that he was in good Gil
cumstances and that be had tried to atom
for the accidental killing OF Harkness b
keeping his widow from want. The res
of the story can be told in line. MI
james Henderson and Mrs. Harkness wer
,nnrried