Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-10-20
She BIDED FER TIME
A Woman Who Had Waited
Years for Revenge.
SHE WAS A NEGLECTED WIFE.
And She Rudely Interrupted Her Hus-
bands Dream of Bliss
SHE WAS A NEGLECTED WIFE.

Nathaniel Newcombe and His Wife of
Loag Ago-He Did Not Live With Her
Openly, and Soon Left HEREAFTER a
Score of Years He Became Engaged to a
Young Lady, and When the Wife Heard
of 1t She Had Her Say--His Typewriter
Defends Him.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-A strange story
in which Nathaniel L. Newcombe, the
general manager of the New York Ship
ping Company, the Offices of which are
at No. So Broadway, is q prominent fig
ure, came to light yesterday
Mr.. Newcombe is a prosperous bust
ness man, but his early history is an in
teresting and romantic one. 1t seems
that 90 years az o he played with fire,
and is only now being burned
In the quiet little town of Taunton,
Mass, there Is q woman who is respected
by her neigh bors and her children are
allowed to associate with others without
hindrance. She lives in a pretty little
cottage and goes by the name of Mrs.
Nathaniel L. Newcombe; her children
are also Newcombes.
Mrs. Newcombe, it is all eyed, was
married to Newcombe % years ago, but:
on account of pressure, it is said, on the
part of his parents, he never lived with
her openly and proudly as he should
| have done, but visited her two or three
days at time extending over a period
of four or five years. She had four chill
| dren by him, but he left her it is
claimed, and came to New York
Matters went on in an unbroken way
until about three months ago, when the
| woman learned that Newcombe was en-
gagged to be married to Miss Belle Kill
liam, the daughter of q wealthy merchant
| of Yarmouth, N. S., and sent letter of
warning to the young woman, inclosing
at the same time a photograph of the
man she calls her husband.
Mrs. Killian the mother of the girl, is
determined to make an investigation.
! She visited Taunton with her daughter,
and as result the engagement was in
definitely postponed
This story came out yesterday, and
while Mr. Newcombe refused to speak on
the subject, his typewriter acted as his
mouthpiece. She said that both Mr..
| Newcombe and Miss Killian are heart
broken over the affair, and then told the
following story:
'In his early days, when he was a
green country boy, Mr.. Newcombe made
the acquaintance of woman 10 years
older than himself, who fell in love with
him. His parents, with VIII ON he lived in
| Taunton, Mass, hearing of the matter,
brought him to New York, but the wo-
mans brother had some magnetic influ-
ence over him and took him to Provi
dence, R. l., where a ceremony was gone
| through. 1t was not q marriage and
was never contaminated.
"Mr. Newcombe was only eighteen
years of age at that time" continued
the typewriter, "and when he found the
position he was in, left the woman. The
alleged marriage was in 1868.
Since that time he has not lived with
her and she made no claim on him. AL
though she knew he held good position
in Boston and New York, she did not
importune him for money
The typewriter, who expressed herself
as being very sorry for Mr.. Newcombe
talked in a harsh way of the woman and
held that, after % years silence, she
took the present opportunity of blight
ing the hopes of her former youthful
lover.
Miss Killian's parents always objected
to their daughters marriage with New
combe on account of the latter's age.