Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-09-07
Tilted by Miss Mosby.

A dispatcn from Washington Co the Phil
adsiphia Record seys: Romance and crime,
never more deity or seductively blended
than In the Miskiewcz- Miller Mosby cpl
sode Of recent renowD, have been divorced
at last By Miss Mosby, the proud and beau
tlful 6anCse OF James W. ("Shoeoo1") Mill
Ter. So 1t Is probable that the naughty and
mare or Iesa valiant son OF Colonel Mosby,
OF wartime guerilla fame, will not feel called
upon to shoot at any more ex Russian
Connts to shield his fair SISTERS Dames
Miss Mosby has sent back handsome and
eusve young Miiers engagement riug. She
has likewise sent him written request to
call 90 more at the Mosby mansion 10 War
renton, Va See has read and studied and
pondered over "5hoebcx" Miller's published
vndicatiop, only 10 reach the sad concl1eion
that it does not vindicate him. There were
too many missing links In his eighteen
column story for her imagination to sup
ply. There were 81 900 bills 10 too great
profusiou for W hite- handed, tender. paimed
young man without known honorable aVo'
cation to have come into possession or even
il he had been entirely innocent OF the Cat.
Hsh bond robbery, BE his alibl has aimed TO
prove.
Imagination, even though 1t we're warped
by affection for Miller, could not supply
those missing links with any credit to him,
though his innocence of the Catfish robbery
bad been conceded.
Had the man who escaped In shoebo1
from the Riverside penitentiary at Pitts
burg made different line OF defence for
himself be might have won not only
charming Miss Mosby's heart and
hand, but in good measure a!so the for
giveness of world inclined, 1t is true,
TO Judge convicted criminals with caution Had
he said to the woman he loved, as he has to many
volunteer friend, II was robber and one OF
the most skillful who ever cracked safe on the
Western Reserve, but I've seen the folly and
crime OF it, and am seeking reform and the for
giyeness of mankind" he might have won that
love which is the most devoted to men who have
most to conquer. But past as Innocent as the
professed aims OF the present reform was TOO
great claim to bear the scrutiny of sweetheart.
There was too much of Millers vaunted inno-
rence for even the hand of love to crowd into
years filed 30 full of robbery and passions uncon-
trolled.
Hence it is that Miss Mosby has broken "for
| good and all" her engagement to marry Shoe
| box" Miller. 1t was only suspended love affair
| pending his vindication. 1t is now complete
and final rupture, probably never to be healed.
| Whether the blonde young man, once the hero,
now seemlngly the Villain Oh tnls romance, Will
20 on in partnership with the scheming, sand y
whiskered, freckled Russian Count, looking for
new realms Of innocence to conquer, will be OF
little moment henceforth to the Mosbys. Their
path and his diverge any way.
Yet Mitkiewicz, the kaleidoscope count, ar
rested in rochester, thrashed for Iawlessness in
Baltimore, and finally erecting fabric of mimic
Oriental royalty in his own Washington home,
with which TO fish for plain, homely,
yet moro or less rich American suckers, can 90
on, with or without his "Shoebox" partner. There
are worldsen ough yet for both Of them to con-
quer, without parting the proceeds between the
two