The state capital., 1892-09-17
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EDITOR STATE CAPITAL

EDITOR STATE CAPITAL
Will you allow me space IN the
columps of your valuable journal
to set myself right before the pub
lie in a true light as a husba ID,
father and man, kno wing the pur-
pose and desire Of the gossipers.
/ wish to set before you and the
public the facts concerning the sep
aration of my wife and myself, the
cause of which is young man who
I have played with and went to
school with.
I have been married gong on
ten years and have four children
as the fruits of that matrimony.
But not for a moment did / ever
suspect that | had an unfaithful and
deceiving wife, who by her acts
Of adultery with J. Walter Oglesby,
has brought shame and misery to
my heart, as we'll as disgrace to my
little children. / never would
have believed a mortal soul had
they informed me Of the criminal
and scandalous intimacy Of my
wife, Clara, and this young man,
who has as victims, hundred in
nocent and virtuous young women
Of this and other places, dangling
to his belt. But | am satisfied, as
they have confessed and owned up
to the wrong and outrage done me.
I never suspected my wife " ac-
cused her of any wrong with a
single individual, but her strange
acts and constant visits to the bed
side Of this william and family de-
stroYer, aroused my suspicion to
such an extent that i cautioned her
unless she abated these frequent
visits, it would arouse talk and
sensation in the nelghborhood that
would be unpleasant to he1 and
myself. She seemed to agree with
me and promised not to make such
frequent calls at the residence of a
young man. That went along
smoothly for a little while, until
after the recovery of Oglesby, who
had been sick all this time. | had
not the slightest idea of any un-
faithfulness or desire on the part of
Mrs. Harry Taylor to be seeking
the company Of this or any other
man. Finally she began to COM
pla of not having the amount of
social enjoyment OF visiting and at
tending entertainments, having for
her excuse that it was unfair to ask
me to be up until II and II o'clock
at night and 60 to work early next
morning, as was customary for me
to do as miner. | was really too
tired, after doing laborious work
all day, to be out three or four nights
in a week at such snjoyments |
next discovered that the household
duties and my four children were
entirely neglected. began to
complain as it would be natural for
60, ,,ssass,afaashe Mas Herself atta'
2 IS vic. W1LlLAN =; CALL.-t treasl
(. Eny md:sh 60 10, anu as a nus
bHd, cautioned he, of the respon-
sibility Of wife to her hom ; and
its Surroundings, but it all seemed
Of no avail. Finally she claimed
that from good authority. | had
been on intimate terms witE another
woman; | established my innocence
and told her that such tales aud ru-
mors were calculated to ruin oul
comfort and happiness. She
seemed to concur with me in this
and I supposed it was all we'll anc
smooth; but alas, on my return
from the mine, l found my wife hae
left and at once proceeded to lool
her up. I visited her sisters h'us'
and there found two Of my children
the other two she had taken witt
her. / then made the best | coult
of the affair, and after month
correspondence, she came bacl
home and brought with her tn
children. After all Of this / wa
ignorant of the criminal intimac..
: Of nv wife and Walter Oglesby
who is the cause Of the breaking u
/. Of my past happiness, with WON
> an whom [ married to cheerisf
! comfort and love.
!. But time will prove all thing
One day there was no work at tn
! shaft and I returned home in th
afternoon. I found my wife abser
and in hurry she had went off an
= left letter which she had write
! to Oglesby, with the following co.
til tents:-
,, DEAR WALrER:-I have been wantii
to write to you for some time, but WI
s afraid to just now for we must be vel
g careful We must not think that
:. are safe and get careless because
have went so long without being foul
out by Harry. / was at Sam Aexa
del IS moonlight picnic the other eve
: ing and had quite talk with Jord;
. s. Murray and I am satisfied that y
have given me away to him and
= would rather any other man won
, know it than him. He told me OF
A. talk he had with Harry and wa
= to see you and learn more Of the ia
] that they had. Murray told me th
y he was the best friend that | had i
y only knew it, but I thought that y
10 being man could keep secret bett
n than I, have never told one pers
and never will.
CLARA.
D. Like any other man who b
1t been wronged and mistreated,
Is started to resort to violence for t
is remedy. but after careful consid'
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