Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-21
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A d.. zach .om New York sa,, =:
ed % u al arrnder hypro"c spell,
" $. Heury l2wrcnce a fair Scottish
lass. only ,h.ec weeks D. de: has now
oeen 1ese led bv Re, co,d-hee' cd nus
3.ne, about whose lie ta2gs deep
MISERY.
The brides name was Minnie Jobu-
son. and toe two were married in Glas-
glow NJ unie is bue-eyed, rosy
checked young woman with whom any
man mio ht with reason fail in love, out
her husband is husband ia name only,
Tor, THOUGH welded, she is no wife.
She was a private nurse ia hosDital 10
Glasgow. Henry is the son Of the late
Dr.. Lawrence, formerly one of the best
known physicians in Glasgow, and VS.
ming surgeon to the hospital where
Minnie was employed.
Henry was tie cause of much anxiety
20 his family, and ten years ago, on the
advice of his father, who died six
months ago, be came 20 this county,
and lived in Philadelphia. There was
some secret lhe family tried to conceal
in connection with his life. lie made
frequent visis to bis Scottish home, and
month ago went over 10 visit bis
mother.
On this visit he and Minnie met for
the first time She says he exerted some
magnetic Influence over her, and now
believes that he hypuotized her. Sh"
felt tfat she must obey bis slightest de
lire without having tie faiutesl power
of resistance. Within three sdays ate~
their Gr,t meeting she had PROMISED 20
marry bin.
After the engagement became known
his mo,her sent for her and strongly ad-
vised her not to marry Henry The
chief surgeon in the hospita! also tried
to persuade her to break of the mar
riage, saying Henry WAS not suitable
husband for h r. She wished 10 &C: ac-
cording to This counsel, but felt some
subtle influence steal over her to de-
stroy her will.
The marriage tool; place, and a
strange marriage it was. Henry did
not kiss his bride, and manifested none
of the symptoms ofjoy shown by ordi-
nary men on their wedding day. She
stopped that night ut his mothers
house but her husband did not 60 near
,he bridal chamber. The next day
Henty's cousin sympathized with Miu-
ME, and told her she had made an evil
marriage and would bitterly regret it.
Two days afterward Henry and bis
bride went to Liverpool and started for
this country on the Britannia. They
occupied different sleeping apartments.
bat the husband always treated her with
courtesy aud close attention in their
Intercourse. She still felt secret pow
er over her, but she did not question
any of his acts.
When they arrived last Friday
he cook her to the Atlantic House,
II Greenwich street, and engaged
room for week. That night she felt
tired and retired at 9 o'clock. lie came
into the room an hour later, and she
suggested that it was time to retire. He
said he would later At midnight he
came back, threw himself "n another
bed in the chamber aud went TO sleep.
Saturday he said he would get the
bageage ready for a visit to Syracuse,
and started out. She gave him $2l0 in
English money to be changed into
American. He did not come back, aud
it WAS found that all his baggage and
hers, too, had been taken away. She
says he had plenty of money and had
no occasion 10 take hers.
The whole thing is mystery to her,
aud she does not know why he married
her. She has sister Mrs. Barr, living
at Sterling, Ct, and she intends to 60
to her while waiting for more money
tiom Glasgow. The detectives are still
looking for Henry