The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-27
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TRAGEDY OF a SENATOR
''s'oFy OIL Ex-senator Jones Ma

ChnrIcs w my I me remains of SX-Scnut or
1lE or so ago, will have been lnId nw, y,
To inc pa little cemetery at his old home
must have come as n RELIEF to his brai,
spirit; little over a decade ago he Wa q
~ mn, ,,'oi or ms people, from Tloa mton to
! HnWEcr IN the Palmetto State His prnc
~ MIS- enormous. and he lived the life
Irs'rn t''LPE student and thinker until the
i rom that moment his entire life becn me
tatio,IsE G one; From the quiet. unosicn-
Ne dude OF Pennsylvania avenue in
", wv ,'IIm!MS on. once in the Senate he quit
deb lie M o. ;ok Ks lie never entered into the
ruSn'i! inc case that he abScntcd himself
il irn me chamber for days. From the
inc habits of II sybnr,tc. -
ME In Washington he lived ut the
lars viii iion t,;Ior lie spent hundreds OF dol
MOST expensive kind and of peculiar mi
tSrn ne affected the style of tho Old
wn ns , Ti dr%Ss that picture books tell us
| me days OF Calhoun ANA Inncay II T..
si n We're we Of broa,lcloth, his vest OF
wore hiGh-hoelod boots q SLOUGH i "A rn1
| muSiy plated shirt bosoms lie va; n
tl' En-, sprrci,acle of physical manhood /
.ihSW o. nut two men who We're before
~ iuhiic in Jones day that approa chn1
nm nm IN physical size. These were senator
E,Ioky. OF Texas, now dead. ana justice
Harlan. OF Kentucky. / once saw f,cTn
ma Jones Tx down the aislcs Of :Mr
s,smt,G, ,Shamber arm-l"cked. They in
IN the gallery. When dchati ting Il s,Ihirri
LohrS voice was cutie loud. but II was
lmilS musical Ills gestures were those OF
an orator and his manners We're those Of n
Esntieman But In time III, became fnn.
H. i,' Gon ;,nm SeGIrmric' and nc had been
dialkcd ''oi o"EHiE
In In The cHrly par. Of 1861 there arrived AT
III itlSSS House IL Miss rilnl, of Dctrojt
accompanied by her mother ana MIN
Shr went Ia the National Capital to rnr
lirih;ttc in the social festivities OF Tie sen,
son son. She was unknown In washington
HhS WAS II woman Of pronounced LrGufv
II mas been said OF her tina, She was ono
AZ ., ILL.," m'Sl accomplished women IN
.hEh,San-s 1jcr carriage was graceful
anu hci eyes We're OF the dreamy k!nI
maj MAKE men rave and lose sleep She
49, No, 'oni' IN meeting the Florida seno-
T; WI" WHO ~ ono" became II slave mt her
ir"'; lie paid her his Undivided attention
~" housht her "N,raVagant presents, and
( one OF the expensive Washington iInrIs, :
was engaged hy The Senator to sunny
/ hcr room with fresh t'awcra mornin,; ana
evening. so warmly Gid he nros~riItn ~ IL
| !nNr case that Miss ialm had To Iiv from
~" city she returned 10 her hon,r
/ th!nk'nE that she would get rid of her
;l!ueht Su,tof. Tor whom she cared no:h-
tones went upon the theory that "rajr.
, mart ne or won fair lady" He bought a
NHinly appealing from day to dav TO he
allowed To see ;hc idol of his hnnS, pnI
! az last as he DISPATCHED notes 10 the home
OF the young lady they were as uusclyi,.
/ returned. Jones iilally sought the father
o. me woman: who vrrd him from h:s
nr%JImce Win The yel6tity Of a constable
walked The street in front OF Mss Palms
rSS,hGnGc for hours every night. lie
watched III" shadows OF the cycrin,.
lights falling on the lawn and imc:-incI
thht his sweetheart was near them IIr
wrote nocirN IN the shadow Of the stars
whore they We're swept away 10y cruel
servants the following morning. He sam.
SnhSS under licr window until stopped hy
The police, sun the young woman remain
ed untouched. She never left tho hrlIen
for fear OF meeting the loves ok Senator.
A.nd so the DAYS went on, ana finally Miss
!'uim ana her parents went to New York
solely for the purpose OF cVnding .Icncs,
II, he hous" was closed ana Tho Fights ~
heart crnw more furious.
senator Thomas ". Palmer was sent 10
hmtr"it to nrtc Jones 10 return to Mash
his Friends from Florida appealed In HIM
20 rctnrn X dolcraton OF gcnt!orirn
rom raiinhnsSre vert 10 Michigan TO in
iTonda, borrowed money OF them, ard
th"n told them To go home. lie wc::! III
lay IN the North, and hc did. Finally
his term IN the SENATE expired. ana lien
ms income c"aard He had spent I'll the
cash ,noney he had deposited IN a pcn@a-
proudly boarlad.a train with his comm =
sion rs Il Senator bound for Washington
Ills bills Mt his hotel grew INFO large pro-
poftiCns ara We're not iiquidatcd. lie was
ns i Tor MS room lie then went TO IA
Nr!fat" boarding hui:sr. Finally he was
,dtutiGed insane and was booked for the
Siitg asylum. He had lost all OF hia Flor
Ida friends. But before he could be re-
moved Senator Palmer and Con. AiGcr
hHd nm committed, to II private santa
rum, they bearing Tho expense lie re-
iain"d there M to the time OF his d,uth
.loncs was bachelor, ana il is said that
Miss Palm was the only woman who had
ever touched his heart. While he was in
Detroit and before being declared Insane
Miss l'alin was couricd 10y one Of tho
most prominent Physicians In Michigan.
ne doctor WAS 4 married man. but "
got T. divorce and wcddcd the hcnni!rui
woman HIS divorced wife. am told ~
now SrmC whore In the I.ar: unroniintd in
any ns.'i'n. but Is IN a dame ird cundi-
I ~. MhNtkLr ihN hrc,n and his :ncnnl