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Show A BROKEN HEART. ANOTHER CHAPTER IN A ROMANCE OF LOVE AND DEATH. The Rensatlonal Arr.st of Dick Edwards Takes Another Dark mad Path.tlo Turn The Broken ll.art.d Hire Falls a Victim to Ills Own Melancholia. From the door knob of a modest but cosy little dwelling down at No. 403 South Second Kast there is lloating two Inky shreds (if crepe the sombre signature sig-nature of death that came untimely. Within lies the pulseless body of William Will-iam Kuo.x, carpenter. He died of a broken heart. Thin is the verdict of those who have watched his fane grow pale and haggard, bis steps falter, and his body tremble and totter. It is another an-other chapter ill a sensation and a scandal that was unfolded on Saturday last when Richard Kdwards was arrested ar-rested on a charge of fornication. That was the beginning of another chapter. A year ago Mr. Mary Edwards, nee Mary Knox, was the sunshine of the household that is now lilled with densest den-sest darkness. Waywatd, beyond control, she sought the world of wider realities and was soon walking in the shades of calumny. Her parents were almost driven insane by he.r conduct. con-duct. They pleaded with her but she refuseil to retrace her steps. She clung to tho ruins and a few days ago was married to the man who is now in the meshes of the law while the broken hearted sire lies In a wooden shell. It is an awful romance that be-an be-an in tiie golden sunshine of a happy home and ends in death. Deceased wns highly respected by those who knew him. He leaves a wife, the mother of Mary, whose heart is well nigh brokeu. 'Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been announced. an-nounced. The examination of their son-in-law who wrested the daughter from the awful abyss into which she had wandered wan-dered will take place ou Wednesday before be-fore Captain Greenman. |