| Show I 1 0 CAREER OF A SCOUNDREL SO SOMEWHAT over nine years a ago azo 0 o a soldier f from rom douglas by the name of noward howard W cole called upon john manning the trunk manufacturer of second south street inthis in this city and expressed himself as one ested in the cause of temperance a particular line in which mr manning was then figuring quite prominently the genteel app appearance ganance garance and polished Manner manners of this uniformed defender of his bis country and especially his enthusiasm thusia sm on the temperance question soon won not only the confidence of the too confiding john mannin manning 9 but the love of his daughter ellen as well A proposal of marriage soon followed follow e with an assurance f from rom the wooer that the term for which he had bad enlisted was about to expire and that thereafter i some civil pursuit which would afford greater scope for his brilliant talents should be adopted instead of a military career an engagement was the result but before the nuptial day arrived the prospective bridegroom was arrested and tried at fort bop douglas for stealing a diamond pin from one of the officers ile he succeeded however after getting betting out of the scrape in convincing his amm aff lanced affianced and her family that the charge against him was a trumped up one the object being blackmail and am with in his bis inte inteso ity rity fully restored ani alq the cord of sympathy added to that of love to bind him to them they welcomed him to their household where the marriage ceremony were soon afterwards ter wards performed which rendered himself an and miss ellen manning man itan and wife we need not follow the details 0 ot I 1 ill lit his s career during the succeeding seven years bearg we have only space to touch upon the principal points his father inlaw in law seu set him up in business a number bea of times and adva advanced need money to him to the amount of 2000 besides being in at nearly the whole of the expense of supporting himself and wife and child lle ile unengaged enraged engaged in kele keeping ing store in park city but failed an and being ing charged with wit h embezzle embezzlement mentor or fraud of some kind out ont there was beaten almost to death ile he tried the brokers business and for some time had a stand in the the drug store of godbe pitts co but he failed in that after swindling another gentleman wn who had befriended him by advancing him money to the amount of 2500 ile he also dabbled in excursion electric light theatrical and other a agencies enci qs managing ruaha D to get the best of most persons persons with whom he dealt and proving himself to be a consummate scoundrel and then left here and went to new york his wife heard but little of him af afterwards ter wards when he did write ho he represented that he was expect expecting t ino IDO soon to make a raise and return after a ion lon long iong period briod of silence and suspense al she e finally learned that the ray kny Lot lothario harlo hario had turned up in portland oregon and there married another woman soman whereupon the deserted wife in this city applied to the probate court for a divorce and had a warrant sworn out for his arrest on a charge of bigamy the decree of divorce was granted in december last but the warrant never was served upon cole as he could not be found mr air manning alarming was glad giad iad lad to have his daughter dau ahter obtain a hegal regal separation from the ise man whom he had ion lone been convinced was unworthy of ler ner and she with a brave and independent spirit applied herself to dressmaking that she might not be dependent upon ulon her parents ts for su support port while she endeavored to tor forget edthe the min man who had so cruelly wronged iier tier A A few days since a letter was received in this city by county clerk john C cutler from mrs cole no 2 making inquiries as to the alleged marriage aua ana and aud divorce of her husband in this cit yand enclosing a long iong clipping from a paper middletown new york is closing 6 an additional chapter in the career of the gay lay dec declever lerer it seems that he married the wife last mentioned on the of july last she at that time having about in money and a quantity of valuable valuable jewelry the money he squandered and the jewelry he pawned and they went to california and failing to pay his ie hot bills two of his wifel cifes 9 truus trunks of cloth in ing were se seized iced as security they art traveled aled to new nelv york and arid the same game was followed there more of her liek clothing cloth cioth clothing ini being held in pledge for unpaid b bills ils lis they fluell finally drifted to middletown he false ly represented himself as an agent of the united states electric fi lighting biting company and contracted leav heavy bills deceiving his creditors with promises of early payment t until the of january last t ahen when be he abandoned his wife wile leaving her perfectly destitute and overwhelmed with his debts and has not since been heard from af after ter being deserted by her unworthy husband the wife learned for the first timetha time that the he had a previous wife and child in this territory and wrote here to 10 ascertain the truth of it she is as we may easily imagine stricken with sorrow and shame at the sad fate which has befallen her and though totally unused to work having been reared in amu afi ail luence ence received a classical clas cias education aud and been taught accomplishments ments instead of manual labor she ia IS endeavoring endeavor im to obtain work at which to earn an honest ionest living in the meantime the villainous husband is probably making further conquests 1 among confiding maidens in other othen parts we need not dwell upon the moral thatis that is to ta be drawn from this it must be apparent to every reader and we hope the i public in general and the young youn nv omen women of our community in partie partle particular ular will profit by it |
