Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1888 — A Foolish Spite. [ARTICLE]

A Foolish Spite.

Chicago Timet. One of the queerest instances on Record of the deliberate wrecking of a great fortune is that of Ex-Senator, D. H. Armstrong, who has destroyed his ovjrn property. Armstrong, who has always been a conspicuous figure in Missouri politics, was at the time wheh his wife secured a divorce from him worth something more than $300,000. The Court ordered that alimony should be paid to the lady, and Armstrong threw away his property to resist paying her. The two parties were very bitter against each other, and seemed ready to go to any lengths. Armstrong would not pay his taxes, for instance, and let liis land £et tied up that wav. He fought to the ■ uttermost each payment to his wife, although he had no defence, and thus after some years of fruitless and costly litigation and suicidal management the old gentleman is practically a poor man. He has certainly thrown away more than $275,000 in ten years, and the most curious part of the affair is the fact that he regards his losses with as much complacency as though they were profits. He has had $275,000 worth of revenge,and that is more of that article than most men are able to buy.