Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1879 — Entrapped. [ARTICLE]

Entrapped.

Terre Haute Express. Perhaps one of the richest jokes thit ever was played off on an erring husband, occurred on Main street, in this oitv, on Wednesday of this week. A lady of more than ordinary intellect and natural shrewdness had, for several weeks, been suspicious that her hus band was not living up to his marriage vow, “to love her and no other.” Her suspicions soon ripened into a deep conviction, and she at once took such steps as she thought proper to entrap him. So while he was down at Evansville on business the wife ascertained the number of his letter box and inquired daily if there were any letters for Mr. . On one occasion, as she called for letters, the polite clerk, under Mr. Filbeck, handed her a letter addressed to her husband. She at once opened it and fouud it to be a letter from a girl living near the central and western part of Illinois, and requesting her husband, Mr. , to meet her at a designated place iu Indianapolis on the 16th of September, 1879. The wife answered the letter, in the name of her husband, aud agreed to meet her as suggested, so accordingly on the 16th the wife boarded the vandalia train for Indianapolis and went directly to the designated spot, and received the girl, and at once informed her that Mr. was not able to be present, and had requested her to come up to inform her of that fact, aud to request her tocome to Terre Haute at once, where she c .;;U see Lim. The unsuspecting girl felt a little flattered, and at once consented to her suggestions, and they at the earliest opportunity, took the train for this city, where they arrived just at night. Oh arriving, the wife at once took the girl to .her room, where she remained over night, sleeping with the afflicted wife. During the night she revealed to her rwm mate all the secrets between her and her erring husband. The wife soon gained her entire confi dence, got the key to her trunk, opened it, and there she found several letters in her husband’s handwriting, stating his “unbounded love for her” (the girl). The wife carefully laid them to one side as she read them. Pretty soon she came to one that revealed the fact that not many months ago he had sent the girl a new silk dress and bonnet. She at once examined the contents of the trunk and found the articles mentioned. After getting everything arranged she went for her husband, who had by this time returned from Evansville. He came up, and was much surprised and much embarrassed to find the girl at his wife’s room. As soon, however, as the blood commenced to recede from his face his wife commenced reading to him the letter she had found in the girl’s trunk. As she commenced to read My Dear , the husband’s face grew pale as death, his lips quivered, his knees almcfet smote together, as he sat in breathless silence anti heard his letters read. After one epistle was finished, another was carefully read through. At the end of the reading he hurriedly left the room, and soon after made an assignment of all his property to his wife,and will probably take his lea ve for parts unknown in a short time. The wife in his presence put the new bonnet on and asked him now she looked in it. He was urable to speak, and said not a word. After the husband had left, the girl de{>arted to one of the hotels of this city, olio wed by the enraged wife, whose very soul thirsted for revenge. After the girl got to her room in the , hotel, the wife attacked heriu a violent manner, beating her over the head until she screamed for help, and was rescued by some inmates of the house.