Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1868 — A Sad Romance. [ARTICLE]

A Sad Romance.

’.From the X*»hrf!!e Bano'-r, For. 7.] Margaret GaUsy yesterday obtained a divorce from her husband, Michael Gala“y, for harsh and inhuman treatment. The testimony was of a very interesting and even romantic character, showing the most affectionate) devotion on the pfot of the ' wife, and a cold indifference, aggravated by brutal treatment, on the part of the busI baud. It appears that they were married in Ireland ten y*ear« ago. They lived hap- ' pily together lor the punod of six montlis. j when Galasy, wjthout informing Lts trust--1 ing wife of liis intentions, secretly left the Emerald Isle far Ausirali.u Having ob- ' tained a clue as to Lis whereabouts, the wronged woman took passage and followed ; him. Soon after her arrival in Australia, she gave birth to a child, and after having ■pent the last fiwtaing other scanty means. sb« was compelled to hire herself out as a ; aer VAni. Sh« remained tn AnstTwhffweWT■d year*, and at last learned that her husband had come tu America. She again crossed the ocean in the br pe of a reunion. On her arrival at New York she took the first train for this city, w hero ‘ she arrived two yean ago. and found the I truant. They lived together until a short | time ago, the wife exhibiting for hurhns- ; band the most tender regard, and be treat--1 tag her with neglect apd abuM-. About the 25th or 26th of Dcccmbcp 1866, the defendant made an mfiuman assault upon bis wife, caught hold of her hair, and,- after Wrapping it around hisfingers, pulled out a large quantity of it the mark of which vrueity is plainly visible. At another time he thtew her violently to the ground, and would dotrt:ttess hifve~ Ml? ted seriou.s.bsdily harm upon her had l Ke not been prevented from so doing by taa intervention of friends,' "ho tori- her from his merciless hands. Notwithstanding thia cruel treatment, she still expressed her willingness to forgive all, and endeav- i ored to live with him in peace, but the defendant, a few weeks ago, began afresh his cruelties toward bis wife by calling her all manner of foul and indecent names, bosidtw spreading false reports with regard to her character. He also threaten-; ea to turn her out of doors, told her he was tired of her presence, and intended to live with her no longer. After twisting her arm across the side of the door, and thus trying to break the limb, he caught hold; and choked her in the most brutal manner, ! leaving the scars and prints of his fingers ' upon her neck and face. Her screams at last brought assistance, The scoundrel fi-4 sally turned her out of her home and com- ( polled her to seek shelter under the roof of a friend. WelTmay we congratulate this unfortunate woman in having secured a legal release from the brutalities of this unfeeling -wretch, who has made her married life sb miserable.