Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1875 — A Devoted Wife. [ARTICLE]

A Devoted Wife.

The Cincinnati Commercial gives an account of the recent doings of one W. B. Sargent, of Rochester, N. Y., who was arrested in Cincinnati some days ago. It seems that Sargent, who was a married man, became acquainted with a young lady in Rochester, and at the same time exhibited manifestations of his desperate love for her. As the acquaintance ripened he was a constant caller at her house. Finally an elopement was planned, and the young lady sent her trunk, containing clothing and jewelry, to the house of a friend preparatory to taking “French leave” of the paternal mansion. The day for the elopement arrived, and Sargent obtained an order from the young lady for her trunk. In the meantime he had concluded that it would not be the correct thing to run away and leave his wife, and after getting the order he got the trunk, and with his wife fled to Hamilton, Canada, where he obtained a situation as cashier in a billiard saloon, and tried to forget his Rochester love. After a variety of adventures they reached Cincinnati, where they were arrested. Detective Rogers, of Rochester, started for home with Sargent in charge. When informed that her husband would be taken back to Rochester Mrs. S. declared her intention of going along, and the detective, in the goodness of his heart, decided not lo separate them. When Sargent was taken out of the cell the detective was about to place handcuffs on him, when Mrs. Sargent begged that she be handcuffed with her husband, in order that he might have one of his hands free. Her request was, after some hesitation, complied with, and she marched out of the station to the carriage, apparently very happy in being permitted to accompany her lawless lord.