GA WICKED, WICKED yOMANn
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Not satisfied with robbing her husband of his
better, h0L,' Lilly Holmes has taken awav
300 OF his money, TO squander away on Mr.,
Priehett or PIAchard. 1t appears by the ad1er-
tsement below written by the husband that I,ilIv
is little altteratiEe that is fat fair and fortv'
Bat the story is better told in the words of the
injured spouse, as they appear in the Norfolk
Beacon OF Monday Mr. Holmes after stating
that his wife Lilly-a bad hower-had left his
bed and board" Proeeedsto particulars as fol-
lows: - -


The circumstances attendant upon this clone
ment extraordinary, are of the most painful char
aeter, but painful as they are, duty to myself as
Wen as TO the community demands that thev
should be made public. Up to the hour of her
ciepcment never had suspected her of infidelitv.
nor had reason TO believe her guilty of unv
improper attachment to any one Indeed such
was my confidence in her chastity, that I'D to the
hour OF her eopement with WM Pf;tehard.I
could not have been induced even 10 suspect il
Bdtit seems that L repospd confidence whore i
was no" deserved Called temporarily to nv
iarm, left my family in this city, where had
resided for twelve months past, without the most
distant intImatton of her intention to eioDe. and
Wnen returned home, the first news that saIuted
me-was, Mrs. Holmes and VIM. Pritcbard4
had runaway together. She leaving three small
children behind her, and he leaving wife. This
was truly affticting news-and we'll calculated





to humitidte and distress me. Past fondness and
affection for this debascd woman would have pre-
vented me from making this public expose of her
dld not the circumstances under which she eloned
lmPerionsly demand it of me as a high public
acty. Having formed criminal intimacy with
.nis man rIchard, she embraced the period of nv
temporary absence from home to rife nv house
OF all us furniture and my pockets FALL nv hard
earnings for years. By this means, she coIIectedt
together about S700 which she ldenositadi ;;d !
her guilty and base sedueef; and orgetfiil of fSe
fond yeafnihgs oftlhe mother, and Regardless md
the utter destithtio1 of circumstances in which BE
this act she placed three small chiRdren-Ieff M
house and eioped with said VIM. PritcRards 'Mr3
Holmes Is about 40 years ofage, dark hair ind
Gyss ve,s a5 ana remarkably good looking woman
spare, with thin visags and with pFeS syespi ' E


Mr. HoLMEs asks.EdtOrs to give the above
statement that the person spoken Of NAV bs AMI
PrehenoedIF we should consider ourselves well
him. She is net worth having. no s5S 3n ~
f.i,s 2ai,I 40 ~. @lf,, aOzdf fNerth. State