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night. •:f.r;-XgK ; '-.5, ,? : *Wilmington, O., February 8.—(Special.)—The story of the escapade of Mrs. Russell Pettibone, as detailed in the Commercial Gazette of thismorning, created a sensation here, where the lady was well known hi lormer ydars as Miss Ida Hunt. Her father, a carriage trimmer, moved to Wilmington from Chilli cot he in the year 1882. The family consisted of the father, mother and three daughters, Ella, now Mrs. Phillips, being the eldest; and Ida. then thirteen, years of age, the youngest. The father absented himself from home a great deal, being employed in other towns. At the outset of their residence herb the family was well thought of, and moved in re* spectable society. The girls were remarkably handsome, lively In manner, and stylish in appearance, and did not lack attention from the young bloods of the town. But after awhile there began to be whisperings in regard to the family, and shoulders were shrugged when the name of the mother or either of her three daughters was mentioned. Their reputation gTew tq be such that respectable society dropped them from its visiting lists, and it w'as as much as a man's reputation was wwctfy to be seen etit their house. A w*ell knowA official squandere his fees to so great nu extent upon the family that one of his bondsmen became frightened, nhd withdrew from his bond. After a residence of three years here the family removed to Cincinnati. The girls were married after leaving Wilmington. 1:*Tlie Doctor s»t Homo.Chillicothe, O., February 8.—(Special.)—Dr. A. H. Millman, one of the main parties interested in the Millman-Pettibone episode, chronicled so fully in the Cincinnati papers of this morning, arrived at his hpme here on the late train lastnight. - z llMj- - j|;-!An interview with the JDoctor this afternoon is reported as follows: Dr. Milhnan says that nothing occurred to justify Pettibone in securing a divorce; his wife was accompanied by her sister, and the three were in the room when diswvpied. The Doctor was asked to sign a card, admitting that he had been caught in a com-romising situation, but refused. He says Petti-one never addressed a single word to him.The reputation of the women referred to has been such for a long time that the result reach at Cincinnati yesterday was only to be meat by the obtuseness of the husband.S
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Tue, Feb 09, 1892
Page 4
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