We are informed that this is not the
first time that Morgan has played the
same game. It is said that several
years ago he induced a young girl residing
in Shelby county to elope with
him to Lexington, where a mock
marriage ceremony was said by his
brother, and after living with the girl
two or three weeks, deserted her. He
has a wife living in Louisville, whom he
leaves to make a livelihood for herself
and several children, and goes back to
live with her whenever it suits his
convenience.
Great injustice'was done Mr. Pickens
Tremere in connecting his namo
with tliis affair, as he only wrote a
statement on a scrap of paper to the
effect that the parties were entitled to
be married according to the laws of
Kentucky, without signing any name
to it, in order to get rid of the men,
who were all drunk. He knew nothing
of them and had never seen some
of them before.
In a county where criminal prosecutions
are but mere forms and bought
juries common' talk, it is not to be
wondered at that such hand-bills as the
following make their appearance:
To tub Citizens ok Frankfort.
A casual raeetinjj of some of the best citizens
of the city, who are deeply interested in
its welfare, and h:ive the protection of life
and property, and especially the virtue of
defenseless women, at heart, has led to n
proposition to organize at once a Vigilance
Committee.
Murders, rapes, seductions, and mock
marriages have become the order of the day.
The city is overrun with cx.convicls and
desperadoes, escaped criminals and vagrant ,
The police and the courts are powerless to
remedy these evils..
