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- State, Columbia, South Carolina, Saturday, April 17, 1897
Deserted His Wife
Eloped With His Niece ? His Wife Penniless
Special to The State
Williamston, April 16 ? A case that has excited the indignation as well as the sympathy of our town was brought to notice a few days ago when it was ascertained that Mrs. R.A. Bass and her four little helpless children, the youngest an infant of six months, had been deserted by the husband and father, who had eloped with his own niece and gone to parts unknown. Bass moved to Williamston with his family about four months ago ? from no one know where ? claiming to be a veterinarian, but proved to be a failure along that line. He then purchased a graphophone, mortgage his wife?s household goods for the payment of it, boarded the train with a girl named Emma Lyerly (his own sister?s daughter) of Statesville, N.C., and left his wife and children without a single penny or anything on which to subsist. When the facts of the case were made known Mrs. Bass and the little children were actually found to be suffering for the necessaries of life. Our town council has taken the case in hand and provided relief. It is said that he is now somewhere in this State and can be easily identified from the outfit above described. The girl with whom he eloped is about 19 years of age. The poor deserted wife is heartbroken.
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