Cherokee County GaArchives News.....The Woman Died January 27, 1888
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Atlanta Constitution January 27, 1888
Atlanta Constitution, 27 Jan 1888, page 2

THE WOMAN DIED.
And the Villain of a Husband Returned to His Wife.

Canton, Ga.  January 26. - [Special.]-
Some weeks ago the Cherokee Advance con-
tained an article in regard to one Andrew
Harper and Mrs. W. s. Dimsdale leaving Ball
Ground together and palming them-
selves off on the country as man
and wife.  Harper left a wife and 
three children, and Mrs. Dimsdale a husband 
and two children.  Nothing definitely was
heard of the couple until last Friday, when 
Mr. Dimsdale received a letter from Mr. W.
H. Harris, of Culberson, N.C., stating that "a
man by the name of Harper, a low 
chunky fellow, sandy hair and very
freckled, came to his his house three weeks ago
with a woman whom he at first claimed to be
his wife.  The woman was sick with billous
fever and grew worse, when he started for a
doctor but never returned.  The woman was
spare made, with dark hair and eyes.  While
on her deathbed she said she was ruined for-
ever; that she had left her husband and two
little children; that her husband's name was
W. S. Dimsdale and that he lived near Ball
Ground.  She died on the 16th of January
with billous fever.  It is supposed that Har-
per slipped back home and moved his family
away, and is now living with them again.  He 
is a fiend of blackest hue.

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