Will County IL Archives News.....A Scandal of Large Proportions at Mokena, Ill. August 18, 1877
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The Inter Ocean [Chicago IL] August 18, 1877
Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean

Joliet, Ill., Aug. 17 - The usually quiet village of Mokena, in this county, 
is being shaken somewhat over a scandal which, though dating its origin back 
several years, has but recently come to the surface. It seems that a merchant 
of that place, one of its prominent citizens, a man possessing very agreeable 
traits of character, as well as a very interesting family, has been holding 
improper communication with a young lady, also of that place, for several 
years past. The lady has reached the age of 20, and is said to possess a 
desire for the society of the aforesaid merchant, which has become akin to 
deep-seated love. Recent developments arose from the interest taken by the 
gentleman's wife in the matter, who, anticipating their movements, caught her 
husband doing that which is not becoming a dutiful husband. It is reported the 
wife has succeeded in finding some fifty letters addressed to her husband, 
couched in the most affectionate terms, and written by the guilty young lady.

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