Martha Hayball

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Michigan News (http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MI/Livingston/FRE/News/1877.htm)

Friday March 9, 1877
Mrs. Mattie ANDREWS , daughter of the late Samuel HAYBALL , of Adrian, has been taken to Kalamazoo, insane. A gentle, well-bred girl a few years ago, she contracted the acquaintance of Capt. ANDREWS, a good-looking fellow, working as a printer, married him to shield her shame, and was deserted on the death of her father. She inherited $1,000 and a comfortable home. ANDREWS returned, squandered her money, induced her to sell the home and give him the proceeds, and again left her. The betrayed girl followed him to New Orleans. The old story of neglect and desertion was repeated, and a few weeks ago she came back here to subsist on the charity of friends, with two babies. Her health and reason are utterly shattered.