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    1. [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Orange County: Eliza Bowles vs. William A. Bowles-Divorce
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    3. Terre Haute (IN) Weekly Express, March 9, 1870. Our readers will remember the divorce suit of Mrs. Eliza Bowles vs. Col. William A. Bowles -of Sons of Liberty notoriety-tried in the Orange circuit court about one year ago in which Mrs. Bowles was granted a divorce with $25,000 alimony. The lady, however, refused or neglected to pay her attorney, Hon. George V. Howk of this city, his fee for services rendered in the case amounting to $7,000, and this involved her in another suit brought to recover this sum. But it is almost certain that Mrs. Bowles lost her life by the burning of the steamer Emma No. 3 on the Mississippi River last week, and this suit, which was set for trial in the Orange circuit court at Paoli this week, will probably never be tried. Major Leonidas Stout, who is the agent of Mrs. Bowles, left for Paoli this morning to notify the court of the death of Mrs. Bowles and to continue her case until her estate can be administered upon, in the event her reported death should prove true. Capt. Maratta of the Emma No. 3 reports that there was a Mrs. Bowles and her niece on his boat at the time of the disaster and that both took passage at New Orleans for Louisville and both were lost. Mrs. Bowles resides at Louisville but had been to New Orleans on a visit. Her niece resided in Louisiana. -New Albany Ledger

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