Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 5, Number 8, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 August 1874 — Page 4
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io t'j8boU tl
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fill'
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Dry Goods!!
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LOW PRICES:
4.1 EiAJintnax
HOBEBtl, BOOT & GO.
OPERA H»l'8£ CORNER.
Lost.
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BLACK CASHMERE WRAP,
trimmed with beaded lace. Either at cKeen's last Monday night, or on the National Road, coming to the city. The Under will be rewarded by leaving the same at my office. A. a QUACKENBUBH.
For Sale.
Fr
8Aijt-»x acbks
rar
Wanted.
WANTED—LIVE
FOl
FUND~THAT
TKRRE HAUTK,
soi.kit
ED OP Ol'K LUHiE *TO« OF
Black Gros Grain Silks, Black Alpacas, ', Black Brilliantmes, Black Cashmeres, Silk and Wool Pongees, Camels Hair Cloths, Mohairs, eta, etc.
um
miles southeast of Terrs Haute, well suited suited
and, especially place Is a
young orcnara on aooui iw Appie trees, of desirable varieties also Pear and Cherry Atoo, a habitable gsite. Terms
Inderln three
and four years. Ten months free school and regular preaching only mile distant. Inquire at my residence for farther portion lars. J.F.SOULE. W-ww
AND ENERGETIC
men can find employment that will be permanent, and a good salary or commission, by applying at the Howe Sewing Machine offict?.
fXTANTED—ALL TO KNOW THAT THE
that it Is carefully and thoroughly read the homes of its patrons, and that Ills the vctt best advertising medlam in Western Indiana.
For Rent.^jyj
)R rent-a DWELLING .IN GOOD order on north Second street, ris rooms, cellar, cistern and out booses. Apply at the smith west corner of Sixth and Walnut Sts.
AS.
noes.
TX)R rent—brick dwelling house Jr on Fourteenth street, one square north of Main—aeven rooms, cellar and cistern. M. M. JOAB. aoglMt
Found.
WITH ONE STROKEOF
the pen you can reach, with an advertisement in the Saturday Evening Mail, almost every muling family to this Sty, aa well as the ratHents of the towns and country surrounding Terre Haute. TJOUND—THAT THE SATURDAY EVE17 ning Mail is the mart widely circulated inewvpaper In the State outside of Indianapolis.
Estray.
ESTRAYED-A
YOUNG COLT, WHICH
will become an iron gray, strayed from me at aooot 11 o'clock, vestemay momin*. The Under wtirretorn the same to 3AS. G. CORBENTat Old Terre Haute. ...
$10
REWARD—FOR THE RETURN OF a bilght bav marw pony, with long iTlacic s. ni and ••til. white streak on Iwr r-*«p. iu jurn ^f.WATBON,comer of I and Mr Mreeta. She strayed I.^a fluwwber.i ii..„ Friday, August litlu •rwTRAY—OS THE NIGHT OF MAY 17,
tmteXmda* Itnnp?MMrij teen turn*teen aim one-half hands 1 ,, heavy with fbal. A liberal reward 1V- w^l
l«ry will be promptly rewarded, augl-tf
Society Meetings.
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|^*EW COAL YARD.
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now»W»a«e«i t.. ,j. N«r
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SUPERIOR BLOCK COAL,
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THE MAIL
A PaperTor the PeopIk.
P. a WESTFALL, KDIT0R AH© PROPRIETOR.
RRrJOND EDTTTON
TWO EDITIONS
Of this Paper are published. me FIRST EDITION, on Friday Evening, has a large circulation In tbe surrounding towns. Where it to soto by newsboys and
•^^^vrfcnTrrnvIL
TWO NEWKPAPKRUg
mi
the one (Mtn» oftt. ue«-.p.pem Item
to this charge of indecency. Many of
the leading papers, notably those of
New York and New England, have
journals are managed by editors who have something of the true conception of the scope and power of their profession, and of the high standard it should aim to reach. They are not willing to
Aton" it is sufficient. It Is aoeh journalists aa tfeeae that have brought reproach and disgrace upon the vtomkm. Fe6f3e read tbe newspapers because they cant help themselves. They must know what hi going on. There is much t&tt actual and truo in them, they know, aid what is feiae tboy hope to be ahle to detect. But bow common it is for people of more than at«rag* {odgment and intelfigenoeto allow a wide mar^n for newspaper extrav*gan^ «tnd fclsebood. How often does it Mfur thai w* read a detailed statement 4 somebody has told to
some sensational newspaper oorreapondenfs bead, she would better have said. Some of the Chicago papers, notably the Time* and the Tribune, have pretty well illustrated this style of Joarulin daring tie late scandal. Both
W9
work he mo8t
ms&
In which all Advertisements ap ONE CHARGE.
SENSATIONAL JOURNALISM. In the conclusion of his statement Mr. Beecher says that for six weeks the nation baa risen up and sat down upon scandal, and that a great war or a revolution could not have filled the papers more than this domestic, trouble, magnified a thousand fold for sensational effect. No one who has been in a position to glance at many
the newspapers
published in every part of the country will doubt the truth of this statement. Hie press has literally reeked with the vile story, done up in every oonceivable
A1.f U,IIL I|.FL M__A
appeared in 11 tbo ph»«i of new., edi-
ln«, gees into the iu^ IPflnito«w«lii»ort teUw hto th^ Wtenoim Awieveiy other city
reading person in the city, and the tarn I imagination, tbe exercise of his invenersofthU immediate vicinity. Every Week's Issue is, in ftict.
live faculties, the wreaking of hyperbolic expression. Atul "Oath" did some "tall" work.
lUVUUiQU
1
its origin to its close, if indeed the end has yet come, which every lover of decency hopes is the fact. For six weeks past the first thing one's eye would fall upon, on taking up a daily paper, would be the big, black letters which spelled Scandal, or some modification of it. A
circulate through the mall* on account
public morals, than that fiunous edition
of the Woodhull paper
It is fidr to say that all the journals in
the land have not laid themselves liable
4110
around
inSrecited
wlM
fession than
ono°
cmsh
them into prurient prominence. These I ro"»hle character. would be entirely unfit for the position. It requires a combination of deep affection, enduring patience, firmness, and
FALLEN WILL
sion in one of the pulpits, and by one
become a party to the disgrace of jour- the papers of this city. We desire to ex-1P088088
nalism, and the corruption of publio press our hearty approval of what has Iare
morals, for the sake of selling a few hun- been already said, and to pledge the in-1
praise for it, that it is net their wish or I ty of sentiment and action on the part of
intention to let all the fine talk of lifting the pulpit, press and people generally,in
joumaliam to higher plane, of making reference to this subject. The unity of ply
it better and broader and more benefi- sentiment we believe exists. There may *n
cent to tbe people, merely end in fine bo a few-—and these unfortunately are
Moitr
re-
rwi," purporting to be given in his tery fi la, only to hew it poaWyeiy eeelra^ UHl aftsrwards by tbe klentioal pet^-'-n nterviewed," with an emphatic de«i«H utmi Hie purported interview ever to^t plaoe at all, tbe whole story having boen fabricated in the brain of the imagInativ As Anna Didtinson •aid metrtly, wlx denying such a purported interview "But what's the taw* ofd^Hiving it? Ifthlslieis ttMQed anoth
talk and no performance it is apparent women—who declare that they have no women in sympathy with the work and that they mean to conform, as fhr and as patience with this class, who will not I ready to do what they can, untold good ffcst as practicable, to the excellent ca- believe any thing good of any of them,
nons tbey have laid down. who think they are all bad because they
There is another class of journals andl prefer to be so, who will not consider I usefulness opened before the christian journalists, we are sorry to say, who are I any of the ameliorating circumstances womon of this city than that which is quite the antipodes of those mentioned, under which these girls have fallen, and indicated in this article. This subject With them, not the enlightenment of [who consequently have no sympathy I
the people, tbo dissemination of logiti-1 with efforts in their behalf. But tho great
mate news, the sober discossion of pas- mass of men and women of the city do ®xPfnd *n ^ne or riting. ring events, are the ends thfy aim at, feel that the ignorance, the youth, the but to create a "sensation." No matter present and prospective misery of these how baseless the foundation on which I poor creatures, do constitute a strong they build their story, or how exaggera- claim upon them. And the more there ted and untruthful the language in in learned to their misery, and of the which they give It currency, so it but circumstances of their lives, and of their
io\teiita^o'f
gossipping and creates an extra demand I obligation. And the past history of for their paper, thW class of editors feel I efforts in behalf of these persona, is full that they have achieved tho highest feat of enoouragement. Thousands every of journalism. A fevorit© method of year are rescued from lives of shame, getting up newspapers on this plan is to I and restored to purity and happiness. send out correspondents to gatbor up all And what is done elsewhere maybe the stray shreds of idle goairip and irro- done here. And now what is needed sponsible rumor afloat and cunningly A definite plan or object, is the first weave them into a plausible tale. No necessity. Tbe publio sentiment which matter whose aharaoter is injured, nor I already exists needs some particular ob~ if the person maligned be dead, andjjeotor plan of operation upon which to thus debarred from defending himself] center. It exists in a vague and infrom the fltfse accusations, if the paper tfeatcxmtains the story produces a "sen-
definite way, in a feeling that something ought to bo done, that something must be done. This state of publio feeling is promising of great good if It is provided with something definite upon which to frsten otherwise It is useless. So the first necessity to to provide this object.
And it is not difficult to find such an object about which to gather this Interest. The first step to be taken 1* to "provide a place where such as may deal re, or be induced to reform, may go. At present, if any of these hundreds of giri* of our city, gel tired of their life, they know not where to turn for help. All doota are elosed against them. People generally cannot twelve them to their homes. It would hardly do for any fhmily to open its doors to any one who had been leading a life of tin, upon, the mere profewsien of a desire and pur* poet to reform. Those who would do this, would not only be imposed upon, but would expose the members of their ewn fiuuiiies, especially the children, to great danger. Tbeae persons should, and must, eooner or later, be received into femiita), but they must come
Wit of thr iv Out of iti mgh some channel which gives a
i?ERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENIISTG MAIL*
re accustomed to receive each day I that they find very little difficulty in very special dispatches from finding good for the girls whom AUG. 2S, 1874. New York, without much regard for the they are willing to send oat. These l1-..... quantity of truth they contained, while "Homes" are doors to which the peni-
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MthflU MS BUtS- mli.ut.nw* It bu .b,,T.i,,dg,,,,L'°°TSrJJlhrtol^ N"™0'"" Ldle*'
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Tho careful, oonsideratc, and Impartial
couple of years ago, an'^iUon of Mre' I steadily on tho wano. People are too largo, but it pbould be aapleasant and Woodbull's Weekly was forbidden to
bQ8y
in thew tImes to
Uo8»
of its indecency, and she hewelf was ar- foundation in truth. Moro and moro large, and as its wants increase and its rested and thrust into jail for being its
th°y
for
author it is but justice to say that statements of what is going on
thousands of the newspaper* which
them'
not
Niaoniblt assurance Hnt they aro really desirous to reform. And when osming tbroogh such a ehanne! there is no difficulty In Hading good homes for tbem. The matrons of the different "Homos" In the state give tbe asauranoe
Utter sent its notoriously irresponsi- tent may come with tbe assurance that 'ble and extravagant correspondent, I it will readily be opened to them, and George Alfred Townsend, who, besides that tbroogh it they may escape from being utterly unreliable, is mid to be an I tbe terrible life, the bitterness of which anient friend and admirer of Tllton, to they have tasted, and enter once more write up tbe ease. Nothing could have I upon a life of purity, honor, and happl suited "tiatli" better. It was Just such ness. Such a place is a prime necessity
delight* in- There was I in carrying on any work in behalf of
in tbe State of the stee of Terre Haute, and tome smaller ones, have tbeae places of reeort, these "Homes.* Thiji Is no new movement, no untried experiment. We are simply behind other
But more than their exaggerated and unreliable reports, the Chicago papers I places in this respect, are guilty of. They have signally, dur- in order to secure such a place, and to ing this trial, illustrated the brutal have it properly oared for, and to make phase of journalism. Their editorial I it generally efficient, it is necessary that references have been unneoeasarily, in-1 there be women who aro thoroughly inexcusably and inhumanly severe. The I terested in this work to take hold of it. coarseness of the prise-ring and the bull-1 This Is chiefly a work for women. Mi pen has often characterised their wrti-1 can render assistance in various ways, clea. They had Mr. Beecher tried, sen-1 but it is woman's work principally, tenoed and executed before they bad I work which woman can do, and nwn heard but one tide of the story, and cannot. In onJar to establish a "Home** heaped unmeasured epithets of opprobl-1 for this class and carry forward this uni on him. After shocking the moro I work, there must be found a company decent portion of the community for women aa sealous, and self-deny-weeks with such ribaldry, Mr, Beecher's I ing, and efficient, in their efforts detailed statement appeared, and their I in this direction, as are the
thU dlrOCtlODf W® tlJ8 1716111
A!d
wmk'
w,In!n
wh0
A11
ar
tone of some of the leading journals of And such can bo iound bore, the othw.great cities, both East and! The proper persons found, and organ* West, wws ra marked contrast with this j^ with as little machinery as possibly bullying disposition. I tho next step to secure the place. And
It is gratifying to b#*blo to write that all that la necessary in this respect, is A
sensational phase of journalism is jwuso neatly famished. It need not be
facta' simPle»truth*
hot-brained oxtrava-
have filled the mail-bags for tbe gansas, that consume their time only to institution first make clear its title to month with impunity, have been hardly 11)6 contradicted and destroyed by the confidence, and its ability to do good, moro decent, hardly less corrupting to
next
day'8
PaPer-
wrltio«in
nc
There 18 le8S of
the
than there W1W a fow
y®"*
wiU
come-
Tho ranks of
formalism aro be- matron, are all that need providing for
by able and cultured men I in the start.
entertain a higher ideal of the pro-1 The matron is the most difficult to
treated the subject with commendable disposed to make it'still more usefWand her. There are hundreds of women who delicacy and carefulness to avoid unnec- honorable. They will be aided in their would be deeply interested in the reform easary offence. Many of them, to their I efforts by the great mass of intelligent of these girls, and who would be efficient credit be it said, have sought rather to thinking people and tho journals con- workers in such a cause as this, many of soften down and suppress the grosser ducted by such men will gradually whom would perhaps bo willing ts asfeatures of the aflfktr tfryfr to elaborate
prevailed and who are cure. Almost every thing depends upon
out those of a sensational and un- sume the position of matron, who yet
WOMEN—WHO STARTf
The reformation of fellen women has P°wer
recently been made a subject of discus-
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which 18 not not to
0
dredor thousand more copies of their fluence of The Mail most heartily in be-1 themselves to it, not for the gain or paper. These editors have shown, and I half of a cause which has been too long honor of it, but out of deep and pure we give them cheerful and deserved I neglected. There should be entire uni-
a
'hU„^
Tt
especially devoted to them
read colums of homelike as possibl^Tho^ expense of
«*brications that have no starting such an institution need not be
usefulness is demonstrated, Uttle diffl
CuHy
will be experienced in securing
cossary additiional funds. I,et a small
IS™*
with
a80' 611(11one
the demands for itf
newspapers now The rent of a moderate sized house for
year, plain and substantial furni-
be less of it still in the time to ture for the same, and the salary of a
..
confidence and affection
flnd]"
a
sin«le
fj ^dividual. Yet there P80-^
and
women in
love for the
welfar®of
80011 89
0
they can ere
theoountry who are
for this
work'
and
T®
dovoted
los
®isters^
t^e
wiU
d.emand is made, and
mcans are
uso^
to^meet 8xlP"'
b® fonnd. With such a matron
plcasant and comfortable house,
and
with a band of devoted christian
may
b® done. \V aro fully persuaded
tliat ther0 18 no more
ouSbt
promising field of
not to be permitted to grow cold,
a"d
the interest created .in it should not
It is time move
to for deeds. Who will
MO UL TON'S STA TEMKNT. Tho statement of Frank Moultori Is published this morning. It occupies
He claim* to have confessions of adultery from both Mr. Boecher and Mrs. Tllton. Of Beecher he says
On Hunday, January 1,1 went to his house in accotdniiee with the engagement. He took me Into his study and told me again of his great surprise that Klltabeth should have made the confession of his criminal commerce with her to her husband without letting him know anything about it, making his destruction at any moment possible without warning him. He exprcwied his greet grief at this wrong, which he had done as the minister and friend of Theodore, and at his request I took pen and paper and he dictated to me the paper commonly which confidence." and the signature, which latter are In Mr. Beecher's.
This was Intrusted to me In confidence, to be shown only to Tllton, which I did. It had reference to no other fact or act than tbe confession of sexual intercourse with Mm. Tllton. which he at that interview confirmed and denied not. but confessed also at other Interview# In this unfortunate aflhlr, unqualifiedly confuted that he had been guilty of adultery with Mrs. Tllton, and always In a spirit of grief and sorrow at the enormity of the crime he had committed against^Mr. Tllton% fiunlljr. At such times lie would speak with much fueling of the relation he had sustained towards them as pairtor.spiritual adviser and trusted mend. Ill* self-condemnation at the ruin he had wrought under such circumstances was foil and complete, and at times he was bowed down with grief in confluence of the wtoag he had done. lliat he threatened to put an end to his life.
Accompanying and running through Moulton*ji statement is amass of letters, details and memoranda bearing upon Disease. Other and pressing duties thla morning have prevented a full reading and we are unable to form or express an opinion on this new testimony.
Thk New York Sun says in a caustic editorial, that aa to the charges of Tllton, Moulton and Carpenter, "no man would hang a dog »t the wont or oath of these men." 4
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Guilty or not guilty?
Fxwliveshav*beenao tempestowas that of George C. Harding.
Taos Chicago Times pertinently asks "Was there any aged or disreputable party of the other sex to whom Tittou didn't teU it?"
Au- Fo*Lovk a true steryiof Oil librnia life," written expressly for Hie Mail, by Mrs, Alice Mason, the popular story writer, will appear next week. iismiis'i,i'» ,mimis mane
Tan new constitution of Ohio, opposed by the prohibitionists, the small liquor dealers,the Catholics and the Democrats, was defeated by a large nugority on Tuesday.
Bebctxeb published a card in Thursday's Courier-Journal denying that he ever preached a sermon or in any way advised the hanging of Jeff Davis, as has been reported.
Tnror'!lawyers have given notice to BeedicrlT^t tliey hare been retained to eomm-tK-CMiit aunir'st him and the latter's lawyer" h.tv. ^..nounced their read inusswltl* ri'.j'.iwrt for immediate action. Tho nature of tho suit is not stated. A M.
A num. to the death was fought near New Orleans on Wednesday by Dr. Charles Gray and Deputy Sheriff Richard. They fought with revolvers at a distance of fifteen paces. Both fell at tbe third tire and expired in a few minutes. 'I,'..-*,-'"
Flour will extinguish tho flames of burning coal oil, according to somebody in Wisconsin. Now let tbe kitchen girl as she pours tha ooal oil on tha wood to start the fire carry in the other hand a scoop Axil of flour, and she can proceed with safety.
Soues ghastly mathematician makes the gloomy calculation that if each of the quarter of million of people who die annually in the United States be allowed a grave of ordinary proportions the whole number of graves must occupy a space of two hundred acres.
A Nkw Yorkpaper says that city, particularly the wholesale portions, begins to assume an appearance of fall-like activity. Already many merchants from the East, West, and South are in town, and trade opens with pleasant briskness and confidence in the future. If no untoward event occurs prosperous autumn and winter seasons may be anticipated.
The drunkard has a hard lot in Burmah. He is paraded through the streets by the State ministers, who read the crime at tbe street corners, and lash him with thongs. He is' then taken to the high Court and flogged more severely, and then sent home. If he is found guilty a second time, he is treated in the same way, and then banished from the country. _____________
Dcrixg the wondrous funeral procession of the lamented Lincoln from the national capital to his grave in the West, it was noticed that tho process of embalmment had not, apparently, answered its full purpose. It is now stated, however, that upon a recent opening of the tomb at Springfield, tbe illustrious remains were found in a state of perfect preservation.
Thk New York Tribune, which has stood by Mr. Beecher from tho beginning, thinks that in its final judgment the public "will probably regard his course as unwise, bis friendships as unworthy, his heated language in critical moments as unsafe, and his course through the whole miserable business as weak but not wicked."
Eiakwkkre we give the particulars of one of tho saddest and most terrible domestic tragedies we have ever been called upon to record. George C. Harding, the well known journalist, whilo carrying a note from one physician to another, opens it to find that it tells of his daughter's approaching death, from a deadly drug, administered by her own hands, and immediately after, meeting the betrayer of his confidence, and the cause of his child's ruin, shoots him down, as he would a mad dog atlarge. He did right, and it is to bo regretted that ho was not more sure of his aim. There may be a law on tho statute book, but a jury of twelve men can never bo found to punish George Harding for thus avenging his daughter's dishonor.
STRANGE PUNISHMENT Irhe following strange mode of punish ment is given in the Virginia City Chronicle:
A tall, athletic squaw, six feet in height, straight aa a lino, and often walking with long and ftirious strides, may be seen about the streets almost any day. always alone and shunned by other Indians. This apparent squaw is an Indian man, sentenced by his tribe to wear woman's habiliments during the remainder of his natural life. He will not converse upon the subject of his degredatlon with a white man, and the other Indians give different accounts of the mutter. Some say that he was cowardly and showed a woman's heart in battle, and was consigned to death, but as a greater punishment his sentence was altered into the more terrible one of associating with women only, to be pointed at with the finger of scorn aa long as he lives. Certain it is that the mate Indiana shun him on all occasions. He has been seen to speak to Indian boys, and even they repulsed his friendly advances with contempt and almost ferocity. He wanders about like a lost sheep—a Pariah without friends or associate*—bearing upon ids very face and showing in his movements a sense of the dishonor from which only death can release him.
At N1blo*s the other evening, when Catherine Gaunt presented to Father Francis a package of letters with the speech. "Theaa will prove my Itme-
"Grifllth Gaunt" was the Beecber-TUton scai
m:ww^y-
{atter
tten on
X^~:
AN INDIANAP0L18 HOHBOB. ..
top*#, woiu» poisoss mSELF., ite
..
mmrnh
Her Father Short! Her Seducer
I#
it
From tfiilsdlanapolia Be&Unel. Like tbe lightning bolt from a clear sky fell the news of a domestic tragedy yesterday that startled tbe community and sent both a thrill of horror ana gloom into every heart, A little alter 1:30 o'clock the report that George C. Harding, the well-known editor or the Herald, had shot Mr. Sol. Moritx, was circulated, and apread like wlld-firo through tbe oity. Groope of excited men stood at every street cora jr, gathered at tho newspaper ofBoee, ana discussed the all-absorbing topic. Ru-r mor, at first, ran wild, and every feature of it exaggerated, aa additional reports oame in. Reporters flew on tbei winm of tbe wind, as it were, and: finally learned tbe following atate of facts at aboat 1:30 o'click Mr. Moritz and Mr. Harding met at the junction ofNew Jersey and Vermont streets with Massachusetts avenue. Mr. Morits's first exclamation was, "George, what are you doing here Mr. Harding msdo no answer, but pulling out a
tistol, began firing at Mr. Moritx. The ran up Vermont street crying out "don't shoot, don't shoot." Mr. Harding continued firing, two shots taking effect in the body of Mr. Morits. tbe third missing. At tbe fourth pull of the trigger tho cartridge did not explode. By this time Moritz bad reached the alley running back of Robert's Park church, on Vermont street, tbe blood meanwhile running from his mouth and nose. At this point he was met by Dr. Runnels, who nailed an expreas wagon going by, and with tbe assistance of the driver placed the wounded man therein and drove to the latter's house, at 166 East North street. He was taken In and placed In tbe front room of tbe second story. The family physician. Dr. Parvin, was sent for, but he not being able to oome, Dr. 1. C. Walker was summoned. An examination of tbe pistol wounds waa msde, it being founa that one had entered under the left shoulder and then through the base of tbe lung, finally lodging on the outside of tbe sternum or breast bone, so that its appearance was plainly indicated by a small swelling. A very slight probing would have suffloed to nave taken out the ball, but in tbe wounded man's wesk condition this was deemed unnecessary. The second ball entered tbe left arm just below the elbow,
CUT THROUGH THE FLESH,
hit the bone and dropped out. leaving only a trace of its course. After the wounds had been dressed, Moritz felt more comfortable, and though weak, was comparatively easy. He waa bleeding internally, and considerable anxiety waa felt lest this should continue and prove fetal. At a later hour
firm.
Par-
vin and Athon were called in and held a consultation. By 5 o'clock Moritz was considerably easier, and his physicians gave the opinion that the wound would not prove fatal unless inflammation set in. During the afternoon hosts of people called at the house, but very, few were admitted, as it waa deemed neoessary to keep the patient quiet. People stood outside and talked in whispers, carriages stopped in the street and inquiries were made on all sides as to the probable termination of tbe affair. Down town the theme was discussed. Crowds stood st Mr. Wright'B store, many even up to a late hour supposing that the terrible tragedy bad been enacted within. Go where you would, rumors and counter rumors were afloat. Neither were the publio silent regarding their expressions of sympathy. At first they were bewildered at the event. ''Why was it?" "What does the attack mean?" etc. But this was explained when it waa stated that Mr. Moritz was accused of seducing Miss Flora Harding, the daughter of George Harding), who had attempted suicide, and was at the point of death. This was the key to the whole matter, and served to renew the blaze of excitement, which now burned all the fiercer. On every side was beard tbe loudest expressions of condemnation of the action of Moritz, and sympathetic ones for the father who had thus sought to avenge.
HIS DAUGHTER'S RUIN.
But amidst all this excitement the news of the scene at the bouse of mourning saddened tbe community, and every one felt the utmost sympathy with the afflicted household.
THE FACTS
of tbe case, it seems, have been coming to the surface for a day or two, and in truth the suspicion originally reached the bereaved father some months ago. However, night before last Mr. Halving on coming homo about 0 o'clock was called by his daughter to oome up stairs to her room, where she made a full statement to him of all her troubles. She told him bow everything seemed to justify bim in his course, yesterday. He talked to her in a kind, fatherly way, and did all he could to reessure her of bis love, and after getting her into a cheerful state of mind, she said she had taken opium about noon that it was not enough to cause any alarm, and that she .• did not do it with any deadly intentions, but rather to quiet her nerves. Her father saw that what she said waa true, so far as tbe effects waa concerned, as she was under no perceptible influence of tbe drug. After again re-assuring her that he bad erased all harsh feelings against her. and went to bed feeling at least satisfied that a reconciliation bad been affected between bim and bis pride. It may here be stated that for some time pas£ there had been an estrangement between the two, owing to the father's suspicions that she was not so conducting herself as to gain his love. He had spoken to her several times before abont her affairs, but she skillfully evaded all questions thst would lead to anything definite. He awoke yesterday morning feeling like a man crushed, not disheartened, as he had her full confession and promise to lead a different life. Shortly before 7 o'clock be went up to her room and knocked at tbe door, and on receiving no answer knocked again and called to her to awaken. On get-t ting no response to his repeated knocks -j dark suspicion began working In hl%,v«. brain, and he broke into her room^^v'. where he found her lying in her l»d ln^f a comatose state. In a moment it nash-j ed on bim that she bad taken more o%. the •w'twdbatk deauko DRua.
He tried to arouse her, but in vain,,*^*! and then rushing down stairs, he told'- -m1 tbe family of her condition, at the"? same time dispatching his son, a you ngfs lad, to Dr. Fletcher's bouse, a short'.-is pi' distance north on Pennsylvania street. 4* *.1« The be* bad been gone but a moment, when the father tbougbt he should be'i^x# back, and be ran to the residence of
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