Show KILLED HER BKTRAYKK At Memphis Tennessee a few week ago Miss Emma Norman created a sensation i sation by deliberately shooting and 1 killinc Henry Arnold After the deed was done she was cool and collected said she was glad she had succeeded in her purpose and was prepared to accept and suffer the consequences of her act whatever they might be that if death on the scaffold wee required to expiate I i her crime she would not complain for while life had been dear to her and full 01 hope it was so no longer Arnold under the promise of marriage had seduced Miss Norman and after grati lying his lust had deserted her Her pleadings could not induce him to retain ain and fulfill his promise to make her his wife instead he married another an-other lady and treated the Norman girl with contempt The latter arming iereJfjviUi a pistol sought him at his place of business and coolly avenged herself by shooting down taking his life because he liadruined hers Last week she wa fneil for murder in the fist degree and though Ito effort was made to convict her the jury iras only a few minutes in writing a verdit of not guilty Many ladies attended the trial and they all congratulated her on the acquittal and some personally thanked the member of the jury Some of our exchanges are criticising the jurors saying they should not have permitted sentiment to enter into the case that a murder had been committed commit-ted and as the law demands the life of a murderer it was the duty of the jury to stand by the stitute not taking into account the sex of the irs oner and showing no f smpathy These are queer instructions to give to an American jury to give to triers in a country where the virtue of the women is the boast and pride of the people A jury that would convict a woman under such circumstances as hose related would thanks to the i healthy public sentiment stand in greater danger of pulling hemp at the hands of indignant men and women than would the victim of the verdict at the hands of the public executioner We sometimes hear of the higher I law of a case which goes beyond any legislative enactments if there ar 1 times and circumstances when the higher law applies it is in the case of the fellow who betrays and deserts an I innocent girl Htscrime is deserving I tan fgnommious deathand ther iy a beautiful suggestion tofJfpoetic justice nob i thU 1 r of e K4im vj JiMw6 i Y Oiatoi tt about the affair w ea thetdebanched ° girl metes out tbp punishment to the 1 wretch who destroyed her matters not what the law may command in such a case when the public demands the life or consents to punishment of the poor misused deserted girl who disregards the statutes and slays the base wretch who has done more than kill her it will mark a decadence in the virtue and morals of the people We hope that time will never come |