Show A JttOKVL FKOHLEJI TatE killing of hlipheii L lYtteis of Hrjoklyn a wealthy business jinn by 1n Hanim 1 South wortli Inch Ore toiuo weeks ago in IhestreiU ofthot citMTS IT1 ofhot city was n sensational incident which has served to bring out the sentiments of I many Americannewsnapersrelative to exrtam questions of right wrong and justice which arc iuoivcdiii I that tragedy aud in the conduct and deserts of Mich len as Pettus AIp eouthworth is repretentetlns 1 attractive widow about thirty years of age having qualities and iccnniplithmcnu calculated to injure in-jure the admiration of sId Jnen She was dependent upon her I uun resources for a I lYe 1111000 aud probably found I diflicult to keep < up aj peiruice Her rc > utatluii was iiu ullicd IVtlus was a > cietiimn He had plent of motley and devoted niueh of it to pleasure > and gaiety According to representations that have been undo of him ho wig i libertine having not the ziigiiteet regard for womaut honor but rather K ° O mg in the de tniction of iL He a a married man but las wile finiuaUoii3 all jxruaiions overcame the joung widow Heat He-at olpl he her ruin and then quickly tiring of her cast her adrift She filled witn emotions of hale remorse and bitter relOr Liter rvent neniai hiS treatment of her shot him I death in the street Same of the papers take jams to apply the epithet murderess1o Mr Soullmortli Sothworh in commenting upon or referring lo the tragedy Tiny sj > k of her as they Mould of abandoned miscreant who had taken i human life in cold blood Other japers are hs severe in their treatment of her but she isiei I generailj i > oKeii of l > Jenemi llken hy the press asa as-a criminal of a very bad tyjH Vc have not yet noticed in any eastern paper nnv article in pronounced I denuncIation dlnuncaton of Iettus inc burden of guilt and condemnation condem-nation is cast upon the woman but the moral problem in the case is to apportion to each of the apIrlon teh ofhe principals jiil share Both merit condemna ton but which is i thegreateriiuner I That public sentiment which says the woman is is wrong unsound and immoral Acrlng to the high cot standard of morality which has prevailed in ancient or In modern time Iettus deserved the Cite that I overtook him His crime against the woman was greater than her in killing him He loon her honor 1 idiv his life A woman virtue is 4 4 mom life precious than its destroyers lifeTlie The ame drama Is pLod I very often in American society except that tin principal climax is not generally gen-erally reached abruptly Usually to I Is i female member of membr the Cl who dies in H ii n expiation of tin auu UOJtme I mma t I liens and an uninviting one t criti cise Its leaJlng elements aru r liulsivc and I constitutes an unsavory unsav-ory mass While divine wisdom is requisite to the fixing of the exact fxing ect degree of i guilt attaching t the dramatis p toiica and to the apportioning of a jut punishment t each the judg1 i melt of an intelligent man of sound I L and cultivated morality would never condone the conduct of Pedus while I i r condemning that of Ir South worth Vet this is precise what I our American society and press are I J oou tantly doing t the irreparable damage of the nations moral tone and ethicx |