Show Ann A REEKING BEING RECORD last lut years record of crime crime surpassed that of previous annual periods considerably but 1884 bids fair to out herod herod wit with ita its chapter of crimes of all shades and kinds from frota tho the most hideous atrocities down through tho the varied scale of vice to those misdeeds which cover the kernel of guilt with tho the shell of harmless or even fascinating appearance as pope in liia his essay asay on man tian puts it in such terse language 0 vice Is a monster of so fri frightful hatful in mien ten As to bo be hated needs but to be seen yet seen too oft familiar with her face we first endure then pity then embrace scarcely a seventh part of the year has passed and already tho the record of rascality is such as might well appall the friends of the human kind at the enormity of the depravity which seems to rush over society in the tile palaces of the mighty and in the huts of the humble in the density of metropolitan populations and the solitude of prairie and forest as an irresistible flood tide engulfing property virtue honor bonor life lire tho the telegraphic columns fairly reek with tales of blood stories of inhumanity reports of cruelty narratives of rape and raping rapin le domestic infelicity official offie 1 ial peculation business ne s fraud and all through 1 tho the devils own catalogue and yet what reaches the newspaper readers reads is only a portion both in quantity and quality of what reaches the newspaper writer tere and again published in the public of the amount of iniquity actually exi existing exiting ting how many lives are de strayed without publicity how many victims full to lust without avengers av engers n how much esca escapes all eyes save that of the eternal judge is known only to hit him u but it is fair to assume that tha t as not more than one crime often of ten that become kno known irn is atoned fo for r through the tile intercession of human law likewise not over one of ten ted committed ever ICILY here below altho although I 1 I 1 an tin inevitable table day of judgment awaits them here after ir fora a change we lave hare taken the trouble of gleaning a few of the most startling cases of wickedness in various parts of thia this country only aa as reported in metropolitan i tan pa pers of the last week weel however chocking shocking the details as condensed codden sed by us ui their atrocity is fa far surpassed by theon the reality lity and they give only a fulst conception of the reeking 0 record tho the town of corning ohio lias 1113 lately been in a ferment of fanatical fury over a row between tho the catholic priest OBo yIan ylan and a diss dissenter senter his parish one AJ A J mcdevitt McD ovitt who caused the former to be arrested e a for permitting the use of a wheel of fortune in a fair then in progress for ifor the benefit of the church father F OBo yIan ylan gave bond for his appearance at court and in church on the second denounced mcdevitt as a villain and a murderer stirring J hiis ais faithful flock to threats hofve of vengeance n these were put into exe cutton cution the same night when a party of eight men went to store marched him out into the blinding snow and then at the point of a it revolver forced him to pull off all his clothes which they lore tore to shreds and scattered to the winds after which they compelled him biked naked to kneel down in the enow snow and swear by tho the virgin mary the holy mother of god that hed never set foot or face in Corning again they abandoned bim to the mercy of the tile raging elements through the wrath of which he ile however subsequently escaped aa As the last narrative gives an instance ortho unchained fury of religious fanaticism the sanguinary intensity of race hatred found a fatal termination in san francisco the other day when henry pat a german cabinet maker shot charles percival a french saloon keeper dead the two had bad engaged over a glass of wine in a discussion over tho the relative merits of their respect live tive nation nations and aud their leader leaders which coon won degenerated in an angry rel gaul gal opar opprobrious ets applied app liea to the emperor ertrand and to bismarck bis which resented b by y sending a bullet into Perci percivall vals head the latter biccum s caum bing jl ng to his wound ill in ft a lew few hours news ofa of a bloodcurdling blood curdling tragedy conies canies from a email hamlet ct near seneca S ca where jahn barnes a large framed colored roan mail 1 ft who ho made the members work like slave had been becu ill libia the seven year yea ro orphaned boy of a sister in a most cold blooded cruel manner reached ita itz climax on the lait last of february the tile little littie fellow fullow had bad been forced fur months to work hard in the cotton field all day from 3 a ni till 10 p ra in consequence of which the poor lad dually finally don down and was ins unable to get up on the morning named when the brute taking the shivering chahi dout out osbed of bed stripped pe d him naked stood him up 1 a post to which be he bou bound ild him by the knees waist and neck leaving only his arms free eo so that be he could hardly squirm under the repeated welts which were laid upon 1 used hickory switches cutting the skin skill at almost every blow after ho lie had struck about twenty blows he lie fiercely demanded to know whether the boy woud get up early hereafter th tb boy only dropped hig his head in exhaustion which the f fiend lend understood understood to be a negative reply whereupon he lie began laying on alk blows in all ill until the wretched boys dead body was a perfect mass of blood and mangled flesh A mob of negroes set out ill pursuit of the fiend to lynch him but a crowd of whites overtook the villain and placed him in jail to await the penalty of the law f S similar terrible storie sif if ichu man cri cruelty felty we 0 o find in a kew new london conn dispatch dis patell to the tile wit which fur furnishes a ii sad ad commentary of the life of new england the godlike refined cultured new england the dispatch says aas that general agent thrall of the humane society has found a cami ly at east E ast lynne consisting of five htiu liliu all of to tosi cation the children ranged in age from 7 to 13 and ono one was in the last stages of delirium in the same neighborhood the agent nt found folind a 13 year old boy forced to do 10 a mans work by his gray haired and find cruel f father who cruelly beat the child for trivial of abild and would not permit liim him to tb go t school about a week ago as a punishment for some slight neglect the old limn inan hand handcut cud tho tile boy tu to a cowthorn cow cows horn shorn after which he drove his child nud and the cow to an open hillside hilli hilb ide side aall left them all day in a cutting M gale 0 o bersuch things occur in utah and look out for a cyclone of keoua indignation ari arising dug from front the neighborhood of massachusetts buy bay against the accursed 1 I mormon system altia that very region of I 1 15 charity I 1 ty calas alas for its rarity and philosophical wisdom from front chieh a late dispatch in in our columns re ported tha the elopement of a yo young u 9 lady mem member berof of a sabbath school sch 0 lol class with L K travia travis superintendent of tha the baptist ba aist sabbath school she is a vivacious brunette of 18 of excellent family has been carefully educated and has aldaya taken a deep interest in m religious matters travis is a handsome mas aff of 42 and dud has been superintendent of the sabbath school for some years past ho ia h a skillful lawyer well known throughout worcester county and ha has held hold many important town tolva offices ho he has a pretty wife and one child he sent his f family amily out of town to visit a relative then ha he quietly disposed of his law practice library etc valued at for 1000 and left town report says he be also took 1000 trust funds his wife returned homo homp to he had bad fled taking all al 1 ili liis clothing and valuables with him how does tho the conduct of thia pious teacher of sunday school morality compare with the action of tuo the proprietress of a bouse house of ill famo fame in chicago who wh last week when one of her female inmates brought a sixteen year sold daughter of respectable family to the house to induce her to join the career of shame called for d i police mau man had tho the rui misguided guided girl restored to her distracted parents and the tile would be procuress pro curcis delivered to the police wo we had prepared as many more mere cases ad as the ones enes cited varied in kind but equal in degree of criminality but thia this reeking record has already assumed proportions beyond the usual editorial limits we will close the td ad array of sickening deeds with a deplorable and strange indeed unique suicide reported from the philadelphia suburb of bridesburg bridenburg Brid esburg where on tile fth amelia maag 22 years of age committed suicide by cutting her throat in the kitchen of her mothers house A few daya dats before a for tune teller told her she was to have a long and unhappy existence nith with a man mail she did hut hot like since which time she site has been melancholy she was an extremely pretty girl of irreproachable and was u usually merry and sociable batill eat in the editors chair aud bru shand acio were th thrle thre re full exchanges around him lay layt and ho lie threw throw himself back with a satisfied air well have luta luts of original news today to day tho editor sat and ho he scratched bia his head theroa nothing in it at last he said let write editorials those who can when I 1 do I 1 know not often read Iles besides ldes im not that sort of a man my subscribers are easily pleased enough and will swallow ad lib all sorts of stuff personal itie sold ne wa and mormon morn abuse cheek and the old fashioned game they call bluff why cast pearls ac EC I 1 aint such a goose dont know banking you bet ships agriculture mining ive not told you yet it would fill many volumes and plenty to spare I 1 dont meddle in politics dont you forget local mud and water aro are my special care if people want something new rather lato late I 1 cut out a clipping and alter the date cold hash recha tife is an excellent dish It answers tile purpose quite well ia is first rato rate and as to my name you may guess if you wish |