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OnR MORBtTHFOBTUKATI9.—Ml8l»IeBimfly, of this place, a young lady 6 soiiio ’ local notoriety, attoliiiited to take hor own llto Monday afternoon last, about U o'clock, by shooUngr her-Bolf with a pistol. Tliu ball eutorad hor loft bronat near the nipple, ranging upward and cCming out under the shoulder blade. Hor aide was partially paralyzed by the shot; but by careful nursing and the skill of our best phyaielans the woman will probably recover, which at present writing she acorns in a fair way to do. Wo oonld hore eloso our account of what might havo proved a tragedy: but wo believe it a duty to give a few additional facts in the case. The woman has a bad reputation; wo bcUevo her eharaotor is not above suspicion; but her reputation Is probably moro disreputable than her character justifies. •T'o.ur months ago, according to her own statement, she was seduced by one Dot Hunter, a man whoso clinractcr la probably lower In tho scale of morality than the woman’s reputation; this inun Hunter debauched tho woman; and on tho day slie committed tho act of attempted self-destruction, tho twain had a long qunrrclsomc interview. At tills timo she was four mouths pregnant; and, to save horsclC addi-tionui shame, she sought to end her days by lier ovn hand. On tho Fri-ibvy following, Hunter and Miss lJumly were married—tlic former making the only reparation thou that it was possible for him to do. Thoso are the facts as near as wo can obtain them. And for the woman wo ask the mantle of cliarlty—“let him wlio is witliout sin throw tho llrst stone;” end for the man, who dolib-erately debuuchea a woman, and forces her to attempt her own dcs-I ruction to save herself from the life of an outcast, letIhopubllc judgment rest upon him alone to that extent and measure that so heinous an offenee against law’ and Christianity lightfuliy and righteously deserves.
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Eldora Herald
Eldora, Iowa, US
Wed, Dec 24, 1879
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