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MURDER OF A STRUMPET.The notice annexed is from Niles1 Register of the 11th inst. It disposes of a matter about which much has been said-and written and done, in a style that we approve of decidedly. As the tendency of bogs and fens is to breed frogs and snakes— bo is the tendency of this kind of “sickly sentimentalities,” when indulged in, to breed new heroes and heroines “about town’ and country too;A young clerk named R.ohinson? residing in New York, was recently indicted j by the grand jury of that city for the j murder of a uwomnn of the town1’ named j Helen Jewett. The circumstances at*! tending the murder evinced a most delib- j erate determination on the part of the j perpetrator, and, with the sickly senli-j mentalities of the press, created a mor-' bid excitement in the public mind— which greedily swallowed the most absurd and ridiculous stories, in which the strumpet was excused for her immoralities, and though vulgar, ignorant and unable to write, converted into an accomplished and highly gifted female, respectably connected—whilst Robinson was magnified into a cold blooded fiend who delighted in evil-doings. In this state of feeling the trial commenced and occupied the court from Thursday the 2d inst. until Tuesday last, when at about 10 o'clock the jury retired, and in fifteen minutes returned a vecdict of not guilty. The result was received with cheers, and appears to accord with the public sentiment.We have given this much space to the affair, chiefly with the view of saying,! that the testimony delivered on the trial i exhibits a most revolting picture of pub-; lie morals and a toleration of vile and j filthy practices that are highly discred-j xtabie—audio express our regret that! it has been so broadly laid before the public on the questionable ground that it j may prove admonitory to the young and ; experienced. Vice to he haled, according to the adage, needs only to be seen, but the mind’s eye cannot always control appeals to the passions,
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Connersville Watchman
Connersville, Indiana, US
Sat, Jun 25, 1836
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