Litchfield enquirer., 1832-09-27

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Cambridge, 9Th Sept. 1889. B.W.
From the Broome County Courier.
Req. f. A. Strake.-The case of this gem
tlemap, sentenced on Saturday last by our
County Court, to five years imprisonment in
the State Prison, for an attempt at rape, has
been the occasion Of some excitement and
we now deem that public justice requires an
outline of the attendant circumstances at our
hands, which, fromregard to those connect
ed with the unhappy man. who are every way
respectable, and whose feelings we would by
no means unnecessarily wound. we shall make
brief as possible. Mr.. Strale has been cler-
gyman of the Presbyterian order; by birth a
Norwegian, IS years of age, we should Judge,
of prepossessing appearance, and high litera-
~ attachments. He has of late conducted
the Female Seminary at Great Bend, Pa. un-
til within few months past. when he remo-
we'd his school to this place, and continued it
at the Binghampton Academy.
The subject Of the outrage was a daughter
Of his wife by former husband. The Grand
Jury found three true bills against him, on
the least Of which he was arraigned and plead
guilty, and threw himself upon the mercy Of
the Court in an eloquent appeal drawn up by
himself. and founded principally upon the pc.
Guliar situation Of bis family. being dependent
upon salary of which he is in the receipt
from. Sweden; and which he unprecedented
would be discontinued were he sentenced to
the State Prison. In proof Of his literary at
tainments, his Counsel submitted the Lords
Prayer beautifully written out by him since
his confinement, 10 eleven different languages,
among which were the Hebrew, the Greek,
the Latin, French, Italian, and German Ian
guages.
But the other bills found, involved charges
Of more serious nature still, one of which
we understand was an attempt of the above
crime, with the design to kill, and the Court
Judged rightly, that neither the literary attain
ments 0fthe gentleman, nor the peculiar stu
alton of his family, should be permitted to in
terfeEe with the due coure of public justice.
Judge Robinson delivered the sentence of the
Court with much feeling, and with such apprO-
pirate remarks, as alike do honor to the head
and heart Of our respected first Judge.
The testimony given of the different attempts
at rape, with history Of the artfu stratagen,s
and threatenings Of the villain, are too horri-
bic for the public eye.
ChstLtc0the, Sept. 5.--HerribLe Suicide.-
About eight o'clock. on Friday night last,
Mr.. James Heath, young man who reside
IN his fathers family, about ten miles from
this place, went to the house Of Mrs. Lucas,
a nsar neighbor. where young lady miss
Hoover) resides, and deliberately shot her with
his rAe. 10 which he had put 1--WE balls. Prov
however, in elevating the piece to
the window through which he fred. its muz-
zle struck the glass, which caused the young
lady Suddenly to remove from the position in
which she was reclining at the moment of
which he took aim, and thus escaped with
her life, though not without having received
both balls, one between the thumb and fore
finger Of the,left hand, and the other through
the same arm above the elbow, which caused
a very painful fracture of the Os humeri. We
learn that she is doing well, and is likely soon
to recover. We cannot avoid mentioning
here. as an extraordinary sample of female
presence Of mind, that Immediately after re-
ceiving the fire of her attempted assassin, the
young lady blew out the candle to escape
second assault upon her life /! No sooner had
Mr.. HI. fired upon Miss Hoover. and as he
supposed killed her, than he fled to his faith
er's barn yard. short distance from the house,
and there reloaded his rifle, deliberately laid
down on his back, placed the nuzzle Of the
piece under his chin, folded the barrel firmly
70 mrs arms, touched the trigger with one of
ms teet' rom which he had taken the precau-
ton to remove the shoe and stocking, and dis
charged the whole loading into his head. So
enectualiy did he perform the horrible deed,
!hat It Is believed he never moved after it, as
ne was found next morning in the same posi-
lion ~ which he must haye lain down. The
only alleged cause Cor the preparation Of this
inn1man crime, is, that the young mao had
pa'd ms addresses TO the young lady, who de-
ci.ned his proposals; and, stung by the NOR
Mncat'"n OF disappointment, he resorted to
Tue dreadful cxpedienr which he did to re-
senSe ms hopeless attachment. We ander-
stano ne sustained through the neighborhocd
lhe character OF an honest, industrious, and
pcaceable citizen.
Serious Agdir.--At Boston, on the 18th
s ,ns.' stout irishn,an, residing in Pages Al
sey, commenced beating his sbetter halG,''
Muen sue made considerable noise, and cried
- sssSe1 A sailor passing by, stepped into
.ne mouse to learn the cause Of the outcry.
cIu Pefce.slog that the lrishman was a bony
Iencw, pat his head out at the window ana
saa'ec LOT assistance on which Pat left beat
w Ils VILE, and ran at the sailor, caught him
~ .ue 'ees. and pitched him head-foremostl
ny ssS.n tne second story window into the cellar.
1ue sailors Iife was despaired of at the last
.S1 ana Justice Simmons had examined
and