Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-04-22

quer, give me your watch
Saying which, she made an attempt to
seize the watch guard, but the wounded
man leaned backward, and made an ef-
fort to repulse her.
when you come back said he, Il
will give you my watch, and my money
with it,
Have you money! asked the girl.
Yes
where is it 2
Here
'Show it me-
'Will you promise me that you will
save me afterwardsr
,Yes.'
well, then-look-"
And the confding sailor leaned upon
his knapsack which he had loosened, and
which lay beside him, and his trembling
hand commenced with pain to unbuckle
the straps.
'Stop'-cried the girl
And she levelled blow at his head
with sickle, which split the scull. He
gave one groan--his arms stiffened, and
he fell with his face upon his knapsack
The girl then took his watch, his money,
and his clothes. She washed the blood
from her feet in a neighboring pond, and
then went TO the field to cut bundle of
grass, and returned to the house. On
entering, she threw down upon chest
all that she had taken from the sailor, ad-
ding, Il found the body of Blue, and
here is what he had about him. She
was warmly congratulated upon her
good luck, and there the matter rested.
But on the evening of the same day,
the body of the Blue was found and re-
cognized by the family, and shortly af-
forwards several circumstances betray-
ed the young girl, and the whole was
discovered. The deceased was one of
those young people who recruit their
opinion with their uniform, and change
their cockade to suit the party in power.
Forcibly enrolled for the port Of Brest,
he had set out with his companions, and
had come just in season to be at the fight
in Auray, without the possibility of
choosing sides. This position, fully com.
pretended by the peasantry, as it was
that of many other natives o. the dis
trict. caused the case of the sailor to be
greatly commisserated, and rendered
the more odiious him who had assassina-
ted him. There was beside in the cir.
cumstances of the murder, d baseness OF
villainy whichcreatedthe utmost disgust.
The man had not been'killed for the sake
Of killing, but for the sake Of robbery !;
and that circumstance excited the hor-
ror of the multitude, always so scrupu-
lous in that regard. In such case, the
money stains hands worse than blood,
and hence there was general outcry
against the girl. AS is usually the case
in all generous reactions, in which the
spirit Of party yields for moment TO the
voice Of equity, the Indignation against
the girl was excessive and unlimited
For the want of justice from the proper
tribunals, the people determined to ad-
minister justice themselves; the girl was
discarded from all Christian society, and
every one avoided her society as if she
had the plague. Driven from all regu-
lar employment, no farmer Svishedfor
her services any longer, and no landlord
would lease her even the smallest cabin
She had no other shelter than the porch
of the church. Wherever she passed
along, people hastily Withdrew from hel
path, and at the public fountain, whenev.
er she appeared, the women hastily tool
up their pitchefs and exclaimed, make
room for the murderess.'
j That was the name which had beer
given to the girl. In order to fix tn
seal of public reprobation song ha'
been written, in which the death Of tn
Young sailor was recounted, with all il
frightful circumstances, and whereve
the girl went, she heard repeated tha
song OF vengeance. Hers was no CON
mon punishment, limited TO time an
place-it went beyond all limits--it fo
med part of the public customs. 81
went forth like Cain, with the fatal mar
on her brow, in the midst Of men, WI
: as SO many living pillories. sung to ht
/ crime, while they cursed her. In va
! did she seek ofly her parish--wherev'
a breeze could blow, wherever the vol,
Of shepherd could reach, the awf
D chorus resounded. !.
d One day {and Mary herself told
I She met in a field, far away from Aura
!. 4 sweet little boy, Eve or six years o.