Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-12-09

FIRE-CRIME AND ITS REWARD.
The grocery of ]. Clinton, in the first
story OF the Odd Fellows Hall, in this borough,
was discovered to be on fire, on Thursday night
last. about II O'Clock, midnight. Three Young
men were passing. and incidentally lifted the
latch of the front door-tound il unfas tened. and
the building on fire. The door closed. and
the alarm given. In a short time our citizens
were aroused, the engines upon the ground, and
, the fire extingushed without any cousid-
cradle damage. The damage done did not exceed
500. Had the fire progressed a few moments
longer without discovery, the whole building and
its valuable contents, worth but little short of $40
900, would have been in the most imminent dan
ger.
Next morning this subject, of course, was the
towns talk livery one visited the scene OF the
fire; and examined the damaged boxes Of teas.
coiees, sugars, &c. The trap door that commu-
n,cates with the cellar door had been forced open
-whence. no doutt, the incendidry had entered.
What most wonderful was. that the flour
gone; what could have become Of the seven bar
res of Hour! The story Of Mr.. Clinton looked
SO improbable, that many began to suspect that he
himself had been guilty of the arson, and that the
money had not been stolen. Ii was said that he
had borrowed money of one two neighbors the
day before-that he had recently got his goods in
sured at two insurance offices to four times their
value. Heaven seems to have set its mark on
the guilty action; and every effort to blind the
public, seemed to open new light to their eyes
The money was advertised, the handful was
headed $500 OO-but the notes described amount
cd to upwards of $500! The house of a respec-
table indi, dual searched also, for the goods
but IN vain; the mystery not unraveilcd.
The day passed over--thc store put to rights
the damage estimated by committee of the
Insurance compan;-and Mr.. Clinton prepared to
go to the city next day for fresh goods.
) On the ensuing night, at II O'Clock, MIR. I'M
pertinent Curiosity, constable CALLAHAN, took II
into hea To te he of
Clinton. 1t was daring proposal, and rejecting
in the highest degree upon the dignity Of Mr. L.
1t was done howevcr-and the stolen goods found
in the trunk-aH buttie -four. The money was
carefully wrapped up in a handkerchief, and
the books and papers supposed to be burned were
= there.
Clinton arrested and taken to Jail where
: he now ls--awa.tng his trial for one OF the most
$ daboiical acts of which be guilty. lie
: is Young man, With every faculty to have made
himself useful citizen. and an ornament 10 socI
ETY.; he has been resident in this borough several
months. He probably have INDUCED IN
glmbiing-aad here is the melancholy finale--a
charge OF arson, perjury, and-the tear OF the
= pcnientiary! In dav-an hour-a character
may be forever raincd, which required years &c
establish
\ SUrcIDrcAL SysPArry-A late number of the
. "Amcrican Journal of Medical Science" contains
>, q long and very interesting statement from Or
), Isaac Sarlsh Getal.iug the circumstances Whci
9 led, or are believed TO have led, young girl o
:, =; to commit suicide by poison. Her health wa
;. | reasonably gooa her situation in life agreeable
r. and her disposition was habitually cheerful; We
without any apparent motive or Inducetnent, sh
procured and swallow ed arsenic the effect OF whic
n was death. 1t Subsequently asccrtalned
:; however, that she had read III newspaper an ac
:, count of a man destroy ing himself by arsenic
:, and that On the morning of her DEATH before sh
took the fatal portion. she had onversed with
i, girl in the adjoining house, and it was rccoecte
IA that some months before, person residing in tn
>, same house with herself had attempted suicide b
- iaudanum. The conclusion at which DR.. Paris
has arrv ed is that the child instigated to tn
m fatal act solely by the diseased working OF imas
n nation, and that inexpl:cable sympathy which
ID sometimes known to impel the mind to the ell
I'd counter of what it breads We quote the last tw
nd paragraphs of the article for the sake OF the war;
n ing they convey
i, This case is stated as affording strong testim
h. ny IN favor Of principle, which IS now bcginnin
- to attract the attention Of medical men, viz th
-, the publicity which is given TO OF suicid
y, in the news papers, and by other incaas-torsl
~ one OF the strongest incentives to the comm
II, sion Of the act, n those who have secret dIsp
+ stloa 20 destroy themselves
sir Ii this be the fact. high responsibility res
upon physicians. 50 to influence public opInlo
H. end more especially editors TO prevent the ma
ration of the circumstances connected with dealt
co OF this unfortunate class. No good can certain
&C. arise from the exposure of facts which ought TO r
main ii, the bosom OF the distressed iame
while. there is reason 70 believe, tie list OF VI
tins to suicide is annually very much swe!lt
from the course which is now So generally pu
sued.