The North-Carolina standard., 1845-09-10
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New York isa great cny. 11szee X q, fessy 49, 4
magnifcently gteat IN Inn.
49, charch bells ills the dcvotohaiz Win
bolv blindness. and feneWs in welcome notes, u
sl;f,S 70 0ood and bad, the tidjngs Of peace on
earIi,s rood will to tmen;n q and yet, wtIen TIE
shades ofnighl shut outflbe gories OF ihat same
bright and gladsome day, an evil damntng
IKE heavy, multerng, mldnlgnt clcuo' o,oor 49,
,over.the ciiy,and rereis amid the wruhlng ago
nv and terrible dcsoIatien of IFS thousand victims
The innocent the beautiful, the unsospeoing, nrc
br,l The delnded VIKINGS of the demons irolIc,
t;ltired with his pastirne he visits upon them the
.difest the most awful calarnities, he number
ofits victims which are sacrificed upon the affairs
ofsBaal inrthat vastcity must be more than the
cattle upon thousand hilsn Sure the leaVen
of virtue there should be propoFtIonaOly lar
and operative. the lnha6ltants may not
: he overtaken by sudden dcstfuetion." THESE
remarks have bcenseaucea by the following state.
rnent of g horrible discoveries, LATELY puohsheu
in the Morning News, as having been maae 10
the city of New York. ta'1. :
g We were yesterday called upen to record the
particulars of an alleged suicide, but which was
undoubtedly cold bIooded and deliberate muir
der. And to day we are compelled, as faithful
ictlfoniclers, 10 announce the particulars OF an
equally atrocious deed, in which three parties are
concerned all equally guilty. An innocent girl,
FIRST falling intothe hands of seducer, and alter
wards murdered and in the dead hour OF night
conveyed way packed up in meal, and then de-
-spatched for gold to the hands of the anaiomIst.
Another Young and innocent SPIRIT Just bud
ding into wotnanhood of poor but honest parents,
attracts the eye ofthe married selucer, and after
being moftallY rnincd by him, is transferred to
the 1hands of the female physician, who, while
she DESTROYS the life OF the vet unborn offspring
of guilt kills the mother by inches These are
affairs of daily occur renee, but do not always
a
was received by the police that young girl who
had been under tire hands OF Madame Costello
alias MAXWELL the female physician OF Lisp nard
STREET, had died from her pernicIous acts and that
the body had been sold and shipped away The
mailer was placed IN the hands OF A NJ. =:
Smith, who soon arrested young man named
Edward Carron, who was zsnid to be intimate !
with Henry Maxweii, the prof'ssed tTusbTnrt and
man of all work of Madame Costello, and from
him the first certain clue 10 the story was OBJ |
tanned ~ -. - 80 ~
He had been employed by Maxwell and wife
tomake out bills, and transact other business, and
of course had become acquainted" with the ways
ofthe house, and beng of reckless character,
would wink at what he knew must be going on.
On the 14Ih of February last, he was told by |
Maxwell that CIR. had died in the house, under
hIs wife es hands, and that she must be at once got
rid of, The body was accordingly placed in
large sack and brought down stairs. In the dead
hour of the night sleigh was driven TO the door
and Maxwell and Carron dragged out the sack
containing the dead body of the victim, and
sought to place it in the sleigh, and in the at
tempt Maxwell fell, and the dead girl pressed the
living man into The snow A gentleman living
the opposite side of the street, passed at this
time, and stopped to look at them when Carron
remarked, Z" Potatoes are high this winter, amt
they !" and the gentleman passed into his house
The body was then placed in the sleigh and driv-
en- over to New Jersey, where Maxwell keeps
ropewalk, but upon trying to enter they could not
6nd the KEY, and were obliged to hoist the body
through the window A large packing box had
been prepared and candles having been lighted,
Maxwell went in search of nails Carron seized
this opportunity TO uncover the body, and discoV-
cred The head and breast of young girl, appa-
rently about eighteen years of age full faced and
handsome, with black eyes and black hair-ap-
paFently English or ScoIcht. She was then pack
cd up in saw-dust. and the box having been nailed
up was directed to- ssrs .a ta s--
SAMUEL WHITLEY
sa@sz - eazo = e Woodstock, VT.
a"Care Of Peter Dudley, Concord, N H."
The next day it was brought over to the city,
and despatched by Adams 6 Co.'S Express Du-J
ring the whole Of the business, Maxwell expressed
great deal OF anxiety to do the affair up proper
ly, and said It would pay well. Shortly after tsis
affair, Madame and her husband purchased the
house in which they now live, in Lispenard
street, and furnished it throughout in a splendid
manner In prosecuting The inquiries in this
case, the particulars of another affair." ofa similar
nature leaked cut, which was also laid before
some Of the Magistrates of the Lower Police, but
they had so many cases of assault and battery on
hand; and other equally important affairs, that
they could not ATTEND TO it property and rather
discouraged the officer Mr. Smith, = however,
had become deeply interested, and with feelingsI
that do honor to his as a man and father of al
family OF children, among whom are fair dauch-l
tiers, he detcrmined the matter should not drop
and laying it before the Mayor, Chief of Police
and Jonas B. Phillps Esq, Acting. District AT
torney, the affair cheerfulIy taken up, andf
has been successfully prosecuted
> II appears that fair GIRL scarce seventeen, the
daughter of poor but honest and respectable pa :
rents, was in the month Of April, 1914 engaged !
by man-rather a fiend-named CAas. Mason :
who keeps a dry goods store in Avenue D, as an !
assistant In the store, and 10 serve in his family
he being q married man with three children. !
She was introduced into the bosom Of his family :
and treated with great kindness Ere long the :
kindness assumed another shape-thc- -beauty-of :
the girl created desire in the man, which her in
nocence did not allay-and regardless of The du- !;
ties of a husband and father-forpettinq the
common dictates of humanity, succeeded in ac-
complshed his hellish designs-making the vic. :,
tim OF his lust an outcast Of society and stamped :
himself william. Their intimacy continued un. :,
til the seducer feared a discovery, and Informed !
the victim that she must repair to the den Of Mad.
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