The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-10-22


trial during the week before the Circuit
Court at Newark, N. j., under an in,
dlclment for murder. The evidence
thus far elected, exhibits the following
history OF the facts upon which the fear.
iul charge rests.
The prisoner is aged about nineteen
years is possessed Of pleasing per>
sonal appearance, not without preien,
SONS TO beauty, aud has a character for
gentleness of temper, and llvellness of
disposition, that seems TO have made
many friends for her in the different
latni'ies where she has been at service.
Wo years ago young Irishman, en-
gagged at some mechanical incarnation,
IN Newark, became enamored ~ her
charms and good humor, aud in shor,
time succeeded so well in winning the
girls favor as to procure a promise of
marriage. Margaret gave her whole
heart To her lover. Their intimacy was
Of the very closest. Night afte, night
they met they spent their holidays to-
gelher: were recognised by their friends
as plIghied lovers; and every arrange
ment for the marriage, save the precise
time, was definitely settled.
Drum valIeI himself of the conf
dencc secured by this state of things to
tempt the unsuspectIng girls virtue.
lie used the ordinary arts of seduction
with the skill of thorough bred william.
The affection won by the display Of the
better side Of his character, was to be
abused and betrayed by the use of the
most approved and dlabolica methods.
Its very intensity aud self-lorgetfulness
were to effect its ruin. Immediate
marriage, a picture of a comfortable
home aud the happiness Of domestic
ties, were held out as allurements. The
iervor ct the seducer's love was plead
ed tie crime itself was robbed of its
criminal aspect, and, as usual, depicted
as an innocent indulgence, the evil of
which, If any threatened, could readily
be prevented by resort To the altar.
The Irish girl is VIGOROUSLY tenacious
other virtue and Margaret, clinglng
to her womanhood aud fair fame, held
out long against the seduction Of her
lover. But the strength of stronger
minds than hers has a thousand times
over given way to constant importantly.
Margaret had bestowed all else she had
> in The world upon The seducer, and her
honor followed the rest.
= As usual, the grief and remorse of
, her latter hours found no relief but in
t The reparaIIon promised her by mar
rage. She urged Drum to the perform
5 ance nl his engagement. lie protested
E entire willingness, but postponed the
: ceremony from time To time ON various
= pretences ana the girl seems never to
- have doubted his good faith until a fort.
0 night or SO before the hna act Of the
c tragedy. She had become conscious
!, that the punishment of her fral,y was
r. at hand, aud nothing but tie fidelity of
is her lover could save her from disgrace
t. Friends told her that he was devoling
himself 10 another she refused 10 believe
: il. She demanded an interview with
= him he appointed day for the performs
I, dnce ol the rite, aud left her to get her
r Wedding dress ready, aud make other
:, preparations for the happy occasion
y, Again she was assured ui his inidelity !;
if aud calling al his lodgings, she forced
e HIM 10 walk with her across the Passaic
| bridge, aud resolve her suspicious. lie
= no longer disguised his il,ialth he
told her falsely tina, lie was already mar
RED to gr 10 New York worth 5000,
. and that union with his miserable VIC
/ tim was therefore uut OF the question.
r Leaving her with this, the poor girl was
abandoned to despair, and sought the
river bank with the aim Of ending her
troubles and shame IN the death OF the
5 suicide. The presence of by-passers
e interposed; and calmer thoughts pre-
: yallIng, she returned home.
For two weeks, Margaret's health.
continued very steadily to decline.
Without knowing any cause for the
S change, her mistress aud fellow servants
: observed the evldeaces of care and ILL
: ness upon her, aud were all the more
I surprised from knowledge of her sup
posed approaching wedding. A few
days before the final event, the news
? that Drum was to marry glrl named
Mcclure, was brought to Margaret, aud
became current among her friends.
, Her frenzy and grief were unbounded.
, On the afternoon of the 4lh of August,
she was told that her lover had been ac-
tually married to this girl, Mcclure.
She at once became, if not actually in>
sane, yet so far deranged as TO be the
subject of remark To several witnesses
unaware OF any of the circumstances.
About ! clock in the evedIng, she left
Mr.. fuckers house, and went down TO
the house where she had reason TO be-
leve Drum and his wife were staying.
For two or three hours she hung about
the neighborhood, waiting the appear
ance of the wretch who had stolen her
honor. The neighbors remarked her
extraordinary behaviour, and stunned
her, surprising her to be crazy. At
last Drum and his bride came out The
night was intensely dark, and Marga~
ret followed them some distance Unob-
served. She had concealed her face by
drawing a veil close over il. Near the
corner of Plane aud New streets. her
grasp fell upon the arm of her seducer,
aud in another moment-long enough
for the doomed man to recognize the
avenger-the steady stroke OF knife
had sent him to his final retrlbution.
The alarm was given, but the homl>.
eide had made her escape. Reason APP
pears 10 have returned with the fulfil.
ment of her revenge. The murder was
committed about 10 o'clock and a few