Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-03
THR lTURDERER spRNG.

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Some additional facts IN inv s1rty history of 4 s
noted individual lately C0Ayictel Of killing tie m
women in Philadelphia, have been furnished the ~
Orleans Courier. BY brether-in-.aw Of his iffrst
to whom, it seems, he was married in Ireland. n
following is an abstract of the information plb,b
He was the natural son ofa man Of sousna1
as himself who kept q grocery and bakery Al pT6I
town aud another at Castlenlaine, in county Ks,
Ireland Young Spring was known IRON BIZ esIlisS1,
days as of vicious inclinatOnS and hahits and ~
avoided by all of the neighborhOOd EhO rade g.
least pretensiOn to PrOpriety. He Yves marked a !
bad boy, and was knOWnto beplunged in an "a
courses open to one of his circumstances and slS
gambling, pilfering, fighting, SC. One Cd :
palliaton of his bad character, rather BY wsfof
in some degree, accounting for the horrible exekN
which it has developed ITSELF we may here record 4
the throwing of no small degree of responsibility
others-she never had days schooling, to givet
statement in the simple but significant words Otu
informant
aHe got married when about twenty-seven ys,4
of age-which was about twenty-five or tWehtytlza
wears agO-tO an honest and decent girl, who OEp.l
Il house and small field. They soon disagreed Ion
ever, and he abandoned her, although rennl1gh
the neighborhood.
About this tine-not more than six montAsSl
ter he was maTried-he committed the first OftaS
which brought him within the meshes Of TIE lax
from which, however, he on this occasion eeapa
through the partiaity of brother of his father W
having commission of the peace, sat on the bad
when hewas brought for examination. TheChap
against him was, that he had robbed family ofG.
phans living in the ncighbOrhOOd, in the presence 4
two children in bed, who saw him, thOugh they dad
not give the alarm. When the loss was diseOypitl
the children told what they had seen him do. b
was npprehended but, rs we have intimatCi, be d.
capped conviction. The affair, however, had such a
effect upon him. cOnjoined with his previous Itlt
ton, that he was induced to resolve on quitting
native country and coming to America. Thishs q
without informing his wife. She, however, hearat4
he was about to leave the country, and resolved .,
90 with him She, therefore sold her little pTOpH
and they came together to this continent, he having
ill-treated her on the voyage. They landed al Or
bee Here he, Immediately after their landing aga
abandoned her and made his way to New York
She followed him thither, but he had left that dF
and fled to Philadelphia. 1t was not only thePt
sence of his wife that drove him from New York
During the few days he was there he had ALREADY
managed to get himself into sCrape with TesPectb
IL gambling transaction, involving some seyenyG
eighty dollars and the officers Of the law weFe afH
him. The son of the party in whose hOuse he lOlgd
informed him of the fact in time to enable him tOmt
his escape. In Philadelphia he got married agaas
n widow his first wife also got married again lpi
blacksmith, In New York. He Is sHId % have ktHa
junk store in Philadelphia. The son who gave b.
testimony which convicted him was by his seteH
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