New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-20

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Of modern times, Burke and Bennett. Burke after
killing some seventy people and selling their bod
hanged Bennett was never hanged bat he is gbbet-i
as moral csrrOn swinging 20 and fro In the sight,
odious in the nostris ofhumany-e1cept the noses Of
certain Scspdinavisns.
He came to this country some twenty yesrs ago, ADD
immediately took the first rank through the daily press
a. moral Thug. He attacked the timid, the gentle,
the generous and the orgving No innocence or
tesy was proof against his brutality No amount Of
forgiveness or orbearsnce sotened him No extent Of
public service, simplicity purity Of private life
single soued devotion great idea ever sotened ais
rufisDism He lived on defamation, SANDER obloquy.
beastliness lies OF course such conduct could GO
/ unscowged even in Nex-York. II be had lived
further South be would have been simply bea'en 70
death or shot. Here he was simply horsewhiPpel.
Seven times in the public streets Of this City was n.
nett horsevbiPped HorseEhPped in open day, soa
the lssb wellald Oh his morally scrofuOus back This
does not include sundry kckogs Of hotels Ehch be
received or the crushing ceremony Of a comoany lesT-
ipg the table when he ventured 10 sit down n n :
them.
The Satanic Press was empbstcally the utgrOyth
Of this creature and distinguished for its gross
Irish portion Of this community Ess particularly Sc
ec'sd for It's ribsldry The standing joke the
Of the Dsme Of the Virgin Mary 10 ink pos lion with
sDy common words such mlnl.jgeps, boot jacks. or
fre-shO.els such CO locations constituting
daId Of is rumboie Wit Ii slso laid self on 70 give
reports Of the brotheis Of the civ sad exposure
wss roo indecent for lts columns Al forbidden dsve
loImeDts-sueh as every above the lowest deoizen
OF he Five Points would avoid abiding TO- constituted
another fOnrce Of editoIship {, The Satanic. II al
erIipg ind ,dahl bad any tBng to conceal any thing
that a higbwayman in bis better would NOS
take advantage Of IT. Sd made il kno If any
low scounde sbed assai prvsJe character tnrougn
that organ be could d. 30. No one wac safe.
Soon Bennett fell TO the level # dung heap and
people cessed 10 kick, cuff and horscwhip aim. But
he nsensibe this treatment che former,
far as reformation was concerned la 1911. the
Gobd Jury presented him, On three distinct indct
meDts. for gross libel on the Jury aud members If
he Court OF Sessions, and for publishing erroneous
sta'emrDts Of the proceedings of that Court. the
year previous, the Press, by common consent, fell so
Indignantly uDon the wretch thai be nearly sank under
The combine attack; but, the storm over, he rallied
up 20 the time that be was presented by the Gtsnd
Jury 10 the language Of Judge Noah, in 1871 this
was bis postion Finding himself unmoiested in this
'ps acesble community, either by personal violence
by the censUIe Of the Press b. the strong Of
The law be roved about under bis back lag assallng
Government, Congress, in high ions men in |
business public institutions, the character and credit
of The patton, religion, private reputation; female
character Institutions, laws, Courts, Judges, and
every subject. every man, every place thing az
which be could level his shafts l. is time such |
career should find some check and as a Coronefs in
quest bss yet been held bin, we viii nov see
"vttt effect the uild influence Of the Law will I
have"
How then Bennett who for fifteen years was so dull
as to than ten dollars per WICKLOW
has he contrved, while making nothing by his 60 be
come rich We answer by levying BLACK Mat :! |
The Herald dragged heavily along for time after
il established. II losing ground daily st
cent, and Bennett fnaly tried the experiment of
cents, by which he los half bis circulation without
increasing bis advertising patronage. The murder OF
" Ellen JeWett. opened the fret avenue to the black
" rcl system OF this murder and the COrOners
inquest, the examination OF Rosina Townsend and the
trial of Robinson, the that could made By the
" English peDbya.liDers made in the shape of
continued and exciting and reports. On the
Sneht Of this murder, il the misfortune Of
" gentleman Of character and fortune ia this CITY
"to lodge in the house Of Rosna Tognsend
spd his greater misfortune that The fact came 70 tue
knowledge Of Bennett He fastened upon this gen.
Utmsn pursued him like fend IL is said bed hun
80 the of $4,000 and finally pursued him to
his death which occurred shortly after that affair
This the first capital Of any importance acquired
"by the black mail system and it was determined to
carry out that system extensively The next heavy
operation IN the panic of 1896. l. will be recol.
'ecttd that be published list Of insoreaf firms in.
Guiding in that list one-third Of houses not insovent
but supposed to be toftering. The firms called ON
Bennett and demonstrated with him Representing the
ruin re bringing upon them, and they arranged
with him contradict the rumOr of their insolvency
81 the day, which he dd-those presume paying
the hghes, and evidently the weakest we're put for
"VaId as possessing uDdoubted meaos and credit His
experiment announcing bis intention pub
sh list Of s0reHt houses In tue City of Nes-l0fk.
This alarmed almost every frm-each appreheudiGg /
deemed iHsoirent, either at home or abroad. Large
il is supposed and beles I'd were pad by persons
to have their houses included in the solvent list
Sm' - oitssts doing heavy business. an xous TO
yrest,e ter G.. dir willing 10 come under the
black mail 81 stem Of ne Herald and this experiment,
" il is believed realized many Thousand dollars For
time the black mail sas levied in email suals FROM
" FAMILIES or INDIVIDUALS, LADIES OF CHARACTER AID
rinIDIrY who preferred PSyirg dsHeeHr rather than
" have their disgraced by appearing In The
" Herald No pusic character srriyed IN our City