The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-01-10

ny WILLIAM Rowirr.

Waih Wonucriu story. that young man
high intellectual cnlowmeats. with n passion
literature, with icslins and an appetite for d
intellectual, with u perception Of all that know
eige and accomplishment rsn endow men wit
and with an ambition 10 seixe on those atlya
tages, and climb To those loity hoaors, whic
they place within the reach Of the gifted shou
coDissccnd to ioul his hands with low mur,le
TO coataminate his soul with crimes. that no
lisions Of genius. DO halncinatioas ola sanguir
spirit. could possibly clo,he to his own inwar
vision, in any guisc Of an excasing grNtncss,
! one of the enigmas of humanity that al
most difficult Of solution In the case Of A ran
poverty anil pride imielel him to scck the u
Joymrps VI books by means by which an
book h. had mast Ike made u sharp upbrai,ie
and accnser; 10 snatch intellectual cnjoymct
out Of the very hands OF shame and degradation
lie sought 10 climb to distinction, not over IN
| ordinary rocks and sleeps, and rugged fall
which beset the way Of the poor but higheoulc
aspirnnt, bat by short ami desperate sidsAwa
Of assassaa,ion. Would hc honorable tbruug
dishoaor. famous through inhmy. and rap th
priceless reward Of genius. through oil that gen
ius Is created TO denounce and TO render lsSpis
able, tie cudcavortd TO spring from the low
aud most obscure Of crines. Instead Of tnkinl
the way to truc glory he took that which hs
rightfuliy TO the galIows and thither he came
winning what he deserved instead Of what h,
aimed at. In him strong and fcry passions. nj
intense ambition, sanguie temperament. ar
imptuous rush towards broader. more bril-
liant sphere Of action, bore down AMI tramplel
upon that noble principal. which can win. for
the pcss,ssor of grat powers, great md gcn
nine immortality. Such besiong Impulses eau
paftiate many iailings, hut they could not pal
late his crime, which had In Il the yillanous
n,eanness Of the low.lnst footpad, not the gian,
daring Of the hero and he remained swinging
TO eternity on the gibbct Of the maleiac,or, IN
stead OF standing in serene stability on the ~.
dcstal Of hmc which he might have reached
by better means.
But Eugene Aram " not the solitary example
Of this sort Of character. We have known IN
our time. the passion 6r books mixed IN IN n
most singular manner with taste tor swind-
ling. We have seen the same man reading with
avidity whatever was Dobltsi or purst In our
literature, and all the time living Ia the daily
commission Of deeds which were Of the mos,
utterly ignominous and ha@ nature. We have
seen man nj once real poet. u brilliant wri.
ter Of fiction. an associate with the good and
and knavc and an imposter NJ
the lowest grade How such powers and aial
tiles came 10 meet and live together in one body.
We leaye 10 the psychologist 20 explain Barp
~ the instances are, however they do exist, for
fpr wc have seen them
We do not INCLUDE nnpnigs, uH~e sa,h .~~
A. Wainwright, the Janus Wea,hcrcoek Of the
.Iondon Magazine the literary associate and
social chum Of CbarIes Lamb, Hazlitt and other
celebrated mcD, who expaiia,ed his villanies by
for liie--far on the facc Of ali
,ha, bc wrote there il the stamp Of the aesthetic
dandy and the charaiaa More genuine Of this
class is strange example which Germany has
prplucel That IL, the Magistcr f'nius, n Fro.
tesiant Clergyman, very popular preacher, an
bibliomariac, and murderer oi
a very curious description. still be differed
widely from our Eugene Arain. He hal love
Of books rather than Of what they contained
and instead of passion and impulse, he p,~~sss,l
a cold heart. close to-som. steady calculating
head and a daring haod lie wns n modcrn
Thor his Eeoritc weapon being a hammer.
la the commencement Of the year 1912. the
mar,kr of wealthy merchant, by daylight. and
in the very midst Of the peaceful city Of ITiTeic,
created vast sensation and the impression IN
the inhabitants Was the more farful, that, spite
Of the most active research, the mysterious per,
pctrator remained undiscovered.
4 person Of apparently forty years oi age, a
stranger, calied on the morning of the 18th of
February, hfwen ten and cleycn O'Clock. on
tho agc,imerehan, echu,,Jt Who lived in a hons
nf b;s own in Grimm s,re., The yisi,or an.
nounc,J himself AZ from Uamburv and VIA,
10 him As the bc~, qualified n
aJ,;.p i, a matter 81 bu.in.-s lie was J.s;,.
nns ~ inv,xtiny .ome ns,,ev anil no, finding
wba, bc xan,,J in IIam,mry, had resolved r.
iooL aIou, him for ,hn, pu,,,,.c in sa,onv :
IIo ask,d him wh,,hrr be ,i,uod tho rnrrLa..
~ an 1x,a,n a, ~ Sa,o, goyrru,ne,,, rim ,be
80 ,Jy;s.hl.
Ths me,rhan, in the coor.e NJ conversation
nm iii. snbieet which lasted about half NJ
ho,, n,oducea a, the .uvycs,ioo a. The .t,sn
.,o, c;,aic .,a,o.. ohiioat;o, nf ono h.n
IA dolIs,s ,er,ni,,ei him IN ex.r,,,c /, and
,h,, ,,,ny,c,i Il IN bls dyavc, /, bis vy,,;,o
,ablc Jus, as this was done the stranger al
sr.d IN Vryy Schmidt bis snuff bo, and n,
o.,ce s.l, sco~r,cs. IN the door
Whec Srbmia, came Ia L;m-elf .vnin. h.
nod h;,n.clf b,esd;,v p,,fuselv S,o,, he hrsd
"a .,,cd o,. /. Helm me nm -, y,p, The s,r.o
grr ~as no, there When he aid ms,e spt
b.d with dIt,cul,y managed 10 raise biu,s.If
h. saw three drawers of hi. -ri,ing tsbI.
.,.nd;n, e,np,y and The ei..i,. d,str-ea /,
great diortsr The feu tisa, he wss robbie,
gave him strength ~ ssai bim~sit and bIeedins
a. h. was. h. examined his drawers, aad foas
that eleven Lips'e state obligations, to th'