The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-08

A WARNING TO YOUNG GRIS.-The tragedy to
which Sarah Bloom for time unocnscously at
tached her name, has seemingly closed without .
ray of light on the terrible story Of which 1t Is
the horrid finale The young girl with the long
brown hsirn AssbSen hid Ia her grave, and no
man knows whsAoe she came, nor why, nor how
she perished Another young girl, 1t is said, was
found dead q, couple Of days ago in Richmond
county, with her skull battered in by hammer
So the list goes on from day 10 day, aud from
week TO week. They die; the newspapers give
us word portrait Of the poor pale corpses, with
the distorted features and the stamp of brutal
violence; they are laid under the sod and every
body forgets all about them How many-shall
we say how many dozen-girls are found muir
dered in this vicinity every twelvemOnth!
There is no doubt as 10 the manner OF their
death No question but they are sssassinated by
brutal rowdies whose passions they have been
compelled to satisfy, and whose security they pur-
chase by the sacrifice Of their life. They are
killed lest they should tell The deed once DONE
the chances OF detection are very slender The
sea tells no tales, and the old lying sentence
murder will out" has no tefrors for fellows who
associate daily with UNPUBLISHED, undiscovered
murderers They feel safe, and read the reports
of The discovery Of the body with O decent show
Of interest. They know the police too we'll to be
afraid OF being troubled by them.
1t seems quite certain that the horrid crime Of
eislmurder il On the increase. We never remem-
Der TO have known so mssy ases follow each
other IN so short ssracc Of time as la'ely Sone-
hing perhaps must be allowed FOR sbc increase
Of population; but tho number of murdered girls
teoms out Of al proportion with the decrease Of
the city. We apprehecd that our sewing girls,
ard factory girls are rot as prudent a. they might
be; that they make friends Of people whom they
hardly know, and innocently expose thom selves
~ dangIs which they do not realise. II ought
10 be well understood that no prudent girl should
- out alone, or with strange man, after nj yht-
tall. No grl should be persuaded to drive In tho
country. or haii In boat or place herself in any
gsy beyond the reach Ct peoples voices, with q
nsn whom she does not know intimately. Girls
working in factories or wing establishments
,boud cioe- the city In knots Of txo, three or
four, especially in the evening. No girl who re-
spocts herself will dlow stranger on any con-
sderasiou to converse with her, or accompany
Der through the street
IL is disregard Of these obvious rules which has
facilitated tho late murders Tho New York
io~oy must be guarded against more cautiously
thsn wtd beast lie Ia more brutal thas the
English rufian, more rescheroos than the Irish
murderer, more vindttive than the Spanish bravo
nue. cowaIdlJ than the AsistIc assassin He will
murder poor girl, whose peace Of mind be has
AIRED; but single man will scare him: be never
Gghts un.ese he has two on his side TO one against
b'm Against this species Of brute, which the
police bevor trouble, II behoovcs young girls
10 be we'll on their guard.