Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-22

G,o,- ..BrSpl1FG" AND rue STouTs'-I
Rrt.Io E,Dyess thus speaks Of the fact 'nS' ~
Stout and his sister, Mrs Titles, who "ere
,.,,,,,,, convicted of murder at Rochester ~ i
occupied At times the same bed; .-,;..
We cannot help thinking that grea ';I l MTs
- b.c0 done 10 Ira Stout, and nus sis'S.
T;,,Is md in fact TO the whole oil lhaI
~. tbr oninion which has been 50 PerSiI persist ~
- ,bat IN, c,,nde,uned murderer anu W. "
;I,, 80 1uiltv Of criminal intercourse.
- ,,, M Droof of any such intercourse ~
any thing which would bear any sucu
tim further than that ON one OF t W. nd
far apart, they mad occuP!eu . liiS i,,.iDo con.
,,I,;,L In our Judgment, is Tar from Oe,'S -,
49, -. rsoIrds the crime Of which, oy
mon consent. thew seem to be PrononnGSSeu ny
$3.50, ,.rt,in class Of elple, and Du'S"
;5.ntsS If th,, Mohawk, PennsylVania anu -. - -
Work for instance, the praetice OF ,.II'-i' o.,
"A IL Is termed, is still kept Up 'ii l,.c,-
,,;,s CO extensively as formerly, anu tiie -
L., ~ The same bed by brothers and SISTERS,
mi bs,Eeen unmarried lovers, So Tar aS Uel''s
-scarjed rs an evidence of guilt Is iislsteu
~, es,,a.iallv in tire latter case, as ulhe ''o.'
- ,.ustou-an act Of hospitality anu es'eStH
and egard. which IS as far iToh gum -,
most INNOCENT intercourse between u
The custom, we believe, originate :" al ,i,nss
,,bsre in time mast it was universal. an u.s.
r. have had occasion to live among TINS CAS-
~ ,eonle. not later than twenty OF thirty yI
400 we'll know how common usage
ling" was among them -, ,,,,,,,,
For Young lady to accept OF an escort nU 1ii
from singing or spelling school, or chue -. ~
" ..L,,n,G, 8; . ..to tu,n in" in the same Oeu
,,,-,,,..r rs ,s much matter Of course, ~ Tor
Jse.H.e.,.,.rs "a, .sit up" and spark Il unui
CocI,.cr,,vy in the morning. Strangers 10 tue
cn,tom were always urged as = rnaIler 0t COURSE
bv tb,. father aud mother OF the g'ri' 10 eS''
nv with IL and the instances are rare lhISe"
where any immoral Consequences Tesu''su Z" "''
Among members Of the same family. brothers
and sisters. for instance Of that class oil Pe"P'e'
the custom is still common, and Is reSArue1 A.
u.rtectIy innocent. The StnutS are PennSEI'a'
min Dutch, AMI NO doubt reared ~ tiie S'i ).
tons Of their ancestors, aud Slrs- XII SSou, n
her testimony, swears that the iae' o., -
S,r,b occunyinp the same he'd was well Known
IA the family. aud ocraSiOned surprise or re-
mark. beyond that the mother OH one occasion
,n,J that they Ought not to do such thInsS.
which implies no more than that she kne" thG
custom was becoming obsolete, and was IOokeu
uDOn with suspicion and disgust by tnOSe NhV
T.re strangers tn it. We repeat, therefore
that we think injustice has been done them II,
his rgSDect Incest is an unnatural crime, ana
cannot be established without the most positive
urooC Such proof we have not seen, nor any
thing that looks like il, beyond the fact already
stated, that the brother and sister occasionally
occupied the same bed, under unusual circum
stances. which fact was known to all the I1ml'
ly, and TO the Titles among the rest. They
surely have enough to answer for without De
ing held responsible for the crimes Of Which
there Is no evidence to convict them