Daily national Democrat., 1859-03-27
That Wonderful Story.

The papers in California and elsewhere
have been copying a wonderfully romantic
story Of a broke heart, the retribution Q,
crime dc, which, itoppears, is pretty mucl
hoax The Cleveland Herald says:
Our readers were RECALLED n short time
since with IL tale, which we copied from the
! Wachman and Reflector, n religious paper
published in Boston. We supposed is to be-
genuine story Of what the writer personal
ly knew of Harlow Case, the abseonding
SanGusky defaulter, and the wretched part
ner in his crime. There were two circum.
stances that attracted our attention when we
saw it in the Watchman. but these were So
easily accounted for that they threw no dis.
trust upon the article The paper editorial.
Y. said nothing about the tale in the way OF
endorsement, end the christian names If the
husband OF the fallen Mrs. Francis were in
correct. but that all might be, and the tale
b honest. and we hesitated not to print it.
and to accompany it with an editorial key to
the real characters. We now give letters
which will explain themselves, and for which
we thank our fair correspondent:
NoRwALK, Feb. A. 1859.
Editors Ciecelond Heraid:
DlkS - u bHc VI your ISSUES, HOL lONN ago
YOU published an interesting story from the
"Watchman and Reflector" Il Boston paper,
respecting Harlow Case and Mrs Francs
which, you said, in an editorial was probably
from the pen of Missionary. Other papers
also published it, stating decidedly tlat it
was written by a Missionary, and thus con-
finned the statements in Cases letter. WI,
ing to learn the address of the person who
had seen and conversed with Mrs. Francis.
wrote TO my brother in Boston, requesting
him to call at the office of the Watchman
and Reflector, investigate the matter and
write to me the result Below you have Il
copy Of his answer, which you can, if you
think proper, use in correcting the false i'm
preston given to the publi':
BosroN, Feb. 9 1859.
DEAR SISTER ~ esterday called at the
Office of the "Watchman and Reflector" and
made the inquiries you suggested. The ar
ticle copied from that paper into the Cleve
and Herald, lay ing the scene of the incidents
in the island of Crylon, was II sheer romance,
founded upon the letter of Harlow Case, an
accompanying editorial statements, all of
which the writer, who is lady of Boston,
had read.
presume she little thought of the hearts
Of dear friends that might be laeerated 10y
her false description of the last moments o
one dear to them, but she succeeded in hei
design of winning compliments for "her very
interesting version of the story" although
that version was lie from beginning To end
hope you will let the friends Of Mrs. +
know without delay, that they have no fact
before them, except what are cont .ined il
the letter of Case, if indeed that letter it, ei
he genuine. Yours, DC.
Ifthe lady () who made up that "Sad bu
True story" thought it joke, she is fool
if she did not intend it AS IL joke she is IA wi.
fu liar. 1t is fair TO presume that the paper
publishing it knew nothing about the fact
fror which the story was wrought If it di,
it had better withdraw from the religion
list of publications and join the yellow coy
ered' thrlng At all events, unless th
Waterman and Reflector shows more shrewd
ness, usually, than it did in giving circulation
to sensation article, which, being lie
mcerates the feelings of host of the form,
friends of n once hi lily respectable " omar
and who have not yet ceased to mourn h
downfnll-it had better change its name. |
isa blind Wdtchaan on the walls of Ziol
and Reflector of anything but truth an,
honesty