The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-05-18

sD1ED-11 TINS Vflidee My
daughter of Charles Butler, aged Ii years
and months e
The .Nstps has he following hsrroWing re
cital in regard To the death the above
named 70 ng lad: 7ss.l
Charles r Littie6eld Cashier of ,te Al
SIMS Bank. and holding other POSITIONS of i'm
porfance in the community, having desih., ate
" and against repeated warning ~edoced MIS-
Matte A Butler a Young girl =nf seyeDteei
years OF age, of one of the f ST families in the
place iu point of re>pectahility and pnsi'lon
and placed her eucierte. on Sunday NO ing}
last after ort-iiiness she deparstd tbt sHe
under crc msiauces aiytting hnt favorable
to the implicated A post mortena examn,
tion was held upon the remains on Sunday
| night bv prs Hawks and Bahbitt of this vii
lage, and Sabine Williams own With >ui,
stanriaied the adultt ~ as confessed by the
girl and her seducer, but not enough. as they
| say, to warrant them in charging further
crime upon any insividual in the attempt toI
procure other ends as is strongly sn pected
here. or 10 saving such is not the case Lit
,efeld resigned his Cashier<hip on Sn day
afternoon, gIv ng mp the keys of the Bank TO
the Directors showing tha, the accounts were
as they should be, (which are now in charge of
The tried and venerable former cashier) and
Immediately hetook himself to fight. which
10 the everlasting disgrace of the moral senti
/ ment of this place be was permitted TO make,
and has been permitted to continue without
pursuit and arrest s. on si . a5
From the Troy n. 7. Times of May Alb,
we take the following additional desails:
The quiet village of North Adams. Mass /,
was thrown into a state of unusual excitement
J on Sunday and Monday last by developments
lof t most painful character, and involving
parties who moved in the most respectable
circles there. .. sl...l g sqr. 'E-
Il 1t seems that some year and a half ago a
) Mr.. Littleield. on the recommendation of the
Bark Commissioners of Massachusetts, was
assigned the elerkship of the North Adams
Bank and with bis family took mp his resi-
dence in that village His position, respecta-
? ole relatives. and attendance to church duties.
wop for him at once the confidence OF the com
muniry. He early became conspicuous as q
2 member of the choir in one of the churches
= Among The female memters Of the choir was
hp daughter, of very esectabe North
. Adams merchant, She was between sixteen
aud seventeen years of age. and said to have
been beautiful as she was youthful. An init
nacv between Lttlefield and the young ladv
d
p er suspected TO exceed the hounds of proprie
lty. Late last week she was taken violently
iiiI, and on Saturday died. Before her death
e she revealed the fact that she had been secuc.
Il ed by Littlefeld, and that very recentlv she
made known to him the circumstance that il
/ would be impossible for her long to hide the
3 evidence Of her guilt On this according to
p he statement, LiitIefield proposed tha, she
q should take medicine that he would procure
h for her, which he said would end all her tr6u
! bies without harm to herself or making hel
cohdition knownsto Others To this she uIad
il assepted and soon af erwar,ls took me'ii
cine which he procured The result was hel
dangerous iilnee>. -nbseq rut revelation 10 he
l. peret> anu death la't IN Satnrda nigh
= O Su'.ia, citing Of the dir,.'-ters :,
r the bank was beGi al Nort' Adams "a
: Littield w-s pr.,-eu' He was IL rAs DIS
iress Of mind, and i times uearl, f rtc =
!, He assn ed the directors that his diff II
: 1hs matter was the sole one resting Oh hi
IS mind; that his account with the'''aik ~oait
g he found perfectly correct and he tie iere,
them them the keqs. and gave them fnll infnr
'" " nation in regard TO all hark affirs Up te
II his time the public had little k.owledge q
} what had 'ranspirei. all having heen kept Sc
cret 1 is suppressed Lit iefieid left lNorfl
Adams on Sunday night. -.t-ss...x.5! - s..i
On Monday the whole story was current il
the village and the parties heing perfec'l,
well knowD il created great excitement 1
$ Liz e6eld had hepn found nv the villagers or
. that day be wonld have been. alpnched D
the part of the parents and intimate f. ends .
ni'fhe yonng lady there is no disposition 10 pur
; sue he author of 'hir grief and de- olation
$ While his victim has been laid in the grave
n they would consigh the sedueer to no worse
: pnnishnent than the communion of bis owl
: thoughts
2 Since the above was written we have beer
e informed that LittlefelPacknowledge to tht
= bank directors to having seduced the young
lady. hut positively denied that he procnret
for her medicine or advised her to have re
course to such remedy
1 The condnct of the Bank Directors in keep
1 ling quiet and suffering tie depraved villain IL
escape, is reprebensihle in the highest degree
Is there no Ia in Mas. achusetts to punish se
duction? Probably none adequate to III,
5 enormity of the crime. But the penalty sucl
as it is, should have, at the very least, beer
visited upon the black hearted scoundrel whit
robhed innocence of her virrne, can ed deatt
by his counsel, in effect murdered his ctim-
: and sent life long desoiation to family be
reaved of its once brightest ornament
The Nie,Os comments npon the moral stons
!, and aspects of society in North Adams thus:
t We have word to sa more in relation fc
the moral sentiment of he place. North Ad
ANS had twenty wears ago had name abroad
2 and its character has not g, own hetter in the
t intervening time TIE reason for this is, moi
i hat verse men are among her citizens than in
n oti er towns, but that crime has heen carried
on in high and low places. open banded. and
9 has even been permitted br men who pretend
e to high moral and religious principles, to be
t suppressed. smothered down and go unwhip
, ped of jastice This wiuking and covering
iniquity, (beeause of interest or something
2 else as unworthy of consideration in such in.
stances) has suffered great plagne, spots to
darken the fair fame of thi village and has
f given her name into the mouths of strangers
, for scorn and loathing. Are we longer to
I submit 10 this abject silence in regard t, the
, de ecratioh of our firesides by designing men.
because they owe, or have il in their hands to
; turn from US the almighty dollar, or shall we
4 i, view Of this terrible affection which has
crushed homes. and hearts in our midst, that
had we done our duty befose. had remained
undefiled and unbroken. turn 10 that only and
safe course. the administration of Justice TO
!, al offenders. moral law hich shall allow no
. tra,Isgressng. freedom of pulpit and press, and
. the suppn s>ior of neught which shall give
check TO the foul Iiher Inism ami Inst thai has
!, been suffered SOL q III T. in mid l.
Above we hay y, psobnb 4. tile
sluggish conduct of = Batk Direct6rs he
loS state of public sen in,ent in the conimnni
in regard to such crimes, caused them to
look only ON the ALE inhtr Dnllnr, ;ntnrest