, 1864-01-07
A REVOLVING CRiME.
Shocktn. Case Of Incest-A Fnther Ef.
fects the Ruin fhts own DRn.h-
teF-The Brute Held to Batl-

the unnatural parent to bail In The sum OF g. 100 Il
appear at the Recorders CourL for trial
The evidence submitted was principally that O
the victim Of his brutal Inst and although spbect
ed to searching c1oss-exsmination at the haud,
Of z. ". McComas, Esq, the attorney for the de
fendant, she did not fail to rcftefsie her state
ments and tmpress the Court with the eonyictto,
thst a great wrong had been perpetrated. 70,
which the author should be held to await the acior
Of the Grand Jury. The efforts OF the defense werf
mainly directed to impeach her testimony. b,
ahoVang that since she had become a degradei
thing she had committed acts Of fodiscra
ton, and had visited houses OF I'll ,cnuta- Il va,
shown, tor instance, that On certain Sabbath da1
Sue attended church In the morning, visited M
house Of prostitution during the intefmissfon mi
19msne9 ths exercises oi the day by attending
OF acts which the counsel for the defense Inferred
was Incompatible with unlimited credence in hef
,2.5 st925: III, M9W a. she explained the incongEuous pur
possible from the evidence to doubt that the
nothe1-her own mother, and this Is the most rc.
volting feature Of the afair.was eosntzant Of and
coneentcd TO the dishonor Of her own offspring by
hs1 hns5and; @ Can human depsavtty descend 10 .
The court room was filled to sut1ocatjon by the
idlers drawn thither BY p1lrient curiosity. The M
eagerness with which these disgusting details are
caught up by respectable men and women Ia won.
n1d 60 IT. to tSs1 Sot {R.a he belief Ehsh i
heart an innate admiration for monstrous crime.
The defendant fs q small man, infeatured and
Sg w1h ap;aa ssRspnlits cropping ont all ovcs is
light Of yesterday, and with the revolving detail.
o. Ma crime standing ont in bold relief, he looks
much more the pereon capable Of committing the
ottnse charged Than the day he was fret arrested,
lie plead NOT enilty to the charge, aud the exami.
nation began:
TIE TESTIMONY
Lizzie OQn,an, stco,n.-Fathcr wanted some.
thing q me, which l knew was not right, aud l
my room where mother and sister and / were
sleeping. and sending ont my mother. would lock
the door and Get into bed with me. ue has often
accomplished his purpose wiki me-the last time
My father ueed first 10 enter my room and seek to
haSe illicit commerce with me three years ago,
then on Griswold street. It was the first time
Ind ever been so abused. The room was the front
sitting. AID In 1t there was bed in which ms
alone ordinarily, bnf on these occasions he a. would @
Reck my bed, and mother wonld Immediately arise
anss take the soash @ - he had Just vacated. used
outrageous G ndsct. ofttn. cried a1oud, but sis
Ter was asleep, and mother was asleep In
q The ,a'0fnDg 5oom and d., 70 one cane
mother dida't come, She 10 subject to fits, and
sleeps soundly always. Don't know what Kind o.
~ hey we.s told %y mother hey was trsat:
sueet- i dnt tell her directly after the tIst ont.
rage was committed, because was nshancd. At:
ter that before left home. he abused nc three 0.
Ing year before tod my mother. never was a
consenttng party. Since left the house, my ste:
ter has tc,d me that she. too, has been outraged
By him. She is eleven years old Ny father Il !
bad man often whips my mother. and she ts ia
mortal terror Of him. Mother said, when 1 told
her how be I'd treated me. that she had noticed
with father about It. Amer his prosecutions be.
came so yioltnt, could etdy no longer at home,
1Ed went cut u service. first lived with Mrs.
~ hmfley, b. nat d1a 1ot M remain here more than week
fcrce. ! once went 10 dance hbnee On Wells
street, near Van Buren,, and remained there two
tuition Remained there because % It was + too ls late,
was skept b Mr.. Wildingcr assisted her shout her
horseTo1k. Slept alone when there. There wereno
with = strange man while there, and Be-
caught i9 dellcate situation. Father came
home with him. He told ne ii was dierepulabie
house, and insisted should not visit It. lie had
been IN the habit Of requiring me to attend church
time, remained : rear, during which be contin-
ued his old hAbits, and under similar circum-
stances: alaa o9ee' when he VAS ye1J Violent.
snd tod 10 be s hiaf %Ghss bs s esa
/ subssqushtiy leh home aEs5a sni went to Srs.
streets. went there On Friday, and father dig.
ged me heme On Monday. Wyman Keeps a board.
Ing house. While here visited ho1se on Lib
boase, but did not iro then. Luz Fathsr @ saw me- me-
as Has entering and tried to stop me, but / ran
away: He told me whcu came home that must
remain renal @ and behave @yselG He eontlnued his
wcnt to the house o! policeman Stewart, where
remained three weeks. I then went to The house
Of Ar: Htrech, on State street. lett there IN
badly abont me. He ssid Ind been eighteen days
IL tledridewell, and WAS taken ont Of ao.d house.
Ihsn vent f 10 the hopse q W: 1oppg, who lives
I'd to pull me down the stairs, and while they were
quar1eliine with A.s. Young: about me elected
ny escape By crawling ont Of the back window
then went to Mrs, Yonng's mother and got a place
a. sewing girl. 6taid there from Wednesday until
Monday last, when went to the office OF C. I.
eih aies stewaT Was taaen np 1t
hon.e Of prostitution. dned. and cent to the Bride
well, whence Evae pardoned ont By the Mayor.
Never vas in any honse q M-zcpate except the
ono On Liberty street, and then entered 1t unWit
tfrgly ard without knowing its character.
John u 1YAate ssto1n-Liye At III State street,
In the rooae above Hirset. HIVE never known
Saw lei father come and roughly take her away.
The family with whom she was residing are emil
Mefes Hirsch, f,o3yn-Know but little Of the girl,
and that little Is in her faror. She appeared
coWnheaffcd, aud explained to my wife the reason
oftt; she said she old not stay at home because
her father mietreated her. She left my house late
1t night. -
-zana Aarla Teldlag, sron-1 know defendant,
ia she Sss os NM shs
WAS going to church and went to house Of pEosti-
Know defendant and bis daughter: she is good
priucfpled girl. She came to my house and asked