The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-05-14
Shocking Developne.ts.


Shooting Developnents.
The sudden death Of Miss Margaret Anz
Duvals two days since, late employee under
Mr.. Clarke, superintendent Of the Banl
Note Department, in the Treasury Build
Ing, excited the suspicion Of some Of hel
friends, - well ~ members of the detect
i've force, that her death was produced BY
an abortion. :
All that We deem it proper to say ct thil
time is that Miss Ella Jackson, a very
pretty girl who has been employed by Mr.
Clarke, has been arrested upon the charRt
OF having accompanied deceased to Phila.
delphia to procure the abortion, aided hel
in procuring the medicines, and admins.
tered them to the unfortunate.
Suspicion points to Mr.. Clarke and q Mr.
Henderson, one Of whom, from memoran
dums found upon Ella jackson, and which
came out in evidence before the committee
Clerke's treasury-note bureau, il supposed
to he the principal persons guilty Of the
complicity which resulted in the death u
Miss Duval.
Az We 30 to press we understand that of.
ficers are in pursuit Of Clarke and Hender.
son. In the meantime Ella jackson. who
it is alleged acted - = sort Of agent fol
for employment in bank note cutting, il
under arrest ct Justice Clayton's ofice, and
at two o'clock she IN to be examined upon
. charge Of aiding and abetting - Lewis
In producing an abortion upon Margaret
Ann Duval.
A post norton examination Of the body
Of the deceased has been held to-day by
Doctors Riley and Stone. Their testimony,
announcing the result, will be given before
Justice Clayton this afternoon Washing-
ton Republican, sta.
Spencer NJ. Clarke, Superintendent of the
Printing Bureau, Of the Treasury, was ar
rested this morning, charged with the
crime Of being accessory to the act Of abor-
ton.
Many of our readers, no doubt, can rec
ollect q beautiful and attractive young lady
with auburn hair, somewhat freckled, and
dressed in black, who was, it will be re-
membered, in the habit Of promenading on
the shady side of the avenue during pleas
ant afternoons, especially If the weather
was very fine. Her name was Miss Maggie
DuvaL. She formerly resided in the old
frame house next to the Odd Fellows Hall
which was lately torn down.
became the victim of Mr.. Clarke, and in
consequence Of which, to hide her shame,
which was becoming very apparent, went
to Philadelphia, accompanied it is said, by
Enoch Lewis, Assistant Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue, for the purpose of hav-
ing the necessary operation performed on
her, to produce abortion. From the result
of the operation Miss Duval unfortunately
died, and the arrest OF Mr.. Clarke, who ID
charged with the crime, took place this
morning.
Several witness were examined, who
proved that Miss Duval had used stringent
medicines-thus attempting to take the
matter Of Kidding herself Of disgrace in her
own hands. Miss Jackson, who was ex-
amined, stated that she had seen her with
medicines, and an United States officer
stated that he had heard her ask "what was
good" presuming it to be her desire to pro-
duce abortion, If she could be informed Of
the remedy to accomplish that purpose.
LATER.-The coroner's verdict il that the
Young woman was not enciente. The med
icine was administered to her in the belief
that she was.- Washington Onion, 9Th.
q ]. l.. McCreery, formerly Editor Of the
Delaware Journal, who has for several
months past occupied the position OF Local
Editor OF the Dubuque Times, gives notice
of his retirement from Editorial employ.
ment. In his "valedicsory," which is full
Of good things, he gives this along with
other sound advice to young men:
''Be true to thine own sell, and. it shall
then be false to any man." If praise or
fame shall follow your best efforts, accept
them with fear and trembling; but let not
praise or fame be your highest object. We
are but sands in the domain Of the Infinite.
We can fill 1t best but very small corner
Of immensely. Yet that corner is a part OF
creation, and il is necessary to the general
harmony that it shall be filed. Because
your talents are few hide them not with a
napkin. We might sigh for some higher
and more conspicuous place than we Occu-
py, but nothing is to be gained by sighing-
only by morkin0; and perhaps after all, 1t
is better as it is. We might prefer to be
the eagle, soaring above the beetling cliff !;
but the robin and the blue bird gladden.
more hearts in the valley than does the ca
gle on the mountain top. We may be am
bilious of doing some great thing for the
world when we work most earnestly for
ourselves-not with q narrow, selfish aim,
but seeking to develop our highest capabil-
tiles. Human progress can only come
through the progress Of the individual
The streets Of the great city OF Jerusalem
were kept clean simply because every man
in the city sscept his 0s0n door step. Ever
''de the duty that lieth nearest thee>' and
life will be bright with q joy unspeakable,
and "peace that pusseth understanding"
MAX. AND JEFF.-The Atlanta Co,yeeler-
0ev has . letter from "a distinguished citi-
rem Of the South" now In Europe, who ex-
ults over great changes Of opinion in the
Old World to the side Of the Confederate
man. thieves, and concludes: sas.
II hope the Afchduke Macmillan will
70 70 Mexico, ~ now believed, Ia March.
/ am sanguine that good will aow from it
! am quite surss and I doubt not You, VIII
agree with me. that he, ut least, thorough
can question, and that h1s powerful in
fluence will be properly employed In pro-