National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1866-10-12

LOVE AND CRIME.-The Iowa Re |
gister gives short but graphic ac-
count of a case of illicit love, crime
and family desertiOn that lately oc-
CURED at Sioux City in that State:-l
A Mr.. Leander Davis was the |
proprietor of hotel at Sioux City,
Iowa. His family consisted of his |
wife, three children and his. mother. |
He had been greatly prospered in
business, and stood high in the esti
nation of his neighbOrs, and was
apparently the last man to bring on
himself moral and financial ruin. |
A fascinating young girl, by the
name of Ellen O'Neil, was employ
ed in the hotel as chambermaid. He
became enamored of this girl, ne
elected his business to be i'll her
company, seemed mOrose and I'M
happy when away from her. His
wife, kind and gentle woman, new
er upbraided him, but at times eX-
postulated with him in the name of
her children. but all to- no purpose.
For months the poor wife, broken in
spirit and weighed down with grief,
was compelled to live beneath the
rame roof with her husbands para
mour. At last the mother, unable
to endure the sight of the girl any
longer, came to the rescue, and the
girl was sent away to her home. In
few days business called Mr..
Davis away. He was absent sever
al weeks, and then returned, telling
his wife he had been with Elem
He remained at home a few days,
when one day he handed his wife a
bundle of papers, conveying to her
all his real estate, amounting to
$4,000, and on the same day drew
$4,000 from the bank, then cOolly
walked out of the house, with his
wife and little children crying and
begging for him to come back, and
without one kind word or look for
those who loved him, and who were
ready to forgive him, he took the
stage and left his home never to re-
turn. The guilty ones now live TO-
gether, while the stricken wife and
doting children are left to suffer in a
home robbed of it's endearments by
the wiles of an abandoned woman.
ANOTHER CHILD WHIPPED TO
DEATH FOR NOT SAYING MS PRAY
ERS.-A case of fatal child fogging
occurred at Sarnia, a few miles from
Kingston, G. W., on Wednesday
last, the victim being a little girl five
years Of age, named Kate Sibley,
the illegitimate daughter of Schuy-
Ter Sibley and Miss Kate Davis,
and the alleged provocation being
the refusal of the child 70 say its
prayers. 1t appears til on the
night in question, the mother had
beaten the child with a raw hide for
nearly an hour, and when rendered
insensible by pain and loss Of blood
thrust into a chair and went to bed.
For time the child was heard to
moan as if in intense agony, bat
soon became quiet. and nothing
more was heard until near morning,
when Il servant entered the room,
found the child dead, and immediate
ly gave the alarm. Upon lifting the
child from the floor, where it had
fallen, most revolving sight was
presented. The head, face and shout
dcrs were scared and discOlored
from the terrible blows Of the raw
hide, while the body from head to
foot presented a shockingly mangled
and bloody appearance. Old scars,
scarcely healed, We're also visible
upon the body, testitying to former
cruel tloggings.
; The medical evidence showed that
the injuries of the fogging were
alone sufficient to produce death,
but that serious internal injuries, the
result of kicks or blows, had pre-
viously been received, and the en-.
tire absence of food for many hours
| had also something to do with the
result. The murderess, in being ex
amined, confessed that a few days
previous to the fatal act, the father
of the child had administered unto
it most ulmerciful beating for not
saying its prayers, and ordered heI
to do the same whenever it refused
The jury returned verdict crimi
mating both parents, whereupon they
were both committed to prison tC
await trial for murder.
A FRANK STATEMENT.-A West
ern candidate for Congress, who had
a large and well stocked farm, was
annoyed ut the almost nightly dis
appearance from his premises Of q
number Of Lis hogs. A yigilan,
watch enabled him to detect the
thief, who proved to be neighbor
and warm political friend of the
candidate--onc, in fact, upon whose
assistance he greatly relied in tn,
coming canvass. He disliked t,
lose his support, and he dislikcC
more the idea Of losing his hogs
SO he made up his mind to be franl
+ with the thief, and try to save, il
more senses than one, his bacon. lit
went at once to his ncighbor, tol,
him what he had asccrtaincd, cX
pressed his desire not to make {
public exposure, and said: "Noy
] make this proposition ; ifyou vii
let my hogs alone in the future,
VIM not only say nothing of TIN
past, but when kill, in the fall, "
put into our cellar five barrels of a