The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-28
Revolving secutton-OutrageOus Con,
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RevOItlng observation-disclosures Com
duct OF Guardian Towards Has
Young Niece.
From the Chicago Times, November %.
George Mcintosh is man whose hoary head
and beDded frame are premonltory OF the near
approach of that unwelcome guest whose pre-
y sence even the good, the pure, and yirtuous so
much dread. He has lived the allotted period
4 of threescore years and ten, and is fguratlvely
Z tottering upon the brink of eternity-trembhng
at the verge Of the dark abyss whose regions
never have and never will be explored by NOR
/ tails. This old man was yesterday morning an
occupant of the prisoners box at the Armory.
He v as not charged with any hideous crime,
4 but came forward to plead to the usual COM
plant OF ''disorderly conduct"
I The witness against him was beautiful young
girl, whose fair form and raddy cheeks and
bright eyes and transparent purity were strik-
ingly indicative OF cnaste mind, and that
moral loveliness which Is the most charming
attribute which benehcent Creator can bestoW
upon woman. She gave her name as Lizzie
Marie Schriber and stated that the prisoner
was her uncle When the little hand had been
raised, and the lips OF the budding woman had
pronounced the solemn words, $50 help me
God,n this pure little girl proceeded with scald-
Jug tears pouring down her shane-reddened
cheeks, and with painful sobs rending her
bosom, to relate the ptlful tale OF suferngs, OF
prosecutions, of wrongs and of perls, which at
i once riveted the close attention and enlisted
the warm sympathy OF all who listened to it.
! Nine years ago the father and mother OF Lizzie
i Marie Schriber died, leaving her, an orphan
d seven years OF age, to the care of her uncle,
George Mcintosh. The wife of Mcintosh was
also buried shortly afterwards, and thus Lizzie
and her uncle we've left alone in the world-a
Wrinkled venerable old man and bright BIOS
som who was destined TO bud and ripen and
mature for good or evil under his teachings and
a according to his example. A fearful RESPONSE
q bility rested upon his shoulders. The desGlnies
of dead sisters child were placed in his hands,
and to him the child appealed for love, atten-
lion, kindness, support and education. She
s. received none OF these In place of that
love which the ties of consanguinity
should have prompted, and which COM
Y mon humanity would suggest she received
"a kicks and cuffs, and words whose harshness and
GOODNESS and bitterness sent bghting chill to
her warm young heart. Her lot was, indeed, a
~ miserable one. With no father to whom she
81 could look for the love which man always feels
for an only child; with no mother on whose
bosom to rest her head and relate her little tales
Of girish trouble; with no brothers nor sisters
\ to share her joys and mingle in her sorro ws
with not even a single aymate-deserted, desc
late, despairing-she was shut out OF the world
"a and confined to the society OF an unprlncipleo
old uncle. She was made his slave, and was
treated worse than q man OF the commones
vi nobility of soul would treat dog. ...H s.r. r
Education was denied her, and she greWuI
in utter ignorance, not knowing one letter from
94 anOther-scarcely even being aware OF the ex
W jstence of Supreme Being. She was compelled
TO drudge from morning to night, to cook, tc
wash, to iron, to mend, and TO do as much work
as s usually allotted to two stout girls. No
only this but the uncle, she says, compelled heI
10 steal the fuel which kept htm warm in winter
H and cooked his yictuals in GUNNER. This
"a abominable course of life continued for several
& years, and Lizzie at the age Of fifteen wai
N almost rs ignorant as on the day when she was
Il brought into a world OF wickedness and misery
II was then that fearful calamity threatened
W her. II was then that the baseness OF her uncl
W was revealed In all its hideous enormity. Ac
X Cording to the child's story, when she became
more mature in years, and when budding wo
e manhood revealed developments of rare persona
gifts a new feeling entered the uncle's breast
His conduct toward his niece suddenly changed
and, instead ofoowardly blows, he laVished upol
her the most ardent caresses. This change wa
NOT wrought by any feeling of manly regard TO