The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-08-24
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FarDxy. AUGUST a.. ,soo.
A Despe ate woman-lhe Fuiy nf q
Betrayed Woman-Thib two Young
Men kuiutu.


Men Ruiutu.
Mr.. Gould one of the Vice Presi.
dents Of the Prison Association, re.
la,es the story OF a fallen woman
whom he encountered in one of our
penitontiary hospitals, which casts II
terrific Geht epon the tendency of Ii.
centiousness to produce crime, and
we reproduce IL in the hope Chat it.
may meet the eye of some of the
young men who are so blatantin their
hraggadoci0 about victories over the
virtues of the weaker sex. The wo-
man referred to had been of eXquis
ite beauty and elegant culture. Her
father, wealthy merchantlof New
York, failed in business, and gave up
everything to his creditors She
was reduced to the necessity of learn
ing the trade of II dressmaker to earn
lcr daily bread. She became pro
ficent in the business, and her taste
and skill commanded liberal wages,
which enabled her to provide an am.
pie wardrobe for herself. She had
heen inteus, ly devoted to the gliit r
and goycly of fashionable life, and
hope, which "springs eternal III the
human breast whispered that n for
tunatc marriages might yet restore
her to the charmed circles whose de-
lights she had once tasted, aud which
she longed to re enter She used
every effort by the charms OF person,
dress, voice, and manners, to attract
the notice and win the love of eligi-
ble young men. AT length she tho
she had succeeded IN her Object; but
the young man, whose affections she
dreamed she bad won, proved To be
n cold hearted villain, who was in
pursuit on y Of amusement and graf
icalion for the passing hour. o, C
evening he invited h,r to ride Driv.
ing into the country, he alighted at
house of reireshmcnt, in the neigh
borhood OF the city. He offered her
q glass OF wine which she drank
The liquor had boen drugged. A
profound stupor ensued, and she
awokc the following morning TO find
herself ruined. With returning con.
seriousness, the whole magnitude of
injury burst upon her. She instantly
resolved upon revenge, and the plan
tor its accomplishment flashed upon
her mind with the suddenness and
rapidity of lightning. She betrayed
no emotion, she uttered no reproach
es. She.treated what had happened
as q harmless jest, and lLndly invit.
ed continuance of the intimacy
The young man eXulted in the ease
and completeness OF his victory
from that moment she became III,
evil genius of his life. Processing
the tenderest and most unselfsh ai
fections, she drew money from hin
continually, with which she hiret
sharpers to furnish him with Pre-
vocatives to drinking, gambling
and all the forms of vice and de
bauchery. AT every rally OF hi
better nature, by skillful altcrna
tion of persuasion, banter and men
ace, she chokcd the rising impulse o
virtue, chained him to the car OF dis
sipation, and confirmed him in hi
career of vice. Full well did sh
know whittier all this would |, a him
nor was she disappointed in her ma
lignant expectation. Drunkcnes
clouded his u lde andIng, debuuch
cry ruined his health, and gamblin.
reduced him to poverty. Not unit
this point, the goal OF her prayer
and efforts, had Ueen reached, whel
poverty and disease had done thei
work, and he was unable to procur
wretcled bed or u sea ity meal, eN
cept throu ;h her charity, did sh
wreck upon him the fill measure q
her vengeance. Then it was her da
ly delight to yisi him, to load hil
with reproacLes, and to reveal TO hil
in bitter eXultati3n, The whole sci l
so cunningly devised, ald 80 steadil
pursued, by VIII C she had wroug'
his ruin. And when the closil
scene drew near, she sat by his he
side, and mingled her cxecratio
with the shricks cXtortcd by his d
Jug agonics. Nor was her vcngean,
even yet sa isfied, Her warfare w
against tIu whole sex, whom she I
garded rs gccursed; and her ins
tiate REVENGE cried out for still 9th
victims. w enever she could fast
her fnngs on young man of gcnte
flmily--one Of the sort WHO boast
of easy made victories over femi
CHASTITY, and whose uncloudcd prC
y cts foretokencd n brilliant ear,
she never relaxed her hold.
studied with ke,nuess sh, rpan, d
experience, every point in his CHI
acter, his tastes, his passions,
hopes, his whatever attract
and whatever rcpelled him; and til,
with an almost unerring sagaci
adapted the means to the end, {
seldom failed in her demoniac ID
pose. She claimed in'this manner
have hunted down thirty-two you
men, involving them in disgra
crime, and ruin. Some of them i
ended their days in prison, and O
ers, hopelcssly fallen, were on
road to the dfunkarfl's and the
on's grave. When asked whether
her sisters in 'infamy felt the sa
hatred to mankind, she replied {
she thought the feeling to he gel
al, if not universal among them,
ding that when woman had o
fallen, she desired to revenge |
sell, not only upon her seducer,
on all his sex, that no game was