Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-05-17

Emma Grant WAS, on May "a, in Chicago,
tried, convicted AMI sentenced 10 Eve years i'm.
prisonnen, for murder, committed under the
following circumstances; .v
Ga the evening Of March 9Th abe was sitting
10 room with Michael Spar, At the house of
Sarah Collyer, No. $50 State Street. The land.
lady, Miss cOllycr, was also present. Emma
Grant had pack Of cards in her hands, and
while ahuitlins them, she dropped one upon the
hoor. Spar picked tup. She dropped another.
Spar picked this one up, also, and when she
asked him to return them to her, he laughingy
replied that he would not, unltssshe said please
She said that ehe would not say please; that abe
could get them without Seeing that ho atill
kept the cnrde, the prisoner said to him Give
me those cards or III cut your heart out Shortly
alteFward they went into an adjoining room,
where the woman picked up large dirk knife
and stabbed the man in the chest From the
effects Of that wound he died. --.
Tho following sketch OF her history lie from the
Cbiargo Republican
Emma Grants story is very sad one Her
parents occupied most respectable position 10
lafayette, Ind Her father died come years ago,
aud her mothers affection toward her died as
soon as the clouds of trouble settled upon her
young brow. Some eve or six years ago, when
al school in Wisconsin, she married. Her mar
riel life waa most unhappy one, and she shortly
afterwarl separated from her husband, and With
her infant child returned to her mother, in Inc
diana, Here she does not appear to have been
Welcome visitor and within few months after
her arrival Mt home she again left, determined
10 earn livelihood for herself and child. sho
had received a liberal education, and believed
that she could obtain a situation as school
teacher. Being poor, friendless and unknown,
she failed, Of COURSE in this endeayor. We
next Gud her in Chicago, eking out miserable
existence in the west division as nurse. Out
OF the paluy woges she received In this capacity
she had to keep herself aud provide for the
rat " Of her boy, whom she could not have
with her. A mouth aflerwarj, and even this
mode Of Living failed, and tho poor, wretched,
foTs,ken girl-for she is not yet twenty-five
years Of age-was turned houselsss and friend
Isas upon the streets. For time she struggled
gsllsntly u obtain bread, but she struggled in
vain. She had no friends, no mouey. This kind
woill, therefore, as matter Of course, trampled
her under foot 1t was then toat the last dread
resort flashed across her mind. She had failed
to live honestly. She could live by crime. The
virtue which refused her food; offered by is sale
and sacrifice ut least a temporary existence Ia
physical ease aud bodily comfort. And so Emma
Grant fell 80 she became a prostitute. So
she entered upon q career Which, in less than
Two short months, WAS stopped by barrier Of
blood, an act Of crime
siuoe h0r incarceration in prison, she has
been wholly deserted by all who have known
her. The attorney whom she engaged left her
when be found she was penniess, aud when abe
appeared ia court yesterday she was defended
by counsel who had been instructed to act In
her behalf by the court
Since the commission of her crime, the pri-
sopor appears to have lost ali hope. Her con
duet In jail has been that Of Que who was indif-
ierent to life, and almost courted death. Quiet
and lh1y like to al, she was Communicative to
nouei mud when alone, would generally be seen
to cover hcr face in her hands, or beneath the
coverings of her prison bed. and remain for
hours sill aud impressive as tho ,omb.
She hiss snued. cne 0as been punished.
For hTc long yeats will she pine behind prison
wals---for she has no friends to recommend her
to executive cemency, and when she again
sers the light Of liberty, 1t will be as a wretched,
broseu.bearted woman, only bound to life by
the tenddls that hold her heart Of hearts to the
existence and welfare Of her child.