The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-07-03
The Albany Tragedy-Anothe Sic
kles Affair.

The killing Of Hiscock by General Cole,
for,the alleged improper intimacy with the
wife Of the latter, caused the most intense
excitement at Albany. The Albany Jour-
nal, in long editorial, denounces the deed
as cold-blooded murder, and says:
We have spoken of this deed as murder.
Thus it was We know morbid and per-
yerted sentimentality-a relic Of barbarism
has excused such crimes as this, until
the belief has grown far too general that
slaughter, under such circumstances, has
no faint Of guilt. But we shall yet learn
that human life is too precious to be thus
wantonly destroyed; that the safety OF So
ciety is of too much Importance to he thus
imperiled without punishment.
Assuming the truth OF the story told to
hand by Cole, there were two criminal
parties. Only one is slain. But who
knows that this story is true9 Who
knows what defence the murdered Hiscock
might have madeg Charged with crime
by q witness whose very charge was q con-
fession of her own gross culpability; tried
and condemned without a hearing or an
opportunity for defence executed upon
the spot Is this justice 9-is this honor
| is this manhood9 Rather is it not glar-
ing, damning outrage, cnlpable baseness,
snenkine coWardice? Had Colonel Cole
detected his victim in an act Of dishonor,
he might have been excused for the deed
which passion would prompt. But when
knowledge was succeededb by reflection, and
reflection by dcliberation-l lasting, accord.
inc to bis own statement, during more than
two ilays-we say that the act to which
that deliberation led was murder! A jury
! will sooner OF later pronounce upon the L.
GAL aspects of this case. But it is time fol
Society, so osten and so fearfully outraged
by deeds like this, to let its voice be
heard.
In another article, Under the heading
"The Vendetta the Journal says:
A man deems himself wronged and dis
hono1ed by the invasion ofhis household
In q frenzy of rage he seeks the person al
legged to have destroyed his peace, ant
without word Of warning, without a mo
ment's opportunity for defence, lays him
bleeding corpse at his feet!
/ Was this victim guilty9 And it SO wa
he alone guilty? When the sanctity Q
the marriage VOW is repeatedly violated
are there no concurring circumstance
which implicate equally man and woman
Shall the dead alone bear the consequence
of Judgment alone, and the living escape
| Did the husband estimate rightly tin
cause of his dishonor? How, then, can h
excuIpate her who, according to his owl
i story, Had for weeks maintained crimina
relations with another, concealing the ev
denee from him. Would only bulle
: serve the assailant justly, while tender es
pressions Of confluence and affection beii
we have none Of us. forgotten the note
case which transpired at Washington
There the seducer was shot, and the VIZ
man taken, back to the bosom Of her hui
band and the society of his friends! Wa
: that q yindication of the integrity OF SOC
ctyg And if so, are we to have the ssor
repeated with new parties9 It huma
| life is held at SO little value, OF What rs
are She safeguards Of law and the prote
i, tors of public jnsticeg
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