The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-04-30
CCRRESPONDENCE
CHICAGO. Anrl 9Th. 1868.

oiIS WEicu HuHdul1y 10 Cht-iRSu Will, are
no. to a great extent mythical, and the
fearful suggestions of their commission,
dressed up lovingly by LEGAL reporters, he
not pure and simple sham and humbug.
1t is quite common to see a startling line
in large type, in the local columns "anoth-
err mysterious disappearance" and follow
ing it quarter Of a column of ;'fears' and
'rumors" and "suspicions" and "beiefs"
that John Smith, or somebody else, has
been "foully murdered" for the green
backs he possibly had at the time of the
little incident. 1t is seldom deemed
worth while to revert 10 John Smiths re-
tura few weeks after. Even the return
Of the prodigal son, one Of the jolliest re-
turns on record, is not generally very in-
teresting, and certainly nobody cares a
continental for the details Of how John
Smith left his wife In tears and jumped
the town with Blanche, Claudia, Jenny or
Ninnette, for brief and illegal honey
moon-or how John might have found
travel suddenly necessary for his health,
or to avoid creditors, or something Of the
kind. So the public gets nothing but the
black, staring horror Of a "mys:erious DIS
appearance" and gradually gets to believe
that ''burke-ing" is quite common pas
10,
marks arc suggested by an announcement
of the lighting OUT most unexpectedly,
of a person named William Straight, a
farmer from Pennsylvania, who brought
here wife and sundry children, put them
on board boat for Muakegon, stepped on
shore and has boen seen no more. He
had some $4,000 with him-ergo say the
horror makers, she has been murdered for
his money" Let US see another side to
this matter. Not great while since lie
came to Chicago on business. After he
went home, his wife, "going through" his
pockets, as all good wives DO when they
Sce q CHaHOS, lOuuu 3" piO-uiC u NCiy
pretty woman. It had been taken in CHI
eago. There was aD uupleasantness. He
said it was distant relative. She re-
piled, in the language Of Rey. DR.. Hat
field, that chat wouldn't wash :" He
sold out bis farm and al his chattels, pat
the erecn5acks in his pocket, and with
his family came here. The rest Of the
story has been told. Now isn't it much
mere probable that he is with that pretty
distant relative" than that he is murder
cd?
But We had an actual murder here, last
week, the only regrets for which are for
The incompleteness of the affair /:
should have resolved itself into Kilken-
Dy cat affair and left none alive who were
present. A professional gambler named
Cameron, in his gaming den, shot and
killed one cf his victims, named Bruce, a
thief, burglar, garroter, aud gambler, and
severely wounded the latter's pal" Da-
ley, who is said to be accomplished in the
same arts which have made Bruce famous.
Whether the killing was justitiable or not
the coroner's jury have left for the record
cr's court to settle. It would be an excel
lent idea to pass law permitting this
class Of fellows to kill each other with i'm
punity. under any circumstances, with or
without pr0vocation, but hang any one of
them who should raise his hand against a
decent man.
Mrs Gricr, the would-be murderess of
Miss Comstock, has been fully identified
as the perpetrator Of that fendish outrage.
She is out on Sl5, 600 ball. awaiting trial,
and her victims life is no longer in dan
ger.
"LG Belle Hclens' with all its burlesquc
fun and luxur;ousGess Of "can can" has
become thing Of the past. Last Satur-
day night closed its season. ! did intend
to give you a description of that ''can-can "
but really I'm too modest to do it justice
Read Swinburus ''Leper," the "Epitha-
lamium" of Johannes Secundus, and
Shakspear's "Venus and Adonis," and
you have at least the spirit Of it. Re-
minds me of old Sol. Ryndcrs, when he
was s. d. Of ''worshipful lodge" in New
York, long, long syne. Sol. would get
tight, especially in times of political ex-
) element, and one night he came up etc
work the second" very booty indeed
t, His condition was not observed until il
became his duty to deliver long, elo-
quent and important lecture, when, what
was the horror Of the lodge, to hear hin,
after severe hiccough, address the can.
didates thus, ''This is a most solemn, inn
pressive n beautiful degree. I'd tell you
all bout it, if 'membered it,-but
don't. Take the holy bible n the masonic
manual N study 'en through N you'll
learn all about tn more too" That
) was his last night as Sen. d.
Art is in a much more fourishing con.
diton here just now than it has befsfe been
within long time. Hoyey & Nichols
free gallery has become the most popular
, resort IN the city for all who appreciate
art and the constant and rapid succession