The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-04-15
RrvoIr1NG INCEST OF A LUsrFUL FATHER

1REvoIr1NG INCEST OF A LUsrFUL FATHER.
We COPY the following from the Louisville
co.r;ar..Ionrnal of March 3Oth. Hist the mos'
shocking. horrible case of the kind we ever
read or heard Of:
We were yesterday placed IN possession aa; u
.o3"o strange facts concerning a family resld-
:o :, ona of the counties of Southern Indl-
ana and AZ all that we propose to give mas
been before court, there is no dOuDt thaC .no
statements have been made which we puo,ish'
The accused has not yet been arrested anu we
therefore withhold for the present inc names
of all partes concerned, as well Us inc iia'i'o
of the county in which the crimes are aiiegeo
to have been committed
Last fall well-to do farmer. abOutslxty'h Ve
years of age, attempted to Vloia1e tno t''.
of his grand. daughter beautiful girl OF aoouc
SIXTEEN. The incestous wretch Is the lathet oi
i family of six girls, all of whom are married.
The ages of the daughters range from tmrtyto
forty Years His wife Is still living ana Is WIN
him. The time of the alleged rape was las'
August. Since then various charges haTc poei,
entered against him. Last week the crcui'
Court convened and grand jury was i'''pan'
neled. The eldest daughter OF this hah-a
woman forty years OF age ana inc liothe' y,
the GRAND daughter-wa summoned 10 appear
hafnra the Grand Jury and testify against her
unnntural father. In the examination one OF
the iurvmeu said, "Well, now tell us oil about
this The witness understood that she must
Give n history of all the lustiul actions OF her
fnther that had ever come to her knowledge.
She proceeded to say that at about the age
ot fifteen her father had seduced her, and that
he continued from that time up to the present
IA period of over twenty-five years-to hold
an improper intimacy with her. She was UNI
able in se?eral instances to tell whether her
children were the offspring OF her husband or
her father She further stated that her sisters
had every one of them told her that the father
had seduced them, and continued from Tune 10
time to have criminal intercourse with them
and they too had expressed doubts rs to who
was the father of some of their children
The Prosecuting Attorney was so much as
tcnshed, and his credulity So severely tested
that he closely eyed the witncss during the re-
lation of her horrible tale. and proceeded upon
Il most scrutinizing cr"ss-exainlnation. Inc
woman stated that when she was coming up 10
wolnanhood her father had begun b! caresses
of which she little suspected The intention, ana
she had permitted iamiliarlties which no one
but her father would have been allowed 10
take tnat TINS went uU uHtIl sue i'"Iiu Nv 81
thu, victim of his lust She made the same as
srrtions in regard to the experience of her Sis
tiers. She was asked how such fearful crllni-
nalty could be carried on without the know l.
edge of her mother TO this she replied that
he ALWAYS managed 10 have his wife away, or
took his daughter Ia some place. and used dii-
trrcut prr;rnccs and subtrr!uccs Ia effect his
purpose When asked huw all tins was kept
from her (thc daughtcr's) husband. she replied
that her father Was always ailrcil"natr III his
nature. and any iamlliarities h. prac,crd were
never looked upon with Jealous ry" but merely
as iaihrriy feeling toward Il daughter. and no
suspicion had ever arisen III the mind al her
husband. The witness expressed II" i-iccln2
asains, her father but said he was always KIND
to her aud that lately she had been dependent
upon him. She stated ais" that She knew she
was eliminating herself, but. nevertheless, sand
calmly and deliberately, that she spoke nothing
but the truth.
Our informant states that there is some pos
sihillty If the woman being n mon"nanlac, but
that there j. nothing but her extraordinary
statements 10 indicate her insanity. IL may b."
puss bic that she seeks this mode at avcnglng
III. outrag" upon her daughter. but there are
circumstances outsG" which corroh"rat" her
statement. \ neighbour, on hearing a! the IN.
ulfttntHt Ui tue Ola "TtIcH, uttIdItu IIdt Ht
had been guilty of incest for the last twenty
five wears. 1t is also asserted that, rs each one
of the daughters arrived ut maturity, they
were successfully sent away from home for the
space of about u year. 1t is further stated
that for many years back, and up 10 a late
day, the old man has been IN the habit of going
to New Albany in n country wagon, and has
always taken one of his daughters with him.
/ and that has been one of the means he has
used to carry out his infamous designs
\ warrant has been ISSUED for lis arrest and
as soon as he is apprchendcd the names of the
parties and the place of residence will be pub
llshed The strangcst part Of this revolving
history is that the old man, upon whom the
burden of these crimes rests, has for years
been n member of the church. and has ALWAYS
been upright and honorable in his dealings with
his neighbOrs.
New Posi- Routes by the Washington
correspondent of the Oregonidn we learn that
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