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murdcrers, and thought the ASSASSINATION
of Mr.. Richardson would be severe trial
of their philosophy. We gladly give
place to the following, written by one who
kno,cs the merits Of the case of the la
mented man whose sad fate we record
But alas! for his hopes Mr. Richardson
died on Thurday last;
a son Thursday last, at 5 o'clock, P. M,
Mr.. Albert D. Richardson, the widely
known journalist and author, was shot in
the Tribune publication-room by Dane
Mcfarland. The ball entered his right
side, passed through the stomach, and
lodged in the aeshy part Of the back,
making very ugly and dangerous wound,
which it was at first thought must inevita-
bly, prove fatal; but we are glad to say
that, at the present moment TUESDAY
noon), there is good ground for hope that
he will recover. Mcfarland seeks to
Justify the murderous deed by the allega-
ton that Mr.. Richardson was improperly
intimate with his wife, and that he eaticed
her to leave him. Our own acquaintance
with the circumstances enables US to give
the most emphatic denial to this alloga-
ton, as well as to every rumor affecting
unfavorably the reputation either OF Mrs.
Mcfarland or Mr.. Richardson. The sim
pie truth is that Mrs. Mcfarland left her
husband in the Spring Of 1867, entirely
without Mr.. Richardson's instigation, be-
cause she could not longer endure his bru-
tality. We do not enter into particulars
but leave them to be investigated by the
court which will try Mcfarland for his
crime. If it was a sin for man to be-
friend noble woman struggling for bread
for herself and children under such pain
full circumstances, and to offer to marry
her when it should be legal to so do, then to
that extent is Mr.. Richardson inner,
but no further Soon after the separation,
Mr. Richardson was walking in the street
with Mrs. Mcfarland, late at night, when
Mr.. Mcfarland approached from behind,
aud, no doubt, intending to kill HIM, sent
bullet through his thigh. Mr.. Richard
son rcfrained from prosecuting the mad
man, hoping that such generous forbear-
ance would tend to allay his malignity.--
This hope, however, proved delusive. Nc
Farland, after nursing his feelings of re-
yenge for two years and a half, has again
attempted in the most cowardly manner,
to take the life of Mr.. Richardson. He
followed him, it seems, for days and weeks,
watching for an opportunity to fire upon
him by stealth, till at last such an oppor,
tunity was found at the place and time
above mentioned. The assassin is now in
the Tombs awaiting the Judgment of the
law upon his crime. Mrs. Mcfarland,
who lately obtained divorce in Indiana,
(her father and an eminent lady of this
city appearing as witnesses on her BEHALF,
has resumed her maiden name, and is
now, with her mother, watching anxiously
at the bedside of the man who, il is hoped,
will live to become her husband. She is
a woman of spotlcss purity of character,
and of high literary attainments, and,
since she left her brutal husband, has sup
ported herself and one of her children
(the other being under the control Of the
unhappy father) by her pen. Mr.. Rich
ardson may have been imprudent in ayow-
ing his love for her SO soon after her ir-
j., revocable separation from the husband
who had made her life one of almost un.
endurable wretchcdness but it was an
imprudence which no generous mind can
regard as a stain. His conduct from first
to last, as in due time will be abundantly
demonstrated, has been that of high
toned, honorable man. If Daniel McFar-
land could even prove all his accusations
against his former wife aud Mr.. Richard
son to be true, he would not thereby ex-
cuse, still less justify himself for taking
the law into his own hands; but, those
accusations being false, he mast be regard
ed simply as murderer, and should be
dealt with accordingly. 1t is not compati.
BILE with the safety Of society to permit
men to escape the penalty of their crimes.
Whatever sympathy it may be allowable
to feel for a bloody minded man whose
wife fees from his arms, it is certainly
asking too much to plead that he may
with impunity seek the life of the man
who betriends her in her fight from a