, 1869-04-07
BOSTON.
The Pyke Tragedy--Terrible Close
Of a Record Of Family Crime.
4 Notable Conviction for Burglary.

4 N01apie ConF1ctl0n Tor Burglary.
senous Charges Of Corruption Against
Detectiyea
Literary and Art Matters.
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BoEuS, April 5, 1853.
CRIMINAL MATHIS.
That blackest Of Ill recent tragedlea the affair Of
the Pyke family, IN. Fltehhurg, has had another |
Act- On MondaJ, the protraeted preliminary e1- |
animation Of Pyke, on the charge Of numbering his
wife, vas concluded, and the prisoner WIS fully |
committed 1or ui2L Tho testimony taken On thia |
day WIS the only approach to poaitlyt evidence a.
to the crime alleged which has thus Mr been |
heard II was that Of q Boston physician who had
ana1Jzed the remains Of Ars PIKE who /
found no remainder OF polson, hut only some inAl-
easlouA Of. poisoning In tho stomach. but who, |
after long search, discovered On the bed-clothtng
used during the sick HomaaA last hours Bone |
us1h which he pronounced o1anc acid. So |
thu theory OF the prosecution Is modified to
meet this result, and now Is that PIKE poisoned |
his aged wtfe with uxnltc acid 20 Diluted that no
trace would be left IN the body, aud adniulstered
in the form Of 1eH1ouade- Az the doctors had !
already sworn that the aJupsoma OF disease sud |
appearances Of death were such to indicate nrst
poisoning ny a1Beu1c, and then by cosrosEe suh1t.
mate, and now that they fully hasmonlze with the
oxa1.c Add theorJ, their testimony has = weaker
aspect than Chat OF such e1peru In general. AT
the sAme moment that the F1tchbnrK Judge,
upon thM Testimony. Ha1 committing PJta TO
prison, hta vile daughter, hls own mlsreaa, Sc
duced Into SIN befure she had fairly emerged from
infancy, VA lying In Boston charitable instttu-
tlpn, giving birth to her btep-fathe.B child Tn&
ctrunstaneea in her own own were 80 terrible thst
she voluntarily came To Boston 70 hare her oon- !
nncmens, away from the gazing eyes and med
ding tongues Of scornful nctShborz. T1o result /
wss &aeh - might baEe been expected fron the 4
te45hId1 experiences Of tho ls2t month"; Of hes.
prekd1ncy-& mother dead and perhaps murdered,
4 fsthex and rarsuour arrested aud put on rr!ai
for his Life. herseI cAtechlsed on the Wttness-
stand kud exposed to the comment o1 the world.
Tho baby was Still born, aua the mother, AFTER tin
gcrtng four days and retterattng the testimony sho
had previous1y given, died also whether Pyle
deliberately murdered his wife Or not, there osn be
no question Of hts guilt Of crime morally quite As
bad and even more revolving in bis treatment Of
thts gtri, whose training N evil II the hands Of
him who should hare been her protector c1ec-
tually cheeks amy censure directed Against hesaelf
Two men standing high In sporting circles in
property, the proprietor Of iaczznve bar md dog
pit with much such position relatively As that Of
Mor1tsscy IN New York, have lust been sentenced
to four ye&1s In the State Prison. for completely tn
burglary committed four Of 1re years ago, Such
acopyict1on Ia remazknble triumph Of justice, for
the length Of time since the robbe1T. The 1eputa-
1on Of the pFanners the character Of the evidence
ngalnst them that Of N accomplce tes1ifylng to
sase his own nect all seemed to mnks 1t probable
tho
tahttahed It would hard1y be pronounced By Jury.
A more desperate and determined defence has
rarely been seen In our courts. Now that the
suattes Is finally settled beyond the possibility Of
reversal, except In the unlikely event Of pardon
from tho Governor, the public attention Is called 70
another branch Of facts arising from the satne
crime. The detection Ut the crlprtts In thls case
was accomplished by the broker who WIS rubbed,
working only for Justice aud With no hope OF recoy-
ertug hts property, and spending In The chase a
much money was taken from his safe tn the rrst
instance. At nEst he called In the atd Of the regu
.ur detectives Of The Boston police force bpt after
few moptha' experience he became convinced
that thean officers were WORKING with
tho robhe1s-ln constant communication with
them-and bet1nylng all his plans. Cutting loose
iron their assistance he worked alone, seeking In
thievea haunts aud pa4nR literally for the tnfor-
nation he wanted, and In this way u1Alty reach-
lng victory. The roober who turned States evt-
dence confirmed his suspicious about tae detect
lscs naming thosc who received ten per cent Of
the plundef, and arcn duplicating the Chief Of
Police in bis accuSattona- The daspokled broker,
determined, sppazenuyt TO haSa h1a nu o1 ven
gcancc agalnst his despotleFs1 Meh Ana ION, nA
carried these charges where the5 were sure 70 ma
sympathtzlng listeners and prompt publicity Ito
Legislative committee Htttn2 1t the State House
On the subject ei The need ot metropolitan po-
lice. Naturally his assertions, positively made
and Enthusiastically supported - they arc, have
made a great deal Of noise. The officers
| affected have appeared before the committee Hnd
claitned the hight to vtnd!cate their regulations
and to thi1 end hare secured counsel Of the best
s1ility, In Judge Fos1es, lbte Of tne Supreme
bench Of this STATE This gentleman took tho uuusu-
| al course Of "rledging his professional honor ="
to tha ncr1z,lt1ee thattae -Aaztoat Ms cl
ents we're gfeanaless and malicious s.andess IN
this condition the matter Eesss but the people ol
Boston arc fairly aroused On question On which
! there hare been some mnru1urs OF suspicion 10 !
several Years and vii has5lls 5est content Without
full Investigation d The ehasRes against tne 10
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