New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-05-20

counsel painted him, still the very fact of his having
GENTLY atrocious to demand degree of punishment
From beginning to end this Mcfarland affair has been
Gus and demoralizng feature in the is the action Of
the Judges and jury before whom he was tried
TIE CONDUCT OF NEW YORK JOURNALS CONDEMNED.
From The Rochester Democrat, May H. 1870
We print elsewhere an article under the above caption
New York Journals during the Mcfarland trial is ay
characterized. What then he the real reasons
that lie at the bottom Of the fierce ytuperations aud
scrupulous and indecent onslaught of the journals
feed to- We aprrchend that the secret in most cases.
ship characterised nearly every journal which
has made itself conspicuous in these dcnunciatiOns.
From The Albany Express
land XII Richardson and was ne responsible for the act
But The Times and ITS associates would not allow the
trial to turn this point. When they asSaed Mrs. Nc
Bsecher Mr. Greeley Mrs Calhoun. Mrs sDcIa and
other honorable persons as Free Lovers and pander
abashed and Inundated at the evidence of their calum
mics they have only blame for their disgrace
his former wife. But it is already plain that this verdict
has been reversed by the general public.
Prom The Des Moines Daily Gazette, May -, 1870.
Few of those who at all acquainted with the aver
age popular sentiment of New York composing the
any occasion for surprise in the verdict acquittng
Mcfarland and setting him at liberty Justified
Richardson received his death wound from the assassin
by whom his life had long been Threatened, al the Gle
mCrts of evil-the most ingenious devices OF partisan
hate and the most reckless appliances of vena press
have been aroused to the result now reached
From The Pittsburgh Courier, May Il, 1870.
M Ma S .e the naked trnb
has such elements of truth in n to command the assent
wrongs touches the hardest heart The public will never
believe her to have been guilty of crme and respects
the imprudence of her conduct in contracting mari-
moniai engagement before had obtained divorce.
those only authorized to pronounce harsh judgment
who have passed through similar trials without devia-
ton from the lines of strict prOprety Neither the laws
Of God required this woman TO waste her life in
passions, aggravated by habitua intoxcaton-leading
bqrdensome life to possibly tragca end, .,.,y,
Mr.. Richardson's conduct toward the lady, although
exceedingly imprudent, was prompted by noble gem
crosby, far removed from crime as virtue Is from
The shameless attacks made on Mrs. Calhoun, Mrs
had in any way assisted or befriended most unhappy
woman struggling to earn subsistence for herself ana
minstration OF Justice honorable conduct and
praisewortly sympathy were tortured into evidence OF
fy the most devish maignity The trlal VIII be mem
oiabe, showing how much individual wrong may he
perpetraed in the administration OF New1oik Jns'ce'
THE TIDE TURNING.
From The Rochester Express, MAY IA, 1870
The tide is turning The devils Of defamation and vtu
peratiOn reached the elimination of their triumph IN
Spencers opening speech The shock to the public sens
spear which touched the procssedy innocent toad and
made it spring up malicious demon Tne d pnona ia l
tended work 1t has opened the eyes OF thousands VINO
have been blinded by the legal dust and cOppcThead
filth which has hitherto been thrown into them and they
in that suffering woman q lady OF unstained
chastity and pures thoughts and Affections they see in
her mother who fulfs every function of motherhood,
whether devoted of yearnng love and solicudc
they see wife who for years has been tormcnted by
creature half mailman and half villain who has claimed
TO be her husband but who every day OF his welded me
has violated his marriage well as every rule OF
humanity and chivalry; wife into whose life has been
thrown bitterness unutterabe by the conduct of the
who should have been her defender and her soace
and whose bitter fate has been intensified by Journalists
in nearly every the continent who can never
claim to be gentlemen again until they retract what hey
Richardson's statement and while she will he unable for
long while to recover from the cruel fate which has
lie there many every section of the country who
Will be glad extend to her their sympathy and conf
dence. =. 500
No one can read the S,atehents Of MIS-. kcnarus1n,
character of Mcfarland without confessing that If
Mcfarland is has been insane it was not Richardson
that Richardson aenated her from her former husband
Rehardson, She at least took none from Mcfarland
had no claim TO it. He possessed none OF it. Yet IT Is to
martyr that court and jury and BLACKBOARD lawyers have
past He is put forward as the champion of the saney
of marriage, and receives the applause of the rabble
steadily from day to day and gloated over its details
MFARLASD OUGHT TO BE IN 4 LuNAT TIC ASYLUM.
From The syracuse Journal May IL, lg0
We do not regard Mcfarland the vindcator of mar
al rights. Ii he was of sound mind when he shot itch-
who should suffer the extreme penalty OF the law But
if the verdict of the jury correct he was Tlespope
But society the right to demand that he shall be
placed beyond the possibility OF inieting further injury
Prom The Illinois STATE Journs May 30 1870.
far as MGFaS am a T a We SG a are
on the subject of his prosecutions of her. 1t - most
shameful record of abuse, petty tyranny ana personal
would hardly to be possible Tor man to so abuse
and bedey his wife, except on the hypothesis OF IN
sanity 1t charity TO believe that Mcfarland Is either
devil ncarnate and brute of the lowest order or that
he has not been for years in his right mind Inc latter
would seem to have been the opinion Of Richardson;
since letter of his in to the first shooting by
Mcfarland speaks OF nm as madam d ana n i
Az gieh he oh
asylum for life.
If the courts are rule hereafter that the man who
his wife untaithfu becomes E the
he should it strikes U.S. hTe e e1aer c % e s
at least have the moral effect OF mild Penitentlaly
prospect to h future VINO s pas TO
consider before he INDUCES his instincts to shoot
From The Buffalo Courier, May l6, 1870
himself since acquittal he displays more conspic
Gus lack of insanity than was shown IN his murder OF
the Statute books Of this State which to apply to
remanded Mcfarland to safe and sauary restraint
as would have prevented his further appearance III pub
From TIE Detroit Advertiser and Tribune Of May 49, 1870
As have said the story Of Mrs Richardson Is most
many other households in the land IL Is easy enough
one looking from the outside to phlosoph,zee upon
recttude, but it is quite another thing to be me ylG
We fully appreciate this in these REMARKS II thcr ny
special quarter of the internal regions where the es
it may be reserved for those indescrbabe rutes VINO
in the secrecy of wretched homes crush ont ny saeiu
wickedness and Violence the spirit ana IRE Oh
defenseless women No man who respects his Hother
ought to have any relations with such villains save To
mike them appreciate how base and contemplate they
CALHOUN INDICATED.
From Cincinnati Commercial, April l6, 1870.
package of letters found in trunk from Mrs Lncia
Gilbert Calhoun have been paraded the trial. ana ne
utmost ingenuity Of the lawyers has been exercised 10
convey the impression that She was wicked woman
and that correspondence full OF evil suggestions
one base fellow has denounced her in terms uniit Tor
nrin and started ISLANDERS flying throughout the c0un-
Cal is "a