Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-05-24
The Story Of Laura Fair,

u't'ucu int pullt OF inc woman VINO
calls herself Laura Fair. For careers
less loalhsDme, Borgia aud Brinvilli.
ers are synonyms Of womanish atroci-
ty. We are no believers in the prac.
tlco OF hanging, but 20 long MS that
method is adopted as the highest ex-
preston of the justice of the age, we
see no reason why rational woman
who does deliberate murder should not
suffer the penalty equally with her
fellow man. Bat we note the univer-
sal (and creditable) shrinking from
the hanging OF a woman rs one of the
strong arguments against prescribing
'or this crime n punishment that can
not be enforced. Are we To hold that
deliberate murderers of the male sex
should be hung, while equally guilty
ones, who, being women, have fallen
lower to reach that depth, should not
Is il wise to bring law into contempt
by disregarding it Or is il wise to
have law the execution Of which, IN
case like this, will shock the sense
Of the civilized world, AMI make even
good men hate ity Gully US is Laura
Fair. she Il n woman She may nos
sible be brouyht IN the y,llows-
though we greatly doubt il; but her
presence there will make more clear
10 nll The barbarism of hanciny--fbe
need Of some punishment for murder
that does moi make the chances in fa-
vor of escone for snch as her so enor-
mons
Tho lesso, from tho carocr of ,h;s
woman ranno, bo omnh,sizsdb nv lin.
ute details of ber crimes hence the
Gull record of the triaI has fonnd no
nlace in onr columns Her life how.
ever is loo s,ron,,lv sugocs,ive N he
nassed wi,hopt gIance She was
horn in Alabama and tbrouoh mover.
tvond neglec, Reached ,y,,manbood
withont knowing the wholesome at.
mosnhere of bome The family re-.
moved IN Now Orleans when Tanra
was sixteen and bere Tho c;rl resolred
IN onter tho world nnder new c;rc,m-
stances pr;,,h, H. ,n;nd and evoooJ
in1,ly comaI,. = ao,son sLosnon c,nnd
fniI invcs,r1on, Gov her coni,aI Sba
cancht rioh brshand Sbo ,ras
AID ho re- o;.,h,,. u;s
sonilo ioaIonSv Jroro hor ~ ,ho rorna
do 81 diror,a. hn, ,nh;lo ,ha an,;nn
wos nend;n, Tho do,ard died in deli-
rinm ,ro,nano ond ,ho adyan,nrass
e,nnd kan'a,e :, acaeIo
cor,n Sh. ,,';a5 ,.;,L;a III
and t !" ioss ~ ,bon ,t,ao ,ea ,ras ,ho 'r;Iow
oe = s,;a;Ia Wi,h ,ho son,hIonoos oe
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TOOL o,o,hor h,shand Eoi Fs;, and
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ber e., annoaranoo ~" "S % w. Id, AT Tsa.Ia a
,yas olso Ky Iast one eanc,ast sho
made was Tho 6n,l c,nso oc iho nrcs
an, sc.nd.J Sbo .on,iy.,cd ,,e suo
.en,ihe Leart oca p Cr;,,e,dnn an
No. Id aad % an,;nan, Ia,.va.
practic;ng nil tho or,s Of a ma,cbloss
cnnni,r .bo lnrea him Go, Wiz and
bnma r,bb;ng him meantima M oll
.ho conH co, with liz mono,. sLa
,o,sionod Lor ma,Lor oon,so,,ahI,,
md re.cs,.iIished bersolf in ,he Fair
IIonse in Vir,inia citv Wbile s,ill
viii Crittcnaen sbe met
.oron ona ol.,, ,,ossossod of n,onn, and
nado horsalclis ,rifo Whhan, - -
H., 90 aran, ,n.oa III ,,,,',h
aits oioJn.sl, ,nr,ss ,ha
,idoons scone +, sni,c1 ,Lo aim -
Iceshel - renore ,L;s \nho,h ,hat
Ia ,oi',l,, ri, her ,ra. in,o .n,i',h
,nr;n,,7 ,,;nora,d 40 sia sho. IN
rbis any ra,o was - ..n'I;'I. hn,
'ron Norad, ;ns,ice grownsd y, !,
,nJ ,ho ones.,r,ross was hro,,,L, 80
rial She was d,.G.pdrd bv c,.i.,en
len so cIoonen,Iv md nbly thai The
lnd,a socms IN bnva for,,o,,cn iha
,w and ,hc Jnrv tba e,c,s s,y she
v,s tr;nmnhan,iy oconi,Ied
Tho c,rp,;,o ~ e,r,nno ond e,vor.d
e ;,s,;aa snnn~.,oa H. n,o,',aaSol,.
:; ~.'i'..i ~ - a -, Ices
NluVNhVou leW Hlohthsi anu W loOo
made now marriage feast, taking 10
ler arms a man OF doubtful morals
mt undoubted wealth, who figures on
he scene ms snyder She looked
lpon Snyder's money and II was good
he looked upon Snyder and thought
was better Tired Of the
method, she gave Snyder
he choice OF divorce, and lac, anna
'lc man, furnished situation Which,
when brought into court, achieved a
egal separation within a month.
Crittenden during these matrimo-
iial trans6gurations still maintained
lis fatuous devotion 20 tie adventu-
css He gave her something like
10000 altogether. AT the time OF
VI SNYDER episode he, however, seems