The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-01

us'ine her r.osss oce % rasSsr
from small beginning, from Idle suggestions and
small points OF vast supersructure OF
fned TO the vulgar but extending to the shrewdest
and 70 socie.y IN It's best aspects until u may De
M cunt me had See poed fortnight
ago. her friends could be counted on the TWO hands
and her enemies by the census table,"
PRISONER PHOTOGRAPHER.
II his woman, however, be observed as we nave
seen her-her veil removed, her small, Middle state
face large. hazel eyes, sunken with grief anu her-
self evidently approaching old ageshe Will not be
found BY the ready reas0ner TO DC that mirror OF
but faded SKIN; good forehead. and such small
face in the lower parts can seen In the current
those of an ordinary mothers and Widows.
HER DAUGHTER
lac zs that decided EXPRESSION, and while 60rrOWlng
and sympathetic, cannot be said TO show the mex
presslble grief which never entirely quits the
no signs OF vanity or spirit figure it. II is simply
q lace sunken worn, coloress, and never crossed
hitting to the destiny which mas come, and quietly.
but incisivey anayzing what can be done point by
es e
the test OF human nature, elastic human mind
Os os ssSss Of posi-
which It must assume without authorization,
and this women shows y VII Win all nsr srs sns
SOCIAL benefts are ruthIessly swept from its sur.
rounding IN ner cell as n the court r t she
her . Ie.exsmlHaiion every day 70 aeducs the
ausn q g "n see S1s nj the s whose
good opinion Of her equals, now even
IL g. vhSn ns :, feSs S aS
Jury ana public opinion nom further consideration
Of these imputed crimes. 1t can DC said without
the world; since It began Sue has
been equally carefdi, not to invoke rs syyaVatny,
tSs her eauer who
nor In the few friends she keeps, nor In Tho dig
s Sns no ss
what they know, what they entertain and what
WRAPPED IN THEIR OWN BosoMs.
wnartons friends nit would be quite possible 70
do not state that you are . newspaper man." or
course he could appear there under false colors
ture outside the windows OF the jail at the time we
visited her cell was truly pitlabe scene In nature
ot6er business than comes from the United states
Naval School and from the Legislature when In ee9
TTs on s @ e a
by negro shanties, 0uthouses, wooden stables and
uptlled carts, and BY the depot Of the little old
Stacking railroad, which never paid It's stockhOld-
ers and IS now owned by TWO men When we were
present at the jail rain was falling over this ex-
road, and Inc cemetery near at hand, gave an im,
precision worse than melancholy. 1t was depressing
pet Of Baltimore society In jail chamber furnished
at her own expense led from The scarcely t0eraDle
from society constantly resolving over the time when
she was permitted 70 ramble through tue pleasant
.! shs e nD Without
rounding or association, and nearly within hearing
Of me obscene Or worse than obscene eamDollings
home, 20 TO jail for recreation and support To the
question propounded to Miss Nellie Wharton "You
are better fixed here, ! suppose, than at Balu-
more 7" she replied
eyes, we have quler, and We have ct least rest.
The jail at Baltimore IS constructed mainly OF irOn
mother mad comparatively retired coil yet scarcely
was SHOT not heard BY every occupant We are well
treated here. and when the excitement Is done we
THE FEELING AGAINST MRS. WHARTON
is relaxing among average minds. bus obstinate
guilty. An oiicer al the Naval Academy saio 70
your correspondent on Saturday "Well, they will
s t.. 0ss s a
not sufficient testimony TO convict her; but whose
naroiis 10 q town OF beauty, but not JOY forever.
o. aSoa n t T re- o prick
ABOVE compact clusters Of quaint ana small busl
| ness blocks and shanties.
sys you ever mad any distinguished criminals
1--WE had Kusey, who killed the policeman, here.
Al our other prisoners are Of the common run.
| don't have much TO DO. Then" added the Warden,
showing the common prejudice against Mrs. whar
| ton, ''they send us big criminals from Baltimore
who want TO get OIL and he shrugged mis- shoulders.
| Annapolis Is one OF the pretuest old towns IN the
country, aud, as state capital 1t probably has
equal In point Of interest. There are few rch men
In 1t, and some OF the grand mansions sell for
| IN their construction. steamboat runs down from
Baltimore ana returns once every DAY, aud there
| Washington. About half the people Interested in
| the trial
The Legislature meets next week, ana then
the Town VIII be full and the trial Will
s' rnsS as 70 ns III %
reIu;sd 70 Be Inc best place N the country FOR
enjoys the reputation of anording the very best
Ia Maryland. The Governor Of the State, Odln
Bowie whose four years are just expiring, lives In
within . lew rods Of the Court House, and which
lie and his successor, W. Pinkney whyte, appear
frequently at the trial: Governor Bowie is red
faced, grey haired, chubby, agreeable man. wnyte
rs a quiet, lawyer-liKe student sort OF a man.
IN SCIENTIFIC POINT OF VIEW
Keen wits among the doctors aud chemists, and
for the monument OF evidence which Il seems likely
10 III az bug
II also shows the power Of human passions and
ons and theories cas There Is no o
woman on trial but an lnstiisation1she Mary
and former repute. but now somewhat decrept and
not gaining much 10 lmporiance It rallies around
unlOrtu n@te, the most abused the most Ignorant
chemist now in public life. He Is. TO look upon, a
largeeyed, sleepy old man, WITH brown wig, spec
taces and long, lowing white beard, something be-
tween RID Van winklc and Gideon welles, II either
OF these distinguished sleepers could have weighed
$50 pounds; profoundly good terms with himself,
looked up to for many years In the reverent atmOs
phere OF Baltimore rs the greatest chemist since
Davy or Brewster This ola chap has been brought
" the stand many Of the leading poisoning trials
in the Middle States. The new school OF physicians
say he is
FRAUD AND AN I0NORAMUS.
When DR.. Schappe was convicted OF poisoning
Miss SteinnecKe the medical wits OF Baltimore were
either auectedy or earnestly indignant that such
testimony as Alken's should have condemned Q
man 10 death. They made no issue az TO whether
schappe was good or bad, but decried Aiken's go
called tests and the scientific spirits OF the country