The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-25

Spasmodic Activity Of tho Police-Ths
Debut OF Miss Neilson-Forrest as q
Reader.
/ [FRoH OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
NEW YORK, November 20.
There ia not little sympathy expressed In
our benevolent community for King, the
-.poor, dear murderer" who perforated an
Individual whom,he .dlsliked, q la Stokes, in
Pine street, on Monday. ls true the mob
wanted to lynch the pertoratof while the police
were escortlng him to the stahon-house
bnt I have met persons since the
affair who think the would-be lynchers ought
to havs been lynohed themselves. will ven.
ture co say that II come gentleman should take
It Into his head to roast his grandmother
over a slow fire, drown his mothpr.in.law In
the cistern, and blow up the remainder Of his
family with nltro.glycerine, a strong and zeal.
ous party would be Immediately formed in
| New York to Justify his course. Did not hear
\ the sympathizers with Stokes bowling around
me during hls trial for killing Fisk: "Hounded
down, sir, driven into corner, Sir; bad 10 Kill
the scoundrel to save his own llfe.n Just 80
saw the admirers Of Mr.. King :ssHe killed the
also to destroy his llfe." ,.szy:s.t-
There can be no doubt that King dellbe-
| rately calculated the consequences That mignI
Follow the assassination OF hlB wife'5 friend
and adviser. He knew that he was sure of, q
great deal of public sympathy If he could oo.
tan currency for the story that bis wife and
| O'Nel had betrayed him. He foresaw the
| LAWS delay, the cooling off Of the indignation
that might be excited by the killing; the
twelve ssldiotlc Jurors" carefully eliminated
| from the rest of the community trying the
case; the pathetic appeal of counsel to court
full of weepers; the acquittal, the embrace all
around, and the restoration to freedom. ls
not this amusing comedy played twice or
thrice per annum In the courts OF New YORK,
and will the bill be changed as long as 1t is re-
ceIved with such fattering marks: OF public
I happened to be going through William
street on Monday afternoon, and saw part
of the sequel Of the tragedy. The immense
crowd az thescorner or Pine street opened,
and there issued four stalwart policemen
bearing slretcher, upon which there was
something lying covered with a white sheet.
They marched with measured tread down the
street, and the multitude closed around them
aud shut them from view. They were taking
O'NeIl's body to the ststion-house. There are
some condolences between this and the
Stokes-Fisk case, which the papers have not
adventurers and dabblers In stocks In Wall
street. They are both described as "hand-
some" and '.refined," and wearing exquisite
clothes and diamonds. Both victims were
employees of the Erie Railroad Company.
King, like Stokes, shot his prey from the head
OF the stairs. 4 woman was at the bottom OF
both murders. might continue the parallel
to the end, bnt it is enough to remark that
neither Of the spo0r, dear murderers" WILL be
hung. ss!.,...s,st n. fa
The police have made some more raids on
the Broadway I.Pretty Walter Glrlsn saloons
and carried OF proprlelors, bar-tenders and
Mattresses TO the stauon-houses. The course
OF the police Justices has been to discharge
the girls alter q nights incarceration and
is some fatal defect In the law or some po.
tant political influence behind the proprietors
OF these dens Of lnfamy, for they are never
brought TO trial, and always boldly resume
business night or Two sfter the visits OF the
police.
not failed TO observe these Broadway concert
saloons--irom the exterior always, nope.
They thrust themselves Into the faces OF
evening promenaders, Haunting great glar-
Ing transparency signs, bearing the advertise
ment of the attractions ~ within. Some
times the entrances to these places are hall.
ways brilliantly lighted aud adorned With
statuettes ofnymphs, and leading upstairs 70
rooms on the second floor. Sometimes tney
lead to cellars below. The 'concerts" are q
mere blind Half dozen Teutons 10 corner
fiddle and blow horns at Intervals during the
long evening, but the feature OF the concert
saloons are the walter girls. They appear
like the ladies In Mr. Days company at the
Grand Opera-House, In the costumes OF the
ballet; one is iairy, another q page, but
whatever the pretended character may be,
] liberal exposure Of the person is the conse-
quence. These enchanlresses are, with
scarcely an exception, vile drabs. the very
scum of the lowest order of deprayed women,
and hldeoutly unprepossessiDg. Their brsl-
ness is to serve the guests with liquor, get
them drunk II possible. and rob them.
Strange to say, though the dangerous char
| aoter Of these places is notorious, they are
crowded With visitors, often to overaowing.
From the time the theatres let out until long
after midnight men may be seen streaming In
and out of the Railways. The police state that
large majority Of the patrons OF the saloons
! are strangers in the city. They are attracted
BY the glare OF the gas in the windows and
the mysterious hints about the female lowell
ness within embazoned on the tranparenoles
Once inside, they are pounced upon BY the
women, wheedled or bullled into ''treating,"
and usually drugged and robbed. What q
commentary on our police system and upon the
la5ors OF our boastful retormers. These places
of dscoy flourish In the most freqnented parts
of broadway. within atones throw Of the
St. Nicholas Hotel and Grace Church, and op-
posite the Grand Central. Every man sees
them as he passes. every New Yorker knows
or has heard what Is going on within, and yet
they 60 on doing business, night after night,
with none to moless or make them afraid eX-
cept the occasional polits policeman with his
harmless raid.
Miss Nelson, the English tragic actress,
made q very successful American debut, at
Booths, on Monday night. She has talent
and beauty, The stage ls almost berett Of
women capable of taking the grand characters
| of the drama. Besides Janauschek and Mrs.
Scott sIddons, hardly one In America can be
| named equal to the Julia Deans and Matilda
Herons OF the last decade. Miss Nelson gives
entire satisfaction to the critics. She plays
Juliet 81 none have played 1t here since Julia
Dean died.
Another dramatic event OF the week has
| been the appearance OF the veteran Edwin
Forrest. as reader. he gave his interpreta.
tIon of Hamlet at Steinway Hall last night. He
came on the platform in the oldest OF cos
tunes for an ancient Danish prince-store-
clothes, and holding In bis hands his hat and
cane. Opinions will continue to differ about
Forests Hamlet" One party maintains
that he is sublime, the other that be has no
conception whatever OF the character. The
audience last night was small, though select
quite different from the bowling plt-tIll and
screaming gallery-tul which greeted him In the
oIden time. NYM.