, 1873-04-24

liglouely Inclined; that thoro woro pr1'lsoa On
her body, which ahowol tint sfo lad boon IN a
flalt. md TINT tho dreae Bho woro on tho oVon-
Ing Of tho murder had boon hidden, al'd WHOM
found, wna covered with mud, blood, and halr,
tito lair bcing tho Bamo M that Of tho ninraoroa
woman. III ono word, tho circumstances woro
aa conclusive as circumstances can DO tl'at Mrs.
HodgoB Ind boon murdorol by Mrs. Workman in
q flt Of joalousy.
Tho lottorn which pa1sod botwoen tho Rov.
Mr.. Workman and tho murdered wonlan md
whtel, have since boon made public, give owl
tlonco that Mrs. Workman'a joalouay whs pretty
woll founded. Workrnan's opiBtloa show him to .
bo cantlng hyroorito md acoundrcl. II tic
Intimacy was not criminal, It Is evident tint ITO
was ready to mako 1t such. "Ia God willing" ho
asks in ono Of them, q tllat should have two
viyoa at onco2 It iB truo TINT Jacob had Two,
and Abraham might rs vol, and God noVer con-
demncd, with 1nnny othora Of the aamo CLASS
but you know TINT Ia not tolerated now-a-days''
Mr. Workman Ind porhaps road tho joint aopato
botyyoon Brother Newman and Orson Hyao, and
had taken tho Mormon Interpretation OF tho Pon-
tnteuch. Thoroupon ho proceeds to inform Airs.
Hoagos Of tho glowing intensity OF Ills love.
Mrs Hodges accmB to havo boon undor stronger
restraining influences than hor reverend lo7or,
though llor letters disclose TINT ato was moro
warmly attached to him than she should have
boon. Both parties conclude thor 1ettors with
prayers. Unhnllowed love and pioty aro
strangely mixed up in tho frequent e1chnngo Of
1ettorB tho Inference from which is that Work.
man used his position to secure tho 1oTo OF
woman who had no right to love him, and who
vas beyond tho ngo whom such u passion might
bo considered difficult to repress. The caao ap-
pears to havo been ono Of a dangerous clnBs, In
which religious intercourse on ono sido and
hypocrisy on tho otllor either load to violation
Of moral roctttudo Or bring tho partiea upon
very slippery ground.
Tho most dangerous phase Of the case, how
over, has been developed in tho action Of tho
Grand Jury Of Woodford County, in which tho
murder WAS committed. In spite Of tho proofs
TINT Mrs. Workman WAS tho murderosa Of Mira.
Hedges, the Grand Jury refused to find bill Of
Indictment, and tho guilty woman haa boon ro-
leAsod. Thoro are few cases of such manifest
neglect Of duty on tho part Of o Grand Jury.
Ono OF thom was tho release of young Leonard,
III similar fashion, aftor tho killing Of DR..
scanland, in this city. It is certain that tho
Grand Jury of Woodford County had evidence
enough before them to have convicted Mrs.
Workman Of the killing Of Mrs. Hodges. II thoy
had boon Il Potit Jury trying the case. They con-
atiutcd themselves at once Petit Jury, Judge, md
counsel, mud made the worry evidence Of guilt tho
prctcxt for releasing hor from trial. This decis-
ion was evidently as much Of q surprise to tho
people Of Euroka, where the murder occurred,
ae it will bo wherever Tho history of the easo ia
known. The action of tho Grand Jury sooms to
add another to tho already extended Lat Of homi-
cides that arc hold justiilablo on tho ground Of
emotional or sentimental insanity. Tho acquttal
Of sickles, Cole, md Mcfarland established tho
precedent that husband may ltill 4 wife's para
mour or suspected paramour that Of Mias Mary
Harris and Mrs. Fair, that 4 woman may
shoot q man who deacrta her; TINT
Ut yarloua husbands in Franro, that
man may kill faithless wife.
| And now 1t appears that Grand Jury will not
even find m Indictment against a wife who
kills tho woman whom she suspects Of criminal
intimacy With ler husband. It las not even
boon shown iudicially what Mrs Workmana sus-
picions were. What is to be the limit in tho
category of emotional murders? Tho 1atitude
OF justifablo homicide ia seriously alarming
when Grand Jury refuses to bring to trial a
person whose guilt was 30 apparent as that OF
| Mrs. Workman, and gone means must bo found
| to restric.it Tho noxt Grand Jury in Wood
| ford County can DO something to this end by
finding the indictment which their predecessors
failed to flnd; but, in tho meantime, Mra. Work
man may mako good hor escape. It is thoir duty
however, to bring in IN indictment, aud nothing
can excuse them for a failure to do 30. And II
ia the duty Of the ProBccuting Attorney to pre-
sent the caso to each successive Grand Jury until
On Indictment is found.