The Benton democrat. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1871-18??, 1873-06-21
HIpPLE ALIAS MITCHELL.

sition he now fills. When he became
candidate for the United States Senate,
and his friends were pressing his claims
against those of men that were above
reproach, and he was at the Capital
himself, resorting 10 every possible
means to secure his election, it was well
known that he was the willing tool of
Ben Holladay, and had been ever since
Holiday came into the State, and was
not a 6t hsan to be entrusted with the
3 position of United States Senator; but
the Duke had sent forth his fat, and
his minions dare not disobey. The re-
suit is that to-day we see young Ore
gon humbled in the dust; her fair es-
cutcheon blotched, her integrity stained
and she made kissing and byword of
reproach, through her Senator with an
alias. When the charges were first
made against the Hon(2) Senator. peo-
pie were generally surprised-but not
those who had watched his actions
elosely-and it was expected that he
would hurl forth an indignant denial;
but instead of that he has filed his plea
of confession and avoidance, and this
commonwealth is entitled to a judgment
against him by default, on his own
showing, and to demand of him that he
no longer disgrace this State by at
tempting to represent her in the coun-
ellis of the nation. ......a
The charge that he left Pennsylva-
mia with other mems money is met by
a statement that no man has lost cent
by him; the same kind of proof would
clear a man of larceny; all that he
would have to do would be to pay for
the property stolen, when he was
caught, and the demands of the law
would be met. This kind of an argu-
ment may be very consoling to Mr.
Nipple, under the circumstances, but
will be treated with the contempt it de
serves by sensible men. His excuse
for changing his name is miserable
& subterfnge. and worthy only of con.
tempt. Is there sane man in Oregon
that would assume false name, and
impose upon the community in which
he lives, because he had been unfortu-
nate enough to have domestic troubles7
1t seems that Nipples domestic troubles
did not prevent him from seeking con-
ISOLATION, at very early day, in the So
city and companionship of another vo.
man, with whom he came to California
and passed as his wife; and this is the se-
cret of his changing his name; like
any other villain that would desert his
wife and children, and take up with
such q woman as was willing to bear
bis company and enjoy his embraces.
he was anxious to hide himself from
the gaze of honest men, and cover up
the double crime of desertion and adul
terry by the cognomen OF Mitchell, and
thereby ;elude pursuit or unpleasant
) contact with the officers of justice, who
might be on his track After Mitchell
arrived in Oregon it appears that be
deliberately committed the crime Of big
amy by marrying lady in Portland,
while be had a wife living in Butler
county, Pennsylvania, wife whose
r plain, unvarnished story carries with it
the conviction of truth, and shows that
n this man Nipple has been guilty of
crimes which, but for the statute of linn
itations, would eonsign him to the Pen.
itentiary. ~ 81
is In the first place, it seems that, while
school teacher, he took advantage of
! the position he occupied and seduced
Sadie Hoom, one Of his pupils, she
being then girl of fifteen years of age.
young and inexperienced, liable to fall
Into the snares of an accomplished vii
lain; while he was a man of mature
years, and if he ever had any moral
principle, it should have been sufficient
ly strong to prevent him from destroy:
g ing the reputation and happiness of one
placed in his charge; but the hbertine
is moral outlaw, that regards neither
the laws of God or man, social beast
Of prey, whose ravages desecrate the
altar and the hearth to minister to bis
unholy lusts. and whose crimes, in their
effects upon society and upon his vic
Tins. is a .theusandi times more to be
dreaded than the knife of the assassin.
or the bullet of the murderer.
The next youthful indiscretion !"
that Mr.. Ripple is guilty Of is that of
bringing mistress into his family, and
keeping her there as his paramour. in