Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1873-07-12
THE WALWORrM PARRICIDE.
Some of the Causes Which Led to the
Fearful Tragedy.

New York, Juae IA Saretoga
SPECIAL gives the following account OF
the causes which led 10 the Waiworth
parricidc Mansfield Tracy Walworth
was thrown into the society Of his step
sisters, after his marrying to
the widow of Col Harden, and without
the idea occurring to their seniors that
they @ould ever dream of beiny any
thing nearer to one another than
brother and sister Mrs. Walworth
was strict Catholic, aud the marriage
between the young people would have
been extremely dlstastiul 10 her since,
10 the views of the churches this rela
tlon>hip by her new marriage was such
AS to forbid the forming of closer ties
but the young people knew nothing Of
Of there ecclesiastical regulations, aud
cared lttje fr 4u.ht save themselves,
aud - grew to love each other strongly.
so dcrply, Indeed taat the passion
after while obscured their reason.
Then they secretly p!IGhted the troth
10 each other, and took up the relation
of man aud wife. 4 few briet months
Of wild happiness followed As was
inevitable, the secret exposed itself.
| wheu the betrothed wife was evidently
about 10 become 4 mother. Then
a scene Of recrimination followed. The
young couple made the excuse that
they had promised themselves to each
other, and recognized one another y
sole mn words OF agreement, according -
civil lay, was marriage There vi
then but cne recourse left, AMI thu
was to make the best of an unhappy
passion, aud unite them by formal
ceremony Of the church To this
cheerful as~cot was given, an it wis
accordingly done. The marriage that
Va bfA'h3N HfACS~lAF ~ tbH ~
-olemu ed. aud three mouth afferward
Fa,nk III Walworth was born. As
IN ght be expected, wh"n the passion
ca led the couple looked upon cach
with chang ID eyes and each come TO
think that their choice would have
been different had they not been
thrown together in common hose
hold. Hence it happened that they
quarreled, and 6nally separated. E,ch
vas jealous Of the other, aud each
despsed the other for youthful
weakness aud indiscretion. Letters
passed between them, containing
recrlmnation. aud some of their strange
missves came into possession of the
young parrlcide. Taunts upon his
mother angcred him, and there is
reason to believe that he totally misun-
dcrstood the reflections made on the
subject of his own iIlegitmacy. lie
thought his father reflected on his
mothers chastity alter marriage
Fired with false chvalry, he did not
stop to question his mother. and the
mother had naturally concealed her
weak ness from her son. 1t was enough
for him that slurl had been cast upon
her name and his own. He took is
fathers life, and thereby published his
mothers early frality to the world.
Her best friends lament this more
bitterly than the murder for which her
son is imprisoned.
The correspondent says: This story
is freely canvassed by all residents of
Saratoga where the marriage caused
great scandal at the time. 1t accords
with what | know about the history
OF the W'lworth family.
Frank Ii. Walworth was arraigned
IN th' Court OF Oyer and Terminer to day
on the charge of having murdered hi
father. lie pleaded through his
counsel, Judge Garvin, "Not guilty"
The counse for the defense arc to
arrange with the District Attorney for
the day ot the trial, which will bo in
| aiIRJnt fwn weeks