The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-06-13
The UaEtUo1.fh Ful.der.

Mr.. Frank Walworth, Of Saratoga, ap-
pears to be a gentleman of thought beyond
his years. Having purchased a pistol, he
left home, and, IN due course of time, ar
rived at New \ urk. Going to a hotel lie
invited his father to an interview, in order
that they might ''seitle some family mat
ters." The invitation looked proper enough
to the boys parent, who could not have
suspected the youths grim joke of Turing
him there to settle family disputes with
bullets. So he went to the hotel III good
faith, was asked to make certain promises
not to annoy, insult nor modest the boys
mother. Possibly, looking into the eager,
earnest face of his child demanding I'M
munitY for his mother, the father could not
refuse anything lac might ask, and solemn
ly intended to keep his promises intact. But,
all the eXactions being conceded, the son
said, "Iou have promised all this before !;
| do not believe you" And, to prevent
the VOID Of his parent being again broken,
he riddled his body with bullets.
Then this thoughtful, dramatic youth
went to the telegraph Office, sent a de-
Spatch TO his uncle, saying, II have shot
and killed father No waste of words
there. His next step was to inquire for
the nearest station house, and there lie
went giving himself and his pistol up to
the officer in charge, airily declaring he
had killed his father.
We have said that Mr.. Frank Wal
worth displays thOughtfulness beyond his
years. All that he did was thought out
before he started on his bloody journey.
All that he did aftcrward showed GOODNESS
and consideration. He killed his father,
and then marched about calmly asa swamp
Angel" of course, a young gentleman
so premcditated in all his actions as he IS,
did not forget that the end of the whole
business would be himself swinging from
/ the end OF rope, a limp, unpleasant body.
NO one ever more deliberately wrought for
such conclusion. and it would be an in
suit to his ripe consideration to diSappoint
him. Besides, any other end, would be
to rob him Of the cheap dramatic glory for
which his Ingenious spirit thirsted.
1t Is simply the old story told and retold
IN the Dime Novel. This father that the
! boy killed was a writer of stories which
DIIsfled with sensations ;similar to those
/ which his son has acted out. They were
/ as bad as bad could be in their tendencies.
/ although the words in Which they were
( couched we've decent enough. They were
/ false III sentiment t!ashy, theatrical III
plot filled with desperate villains. going
about with pistol aud knife and Of the
/ very sort to make murder popular. The
/ Hashy weekly papers To which The dead
man contributed, morally poison tens of
/ thousands OF our youth with the pabulum
/ which they supply from the pens of the
| aIwol tbs If oEe boy happens to be
/ poisoned worse than the rest and shows
that he IS so by carrying a pistol and using
1t, on his father for instance, we do not
think the community should be greatly
surprised thereat. If the wind is sown. it
is proveTUial that the whiIlwiud must be
rcaped
/ The fiashy sensational story papers and
novels are educating into condition Of
/ theatrical ruiraEism = larger class of youths
than is dreamed of, and Mr.. Frank Wal
worth IS probably no. in any sense a wicked
boy. He is rather a hero Of the cheap
dramatic sort, who murders in a bombastic.
theatrical manner, and, If he is hanged,
will probably regret, most of all, that the
usual stage blue fire must be omitted from
the perfuTmanCc.-Lhit IHgujYer.