The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-05-01

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There was no legal redress for me unless
I made Q public record Of my shame in
the courts. I deliberately Planned, and
deliberately carried out my purpose; TO
be a perpetual shadow in his path; to
keen ever before him living monument
Of the ruin he had wrought. ! consid-
cred the duty ewed to my family, but !
my own wrongs were greater than their
riehts. I did not consider the world,
but I believe the world is generally not
very much shocked when q libertine is
killed. though I cannot do murder. l
believe that I have done the community
no harm, and that I know that have
done this man no wrong. bot, on the
contrary, have done right. have not
been impelled to my course BY an ire
sistible force. could have dsisted at
any time. I neglectedsss duties at my
home or " my friends, and believe
that II Mr.. Throckmorton he'd at any
time shown any magnanimity. any re-
morse for his conduct, it would have soft
ened my resentment, and I would have
desisted but his course strengthened my
resolve. 1t was one Of uniform brutality.
Four times have I been dragged before
the police court through his instrument-
ality. No woman or child saw in the
whole twenty years in my behavior any
thing that could be construed ihao disor-
der, except on two different occasions,
VIXEN l vas grossly insulted oy lswd wo'
men tnrougn n's 'nnuenoe' : 'e' '''
o'd no' de.'se !" P'o''" ny :.
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ought 20 pursue '"' e'u. -. '
q" re1ay :" oo'y " me- ~
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! Throcknorton testined su"'an'a''
i as follows;
}, ."Have known Ellen Godwin s'nt
g 1852; first made her acquaintance at NJ
l. mothers house at ffolic; Mr.. Wio
= aud some other friends were with me
q called there twice more to see her siste
le now Mrs. McGinnis; never visited MI
> Ellen she showed such . liking TOR n
N that was disgusted; never made love
% her. nor was more than civil to her vi
! never engaged tn marry, and never
f. duced her; never paid her any partic
IN lar attention Of any kind ; year or ts
IN after l became acquainted with her 9
H. treated me with great rudeness at Z q
y at the Odd Fellows Hall. She came
as to me when ! was promenading wi
Miss Harding, whom l had met tn
at night for the first time' and had just oe
In introduced to, and rudely pulled ner
%. my arm, alarming her very much a
ch making quite q scene. ! would never
r. tice her after that, and she commenc
lie to follow me on the street. l point
K her out to my friends, and showed thu
OF | could make her take any direction
er- going in 1t myself. Athrst that anus
he me, but when she persisted IN II, l
he came annoyed and tried 70 induce ner
ed desist; whenever l would apPsoach
ire she would retreat; l tired s01rghte"
Oh of, but never threw stones or o'ne' q
I" siles at her; l never sruck ner, nor
'n- tempted to strike her. ana never 'ns'.e
'ut ed or caused her To De prosecuted
nt' caught her one evening On 'ne SUI
when she tried to escape IN an ai,ey'
me told her that l WI" going 70 .,' ner,
mo she said' kiss me nrst' ! d'd NOT III
u! knife or pistol on ner; ! cou'u NC
'ea understand what she wanted or why
an dogged my steps; she io''o"ea me
MS New York and st. LOUIS an" ooe
ead my steps In all kinds OF weather, wh
was ever Invent; during the war; WINE :
Oh down South was r'd OF ner; sne s''
w.