, 1875-05-21

llia WAS thought to havo heen written
with vlow 10 Influence Gov. :, Tt!don
think 1t was bud move. a. hn Ia not believed to
lD In any woiso condition thhn 10 has benn for
tha past ti1 OF nino noallla or noro; and 10. II
nn tnVestfgAllon or examination wss to be or
hH cIiaucca Of Executive o!emenoy. On son,u
accounts WaIsorlll would Ls tettor OF II ho
could bo pardoncd and laccd quietly among h!s
fn!Mily. And II tho public 1t large, which feels
that bin o1atBpfe requires no luntonoy. could
know all the circumstances surrounding la eaha.
tbs ifhzard OF lncurfdg cettsuro would bn lifted
from tho Governor fn extending his ciomeney..
For long period Wnlwo.th perseeuted hfs
rst Wife t.s n sss sa oa ss *sy A.. s si nsq Il
conatant toar Of his invading Tue houas with vlo-
lent intont, and 30 much inpFeshed MAS young
WRIwortti by his fathers threats that 10 prom
enaded nIst. sttor night In front Of hls moths,'s
enter tho dwelling and asAsult hin ,notbcr. lilo
got this Idea lu hin bead from 1etlern Which ho
tuok out OF tho Ioat. OHco addressed to Lis
mot,er, and wliici, lo A;ld!o,isy kept FROM her.
Among tho iu1na,cn Of the Asylum In
AHA KETTLE, -
who In fatally blind, and yot ho WAS entity Of
numbering both hts parnnts Ills history 10
brief, but In interesting. Kottlo naa born bliod,
on bmnl, farm 1t Wost stenhcnton. Nenssoiser
County, neat Troy, N. Y. lila sfster had child.
10 which Asa bscarra tondctty est&chsd; but bis
father, lie er-do.well, mas prottY much always
dunk, md at timcH would mako attempts TO
out. Whenever ho made theso demonstrations,
which wAs protty often, Asa BECAME alarmed for
fear tho old man would kill tho CHILD, and he had
oftou threatened to d. 80. Ono day the old
man came In quito intoxicated. aud, while his
wsfo md dauehtur worc out IN tho field at work,
ha Threatened to kill tho child, which Asa WAS
tending In his arms. This t'ircnt excited Asa,
and lie screamed At tho door for his nothor to
IL. 7s,4 4tn lin
old rascal prepared for uns, aud literally VERT
fos tho child. Asa dodged around the table ~
beat ho could, but, being fully impressed with
Ills fathers u,nrdefous intent, hc seized ~ old
protecl tho clii,d. Dut, alaal bis mother
had entered Just III timo to gct the contensa,
aud Bhe vaa tho victim who received tho fatal
shot inatoad Of The trtssl fasher. M&ddcnea By
what ho had done, ho strllok lis father and
allcIod in historyI Thia waa In 1870. Kettle
had had no cducaton. wns rcascd in continued
scenes Of hin fathers drunkou brawls, In which
ho would throw furpitulo out OF windows and
amnah thugs generally, lie Ind reasoned that
aud to make way with bis brutal father. Whom
he was placed In tho Asyiun, the 1latron
taught him TO read the New Tesla
mont with rafsed lettora for the blind. His
education Bccus TO have produced great sorrow
for wt.ht llo had dopo and yet ho still thinks 1t
could not bayc boon othGrwieo thnn 1t wns under
tho cfEcumstsuces. flo thinks that ITO other
book than tha Bible ought to bo read. Last yoar.
Asyun,. became interested ia Kettles caso, and
OIL bis return cont him + copy Of Dickena'
"CurioEity Shop" which Laura Brdgman had
represented to Mr. Dickens as good thing 10
hayo printed for tho bliu1, whom ho Was on 4
visit to this country, and, 70 hs credit 1t should
bo said, was gotten up wholly At Dlckens' ex-
pcnHo. IInvinE d curiosity to learn whnt Asa
thought Of tho story. tue writer paid riait to
him, and featnod from the afatron that he began
TO road tho story Of l.istlo Nell" bnt lie raiacd
! hia hand aud exclaimed, "Why, this book was
| writton by q novaliati / can't read It," Ono OF
tho 1unatlcs out ct aeTc'al Who wero listening
| with tnteroRL to the STORY aaid, "Go on, Asa, II
! is great deal moro Interesting than tho Dblo
assertion, oud, from that day to this. cannot be
| induced TO oyarcomo lila scrup}cs In reading q
| uorcf, nud will not tuuct tt.
| KATE: aT0DpAND. ..
Tho murder OF tho old man Charles Goodrich
| In brooklyn, iu 1875 is Rt.ll fteRb In the mind
| Of al ucWypapor-rea from tho fact that q
great u.y6tety surrounded the taking OF Of the
victim for long while: and Tho case absorbing
tiyes in trac'ug out hia mlstresa, Kate stodanrd
aud 1nau named Roscoe. who Naa at first g1a
pected OF boiug tho man who slot Goodrich WITT
revolver. Al lensth, when tho police ol1icol
street, Now York. abs begged Of him t.
10 permitted 10 roturn to her room. If
order to socurc Bome OF her things
This tho officer refused. 1Ienco sho sonao time
| ago wrote to tho District Attorney nt Droolly1
| to return ber watch, 1ewolry. and revolver bo
longing TO her, aud which, Bhe said. ho was uu
lawfully kocping from, her. Tue fact is, sht
warts the piatol 10 aloot ho5soli with aud sht
declared fntcty, that II the police efFicor hat
granted her reluest. hhe would have hlowcd oil
| her brains III tho rooin whore tho pistol was,-
having carried 1t out with her OF
| evory occasion. except twico, md Bhn had mad'
| up her mind nsyor TO DO takon alive. The cauHe o
her killing her paran1onr was on account Of hil
having gotten o now mistress and cast her OF
| Tho woman Ia hard to manage, and has been q
violent At timea Ra TO naccssitate M application
| OF tho "mnll," hind Of pad OF leather. whiel
tg fastened 90 ns to allow freedom to the band
inside It, but rendering the wcarcr incapable o
haCnIlug others, in striking or othefwiae. He
| y,oleuc0 At times waH tho raeans O
her being strapped to = bed while ii
Slug Sing. Her birthplace IL plymouth,
Mass, whore her mother nnye her good eduoa
tion, and. like alI Nov England people, sho go
hos daughter to learn tho traas OF sowing stray
braid for bonnots, calling which employs fArg
numbers Of young women in Boston, whero Kat
| was for aoma timo engaged. She is aged 28 thi
month and Is quite Intelligent. bho exprcssc
no regard for her mother. alleging that 1he be
| Erulgcd to her thu food Bas ata 1t table Thi
IN one uhAs8 Of her iubAutys