The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-02-16
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Margaret Hammill was not so fortunate,
and continued to plod on alone. She,
however, often went to the fortune tellerS,
and there received assurance that the prize
was not far off. She visited the Marrigans
constantly, and one day, after she had been
missing for some time, "a fire broke out in
little bed room of the Marrigan's house,
and Maggie Hammll was discovered all
charred and black, with piece of rope
around her neck, with which she had been
strangled. They proved that Mrs. Marri-
gan had unces and aunts who were crazy,
that she herself had fits; they succeeded in
hanging the jury, instead of the criminal
who last week walked out OF the court a
free woman, though at the time of the dis
covery there was not the shadow of doubt
of her guilt. The discarded mistress of
Brooklyn builder murdered him in his
house because he had cast her off; the facts
on the trial proved that he was a worthless
as well as heartless wretch, and the law
yerS turned his history to such practical ac-
count that they succeeded in sending her
to lunatic asylum instead of to the gal
lows. When a young Cornelius Wander
bilt committed a forgery i'll Washington,
an ingenious lawyer discovered in its evil
dence of lunacy; the penalty of the otlense
being States Prison. they concluded that
the easiest way to save this erratic scion of
the house of Vanderbilt was to send him
to lunatic asylum. One Of the Astors
-, IL.
twenty thousand dollars damages. Not
wishing to pay, they tried to prove him
q lunatic; but it would not work on a
country jury, SO Mr.. Aston had to pay the
twenty thousand dollars.
A few years ago a brawling ward politi-
clan was killed in a bar room fight; his
brother swere he would have the hearts
blood of the slayer of his brother; he fol-
lowed the supposed murderer for months,
and at last, one night, surprised him in the
street and shot him, like AN assassin, in the
back. Long months rolled on and the
wounded man recovered; but he was fol-
lowed by the avenger still. One night,
while a pool room on Broadway was crowd
slayer. Hundreds saw it; there was 10
doubt of the murder or the mul derer; he
had tried it before and failed, and it was
after years of patience that he succeeded.
He was detained in our city prison for
years; his trial was put off time after time.
At last, when his counsel were perfectly
ready, the case was called, and the jury
discovered that he was insane when he
murdered the man, though perfectly sane
a moment before and after. But now
comes the other side of the case.
\ woman named Hall. in Brooklyn, sued
for divorce from her husband and asked
for maintenance and the custody of heI
children. She had been trapped into mar,
rage with one who was known to be a
lunatic: his father had committed suicide:
his brother was in iunatic asylum: he
himself had been year at a time in the
asylum, and had often been confined in
straight jacket. He had assaulted his
mother, aud beaten his wife SO that her
life was constantly in danger, till at last,
being unable to endure it longer, she fed
to the courts for relief. She had no money,
however; her husbands family were rich.
and yet in the face of all these terrible
facts, it looks as though now the poor
woman would be entirely driven out of
court. Verify, verify, we have almost rea.
son TO curse the day when this atrocious
plea was first admitted to our courts, and
the memory of the lawyers who concocteG
the legal infamy, which has done more to
defeat the ends of justice, than all the es
capes, and all the legal bubbles from which
our community has suffered. This plea
should make the name of Polly Bodine
stand accursed in the calendar for hers
was the first case i'll which it was admitted
to our courts.
Notwithstanding the general depression,
there seems to be quite stir in art matters,
the National Academy is open villa choice
and excellent colIettiou->By the way, !
saw something, lasH week. which landed
me back some Leffng more than quarter of
a century3\t was an old daguerreotype, or
rather-A new edition of the old daguerreo.
.s.ype, such as some of the gay old fellows
used to have of their sweethearts, nearly
forty years ago. The new and improved
daguerreotype is the invention of G. Frank
+. Pearsall, the eminent photographer OF
Brooklyn, gentleman who ranks at the
head of his profession in this country. and
whose improved, or | may say. perfect
photograph, has never been surpassed
One of the great features of his iuyention
is the restoration of old and faded pic
lures, imparting to them beauty and per
manency far surprising their original TX
cellence; this discovery is invaluable to
those who have, on these old-time pictures
the faces OF those whose voices we shall
hear no more; we have seen them fade
away year after year, till not a shadow re
manned, but Mr.. Pearsall can summon
these spirits from the deep, aud give US
our loved ones again. The pictures saw
were exquisite specimens of art. and sup
ply want which has long been fell: il can
never supp liant photography. but for cheap
ness, beauty, and the rapldity with whicl
they can be supplied, will be found a con
venent adjunct III these hard times which
will make Mr. Pearsall genuine benefacI OF
to the public.
Another piou> defaulter in the person OF
Augustus M. Tulney. the teller of the
Bauk Of North America; for almost ten
years he has, by ingenious manipulation of
the books, covered up Geta cation of OLE
hundred rhousand dollars He was model
OF Christian plety. a Jealous worker in the
church, and his integrity in all that time
was never even suspected by his associates
IN the bank of which he has been an officer
Tor twenty tive years. The shock produced
IN our social circles is not less than those
we suffered from the defaication of Gilman
and the perjury Ct Case. Another bright
and shining hight disappears from the west
end, while Sing Sing gets new addition to
that useful and exemplary class, which,
thanks to the discipline and tact of Mr..
PIllsbury, is now paying its own board
bills, without further expense to the State.
Dung Donohne, the great overcoat thief,
who nearly ruined his father, who was one
OF the most respectable tailors in BROOKLYN,
pleaded guilty to six indictments for grand