Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-01-09

sire proof OF stroag and mastering in
tsllect. ii she must set out on career OF
crime, should call 10 her side and as-
sissanee such weak fellow as Bishop.
who had now clearly proven himself
miserable coward Is well as VILLAIN.
This vas what tie people said. His
lawyers said that Bishop was : fool,
aud at once threw up the case.
Mrs. Cobb maintained At the time &
the confession, and her assertion hns
nat sinee heen ailexed. that tie eloFN
was 3 coid-biooded and deiiberale sles
Her eyes flashed as she spoke. and her
tone was hard and cold, but incisively
fierce. She was terribly enraged, and
for moment she lost her strong self
Poise.
81 love Wesley Bishopl'' she cried
IN voice half stified with contempt;
"why, had husband that was better
than he !"
Notwithstanding the apparent con-
tradiction, this single contempluous
expression throws food of light on
the nature of the infatuation that bound
the two criminals together. Mrs. Cobb
was strong, energetic, and masculine;
Bishop was weak, indolent, easily in-
huenced, and womanish. Mrs. Cobb
thoroughly disliked her husband; 1.-THE
very sight of him" was offensive to her,
as she once SAID TO Bishop. She loved
to rule, dictate. domineer. She looked
around her. Westley Bishop was just
the man Tor her TO operate with, 10
twist, to turn, 10 humble, or to exalt,
as her fancy dictated. lie was exact
" capacitated, by the elements Of his
plastic nature, by the circumstances Of
his business habits, for the position Of
the puppet she desired. The only mis-
take was that, like many another wo-
man, she fell in love, il the theatrical
and unnatural passion she cherished
may be called that affection, with the
plaything that amused her. The mo-
ment that Bishop became necessary 10
her happiness, and circumstances show
that he did so become. that woman
sealed the doom Of her husband.
The confession Of Bishop is interest
ing as a psychological study. 1t bears
in almost every leafthe imprint Of truth
in that il portrays ia every apparent
ly hiIling light and shade the true and
accepted characters Of the princi-
pals in the tragedy. Perhaps il has
! not parallel in criminal history in ex-
employing the terrible strength Of the
unnatural passion that strong, un-
scrupulous woman may conceive for
weak and pliable man.
After the drama had been brought 10
its inevitable conclusion, the hated OBJ
stacle removed, the ambition attained,
the dreaded disclosure made, the crime
traced to its authors, and themselves
thrown into PRISON and vailed out from
each others society, il is more than
probable than the iniatuation that bound
each TO each began TO decay iii did
not perish al once. They had no lon
ger a use for each other, nothing now
stood in the way Of their unnatural pas
sion, and the passion died in the ac-
complishment Of The object for which
they worked.
THIS conception will certainly ex-
plain the light and unfeeling manner IN
which Bishop speaks and has spoken
since his commitment TO Jail, oil bis late
paramour and the lofty contempt with
which Mrs. Cobb looks upon Bishop.
The coming trial is looked forward TO
with steadily deepening interest. More
than 100 persons have been summoned
as special panel from which TO Sc
Iect jury for the trial OF the case.