New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-12

Yesterday the community shocked by the
| preparation of another frightful murder Cox and
| Babo are hardly well buried before another woman
| is ruth!essly slaughtered by wretch made brutal
| By Illicit passion. and BaXtcrst. for little while
| Will find the monotOny of poverty and dissipation
| relieved by n homicdal sensation. The reader may
| gather the particulars in another column. Amadee
| Bigot a Frenchman, repulsed by Mrs. Renaut, to
| whom he had made improper advances. a
fl of rage cut her throat and then cut his She
is dead He may live to be hanged but this is not
tain. Should he die OF bis own wounds, vii that
portion of the foreign population to which he be-
| longed give him an elaborate funeral, with lon.
svmpathizng procession, and with culogies at the
grave Should he be tried and convicted, will the
French Consul be entrcacd to interfere III his be-
half to save him from execution VIII numerously
signed petitions he sent TO Albany, implOrng the
Executive clemencyl Will tender-heartcd ladies
visit him in his cell, carrying him flowers and
fruit3 Should he he hanged, viii his compatriots
hold Indignation meetings to express their sense Of
the cruelty of the lw' viii the Governor be threat
ened with punishment at the polls II he refuses a
pardonl We have not yet seen the whole Of the
mischief which the desperate attempts 90 save BalbO
and Cox from the gallows are likely to occasion.
This homcldal Freuchman has doubtless observed
the attentions lavshcd upon the negro
count He has particularly noted the pity felt for
Balbo who only killed a woman of whom he was
Jealous. He, too, had his little disappointments,
and experiencing a of injury took tho
leadiest and most natural way TO revenge.
1t proves nothing that lie turned his muir
dcrous hands against himself. That would
only make him even more hero while he would
escape the trouble and danger of trial. The main
point is that lie bad been taught TO regard murder
as no more than msdemeanOr IL might get him
into troubc; it might compel him to take his own
life but in itself it was proper and even cOmmenda
be If we 90 on at this rate there will be a plenty of
work for the courts as well as the coronerS.
The Actors Home established by the will Of the
late Edwin Forrest. tragedan, in Philadelphia has
never, we believe, been particularly successful in.
stitution. decayed actors prolerring to remain
state of decay outside of it. Now q more terrible
misfortune than a lack of inmates threatens
it. The usual fatality attending last wills
and tesaments has mado its appearance
A school teacher, Miss Black. i'll Cincinnati, has re-
Gently discovered that her mother and the mother
of Forrest were sisters. Her previous knowledge
seems to have been a little indefinite for she has
heretofore thought that the relationship was upon
the fathers side of tho house. She is now looking
around for documentary testimony, and If she in
tends to prosecute her clam upon the Forrest estate
she will need 1t. At present she only remembers
hearing Ler brother John say: SIS do you know
you are related to Edwin Forrest the actor 7" An
other piece of evidence Is that her sister. a Mrs
Townshend, always went to see Forrest act ; but If
all who did that related to him, the family
must have been pretty numerous one. and when
the property comes to be divided nobody will get
much. Another point is, that testators can
NOT
tually in EXISTENCE but We are not cor
tam that the will did any moro than establish
certain trusts. Meanwhile tho documentary evil
dencc" will be in order. Mr.. Forrest must have been
singularly ignorant If he was unaware of the exist
ence of relatives so near to him. AS no certainly
did not intend to leave his money to Miss Black.
and did intend to leave il to the actors il will be
necessary TO make pretty strong case against the
WILL especially if Miss Black should fail to find the
documentary evidence, which we think highly
probable
A peep into Engsh's iron bound barrel has been
obtained by a correspondent of The Cincinnati Com
mercial. What he saw fills five closely-prnted
columns of that newspaper and furnishes cdifying
reading. Ii demonstrates pretty clearly that Eng
lish has filed his barrel by slufully emptyinQ
other peoples pockets. The County Clerks records
in indianapolis show that during the past three
years William II. English has brought 1856 suits for
judgment and foreclosure OF mortgages The Sher-
MS records show that shcrhs deeds to the number
oi AZ have been given to the same William II. Eng
lisa during similar period The records of the
Recorder of Deeds show that 80 deeds have been
issued under decree of foreclosure to the same Will
lam H. English within two years 1t appears from
the record that IN bidding property which he
had forced to a sherhrs sale Mr.. EngIish's habit
was to Offer smaller sum than tho amount Of the
mortgage which he held. thus holding an individual
judgment against his unfortunate creditors after lac
had got possession Of their property. In addition
to sherfs deeds. the records show that he holds no
less than IS tax deeds, tho having been OBJ