Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-10

The extended preliminary cNamlna-
ton at New Haven, Conn, of JaIhes
and Walter Malley, charged with the
murder of Jennie Cramer, terminated
in the accused being held without bail
to await trial before the superior court,
and this notwithstanding the vigorous
cflOrts OF counsel and friends put forth
in their behalf 1t has, unfortunately,
become so common for mere trayersty
of Justice to be enacted in cases like this,
where the defendants by the use of
money and that influence which comes
Of high social standing escape the pen
these preliminary steps in the Malley
case will be met with Il sigh of relief
The case is one that has filled larger
scope in the public eye than many
others of like righteousness, owing TO
the high standing Of the accused and
beauty of their victim. 1t has been
noticed at length by press and pulpit
aud served a a text for numberless ser
mons. sermons seem not to touch the
evil. as during the examination that fol-
lowed the discovery of the beautifully
moulded clay, which even the waves
touched gently, upon the lonesome
beach. there hay, several eases of a
similar nature been reported from diff
ferent parts of the country. Something
more was needed. An intimltion that
the fountain of justice was not irreleem-
ably clogged. Consequently the pres
cnt action of the lower court will have
wholesome effect II will come like 4
chill IF palsr to that dctcstablc class of
hveua, who have sought to relieve the
inauity of their existence by u traffic in
human souls Who Scientifically in
,rgle young aud un-uspccting girls
into their gjlded tolls. suck the orange
dry. and then east them forth. out-casts,
pariahS. thing not to he named; while
their betraycr stopping but long enough
To- add to his list OF wrecked souls an
ether blackcncd and ruined life, doomed
"a misery here and torment according
toorthodoN crecds hereafter, turns with
McphiStopheliau .mils to new conquest,,
M parah he. hero rather among his
fellows \ world of sarcasm is hidden
ia the clam of the defense, put forth in
the present ca~o that Jane, Mallcv had
no motive for killing Jennie Cramer
To be sure he had taken from her that
which was dcarer than life. had taken
her from the loving home circle and casi
her out into the Slums; but had no
hundreds of his associates done tn,
same and escaped unseathed. except
when justice came to them in the shape
Of well aimed rifle or pistol in the hand,
OF erazed father or brother, Why
then should he have placed his preeiou,
neck in jeopardy 10y adding murder t
his other crime? What had he to feal
when society and the courts had, b,
negation. decided that the wrecking tn,
Allc uA pure anu luuuNtut 1ttl W ~ III
crime amenable to laws judicial or social
The road is a long one that turns not
Outraged public opinion cannot Away
be smoothed and caressed into silence
As a flash of lightning darling fort
from the dense blackuess illumineS tn
whole sky, so the camera of investiga
ton has flashed flood Of light acros
the present page exposing a picture 5,
hideous under the glare, stripped of al
that gilds vice. aud leaving the grizzle,
spectreS of seduction and murder in ;,
prominent ard revolving 4 light that 70
once Justice has not been cheated of he
dues and the curled and dainty libertiR
with his accomplceS, now occupy wit
more vulgar but more honorable Grim
inals a felon' cell. Should Connection
Justice spread into adjoining state
female virtue would in q measure ceas
to be fair game 70: the class of liber
tines of whom the Malley's are but
type, thrown by circumstances unde
the electric glare of an awakened publi
opiuiot.