National Republican., 1882-04-29
JENNIE CRAMER.

To the Editor OF THE REPUBLIcAN:
I My text this week is beautiful one, for Jennie
is described as lovely maiden, with sweet blue
eyes and golden hair; but the sermon / would
preach desire to make plain rather than beauti.
full for II deals in facts instead of fancies This
gay, handsome girl is victim of youth; not only
her own youth, but the youth of the country in
which she lived for no place in tho whole world
is there class so thoroughly unprotected US the
American girl, especially of the middle class The
story, as nearly as we can gather it from the dis
jOinted newspaper accounts, is this: Jennie went
driving with girl friend and their two young
men escorts, and Jennie never returned but her
dead body was lshed out Of the water sodden and
cold the blue eyes closed forever the golden hair
dank, and with It's rppes lost in the cruel ripples
of the waves, not half so bright as they. Aud now
the learning of New Haven inquiries,
Twas IT MURDER OR sUIoIDE?"
Facts have disclosed enough of her story, during
the short cycle OF those three tragic days for us TO
know that her companions gave her reason enough
to desire the latter, which was also reason SUN.
cient for them to perform the former, and yet It
is thought necessary, In considering the guilt Of
the Malley boys, 20 decide this question. Whether
they laid violent hands on Jennie Cramer or not
that dead girls ghost will haunt the conscience of
James Malley the rest of his life, unless It hap
pens, as is, alas, more than probable that he has
none; but In any case God himself will require
her soul at his hands, and the courts of Heaven
murdered her before she died for they had
stabbed TO death her womanly purity and that is
woman's life. What need to consider the Ques-
tion fuuher2
THEY ARE SELF CONVICTED MuRDERERs
worse than Guitcau; for the pitiless world. half
soorn, as they commiserate her while the victim
Of his semi mi-insane crime was tcnderly borne TO
the mercy seat on the white, downy wings Of
Nations prayers Poor dead girl She was fond
Of pleasure they say, and & these young men pre-.
go pleasuring with no better protection than Just
such young men and in nine cases out of ten the
az least Ths Is why declared S jennie crSmef
victim Of the youth of our country. We have ex-
listed too short time, and there has been so much
been established for the protection OF our girls,
who must either live dun, uneyentiul lives at
home or take the risk, and but few girls know how
very great the risk Is. and thus the more innocent
the girl be the likely she is to take the latter
horn Of the dilemma, and scof at the timorousness
of those who try TO warn her, Do you consider
AMERICAN Girls UNTRUsTwoRTHY2
asks one with crosa.eyed understanding, and
reply: you are looking through the wrong end
Of the glass, my friend, would trust our girls to
Hades new version), If there were no young men;
but would not trust a single young man on earth
farther than could keep watch with maiden
loved lnor q solitary old man for that matter; In
fact, they are the worst of tho loD.' The Malley
boys are duplicated all over Washington, arrayed
and boots blaeked. They pass for gentlemen, and
they are gentleman very likely, in all save their
treachery toward the opposite sex So the girls
smile on them and that innocent smile is many
times a beacon TO after despair. Our parks are
filled at night With girls, who are out alone with
these young men. have seen them in the soft
them, sitting with the young mems arms around
them, apparently without blush ut the attention
OF passers- by and yet their innocent looks belle
the suppOsition that they are either hardened or
shameless. DO you suppose these young scamps
would offer such liberties under the eye Of a
proper chaperon?
GIRLS ARE TOO IGNORANT
OF the bitter fruit of which tho unlawful
oaross il the tiny, harmless-l looking seed 10
understand the gravity of their mistake in allow
ing 1t; but the boys are better educated in vice;
they understand II, and are laughing at their COM
panions as they carcss them. This is why style
u an unlawful carcss," for no man will subject
the woman he means 10 marry TO the suspicion of
even casual passeIs by such an exhibition. Take
my word for II, girls the man who hugs you in the
park will neyer provide for you In his home he
enough TO be intrusted with the care Of his whole
future life, his honor as well as his happiness
Lot mothers look TO II and see each one Of them
that their own girls are safe The girls should not
be deprived Of youths pleasures either, and It Is
high time that American "boy and girl society"
were superseded aud new regime, ON the Euro
pean plan, begun, No matr0n has "A right 10 sit at
home IN the chimney corner and seud her grown
updaughter out alone, any more than she had when
that girl was an infant In her first steps nor as
much, for then every hand would have been
stretched forth 70 protect herr now many hands
would be extended To destroy, / am not writing
sensational article, ireuds / am drawing pie.
though troubled view Of half life.tine.- -Aouss
In thg Corner.