The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-09-29
Our New York Letter.
Regular correspondence orADvocATE.
NENu XnpK Snnt OS 1897


No doubt you remi mber the case of
Miss Helyn Leonard, the young woman
who was so infatuated with lawyer
named Callahan, that she made an attempt
to shoot certain Mrs. Smith, with whom
she belieyed Callahan TO be intimate.
The woman recovered and the young
woman was released on 81 900 bail TO ap-
pear for trial on charge of felonious
assault. Her aunt became her bondswo-
man. The case had passed out of recol-
LED ion, and would probably never have
come up for trial had not the aunt last
Friday surrendered the young woman and
asked to be released from the bond. Sic
claimed she stood in need of the money,
and that moreover Miss Leonard had re-
Gently acted in such a manner as to in
dicate that her mind had become unsound
Now, I do not believe that the girl was
ever entirely right in her mind since she
fell so madly in love with the ancient
beau, and think that since sheh has been
compelled to give him up, on account OF
his disappearance from his accustomed
haunts she has brooded over her loss to
such an extent as to show unmistskable
traces of melancholia. On the other hand,
q story reaches me, that the aunt was very
anxious that the girl should marry q we'll
to-do Canadian who was deeply in love
with her. The girl positively refused,
and then this withdrawal from the bond
was resorted to as a species of punish
ment. At all events Helyn Leonard is
now very anxious that her trial would
come off shortly, and believe that her
case will be called carly next week.
Inscrutable are the workings of wo-
mans mind, but fre requently men, who Of
course regard themselves half dozen
steps higher in the order of nature, are
no better. Last Saturday evening 1 was
walking along the veranda of the big
hotel at Manhattan Beach. 1t was
dreary damp drizzling evening, there
were very few people there. the band
had not,yet begun to play, and the place
looked as desolate rs a desert and the
roar of the surf furnished narrowing
accompaniment to the sadness of the
scene. All of sudden an acquaintance
took me by the arm and said: Come
along with me. .You may get sensa-
tion." We walked to the further end of
the pier. In the dim Lnze could be dis
cerned the figure of man attired in a
light gray overcoat walking up rapidly
t. the end of the bulkhead. He was
followed by middle-aged lady and
young girl, "That man." said my
friend, "has been trying TO commit sui
eide this whole evening. HI is an officer
in q mining company. and has been
stopping at the hotel for some days with
his family. Earlier in the evening he
wanted to Jump overheard, but his wife
held him while bis daughter went for
some friends. He is trying again" We
followed at short distance so as 10 be
of use in case of necessity. The sound
of our footsteps evidently arrested the
man in his nefarious undertaking. The
poor woman stood beside him, with her
arm linked in his, and although the
tears trickled down her face she essayed
to speak cheerfully to him. Just then
the daughter came up with some
gentlemen and spoke to him about the
races and so on, so as to divert his mind,
but all to no effect. His face was dead
ly white. His blue eyes had q wild
stering look and his small thin bands
twitched nervously.
They walked back with him to the
veranda of the hotel where he broke
away from them and going to the ticket
cffice purchased ticket for New York.
His wife followed and took seat beside
him in the waiting room. The police
meanwhile had become acquainted with
the facts, and number were about to
prevent him from throwing himself on
the railway tracks. The poor wife plead.
ed and pleaded but he made no answer.
An old Irish porter grew wild with it,
dignaiion at the spectacle and wanted to
go over and beat him within an inch Of
his life. / was unable to await the re-
suit, but was told that the police man
aged to get him back to his room, where
he was locked in and finally went to
sleep. What was the cause of his strange
conduct, no one learned. The hotel peo-
pie thought that it was financial trouble,
although he seemed not to lack funds.
The Long Island Railroad Company
has compromised with most of the vic
tims of the recent disastrous collision
near the depot at Hunters Point. The
State law does not allow more than S5,-
600 for death on the road. The COM
pany sent its representative to the fami.
lies of the three deceased and offered
them 81 600. each, thus saving them the
trouble and expense of law suit,as we'll
as long time in waiting. In a similar
manner they compromised with most of
the injured. They overlooked young
Leslie Slosson, the brother of George the
bil!iardist, aud he has begun suit to re-
cover $50, 900 damages. The company
will probably arrange for few hundred
dollars with HIM as he is not very badly
hurt. The railroad officials thus save
money, and they also avoid an expose of
their horribly careless manner of running
trains, which would surely occur in an
investigation in open court The Grand
Central Road always makes it poin. to
avoid lawsuits and exposure in accident
cases. They did this with all the vic
Tins of the tunnel disaster. Had they
not done this the consequences would
have been very serious. The Long Is
land Railroad has this year been run in
shamefully cheap manner. AS few
train hands have been kept in the service