Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-11-06
THE HAZELTINE CASE.
THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD-
VANCEMENT OF WOMEN.
Baltimore Participates in the Celebra-
tion of the Hundredth Birthday OF
Sir Moses MOnteGore.
Special Correspondence Of the Sentinel.


BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. 31.-By the
time this appears in the SENTINEL,
the ''battle of the ballots" will have
been fought and won; on the one hand
there will be exulting in victory, and
on the other, sulking in defeat. The
country after the excitement, uncer-
tainty, and anxiety of the past four
months will settle down into its usual
state of mind. business, that has been
almost at standstill, will again be
pushed, and every thing will be as it
was before the nominations came to
ruffle the serenity Of the atmosphere.
People soon get over their disappont-
ments when they are due to no fault |
of their own, and the prosperity of the
nation demands that waving factions
come to terms of peace. Nothing has
claimed the attention and considera-
tion of the people since June 1st, that
has not been of a political nature
men had no time for other matters,
when politics was the question of the
hour. Now other things equally as
vital in Importance perhaps as the po-
litical scandals that absorbed public
attention will be able to receive the
consideration they are entitled to. We
have had our share of the campaign
here, and both parties have done their
level best, though it was working
against a certainty for the Republicans
to waste their time III trying to win
over State so enthusiastically Dem
ocratic as brave old Maryland is.
| The criminal court of Baltimore was
occupied for five days, ending Octo-
Der 2Sth, with the trial of Gilbert w.
Hazeltine, of jamestown, n. Y, for
the murder of Mamie Thorpe, in e
house of ll-fame, on North ST., in this
city, on the 18th of July last. The
prisoner and young lawyer of Balti-
more, travelled from Toronto, Cana
da, to Baltimore with May White and
Mamie Thorpe, with whom they had
been on an extended debauch. Ar
irving in this city, they went to the
house of notorious woman and spent
the day in their drunken carousal,
winding it up with the murder of the
one prostitute, and the shooting of the
other by Hazeltine. The trial came
off on October 23d, before Judge
Phelps; the counsel for the prisoner
were ex-United States Senator, VIM.
Pinkncy Whyte, the best criminal
lawyer in this State, Hollingsworth
Whyte, his son, and Rufus Apple
garth, who received for their services,
it is snid, $1,000. The plea of the de-
fence was ''acute insanity" Experts
were called to testify, but as usual
their testimony conficted. The jury,
after deliberation of four hours,
brought in a verdict of manslaughter,
though the State had asked for MUIR
der in the first degree The court dur
ing the progress of the trial was crowd
ed to the doors, many people being
unable to gain admission. The pris.
; oner, who is a young man of % years
is of very respectable parentage, and
was sent to Baltimore to study medi
cine, not being capable of following
his fathers profession Of druggist
which is certainly very rough on the
medical profession, The penalty fol
manslaughter is from two to ten year.
in the penitentiary.
Another event that occupied tn,
worthy consideration of the people o
- Baltimore, as also of the entire civil
Y lied world last week, was the celebra
9 ton of the Tooth birthday anniversar,
G of Sir Moses Montefore, the Englis
j., Hebrew Phi!anthropist. Services wer
= held all over the world on the 9th o
the 26th, in which Gcntile as well a.
Jew participated, thus giving evidenc
of the fact that in this age honor
given to whom it is due, without re
gard to sect or faith that the com
, mon brotherhood of men recognize i
the liberal charity of a generous, un
partisan and venerable Pkilanthropis
no creed but that of humanity. SerS
y y ices were held in Baltimore on tn
- 25th and 26th by the several syn'
g, gogues, at which eloquent address,
- - were made by the ministers aud othe
10 well-known gentlemen cablegrams {
. congratulations were sent to Sir Mos
u by the several churches holding m
=, mortal services.
5 The Association for the Advanc
Ie ment of Women, held its 18th annn
- congress in Baltimore at the 7. NJ.
to A. Rooms, en- the 29th and 30th. MI
=. Julia Ward Howe, well-known a
r GuOFcSS OI OOSIOl, 10 picSiucd6 VI III
N Association, which numbers among
in members many ladies of celebrity
N we'll as writer's and thinkers. In wor
of of. the president, "a goodwork is beiI
as done by women throu ghout our cou
n: try. They are doing much to lift !
35 the public heart and to instruct t
rh public conscience. Men may be bong
We and sold and cheated. Women no
il a pledge from nature which they C;
it. not faIsify-the tender love of ch
a dren confided to them. We are N
III. to work and pray not for our 0,
ise time, but for all time" In paper
lin journalism that was read, the thr
Of cardinal principles were given
mt s.condense, condense, condense, al
10 sensational and exaggerated accoul
ed of crimes and scandals were strong
I'D condemned. The many ladies of w
vn ston who read the SENTINEL will doul
y" less agree with Mrs. Howe, that as
in. costs no more to aim at the best thin
er than at the poorest, let these be
,n1 mark of women (and of men also,
may be added, , these their standal