Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-07-21

Inc criminal actlOuS OF four persons,
leading to the death of one of them, as
given in the Sunday papers, should
cause thousands who read the report
and are pursuing the devious paths of
sin, to op and think before they per-
chance may reach the same end
Mamie Thorpe and May White are
well known a. familiar household
names, sometimes blessing, some
times curse to the happiness, the veal
or the woe to some families. Though
perhaps unknown in the city of Balti-
more, where one of them met her tragic
death on Saturday evening, they were
known somewhere. Somewhere they
had no doubt some doting, loving pa
rents, brothers, sisters, friends who re-
membered them, and they were self
outcasts from everything in the shape
of moral and good society their loss,
that comes worse than the pangs of
death, was mourned by somebody. Per-
haps the names are assumed that the
friends of these willful, sinful sirens
will never know that the girls in this
shameful debauch were possibly their
own children.
These girls, no doubt, commenced
their career of crime when they were
young. They, no doubt, like thousands
of other girls, had fond, devoted pa
rents, who INDUCED every within and
fancy, who could see no harm in walk
ing the streets at night, in stopping to
talk with strange young men on the
corners OF the streets under the gas
lamps, and often in the shadows who
were tickled with the idea of their
daughters having gay, fashionable
young men, even If strangers, for their
company men who could quaff the
frothy beer and sip the ruby wine,
shoot the pool balls and manipulate the
roulette, wear fashionable rings like
wheel tires, and carry diminutive canes.
These are the first steps to ruin, but in
dulgent parents are blind.
These girls, no doubt, had a vivid
remembrance, until Saturdays tragic
scene, of the first meeting under the
gas lamp or i'll some sequestered shad-
ow, which turned the current of inno-
cent lives and filed the mind with
thoughts of sin. There are thousands
of poor, innocent girls entering upon
sins seductive pathway, following tn,
steps of Mamie Thorpe and May
White, but they know it not, and then
parents, through mistaken over-con
fidence in their children, are blind to
their danger. Even here in the city OF
Wilmington gas lamp tlirtations ant
coteries may be seen in the crowded
streets every night.
The heartless libertine Is abroad il
dashing fashionable attire, but all tn
time seeking whom he may devour
From the corner under the street lam
tbs but step to the hall of revelry and
debauchery to the harmless (?) ex
cursion, where the senses are blunte
under frequent rotations ofintoxicatin
drinks. From this point tbs but
step to the bagnio of sin. The victim
who escape are the strong swimmer
who are able to stem the tide of sin bu
their numbers are few compared wit
those who like the moth flutter an
whirl for awhile around the gas jet, an
are at last drawn into the flame
death, and die at last like fools.
But we want good time"
thought NJ lmie Thorpe and May Whit
They met boon companions in Toronto
Canada, in two young men who lik
themselves We're bound on having
good time. These two young men we
just like many more who throw c
every moral restraint, If they ever ha
any, and are bent on having a GOO
time. The intoxicating cup helps Il
whole party along. Oh, yes, they al
all having n good time. The scene
debauchery is removed from Toronto
Baltimore and all along the route tn,
had good time, and the frequent viii
potations helped along the good tim
1t mattered not that one OF the youl
men all day on Saturday wanted
shoot somebody, that rendered the f,
more exciting. 1t mattered not tn
the other young man was SO drunk
to be insensible, that was an addition
cause for mirth. But such fun mt
have an ending, and it had trae
ending in blood. The time had col
when the career of one of these daue
tiers of sin and shame was to close IL
tragic manner. The propensity
George Hazeltine to shoot somebo
was gratitied. The pistol soon did I
work and the soul of Mamie Thol
departed from its sinful body under
cloud of sin and blood, and May VIII
though not yet dead, lies with her be
pierced with bullets. They live
fools and :" die as fools die" ]
tragedy will not end injustice until
gallows ends the course of the libert
murderer and the penitentiary sh
the other from the world.
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