The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-06-28
A DlsoRAcR TO woMAnnoop
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 The habit whica a certain class of e. males, who hy courtesy are called ladies, have of idclixsng and pesting cnminals. especially mzruSvers, is horrible devel- opmens of tke same morbid sentimental ity, which leads jurymen, after ,inding a man guilty Of a neinous crsme, .o recom- nand Ailn 10 the mercy of the court. and then after his sentence induces them to loin in petitions for h,s pardon. Women. nowever, being naturally more sympa- thefic, less logical. and less practical than men, are more sensimentAliy demcns.ra- tive and expend thesr supernucus gushr in the form cf bouquets. scented notes, delicacies 10 tempt the palate; and in the oessowal of their own society whep- ever opportunity offers This propensity to iionixe the most abandoned villains finds its highest development among these addle-pated females, when the of Tense committed IS against one of their o~n sex, and the more atrocious the crime the greater the amount of attention shown 10 the criminal This is to be ob- served m all parts of the country, and IS so universal that it is usually the subject of newspaper common; If murderers cell is not profusely decorated with floral tributes. The most recent instance of this hys,erieai self-abasement of we'll dressed fem ales, i've th,nk woman ",oo good name for them. IS the case of the negro demon Rugg. who IS nov in ,ail in Brooklyn. N. I., awaiting execution for | the brutal and cowardly murder of two helpless women. He IS one of the lowest, vilest and most abandoned of human be- lngs, and ye: his cell Is kep, loaded with choice flowers by these unsexed be,ngs It IS just such deiheat,on of devils as th,s, which leads to half of the crimes asalns, women, for the vile beings who commit them. having no fear of death. and hear 1 ing how luxurious ar atIoeious murderer fares hearing how his ia, s arc passed in the compan, of beautiful and accom- plished idiots, and being told tha, his ap- petite is pampered with the choicest viands, seek for an opportunity 10 dupli- cate both the crime and the reward These crimes against women are com- mitted by men of all races, ages and eolors, bu; they seem especially congcnial to the most debased class of negroes, who are willing to risk any punishment in order 10 eomml, them, provided always that their victim IS white. |, Is also a melancholy fact that the blaeker, both in heart and face. Is the monster, the more abject is the self-abasement with which inc IS worshipped by these females who seem los, 10 every feeling of lussee. de eency and self-respec,. The New York SHsr, referring to this case in Brooklyn says:
 D6these women admire this negro for the r,urder of their own sisters. Ger. tainly, |. seems so. If any me ot then, were brutally assaulted by another ruf. fan. white or eolored. on their way from Rugg's cell. would they deem |, an ocoa. sion for rejoicing! Logically they ough, ,o; bn, the ,houghsless. silly, maudiin fools are no, prepared 10 go to this ex. tremity. They fancy they show an inter esting sensibility in their expressions oi sympathy for Rugg.'
 We do not know tha. the day will evel come, but we hope to live 10 see 1t, when by legislative enactment, it shall be for bidden for anyone save his own family, and such other persons as are designated by the court. to have access to any per. son convicted of high crime. and when jailors shall be forbidden to convey flow. CTS or presents of any other kind 10 those who have been convicted of horr.fying oI brutal ofienses.