Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-19


Sessions In March Fest, after much lIsles
lion, OF George w Lake for beng The
iather Of five children BY his own tlaueh
ter, was yesterday revived, VS. the New
York World, al special term AZ the
supreme court before Judge Cullen.
Lawyer Georile A. Moses appearing for
Lake. moved for leave to file a bill OF e,s.
ceptions Tor the purpose OF appealing
from the last Judgment OF the court. The
motion was opposed by the district attor
ney OF Richmond county, bot 1ndge
Cullen decided In favor OF the convict.
Lake is now In Sing Sing prison. where
he was sentenced TO serve nine and ono.
nall years imprisonment. Three genera.
lions OF wrecked minds are The resnlt ~
his wicked and shameless career. his
case illustrates, aside from the depths ~
deprayity 70 which human nature NAV
SINK, the evil Effects OF intermarrlaae be-.
tween hlood-relations. Lake was horn "a
Iopsvlile, Mass, and when but fifteen
years OLD became infatuated with Emma
sweeney, young woman OF that village.
VINO was possessed Of a limited amount
Oh discretion, He was a frequent visitor
az her fathers house, and after few
months child was born, the paternity Of
wnicn was laid to Young Lake. lie ned
tne country, taking passage as A
common sailor on a Chinese mer.
cpantman. From China he went to
Japan where he acquired the language
ol tne hallvesi and fiually engaged IN OK.
porting fancy goods ana bric.a.brac to
TINS country He prospered, saved
money ana hnally returned home with
snug little fortune, and continued busl.
ness with his headquarters in New yorh
He found that during his absence Emma
had married, and that his child was in
Boston Orphan asylum He gained NOS.
session OF the little unfortunate, and sent
her to a seminary TO be educated. she
was called Emma, after her mother.
None OF her schoolmates ever snspected
little Emma's misfortune, and she was
quite favorits among them. Lake Wis
tied the child occasionally, and supposed
tnat It's mother had lost all interest in
her. such, however, was not the case.
me latter made frequent visits in secret
10 the little one, and manifested d great
deal OF affection toward her, although
she never revealed her relationship.
ms state OF affairs continued untll
1873, when Lake took Emma from her
studies and brought her to New York 10
act as his housekeeper. A, the time she
was bright, fair-halred young woman
OF sixteen, unusually well developed fol
her age. Lake took her to live at the old
Washington hotel, where he registered
her as his daughter. He never introduced
her to anyone, and always led her TO ant
. from the dining-room. She went TO ant
from his Office with him daily, and wher
: he spent the evening out Emma was al
; ways left locked Ia their apartments
Lake was then between thirt,
and thirty-ave years old, and
; his new landlord supposed him Il
} be the husband Of his youthful companion
The couple had been in the house but {
short time when Emma gave birth to |
child. Her mother had neither seen MOI
heard OF her since her departure from
! the seminary, but the day the infant wa,
born Lake sent for the woman. Wher
she arrived at the house and found. thai
her shame had been carried down 10 hel
daughter she went raying mad, aud haC
TO be removed from the house by force
She was taken to an insane asylum, wher,
she died OF The shock few days later.
Before the newborn child was month
old Lake deserted his family. He wa,
arrested on charge OF abandonment nC
! at the statlon.house denied that tn,
woman was his wife, An investigation
: brought TO light evidence OF the registra
: ton at the Washington hotel, where h
: had claimed the girl as his daughter, an,
he was held on more serious charge
, lie was tried and acquitted, after whic1
he removed with his youthful family to
, comfortable but not very pretentious cot
tage in ToitenvilIe, N. Y. He kept
! horse and carriage In which he drove I,
= the ferry "a Chiffon
J left 1t In a livery stable there until his re
turn at night, when he drove home again
The young woman, who was doubly re-
lated to him, never appeared In the car
riage and was seldom seen In the streets
Lake continued his unlawful relations
with her and his family increased Al
the second generation OF children grew
up, however, they were found TO b,
Idiots, and public indignation against Tn,
father became 80 bitter that he wal
forced to leave the neighborhood HI
next took his afflicted family to hous,
on Todd hill, q few miles from Clifton
This was ABOUT four years ago, and ht
was again indicted. Then IL was dis
covered that the mother OF his younger
children had become insane. She was
sent to an asylum, her children (ive II
number) were taken to the poor-housG
and Lake was lodged in jail He was
tried, convicted and sentenced to nine
and half years Imprisonment at hare
labor In Sing Sing. He served two
months OF his time, when stay on ap
peal was obtained In his behalf, and h,
was transferred back to the Richmond
county jail. The general term OF the su.
preme court reversed the decision agains
him In May last, and ordered new trial
The second trial took place In the Rich
mond county court of sessions on Marcel
5, ami resulted In a conviction, when th,
old sentence Of nine years and six months
was again inflicted.
The unfortunate children OF the convict
have been transferred from the poor
house in Richmond county TO the STATE
asylum for idiots at Syracuse.