New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-02
A coon HdTIHRE.

We believe that the American people read with
| pleasure day or two ago of the failure of the
| latest attempt 10 use the writ Of habcas corpus
| i'm courtship The Tribune has commented before
on the employment Of this writ in affairs Of this
kind. our idea was, and still is. that If the
practice was not stopped. the eycr-plcasng art
Of lovc-makinC would finally be transferred en-
| trey to the courts-that the time would come
when. if a young man took n fancy 10 young
woman tho first step would De the Publishing OF
"A summons in the newspapers for six weeks. 10
be- followed by board of appaiScmcnt. a writ Of
mandamus, a special referee, and so forth, with
possibly condemnation proceedings, wrlis of re-
plcyin. an investigation by Senate committee,
and similar pleasant features Against all THIS
we raised n strong protest and We are certainly
glad TO see that another attempt 10 use the oh
noxious hifcas corpus this time in Brooklyn, has
| failed
The reader probltly s1w an account Of m" case
10 which We refer. young man named Mclean
couricd Pcnn-st maiden and they became en-
gagged to be married. in the impctuosity Of youth
they forgot the maidcus mother. But the old
lady didn't forget the young folks. With the
pcrycr,ity only known 10 II parent. she suddenly
announced tine engagement of. locked the girl mp
in dark room and sent word to the Young man
io keep ont Of the ward.
The thoughtlcss reader. OF the ono unacquainted
with The female heart. may be inclined ~ express
sympathy for the imprisoned young lndy There
| ], no call FOR this p!ty-it was just whnt She
wanted. She had sighed for opposition from TIE
first This is too nice for anything She said
10 herself; James will rescue me And James
did make feeble effort IN thai dirccilon-that
;. be- called ON Ter mother. Bat the mother had
dealt with Young men before hc was born. so she
told him, and size h.' hluI. as Size says. with the
sharp end OF e. 1at-lron and slammed the door IN
las face. 50 That II ratified on the plastcrng Tn"
young lady heard the commoton and was de-
lighted Wien b" went away She whispered 10
herself: " He will be- back soon and carry me on
ncNt time" EIt sine was soon sorrowful girl
\ hall hour later wd-hcodcd man with hole
90 his hat and sqUiut m one eve mng the door
bell He WIS deputy sheriff. and produced "a
wit Of hab,a, corpus. The mother put her flat
iron bac,. Oh tie range said that she recognized
his authority. and brought out the gir! who. after
shedding few tears. walked away 10 court with
the horrid man. Her mother followed. In the
court room the sri met her lover. but She was
changed. She ca,cd on James g. Mclean coldly.
q" can never be- Yours. She said 10 him. ! would
- soon thini, Of marrying The deputy The Judge
looked over hls spcctaccs and nnpounccd that the
writ was dismissed The mother gave the young
man lit'la car,tlc advice. for which he did not
seem 10 be- grateful. and lcd her daughter away.
The Judge called III" of Peters ". Peters. for
absolute divorce.
We of course s,mpathzc deeply with the young
man. We lore that be- may yc' win the young
lady. and We believe that hc may # he Will go
at It in the night way. But cannot help rejoicing
over the failure OF The habca, corpus We look
on the wit Of hahcas corpus rs the thin edge Of
the wcdsc which viii eventually throw courlShip
into the hands 81 The Grand Jury. II should be-
fought at every Turn The man who carries on
hts courtship with lawyer and The county sheriff
must be put down.