Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-29
WAS HER At:T JU~TIFIAI&LE:
A Won,nn's Views Concerning thu X .litng
OF Pat T1ertuy.

"hE HER AET IISTIF AkIEs
A Won'an'k Views Concerning the Killing
OF Pat I,crncy.
Ah"u' tri faYH ago = man nnmnf
Pat Tl~rnty WINS shot and kit1en a
Coked"le. Park cuuny, by younl
woman named MAvgIe Dnwty. The
act wax 80 thornu4i lily pr~ntditatrd In
1t. character and thu nctiDn of wuuau
who did the til citing, % aelf. possessed
that 1t was evident that tie killing
wa1 hut tl,e IT. quel of ii chapter IA the
girls life hlat'ry whl.h would 4ooner
or later be txtlainee. This explana>
tion comes now tu III article write u
for the LivinKttrn Post hv one Etnma
Emmons, who, If she never put pen
to paper before or tiuce. Can cougratu-
late herself Oh m*ktng plea for
womankind In general, and poor Mag
Kte Dowty in particular, that +veu Bob
lngsr5 Ill could not surpa-s. 1t dwarfs
tulugy and must tie read IL be Aprreci-
hted. 1t In ~ toltowt:
| A few yeats ago family left the
shores ut "AuId scotland" IT, seek
home nud susteuauce In the plenty Of
the New Wur'h. Ii their wandering.
they struck lie ia,d ut the DAkota.,
where the deadly blizzard robbed tn. til
Of two bright bOyH, while tho same
s:orm crippled the husband aud a'h.
er. They Travelled westward till thty
reached Livingston, wher~ ,he father
found employment in the railroad
shops. 1t wa1 Ii harA struggle to keep
the wolf frolr tue dtnr. Their prize
| and hOre, u - 1I.I- Wte bit lnorfe,'
trtrr+d lightly over the prairIe4 past
tht writer's duCr, III: hee tuntiler'. err
rand. Time ras+td n,, nt,d Tie nIa,deu
Stands "Witi reluctant lee', Wher. the
| brook ano river meet, W0nnnfIouti aud
chilnhNt,d tleet.r is th-re ia httuAn
form, that hears u heart, ii wretch; II
william; Iobt to love and truth; that
can, With studied. sly en-naring art,
betr:y sweet Jennie's urzu~recting
youth Curses Oh his lerjurtd arts
1lsst nab|lug, s,non.h! Are honor, vlr~
tu-, conscience, all exittd r. there
no pity, t'o re eutiug WRATH, points 10
the parent- fontlllnx Ger th+if child ?
ThtH paints the ruined n1ald. und
their distraction wild"
Three Years ngo the coming New
IeAr, mAuv mother. hehre Wra
shocked aud wrIng with Indignation
to heur That young klrl, ohIy fifteen
years otd. hud been ruined ut ttc Al I
btniarle hUtel on New I-ar's eve. Sub /
uuent events showed tI,At The dr. /
st4eytr, Il tnn: III middle aye, Whore
yeats sh.utd have been Ku r
an1y Of h; nrtauie prott c,Ion, asking
the ynuug gtr!'. father for t'ern,i~rlun |
tn take Mn9gie to the New fear's ball,
ans: There deliberately pa1t1td Aid ac>
ru1tlpli1hed her ruin. AtterWar:t ter
roriztd her lnto s,len,e by naths aud
ihr+a:e. 4As the p,or gi:l grew III tbs |
knowledge uf life, aud began 'u ,eaIiz.
that she had tren rubbed nf the nle
priceless treasure lltctt tnuke- Il l,uu J.
girl the reer of the queen upon her
throne, her heart wu= filled with hit
ter renlor-e and IL burning indignation,
hRAinst the gross Itbersine who hnd
robbed her Of that which "ould not en
rlch h'm, hut which made her p,pr
Ideet. The feeling grew aud
strengthened with her growth. One
year ago, this present month. hrr !
nnsther started tp tht ature to settle !
her monthly ucconnt, mud tnct Tilt
to h+r MISUNDERSTANDING of her !
daughtrr'o virtue. Seix'ng hi4 upp,r-
t4nlty, he went direclly, and III ii few
mtnhtss made an as1htlit upon th+
poor girl. With lhe awakened in
stIucl Of vir1uous won.apnonti, ste
fought desperately for her honur, aud
as her hetrayer attempted! to xrusp her /
ankles to throw her dawn. she clawed
at him and plowed deep furrowh la the
monsters face with her finger nails. /
He left her with tht blood streaming
down his face, and csir<ing her with |
EEE|t U1EhtH. IH ntF tNnLflIlID Oh /
heart for wrong doing, and ln her 10.
bic purpose nf womanhoud, she WIS
the peer of any man, and when u man
offered her honorable marriage slle ac-
oepted, aud becane wife last June.
In time, The demon uf her life begnu
by hints, tnsinualions and inuendos to
destroy her husbands confidence In
her, aud he questioned her mud wrung
from her lips the sad story Of her
wrong doing. The:i the poor girl~wile,
in deep humiliation ut the shame
and wrongs heapeu upon her, took
poison and, hut for lhe timely disoov-
cry aud prompt assistance, would have
Fassed b. yond the veil.
"OwninE with wcnkncas
Hcr OWL behavior.
AMI leayiuK, with mcoknnss,
Her sins tu her Snvor.' |
Brought buck to tnke np the heavy |