New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-11
conditions of general business now pfo'a 40
and a steady enlargement OF the voiumo " ~
nestle production.
4 HOT WEATHER CRIME.

An outraOe resuting in the death OF one man
;s rorort.d from pittsbury This weather is pretty
warm for denouncing outrages-lt ID H'Vii -.
barefaced outrage-its present actions arc 81 I;sh
handedly scoundrclly-that it seems aiilos' 49,
to admit that there is or can be any othe. ~. :.
in the world but, nevertheless. we ieei ', Dr..
would be little short of crime to let TINS ',''
burg case OF wanton violence ana coiu''
barbarty pass unn0ticed and unconue" M,
or course il was a woman who was responses
for the deed. We say of course pecau0o o'
woman would be cool enough In this SVi'
weather TO turn her attention to AUS VI
lcnce. Naturally her victim was man. an"'
might be exnected. her husband. The unfortunate
name was Croft 1t appears that MI c,ois -u
been in the habit of keeping little llquid euinu
LIANT in tho house for use during this very no.
weather Indeed, Mr. Croft argued that you co.hu
scarcely expect q man to get through wea',in
like this without an occasional cooling draush0'
lie was frequently heard to remark-and Dis '"A
guage was plain-that he never 1clt the h@."
Of liquor so much as in very hot wea'her INV
this, except, of course, in extremely cold wealth.,
such as we had last winter and probaDiy VIII
have next winter Mr. Croft's reasoning seems
to have been excellent. and it renamed luz
Mrs Croft TO carry out the cruel idea OF deprlVlns
him Of his fluid nourshment even curing Tue
hottest weather. She seems to have lacked the
necessary mind to grasp and understand the cooi
ing effects Tin hot weather. OF alcohol' anu inc
warming and strengthening results OF using IL III
the winter Mr.. Croft's weakness was for por'
wine The other day-one Of the hot other days
he took home fine bottle of it and put 1t on
favoritc shelf in the pantry, remarking as nc
did 80 that he thought II would be Impossible
for him to live through such villanous weather
az this without something Of the kind to cool
his blood But what did Mrs. Croft do the very
next day? She hid that cool and breezy bottle oil
old port Whether she took 1t with mistaken
idea of bancfting Mr. Croft's health and pro-
longing his life or with the notion OF concoct-
ing eome sort of absurd wine sauce for ridiculous
and snpcrfuous pudding. we know not But we
do know that Mr.. Croft came home that evening
hot and tired Naturally he thought of his bottle
Of dark. rich nectar. sun-dstiled on the heaven
kissed hills Of heaven knows where. lie found 1t
gone. lie searched for it. For long time he
searched for it, Then he found the family bottle
Of carboic acid Whether he thought he had found
the port, or concluded that carbolic acid was
better than nothing. we do not know Anyhow
he drank five ounces Of the acid. II the reader
does not know the result Of drinking five ounces
Of raw carbolc acid out Of the bottle he has only
to try it 70 find out. but we should advise him
10 consult the obituary columns of the Pitts
burg papers and learn what il did for Mr. Croft
ana be content
The Pittsburg authorities ought to turn their
attention from labor troubles to see that no other
cruel and inhuman wife murdcrousy hides her
h,rs bands stock OF cooling and invigorating
liquors