The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-09-15
Crime Caused by fIate for 8
Helpless Little Girl.
I'm NEW YORK SLUMS.
Man Admits that lie Struck the Little
Child and 1t Died. Mortified
Mother Washes the Little
Corpse and Goes Out
TO Hide II,

the wickedness Of a big city like New
York. If you want to get a glimpe
of slum life In that city read the fol-
lowing FROM the New York Ameri-
can:
While all the city Was holiday max.
Ing Monday the police, working over
the mystery Of u baby's dead body
found in The hallway Of the tenement
at No. AGA Eleventh avenue. brought
gradually TO light a tragedy OF crime
blacker, more Bendishly cruel and
moro hopelessly sordid than had de-.
faced their record for years.
Gustave Dinser and Agnes Renoude
lived ct No. 431 West Fort, fifth
street. The mi had a two year
old child. The man hated and abused
1t. 1t was In the way. In the end he
slew 1t with all the ferocity OF O. wolfe.
Then the body was hurried away un.
der cover Of night and hidden in a
tenement hallway nine blocks dis
tant.
When 1t was found and identified
the police caught the pair and the
oma brtKc down. Her story was
most shocking. The man also con
fessed.
1t was 3 o'clock Tuesday morning,
n of The few hours Of quiet between
midnight and dawn in a great city
favora be to the covering up Of dark
deeds, when a mother, her heart torn
with anguish over the Staying Of her
first born, and with the pitilul dying
means Of the fair haired girl still
sounding in her ef rs, worked feverish-
ly at Eer task OF washing the baby's
body by the light Of a candle.
All Others in the tenement building
were asleep except this man and wo
man in tile top story back flat Of No.
All West Forty fifth street. In the
adjoining room, where the man sat
rejecting In the gloom Of the night
and his own decd--a crime against his
maker, man and nature. in taking, by
brute strength, the young life that he
could not rGStorC--thrce little oneS Of
his own flesh and blood wore sleeping
ftfully.
They had been awakened by the
agoniZtd cries OF taeir little playmate
the Child Of their foster mother whom
their father dctcsted and whom he
was beating to Geath. With the poig
nant fear Of childhood they smothere3
their sobs in their pillows ard waited
until sleep blottcd out their terror.
What are you doing? WHAT'S
keeping yOu?" asked the man In 3
petulant tone. lie had told the wo
man simply that they would have to
get rid Of the body Of the child, thus
making her In the helplossness Of her
grief and in the terror Of death a
partner in his crime,
The little white underWaist had
been buttoGed, shoes and stockings
hurriedly drawn on, and tho mother
could go no further. Sickening grief
was again gaining the mastery over
her when the man called. again and
came into the room.
His mood was Still Sulien and he
ordered the Womsn TO put on her hat
and coat. Mechanically she obeyed.
hen he wrapped the little girls body
up In a news paper, thrust the bundle
into the woman's arms, and babe her
be quiet and follow him.
Down the dark stairs they crept
softly, starting when 3 board creaked
beneath their weight. They finally
stood in the darkness and silence CT
the street landing. The outside door
was closed. The mar opened 1T sofsly
and d night air rushed In and s0oth-
tngly touched the Woman's brow. She
stood In the shadow as The man looked
outside. Street lamps were burning,
but there was no one IN sight.
Come" he said, and she obediently
followed.
Down Forty fifth street in the di-
rpR1tnn Of rho Yiuar thou. ~ al, narJ 49,
woman thought She devi..ed the mans
purpose.
MOT that, not that" she whisper
ed, %clutching his arm, and wien they
reached Eleventh avenue lie respond.
eel to the touch on bis arm and turned
south.
Several persons passed, but Dinser
was walking rapidly, and the M
gained courage from him and paid no
attention to the passors By. Size had
gained the courage OF the criminal
who seeks to hide his crime and her
mind turned to tie same channel.
Down Eleventh avenue the pair
stole, keeping close to tho shadows.
Past Forty.thiId street, then Scruss
Forty second street, where the lights
burned brightly and the hum or the
trolley cars smOte their ears, on hur.
rying, moving slowly and cautiously,
stopping and on again they went un-
TIL Thirty elgth street was passed.
Then they paused. The street was
dark and deserted there. A door
stood partially open.
In there" the man said. And
while he stood outside the woman en-.
tered the dark hallway and, with a
whispered good bye, staggered out to
where the man waited.
a man and sobbing whose
arm he firmly clutcl,cd made their
way back over the same route, back
into the tenement building where
many slept unconcciCus Of the grim
tragedy that vas going Oil about them
and back up the dark and creaking
stairs TO. the rooms they callcd home,
where the mans children still slept.
The maj Swurg the door to behind
him, locked 1t, lit the candle again
and looked into the eyes OF the wo
man. She Understood. She had made
q sacrifice and must bear the burden
OF her grief In silence.
Then the man went to sleep In a
chair, and the woman In the rooms
where every object was a reminder OF
the ktllipU ~ bnr chil1 nupnd tbn