Year: 1876




TERRIBLE CRIMES.


There has been an epidemic O
crime within the past week, the pre-
vailing characteristics of each cas-


being cold blooied cruelty. The cit,
was shocked by the murder of
young girl by the Jew, Rubens,ein
under peculiarly revolving circum
stances, which was followed by The
slaughter of Simmons by Fuchs
This case is the most horrible or
record. The murdered man wa.
made drunk, SO drunk as to be un.
conscious. Then his murderer de.
liberately chopped his head off, and
cutting his body into small pieces
baked the most of it in cook stove
till it could not be distinguished from
any other meat. He had got the
body almost finished when he was
interrupted. The head and one leg
remained, and by these the crime
was discovered. The only motive
for this horrible crime was the dis
placement of the murderer by the
murdered man from situation worth
*1.50 per day. Fuchs, the murderer,
is low German, and as complete a
brute as was ever suffered to live.
He maniiests no feeling in the mat
ter, and does not seem to realize that
he has done anything especially
wrong. On the contrary, he was
rather pleased when taken to Jail TO
find himself the object Of SO much
notice. Close on the heels Of this
atrocity was the more than terrible
murder Of an entire family on Long
Island. An cid man named Skid
more, with three others, laborers, ETC.,
lived in an ontof-the-way place.
Near Deer Park one night last week
the house was burned down, and in
the morning the charred remains of
the four were found in the ruins.
There can be no reasonable doubt
bat that the inmates were murdered,
and the house fred to hide the
atrocity; and what adds horror to
the crime is .o!crablY vel! support
cd conviction that the deed was done
by very near relatives of the old
man. He was quarrelsome man,
very fond Of litigation, and was at
fcud with all his sons. The testi-
mony taken at the inquest points to-
wards these sons as the criminals.
But the witnesses were the lowest
of the lov--so low, indeed, that
nothing they could say would be ts-
ken in court Of justice.


What is the cause OF this Niagara
OF crime at this time: The hard
times cannot be charged with it, for
in oil these cases the motives were
not gain. Among the classes tar re-
moved from want crime follows crime
in rapid succession, and every case
seems TO be more horrible than its
predecessor. Where is the scientist
who can give an explanation OF the
causes and can suggest a cure?


POLITICAL.


The Liberal Republicans of the
city continue to meet every few days,
and resolve that they will continue
to labor for the publication of the
Government, and the restoration Of
integrity in officials. From the
length of their resolutions, and the
louiness Of their below, those who
did not know might suppose that
there was actually such a party as
the "Liberal Republican," and might
suppose that it had vitality. Don't
let it alarm you. When Gen. John
Cochrsne walks down the street, it
is customary to observe "there goes
the Liberal Republican party" Gen.
John. and about dozen others are
all that are left of the men who killed
poor old Horace Greeley, and they
would not be left if they were of suf-
Gcient Importance to receive an office,
or any position of honor, in the Re
publican party. They meet and
resolve, and below, and have their
speeches reported, as a means OF ad-
vertising that they are still alive
and in the market. They are trying
to create the impression that they
are strong enough to be worth buy
ing and are horribly disappointed
that neither Of the dominant parties
will put in bid for them. 1t is a
noticeable fact that after the Greeley
fasco the liberals still continued to
believe tha, the Government needed
purifying, but tha. it would have to
be done through the old parties. 1t
is equally noticeable that each indi.
vidual Liberal, quite as firmly be-
lieved that the party that could best
rescue the Government from ruin WIS
the one that could and would give
him good, warm place. If he was
in Republican district he believed
the Republican party to be the sal
vation Of the country, and if in a
Democratic district, vice cerSa. And
in either case if ho got his place he
subsided into as good par,izan as
you ever saw. All that the bla,her-
ers want is recognition, which is ex
actly what they will not get. They
are not worth it.


The Democracy of New York are
in a bad way. \ portion OF them
want Tilden for the Presidency, on a
hard-money platform, but unfortu-
nately they feel that in the West
there is strong party in favor Of in
hation, which would never forget the
part he took last fall against Allen,
or rather the part he didn't take. He
did not oppose Allen, but he was SO
cold toward him that he did him more
damage than if he had actively OPP
posed him. Still, the Democracy of
New York will present Tilden, and
trust to the power of party drill to
whip in the malcontents in the West
and South. Tilden will go into the
Democratic Convention with more
money behind him than any candi.
date yet spoken Of, and we all know
what money means in a Democratic
convention. But he will not be
nominated. The Democracy of the
rural districts are suspicious of the
money power of New York, as they
have a right to be.


The Republicans of the city were
ID