She was a beautiful prostitute. He was a handsome secretary. It seems that they planned to live together happily forever. However, when the strange body of 23-year-old Helen Jewet was found smoldering on the bed of Thomas Street 41 in downtown Manhattan on April 10, 1836, the prime minister and the only doubt in her murder case was there. Her boyfriend, 19-year-old Richard Robinson.
Helen Jewett was born in Augusta, Maine in 1813. Her father passed away at the age of 13, but a local judge struck by her amazing beauty brought her under her wings. This judge provided her with all the tools he needed to get a successful position in life Doras & # 39;
Doris abandoned her benefactor, arriving at a prosperous young banker from Portland, Maine, so that a wild stallion could run freely at the age of 17. In Portland, the bank clerk offered all the luxury to the dress. They lived in a mansion where luxurious parties and flowing champagne were in the order of the day, especially on the order of the night. It was clearly during this period that Doras first became a prostitute. However, Doras was an impulsive person. She and the banker frequently fight, and finally Doras flatten him. She went to New York and changed her name to Helen Jewett.
In New York City, Helen Jewett enthusiastically challenged the prostitute's profession. I work in the most luxurious Broussel in town. To increase her business, Helen was reminiscent of Broadway, looking for old flames and tempting new men. Helen always necessarily dressed in green shades that match her attractive eye color. As a result, Helen became known as a "green girl". At that time, Helen was the most popular prostitute in New York. Helen was said to have a greedy libido, enjoying a wealthy male company in the evening, sometimes in groups, or with more than two people.
Helen's beauty was such a thing. Sir Sutton wrote to his book "History of the Tomb of New York" as follows. "She is beautifully formed and is as beautiful as a nuisance wet big eyes and her face and figure, she sinned everyone who needs help.
Richard Robinson was born in Durham, Connecticut in 1818. Parents had considerable means, but they could not educate young boys nurturing. Richard grew up, a very handsome man, tall, spacious, always dressed. However, Richard was a free spirit like Helen, when he reached the age of 17 he ran away from his parents house and moved to New York.
Richard was hired by a dry item store owned by Joseph Hoxie of Maiden Lane soon for an elaborate education received by the gracious grace of his parents. Richard soon became a person who was a part of the "jet set", with people of that era called "roasterers". Richard made a gorgeous appearance, brilliant with dark hair curls, and wore the usual rich Spanish cloak.
Like fate, Richard entered the theater in downtown and was about to enter the same theater as a young beautiful lady. As Richard was a much bigger guy, he could easily squeeze the whistle, which allowed him to press himself as the hero of a young lady's eyes. There was no one other than this Helen Jewett this young woman. Helen who soon fell in love with a handsome young man handed up a business card written to Robinson as "Helen Jewett, Palais de la Dusches Beri". This is Helen's method, Robinson told her that she is a high-class whore and serve only the upper crust of society.
The place where Helen was working at that time was the "furnished resort" that Mame possessed. Berri of Duane Street. Soon, Robinson became a frequent visitor to Mme Helen. Instead of his real name, Robinson introduced himself to Mme. Berri says "Frank Rivers". This was a common practice at the time. Men who have worked respectable do not want people working in less well-known places such as Broussel to know the real names.
In a couple of weeks, Helen was four years older than Robinson, but apparently he was deceived by Robinson and was with her. Having sensed that something was wrong, Helen was obsessed with the idea that Robinson probably shared his affection with other women. One night, Helen transformed himself into a boy and followed Robinson around Manhattan. After he made some rounds of bars, Helen found Robinson to enter Broome Street's brothel. Helen managed to get into a brothel and she found Robinson in bed with the honor of another woman. Angry Helen struck a woman 's face and attacked it by repeatedly hitting her. Helen's gorgeous diamond ring shed some tears on her cheeks, forehead and nose.
Robinson was doubtful of the fear of Helen's attack. Helen was crushed, sent a letter, sent a letter to Robinson, asking for forgiveness. However, it was not so. Robinson abandoned Helen like the old newspaper, Helen was surprised at the incident turn, left New York City and looked for an unknown place.
Helen returned to New York in October 1935 and was immediately hired by Rosina Townsend brothel on 41 Thomas Street. If you are lucky, Helen encountered Robinson while taking a walk on the East River pier. They settled and "Frank Rivers" frequently visited 41 Thomas Street.
A few months later, Helen discovered that while she was away she was engaged with another girl who had inexplicably died by ingesting poison, which was supposed to be administered to her by Robinson. Helen confronted Robinson with this accusation. He strongly denied it. Finally, Robinson was able to convince Helen of his innocence on the death of the girl in question. Robinson also told Helen that she is very in love with her. He wanted her to abandon her evil life on 41 Thomas Street and instead marry him.
On April 10, 1836, Robinson, who was aware of Helen, was not only able to marry her, but actually she decided to marry a young lady with high wealth and position I was engaged. Helen was miserable. She wrote a letter to Robinson. "You know how I love you, but do not force me to show what I hate for God.
The next day, Robinson wrote a letter that spoofed Helen to come to her place of business at 9 p.m. in the evening. Robinson also assured Helen should welcome him at the entrance.
Just at 9 pm, on April 11, 1836, "Frank Rivers" knocked the front door of 41 Thomas Street. However, by chance, Robina Townsend was near the front door at the moment Robinson knocked and admitted Robinson instead of Helen. As his custom was, Robinson wore his clear long Spanish cloak.
Helen listened to Robinson 's voice, entered the front door, and hugged Robinson. She said, "Oh, dear Frank, I'm glad you came.
Robinson and Helen retired to Helen 's apartment.
Marie Stevens was another prostitute and occupied the apartment next to Helen. About one o'clock, Stevens heard the noise from Helen's apartment. Stevens said that afterwards, someone suffered severe blows, and the injured person sounded like a long sorrowful voice. After that, Stevens heard that Helen opened the door. Stevens just opened her door in a rip, she found a tall man, wore a long clothing, and grasped a dimly lit candle from Helen's apartment. Awesome, Stevens dressed in his apartment.
A few minutes later, Stevens heard knock at the front door. Rosina Townsend responded to the front door and admitted another man's "guest". After going to the "female" apartment where this "guest" was visiting, Townsend realized that the lamp is on in the shop. Townsend examined the lamp and determined that it belonged to either Helen or Stevens. Townsend also pointed out that the back door of the building is perfect. She shouted. "Who are there?" But there was no answer.
Townsend first knocked Stevens'. door. After judging that the lamp does not belong to Stevens, Townsend knocked Helen's door. When the answer ceased to be heard, Townsend opened the door of the Helen apartment and was overcome with a cloud of big smoke. Townsend's screams evoked the rest of the house. In fear, men 's "guest" wearing trousers quickly dressed and walked away from the building, so there was never an embarrassing situation due to permission.
Townsend opened the window and began to cry in the night sky.
The night watchman, the predecessor of a police officer in New York City, heard the cry of Townsend. He entered the house and entered Helen 's room. And he turned off the light. What he saw next caused a scream of fear to Townsend and the rest of the female residents of the building.
The damaged body of Helen Jewet lay on the bed. Her skull was opened with three powerful blows, apparently made of a hat. Either of the three blows would have been enough to kill her. The left side of Helen's upper body burned after she got a savage attack, after it was lighted.
When the authorities searched the backyard of 41 Thomas Street, they found a bloody hat that was clearly a murder weapon. Next to the thief, a cloak worn by Robinson was found normally. Likewise, the murderer ran away from the rear door, peeled off the hat and concealed, shrinking the recently drawn white fence. After that, the murderer fled the sideway. He was found in a black woman. The woman said that he could not detail the features of his face, but the general appearance was similar to that of Robinson.
41 No one at Thomas Street did not know the real name of "Frank Rivers". However, one of the working girls did not know that "Frank Rivers" was working as a clerk of merchants in Maiden Lane dry matter shops. This young woman also knew the address of its dry merchant store.
That night, the watchmen Dennis Brink and George Noble went to Maiden Lane's dry merchandise store and asked if someone knew "Frank Rivers". I was talking about living in a 19-year-old Richard Robinson (Richard Robinson) and a 42-day street (Dey Street) dormitory.
Brink and Noble went to that address and found Robinson in bed. Robinson insisted that he was in his room for hours. Robinson 's roommate confirmed the fact that Robinson was at home almost all night.
Brink and Noble looked for the room and found Robinson's pants stained with white paint. 41 A white paint of the same type as it was on the fence of Thomas Street. As a result, Robinson was arrested without any crime and took him to a prison at Chambers Street. He suffered as a criminal, as charges went down and there was sufficient evidence to judge Robinson for murder charges, he was taken to a prison in Bellevue Hospital on 29th Avenue.
As Robinson came from a wealthy family, his relatives immediately hired the best criminal lawyers in town. These lawyers argued against plaintiffs in New York City that Robinson killed Helen Jewett when he asked his current fiancé his former girlfriend
This exam was scheduled for June 2, 1836.
Several mysterious circumstances suddenly started working with Robinson 's favor. A colored woman who saw Helen Jewet's murderer running from the scene, disappeared mysteriously. And Marie Stevens who saw a murderer drop out of Helen Jewett 's room died in her bed before the exam began. I could not judge whether Stevens died due to natural cause, I committed suicide or I was killed.
Robinson's lawyer called a man named Robert Farlong on the witness stand without prior notice to the attorney. Furlong says at the murder of Helen Jewett, actually he sits at his cigar store, smokes the cigars, and reads the newspaper, Robinson says.
Despite having two missing witnesses and an amazing alibi provided by Furlong, the case against Robinson seems overwhelming. Robinson was in Townsend's Helen Jewet's room. Furthermore, Mr. Townsend said that he entered Helen Jewett 's room and delivered a bottle of champagne at 11 pm on the night of homicide. As she entered the room, I saw that both Helen Jewett and Robinson lay on the bed.
Hatchet, which was a murder weapon, was identified by a clothing store employee Robinson was working as a weapon that Robinson frequently used. Also, Robinson 's roommate acknowledges that Robinson was not actually having Helen Jewett' s homicide night in the witness's position.
After a Robinson lead attorney put his execution statement into the cave and a local lawyer entered his closing statement into the cave, the judge gave the jury a prostitute, including Townsend, for the nature of his employment Tests can be believed. This obviously tipped the case by Robinson 's favor. The jury did not take in less than half an hour to convict.
The consensus of the New York City newspaper was that the guilty man was released. Two weeks after the trial, Robert Furlong briefly offered Robinson Alibi at the time of Helen Jewett's murder jumped into the Hudson River and killed himself. And, if the judge was clearly favorable to counsel, there was doubt that some of the juries were sold by Robinson 's rich relatives.
However, I could not prove anything, Robinson walked away from the free man. Helen Jewet's "real murderer" was never found and I could not ascertain if someone was actually looking for that murderer.
Still, justice may have been provided in an unexpected way. Robinson exploited in the Helen Jewet murder trial departed New York and lived in Texas. Two years later, Robinson suffered from an unspecified disease. In the state of delirium, Robinson took him to a local hospital. Robinson muttered his last word "Helen Jewett" in his bed of death before he died at the age of 21.
The story of Helen Jewett and Richard Robinson did not end even after death. Over the next few years, their wax doll traveled across the northeast provinces. The suggested message at these travel shows was that young people had to think twice before getting caught up in a decadent and immoral life.
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