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July 11, 1835
South Branch Intelligencer
Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
In New York, a Broadway fancy storekeeper bored holes in the floor to peep at female customers from the cellar but was discovered, compelled to flee the country. Named RoMACkIE at 262 Broadway. Women's undergarments thwarted his view.
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New York, June 24.
Peeping Tom of Coventry.—The male part of the fashionable or shopping world, has been thrown into an irresistible fit of laughter, at discovering that a fancy store keeper in Broadway had been indulging in a most singular and morbid curiosity, impudent and spiritless, that of boring holes in the floor, near the counter, and repairing to the cellar for astronomical observations, when the store was full. The fellow has been compelled to flee the country for this unmentionable offence, punishment for which is not provided by the Revised Statutes. The excellent domestic practice of our ladies wearing inexpressibles has spared them the little mortification, and defeated the objects of the rogue, who has no right to expect to see Paradise in this world or the next, after such a paltry trick. Star.
From another paper published in New York, we learn, that the name of the individual alluded to in the above is RoMACkIE, 262, Broadway.
Peeping Tom of Coventry.—The male part of the fashionable or shopping world, has been thrown into an irresistible fit of laughter, at discovering that a fancy store keeper in Broadway had been indulging in a most singular and morbid curiosity, impudent and spiritless, that of boring holes in the floor, near the counter, and repairing to the cellar for astronomical observations, when the store was full. The fellow has been compelled to flee the country for this unmentionable offence, punishment for which is not provided by the Revised Statutes. The excellent domestic practice of our ladies wearing inexpressibles has spared them the little mortification, and defeated the objects of the rogue, who has no right to expect to see Paradise in this world or the next, after such a paltry trick. Star.
From another paper published in New York, we learn, that the name of the individual alluded to in the above is RoMACkIE, 262, Broadway.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Crime Story
What themes does it cover?
Deception
Crime Punishment
What keywords are associated?
Peeping Tom
Voyeurism
Broadway Storekeeper
New York Scandal
Flee Country
What entities or persons were involved?
Romackie
Where did it happen?
New York, Broadway, 262 Broadway
Story Details
Key Persons
Romackie
Location
New York, Broadway, 262 Broadway
Event Date
June 24
Story Details
A fancy storekeeper in Broadway bored holes in the floor near the counter to observe female customers from the cellar during busy times but was discovered and forced to flee the country for this offense. Women's inexpressibles prevented him from seeing anything, leading to public laughter.