It was a lengthy and somewhat bawdy poetic account of the affair between Henry Ward Beecher and Elizabeth Tilton, and its sale led to the arrest of Hugh McDermott and his 15-year-old son.
In 1875 an author calling himself James C. Edwards or Ginger published a lengthy and somewhat bawdy poetic account of the affair between the preacher and his wife known as The Little Red Lounge.
— Episode: 70 - Obscenity Man Anthony Comstock
Episode: 70 - Obscenity Man Anthony Comstock
It was a lengthy and somewhat bawdy poetic account of the affair between Henry Ward Beecher and Elizabeth Tilton, and its sale led to the arrest of Hugh McDermott and his 15-year-old son.
In 1875 an author calling himself James C. Edwards or Ginger published a lengthy and somewhat bawdy poetic account of the affair between the preacher and his wife known as The Little Red Lounge.
There lived in Brooklyn high above the bay a pastor old with spirit light and gay of gentle manners as of generous race blessed with much sense true inwardness and grace yet led astray by Venus's soft delights he scarcely could rule some idle appetites for all we know since Noah and the flood the best of pastors and the flood full soon the sheets were spread and best undressed the room was perfumed the Red Lounge was blessed what next ensued but seems me not to say
Comstock sensibilities were provoked on October 27th 1875 he arrested Hugh McDermott the editor and proprietor of the Jersey City Herald and his 15 year old son for selling copies of the Little Red Lounge