The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-26
Another Victim.

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long and interesting letter from Bro.
c. M. KELSEY, Mt. Vernon, o.
"An incident occurred in our place
yesterday which | cannot pass over
without a remark or two. Wm. A.
Hoey, Esq, a citizen Of this place,
dropped dead in a grocery, in fit of
delirium tremens, it is said, when in
the act Of drawing forth small sum
of money to liquidate debt which he
had previously contracted: The body
was Immediately placed upon board
and carried home, most of those as
sisting were Sons of Temperance.
Suffice it to say, that this was a finished
job, but who put on the finishing
stroke, remains to be known. | believe
every GROCERY in this place is particeps
crinsinis in this murder. His iron
constitution has long withstood their
combined efforts, and he frequently
has we'll nigh eluded their grasp; but
they seemed to have hold upon him,
which could only be relaxed by sew
ering the vital cord.
"Mr. H. was a man of superior tai
ent, a member of the bar, and it is
conceded by all that he might, but for
the damning bowl, have been a bright
Hight in his profession. 1t seemed at
times that his intellect bid defiance to
the spirit which was enleebling the
limbs, vitiating the blood, perverting
the heart and obscuring the intellect"
But he has gone to his reckoning.
Would it not have been a great con-
ISOLATION to his wife, fami y and friends,
had he been permitted to depart this
life in his right mind. OH the awful
responsibility resting upon the perpe-
traitors of this deed! That he would
have died in his right mind, and re-
fiected honorupon his name, and been
! a blessing to his family and to COM
! munity, there is not the least human
{ doubt, but for the intoxicating bowl
which held him in bondage as tight as
the grasp Of death itself, and from
/, which the soul could only be freed by
shaking off the. mortal coil which
: bound it to earth.
. 'Mr. Hoey, / am informed, had
been confined to his bed the night pre-
vious to his demise, by the mania a
potu, but goaded on by his Unsuitable
appetite for liquor, he sought his ac-
5 customed haunts. On his way down
street, inpassing an undertaker's shop,
! he looked in, and seeing the man Of
the black hearse setting on a plank,
scratchall in hand, he said, You
have not got me yet.' No. was the
reply, but we think we soon will.'
He tottered on down street. In a
, short time, the same man received
; an order for a coffin for Mr.. Hoey,
f and he proceeded to mark out the al
mensions Of the coffin upon the same
plank upon which he was sitting when
thus accosted by him who now was
pale in death.
"When they were about to start
with the body from the GROCERY, some
suggested that they take the back
street, (some who were ashamed Of
their own work, we suppose, but
no, said his friend, (Dr. Kirk, who
is consistent temperance man, he
shall be carried up the street by the
very doors of the doggeries which he
has Teen accustomed to visit, that
they may Took upon their own work,
for by their works ye shall know
them.
Il What will be effect Of this this solemn
! lesson upon the liquor-sellers Will
| il deter them from their nefarious
business. VIII they quit the business
and engage in some honorable and
lawful calling Time can only tell.
4 VIII they rather engage in some occu-
patton calculated to elevate the eharac-
I ter Of man-to enbue him with a
proper conception Of bis capability for
aood-to enlarge the sphere Of his
affection, attended with the smiles Of
Providence and the good will Of bis
Callow man A
"What is the remedy will be
asked. Why the blood OF millions Of
lllike victims cries from the ground;
The Maine liquor law Is tho sovereign
! remedy" 'aa
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Bro. K. viii accept our cordial
!, thanks for his kind favor. His re-
quests are attended TO accordingly.