New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-11-05
" Y FIRST CASE.
ny w'iiL.ILrAM.


: commenced practice in Burlington, Iowa
n b1t being q stranger in place already vel
aHpplied with lawyers, my youth and inexpe
ricnce u am not very old yeti was kind 0
4 safeguard to protect me from business in gen
81 eral and all important cases in particular.
4 About ten days before the October term o
AZ the court, an Irishman, whom will distinguish
by calling Nj jors, was arrested and confined il
jAil for an assault with an attempt to kill hi
n wife The attending physician said it wa'
doubtful il she eyerr recovered that she had ap
d parcntiy been beaten with 9 stick MS large as al
s IKE handle that her head and spine were in
jurei, some of tie ribs broken, a hand crushed
& aps1 "a ken il two places. Great indig-
N nation was felt by every one. and it was after.
q 3N&xdB remembered that was heard to say thai
s. lie IaNyer who would try to clear him ought
ii "A ~ seat to the Penitentiary for life" Some
ss'}6 The more inpetuous proposed that lest he
he cleared, il would be better not to wal
NJ u Hill |; but muster sufficient force "a takt
In at q jail, and hang him up like d dog r.
4 ~ tree Mrs. Majors was said to be 4 very
II Woman and he having been known d,
VI HE'S drunkard for several years. ac.
6g1ntsd ior the strong feeling in the case.
Az; nere \ Will remark, that whatever may
lbe sAs Aanlts OF Western men, they are never
& ~ sympathy for the suffering, and
h! 4eFe especially where beautiful women has
a ne v.ctinlof cruelty and oppression And
S91ta Fou INT the curtain which family pride
= & lAE0Ms over deeds Of blood in the South and
eSk you would find that in more than half If
cases, the bowie knife leaped from its
sbbard IN defence of woman whose rights had
sl3eg3Is outraged Public opinion, that mighty
x3n9 winch can kill or make alive, throws its
NJ &En n me- the balance, and it is next to i'm
to find q jury who will convict Of mur-
however premeditated or cold blooded, if
4folse in defence Of woman
s;ssA very remark liable case in point occurred in
Ne Louis in the summer of 1850.
With his bride of u few DAYS. was snentl-
tnE the honey moon ut the Planters House,
lhen he one day found his wife in agony Of
s2ee1s. She had been grossly insulted by one
II n STRANGE who WAS stopping at the hotel.
md although TINT insult had been by ,,o,.ds
only vt 70 keenly was she alive to a sense Of
honor thAt the proud heart Of Southern beauty
Seeemea craaaed forever. Burning for revenge,
Itne young hnsband rushed madly from the
nt0nly insult d being So pure. Entering N
iron store on Main street, lie approached gen
tsel booking man of about thirty FIVE, saving,
IS Are you Mr. W. !. 4
Aass 4 am, sir, X was his reply, and last words.
sitr at that moment bowie knife CLEANED at his
SnfeAst, md sinking deep into his heart, w fell
Sto the ground a ivid corpse!
zs1 ts SWas Mtttr WitfuS ulscOYered that W was
:oniy an assumed name, and that he was the vii
nAu the year previous, and taken BOARDING at
ne kallroad House, where theinjured wife call
g. on nm, but meeting with his guilty para
/ m /. taDped nor to the heart at d single
plnnee She was tried for the murder. and
;ae99itte On grounds Of INSANITY, m but was
- ~ innate as to be permanently cured after 4 |
assaaeaee e three months at the Insane Asylum
So ~ avoid universal loathing and hate after |
sse sfesnlt Of the trial was known, he had se-
cIefly left Cincinnati, and under the false name
g NJ, had been at the Planters House but a |
leW days, when he was thus hurried into cter-
nifty, his conscience still loaded with guilt
\ II gave himself into the hands Of the officers.
VAS indicted, tried, and acquitted,
But will not dwell upon isolated cases. for
tho rocords are full Of like trials and acouittals
And fancy that if more Of this feeling peryaded
P1ptic 0plnion IN the North, there would be
leNef cases OF broken VOWS and hopes destroyed. /
Resr of summary vengeance, alone can hold in |
0Aeqk the heaTtless wretch whom nothing good /
can influence
!. lnen 81 least we might hope to be rid of the
reptile who conceals his fangs beneath
A4S$ @alies deceit and the polish of education
mess presence is cont amination, whose touch is
IpollutlonI whose pathway may be traced by
a&ony and desolation, and who, under the guise
VI Irlenaship, nyades the domestic circle Of un-
Auspecting Innocence, to crush the fondest hone
send DESTROY the brightest dream Of Youth 4 Rpt
a3sslq:not sit down to moralze, and hone shall
1e Rardoned this depression.
\. Ssoafs came on Majors was indicted and
;0rQlgAt up tor arraignment Not a friend SWIM
Psthixed with him; not lawyer sought ii, d.
lenQ1: me court room was crowded. and ne ha s,
entefeq, every eye was turned upon him. Ap-
ABOUT twenty eight years DID, he was
saat anq commanding; his handsome counte
nance naturally pale, was now SO toucbinolv
~ that II was impossible to behold him viii.
cat interest. s5lI A" W d;
z.s q tlaye you counsel !" inquired the Court,
...ss sc, your honor; am too poor to employ /
nl VAS bus reply In voice that sounded like
sstaie wall of . broken harp -
s oa may select any lawyer YOU choose. and /
= ~ appoint him as your COUNSEL said the /
J. ane poor fellow looked beseechingly upon the
$3.50 afrayof The disciples Of Blackstone and j
.ss1y vne except myself, ayerted his face. Be-
W. ~ junior number Of the bar and wholly {
W. IN practice, had no thought Of s
psang selected IN defence so difficult. After
'o1singa moment, he signifed his wish to speak.
elt9 ne approached him and he said. ,
+ = ge you think you can clear me p IL
lSs No, sir; do not
y" Are You willing to try p
~, II the Court appoint me
~ nag rather have nothing to do With it,
Z viii you undertake the defence Mr. .N,. +
aid the Court addressing me. - /
would rather not your honor, for j
WAS here interrupted by half dozen law
,ers erowting up to me and saying, go ahead
ont back out, and such like expressions iii
N,ning to escape themselves, and willing to see {
20 y. /" done for in my first case. j
Az \, length yielded IL reluctant consent. an. /
seahng 70 the Court to protect the rights Of NV
ILL., Z s.sl sn1uid iAgnorantly neglect them.
s. csa re arrangement and plea of not guilty.
Z at S.a.e Attorney informed me that lie was
z proceed without the testimony of The
Ilsoners wife, who was not yet out of danger. d
s 'a 4R sle country some six miles distantEand
ny unless would consent to take her) 6eposi
son, me case must be continued nppealed To-
y pourt to know the effect Of such an aeree- | ,
1ent upon the rights Of the prisoner The
court grayely replied:
s 4 " will not in the least prejudice his riabts
q all objections to the deposition viii be ra !
served for the future decision of the Court },
q With this understanding consented Tho
'glIs % the agreement were so entered by the
'lerk, ana master appointed to take the demo
ltlon on the following day.
< Next Jay came and found the States Attor-
drs. Majors - sS'''''N' v
: With two little girls by her side-the eldest
ct more than five years old-hy one of the
lost beautiful women l had ever seen. AS /
azed upon the fair brow, knit with bodily suf-
ring, and listened to the half suppressed moan
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