The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-05-24
The new temperance Law.

We have now as stringent q temperance
Law, we think, as the most ultra Temper
snce man could desire. and. il enforced. ii
will certainly suppress the Incorporate use
of Intoxicating drinks. In this place, the
law uill Be enforced and it is ho. ed that 40
cltizen will knowingly violate apy of its pro
visions II any should Ih'y will unques-
tionably have to suffer the peaaldes, if Tenn
perance men do ineir duty; and, if they
fail to enforce this law they should never asb
the passage of another. We believe, how.
ever, that our citizens have the disposition
anl the asrUe 10 enforce the law, and we are
confident that those whose duty it is to ad-
minister it will be sustained. .-RepablicGE.
/ ESr EeEdrieksoU, who was recently hung
| in Newyork state for the murder Of his wife,
was a horrible miscrsant. if half the crime
imputed to him is true. A correspon lent
of the New York Times says:
During the summer OF 1851, he com
mitd brutal assault upon Miss Cathsrine
! EImendorf, for which he was arrested,
but found suficien. bail to Obtained a release.
He was, however, compelled 10 leave Clarks
| vile on account of this outrage, and went
Corning in September Of the same year.
lie rem lined there for some two or three
m m)nths. Al length. on November 7, 1851,
! his wife gave birth to fine auI vigorous
child, which died in mysterious manner
alter brief existence Of but SIX weeks and
two days lIen1ricson had pressed his
wife to come with her i lfant to tue house of
his f. hers. an there the bIbs's death oc-
CURED We give the narrative Of this cir
cumstance precisely as it Was narrated at
the trial, AM IS ii has since appeared IN the
Albany Evening Transcript:
"'Wben they retired for the night the
child appeared to be in perfect health, nur-
sed freely, and slept sounlly; but towards
morning it became worrisone, and at 5 o
clock, while its mother was sitting in bed
endeayorinE to sOothe it, Henircson awoke.
He offered to take the child, that she migh t
sleep, and upon her giving it to him, he
turned towards the front part Of the bed
with the child in his arms. The deceased
has repeatedly said that she must have he
come drowsy and have fallen into slum-
Der of about an hour. Upon awakening to
consciousness again, fearful that the child
might not be better, or that it might have
been laid upon, she reached over her hus-
band to feel for the babe, and upon her
hand comming IN contact with it she found
it to be dead. The body OF her cherished
offspring was cold and clammy Hendrlck-
son, who appeared to be about half asleep,
was aroused and upon examination it was
found that blood had flowed from its nostrilS
in copious streams, saturating its garments
with the liquid of life. How it died ne liv
ing being knows. Mrs Hendrckson, how.
ever, accused John Of having murdered it,
few days after when he turned away alb
ruplly 'ind left the house.
q" After ihis event, which desolatel the
heart of the young mother, she frequently
male illusions to her loss in terms that con
yeysd suspicion Of foul play on the par. Of
her husband, Yet when urged by Mrs. Van
Dusen to abandon the company of SO disso-
lutte and dangerous a man, her reply was no.
Bile and worthy OF tha Christian faith she 50
steadfastly professed; mo, mother, l have
a great duty to perform; ii car reform John,
it will he good pay for what may suffer,
and it is my duty to live with him and use
every exertion to make him better man. !"
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