The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-02-23
Killed by Liquor.

we are called upon 10 record The Qeatn
Of jeremiah Mclaughlin Esq. of New
Lisbon, on Monday the 18th inst. We
were personally acquainted with poor
jeremiah, and our heart feels sorrowful
to think, that such a bright, talented and
promising young man, should have met
such ahorrible end He was gentleman
and scholar, and with the noble impul-
ses of the heart, be had gained the endear-
ments offricnds and associates, that would
have been lasting; butthe great evil over
come him, the struggling passion was in
comfortable, and he has fallen victim of
so deplorable a fate. According to the
account of this sad result, which we copy
below from the Ohio State Democrat, it will
be noticed that the citizens, of that place,
who witnessed the corpse, were aroused to
considerable degree of excitement, and
thatthey immediately executed law, that
IS, they visited the place where the old
critter was kept-made general annihi-
latioa of all they could find. The article
In the Democrat reads as follows
We never knew young man of i'm
pulses more generous than the ill-fated
one whose death is mentioned below. He
was an assistant clerk in the House of Rep
resentatives some years since, and by his
frank and gentlemanly manner, and kind
and obliging disposition, made friends Of
all who knew him. We much fear that it
was here that he contracted the habit
(which eventually proved his death. He
4hen presented the finest form for manly
beauty. A few years after, we again saw
him, and he was so changed we scarce
knew him. His only fault was the one to
which he was led by the goodness of the
disposition which could not withstand en-
treaty. We copy from letter to the
Cleveland Democrat:
On Monday, the 18th, jeremiah Nc
Laughlin, under the influence of liquor,
fell, while going up stairs at Watson's Ho-
tel, and was instantly killed.
Mclaughlin was one of those generous
souls whom every body loved. He had a
tear for suffering, and hand ready to re-
iieve, whenever the occasion rightly de-
manded sympathy or succor, But he was
not true to himself. The tempter came in
the maddening bowl and darkened his no.
Bile spirit He could not resist strong
drink! When he touch it, (and he strug-
gled to keep out of its reach, he became
mad-and gave loose to a passion which
he could not control.
Tuesday, his body YVES laid out. The
coroner and jury were gathered round to
render their verdict. Asloved ones gazed
upon his remains, the witnesses testified
that his passion had been fed'' at gro
cery near by. The Indignation excited by
it was intense. .'Let US destroy the hell
trap" said one. The suggestion was ac-
ted upon, and the moment the naotive was
declared, the whole town said it was right
----"'let US not tolerate the cursed grocer
ies.'
The people gathered, went to the spot
where young Mclaughlin had been drug
ged with the frery liquid. In an instant
every drop of the cursed poison was scat
tered over the earth, and the shopwhere it
was s.sold drained. Other places of like
character were visited, and gutted, and
made to yield up their villainous contents.
There was no resisting the Indignation
Itswept over the town like flood.
The burial hour came In solemn pro-
cession the people followed the remains of
Mclaughlin to the grave. There on that
solemn time. his last resting place, they re-
solved that they would not tolerate this
wholesale temptation, and murder of the
generous and the noble.