The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-10-15

tlon could prove It. ~"
The trial came on. I worked hare
to get jury of ignorant men, who ha
more heart than brains. Who, if tue
couldn't fathom the depths of an argu
ment, or follow the labyrinthine maze
of the law, could feel for a young fellow
in bad fix. a weeping, pretty wife
nearly broken-hearted, aud quite dis
tracted. Knowing the use of % fleet,
1 told her to dress in deep mourning
and to bring her little cherub CT a boy
curly haired, and only three years old
into court, and sit as near to her hus-
band as the off Ger would allow her l
tried that game once in murder case,
and weeping wife AID sister ma a
jury render verdict against law, evi-
dence and the judges charge, and saved
fellow that ought to | ave been hung
as high as HanIan
The prosecution opened very bitterly :;
inveighed against the thieves and coun
terfeiters who had made the Land ter
ror to strangers and travellers, and who
had robbed every farmer in the .egion
of their finest horses L. Introduced
witness S and proved all and more than
[ feared it would.
The time came fer me ia arise f.r tho
defence Wituessos-I had none Bat
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ly hoping so to interest the Judge and
jury as to secure an ul:ivcisal recon-
mendaiion to guGurna;or!al cicInency
and light sentence. So painted this
picture. A young man entering into
life welded to an angcI-bcautiful in
persoD--posscssing every gentle aud no
BILE attribute. Temptation was before
and around bin. H. kept a tavern.
Guest there we're nilny--it was uot fmI
him to iuquiro into tL"ir bnsiness-'bcy
Eere ". Il drcssci-made large bills AID
paid romptly. y uu unguarded hour.
wien he was iasaue with liquor they
urged upon !4im, he had deviatcI fr0lu
the path of rcct;'ude. The dvmen of
alcohol rai.uci Ia his braiil-and it was
his firot fence. Mercy plead fnr am
oil her c at-ce 30 save him from ruin
Justice. did not require that this y2l.I.-ss : 1
wife should go down sOrrowirg to the
grave, and that the shadow of disgrace
IF HE taunt Of ii felon "a her should fall
across the sunny pathway of that sweet |
child. o, how earnest l did plead for
them. The woman wcpt- the LusbaLd
lid the sane-jadge Ggeted and rubbed |
bis eycs-the jury | oked rnelti.s 2. T.
could have had the closing speech he
would lave been cleared but the pres
scutiou had the close, and threw ice Oh
the fire 1 had kiudicd Bat they did
not quite put out.
The judge charged according to law
and evidence, but evidently leaned Oh |
the side of mercy. The jury found
verdict CT guilty, but unanimously com
him to the mercy of the court.
Ny client was sentenced to the short
est Imprisonment the court was empcw-
cred to give, and both court and jury |
signed petition to the governor for all
unconditional pardon, which has since
been granted, but not before the follow
ng Incident occured
Some three months after this I re-
,eived an account for collection from a
wholesale house in New York The
parties to collect from were hard ones;
hey had property, ard before they had
IN idea of the trap laid | had the prop
srty, which they we're about to assign
before they broke, under attachment
Finding | was a neci: ahead and bound
10 win, they " "caved in and % fnrked
over" three Thousand seven hundred
md ninety dollars in good money
They lived in Shawneetown, about 35
Dr. 40 miles southeast of Moore's Prai-
rie. L received the fands just after
The bank opened, but other business de-
.aiued me until after dinner. l then
started for c., intending TO. 60 as
'ar as the village of Mt. Vernon that
hight. -.-s.
had gone along at place ten or
.welVe miles when noticed splendid
team of double horses attached to light
wagon, in which were seated four zen,
of the high strung Order
They swept past as if to shoy bow easily
hey could do it. They shortened in
md allowed me to come up with them,
md hailirg NE asked me to "wet :" or
n other words TO diminish the con tents
If jug of old rye they had aboard,
,ut 1 excused myself with the plea that
had plenty on board. They asked ME
low far I was going, I told them as far
Is Mt Vernon, if my horse didn't tire
'ut. They mentioned a pleasant tavern
10 or 20 miles ahead, as nice stopping
place, and then drove on. -str
did not like the looks of those fell
lows. But was bound to go ahead.
had brace of revolYers and nice
knife; my money was not in my valise
Or the sulky, but in belt around my
body. drove slow in hopes that they
would go on, and should see them 10
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