The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-04-15

III ShO SOoAoS "SS POS'Ch
they were not present. The jury with
out leaving the box, found him guilty
the judge approved the verdict, and the
poor man was sentenced to some years
Imprisonment.
1t may be asked, where was the wife
at this time? Why was she not PRESENT.
Wonder not The day before the trial
she gave birth to the sixth child, and
fiom distress of mind was not expected
to survive through it. Fever came on,
ipsepsibility followed, and for ten days
she was unconscious ofeverything about
her. At the first CLEAN of returning
sense she inquired of her nurse if John
had returned home, evidently alludipg
to his usual return from business but
memory, like fash of lightning recall
cd her to his sad position, and she sank
back into the state of iusensibility from
which she appeared to be recovering
am not indulging in sentiment mar
rate what I saw Three weeks later her
two eldest children we're carried off By an
attack of scarlet feaver; ten days later
her infant died Within three months
from that time she received information
from the governor of the gaol that her
husband was dying, and that she must
proceed Immediately to him if she wished
to see him alive. She entered his
wretched cell. There, before her, lay
her husband-a helpless, paralysed old
man-an idiot His head, which three
months before had not grey hair IN it,
was now perfectly white. His age, 35
years. Fortunately for him he knew
her not. Her passionate and heartrend
ing grief, which wruug the hearts of
those around, fell dead On his ear; all
human sympathies were gone. Reason
was rudely jos,led from her seat. He
cared not for judge, jury, or policemen,
and he gazed uneonsciously on the wife
of his early and afiectionate love, and
mother of his helpless children. 1 need
not CWcll upon tnlS scene
After some forma;ities at the Home
Office he was removed to a private asy-
lum, near London. He was once moro
a free man, but to what purpose2 In
short time he AK and died.
THIS was j. st one of those cases in
which it is easy to fix suspicion, and
next to impossible to remove it. Ifno
two carpet bags were alike; if there
was TO cofusion at railway station on the
arrival of train no rush for luggage;
but, on the contrary, such order that it
would be dificult-instead of easy as
it is--to make mistake if the railway
authorities had on their part done their
duty, and made proper search and in
quiry for T-'s carpet bag, which they
would not believe he possessed, but
which they afterwards found if they
bad allowed him to communicate with
his friends SO as to give him an oppor-
tunity, before he was consigned to pri-
son, of ofproviug that he was not one Of
the swell mob, as they rashly and
fatally suspected, and if he bad failed
TO verify the account he gave of him
seIf-theu indeed it might be said that
there was case for jury. But there
was no such case. The man was falsely
accused, imprisoned, convicted and
driven mad.
Would that [ could here close this
tale of misery. The husband 5 relations,
for reasons which it is for them TO ac-
count for, and, if they can, justify,
til ought proper to sbun the widow and
children of their degraded relative!
Two years passed, and the little all she
had-riugs, jewelry, apd part Of her
furniture-were consumed in the sup
port of her helpless children She
sought employment at one of the houses
in tie city as blend runner, and she
is now to be found, with a shattered
constitution and skeleton form, stitch
ing from daylight till twelve o'clock at
ulSHt, 10 OBTAIN most m'SSraUle anu
zcauty support for her three hepless sur
| viviug children. The work, when done,
must be taken to the warehouse
where this gentle suffering creature deli
cately nurtured, not long since the mis-
tress of a happy and comfortable home,
has to stand for hours to wait her turn,
that her work may be examined and a
fresh supply given to her.
In subsequent letter Mr. Brady
says-"Since the publication of my
letter I have received many kind and
sympathising communications the great
er number containing contributions
from is up to elo. All agree that a
public subscription for the relief of the
unfortunate widow and children of poor
Mr. should at once be entered upon.
A committee of management will be
formed in day or two, when list OF
subscriptions shall be published under
direction. The firm of Masterman and
Co., bankers, has kindly consented to
receive contributions"
E"I always sing to please myself,
said gentleman, who was humming o