Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1858-06-18

then stood and listened. then said, Isaac
for one triAng offence you have pursued
mo like bloodhound for the last four
years. You have deprived me Of nice
and comfortable home. You have robbed
me Of all my substance, you have robbed
me Of my character, and worse than all ru-
ined the good namo of my family. You
have Dragged to me that you have seduced
my daughter. You have sworn you would
bcggar me and my family, you have sworn
you would make paupers of us, and you
havo now nearly accomplished all your
threats. And now, Isaac, in the end you
have driven mo to despair, and to cheat you
out Of your determination. am deter
mined to put an end to my miserable exis-
tence. And ! am fully determined to do it
here in your own presence. l am deter
mined your own eyes shall witness the mis-
cradle end you have brought me to. am
determined the public shall see the misera-
BILE end here, and l am determined that the
stigma and public condemnation shall rest
and remain on your head. AS drew the
knife to mako the fatal plungg in my own
breast, must have closed my eyes at the
sight of the glittering blade (something
that cannot account for) June saw at a
glance that in some way my eyes wero di-
verted from him, and he sprang upon me
like cat. We hussled and tussled as l
suppose fifteen minutes each determined to
gain the mastery. He and Ann Farmer
together came near ovcrpowering me two
or three times. l began to think my case
desperate, and l began to use desperate
means to get him off my back, by pricking
him on several parts of his person. Still he
seemed determined to keep his hold, and
Eventually in the desperate struggle / acci-
dentally and unfortunately (for him) gave
wound in the abdomen that terminated his
existence in so hours afterwards.
As matters had gone so far beyond my
calculations and expectations, l began TO
relcnt and repent that had not put an
tend to his existence and mine on the spot.
Then all our troubles and difficulties would
all have terminated at once. l was fearful
he might recover and then / knew he would
Ipersevcre and punish until death. l knew
that he would chuckle and crow that he had
brought all the miseries upon me which he
had threatened, and much more beside
l smarting under his past injuries with
which l was already or nearly insane
thought / could never endure it for him to
survive TO pursue me to the end of my life;
consequently l would rather put an end to
his existence, and l suffer the penalty upon
the gallows. l have publicly said several
times, and say still, that would rather suf-
fer death in the most horrid shape that hui
man skill can invent than he should live and
keep me in torment the balance of my days.
But still / would fifty times over rather
havo effected my purpose (that of self de-
struction) without injury to his person, and
would have done so, had he not have inter.
fered. 1t was my intention and full deter
mination not to harm hair of his head,
unless l was actually driven, forced or com
PEELED to do so. i was determined to bring
a lasting stigma upon him which he should
live to feel. Determined TO bring him to
public contempt and condemnation. This
would have been thousand times more sat
isfaction to me than his life. l then with
joy could have yielded up my own life.
As to the preparation for war, this was
done altogether for q sham, scare crow, l
thought the more warlke 1 could appear,
the more likely would be to bring him to
terms concerning those four notes, and the
more likely to keep him and his forces from
piling onto me. AS to the pistol thought
it might answer good purpose to frighten
with, but as to doing execution, l mig ght as
well prepared an elder pop gun. On the
day of the trial before the Justice several
men tried TO shoot it off for long time
Then tried it with new caps and finally sue
ceeded in starting one of the charges. But
the powder whizzcd out between the cham
Der and barrel, (main barrel single, but
six barrel chambcr) and left the ball lodged
or choked half way in the barrel, (bal one
small buck shot.) They then gave up try
ing to get off the other charges. Danger
Gus pistol.)
And now to close let me appeal to the
sympathies of the public, particularly to
mon of families. wish you to think and
consider how you would have acted and
done under like circumstances. l do not
wish or expect your answer, but wish you
to ponder over it within your own bosom
and think and Judge for yourself. Fathers,
You that have an only daughter, las I .had)
that your whole heart and soul was
wrapped up in, sparing neither pains nor
cash in giving her education and accom-
plishments, who had always been a kind,
obedient and affoctionate child. Yourself
as we'll AS every one else that knew her,
considered her virtuous young woman,
and had just given her hand in the holy
bans Of mairimony, to an amiable young
man, and that any notorious black k-hearted
villain, as Isaac June, should stand before
you and taunt, harrass and torment your
feelings by declaring to you, (by way of
bragadocia) that he had seduced your
daughter, and that he knew as much about
her as he did about the girl that he had
lived in adultery with for the last five or six
years, (bad enough for respectable man
to declare it,) ask in the name of God
what you would do 7 especially if you were
placed as | was and could not get away
from himi And when you did attempt to
escape by the sacrifice of all, that no
grabbed yon by serving capias upon you,
and held as it were with an iron grasp, and
continued to hold you as strong as | now
am holden, with bars of iron grating and
bound in chains and fetters in common
iiail. | ask aoain in the name of God what