The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1858-12-09
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NO. 50.

bat being too iruuk-his hand too onssea 10
hit the max III wxisA au~~i~.>a~xhe Aessihle wane
pom new past hi, Intended victim and >sA quzss
oTing into door the mark Of which d pI6thly
visible, as is also some half dozen deep gasaes
made by an are while in the hands OF the equal
ly intoxicated wife and mother, whe with a mani
ac's madness sought TO deprive him Of hie,s unto
whom she had promised to be faithful, LOVING
wife unta death Again, I would repeat had
the authors of the communications reierEed '0'
or you, Messrs Editors, been compelled . nave
witnessed these things, then, might they o. you
have written as with inspired pens; eead you
have seen those three little girls wandering through
the streets, unwashed uncombed, haifeaas &a-i- E
starved. until driven by hunger to obtain oy sssa''a
from the kitchens and cellars of the heishoofs'
the food which was necessary TO Sustain n's' anu
"hich they found not in their home II vas tray
pitiable to see their frightened, bewllderea iooA
when detected; but when yea woa.a tr-.- -.
caass back 10 its origin yor- synpatbies would
have been aroused in favor of the innocent sat-
ftrers, while your hearts would burn with iadig
nation against the man. God sare the marx who
daily and hourly furnished FOR the small plttalce
of dime. the dark beverage Of hell, which
Aye. worse than brutes Who that has lived on
High Street twelve months that has not heard
the cry OF murder, morning, noon and uisAt is
sue from tie house of the no,c murdered maas-
Even the holy Sabbath has been desectated by
their unhoiy aud uaseemly brawls, ba. with
him IT'S flashed, lis done. has spirit ha5 ..ed
aud in the great day of accounts the murderer
aud the murdered will meet aud an smpsrl'a!
Jndge not an Isaiaad Judge will render right
Judgment.
The inquiry has frequently been made: How
dil he die-when did he die: Why, reader, he
died alone at midnight on the kitchen feor--
that is when anl where he died. All alone on
the kitchen floor Oh, what a thought. No kind
hand to wipe the dea,h-dew from his bro no
loving voice to speak one word of eomfort-uo
eve to gaze upon his last earthly strusg,e-bnt
alone lie met aud struggled with The kiog Of Ter
rors; alone did the poor victini-the liquor sell
ers victim hear voice proclaiming "ihis night
shall thy soul be required Of thee Oh! thon
murderer, fearest thou not thy sin will fad thee
out?7
One thought more, Messrs Editors, aud Ill
task your patience no farther for the present:
would refer, briefly. to the last sad scene in the
life and death of QuigIey, and appeal 10 those
who stood with me beside the bloated, di,6gGre3
spatts red remains. if their eyes behell just
such a sight? | must confess | never gazed upon
so shocking a spectacle, except it was the equal
y bloatei aai beastly Intoxicated creature who
had been his eompaion in vice aud who he had
once called wife. Nov she came reeling to
ssssscre tney (aa ara n.sa, ii AZ.
ord rnant3a tome hewaiied his death Int this n r.
cited no sympathy as did the sight of the listlc
ones, elinging to their fathers corpse glzing in
stupid wonder upon the face of their dead iItLc-.
smoothing and patting bis face and hauds ting
upon tip-toe to look upon Lis countenance All,
tina; was a sight TO melt the stearnest heart an1
draw tears from eyes unused to weeping. pray
God may never look upon the like again.
f. 4 NJ