Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-04-12

time you alluded to him. He will also
preach Wednesday and Thursday.
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Non Esr INvENTus.-As a morning
paper has mentioned the fact that one of our
late Justices Of the Peace has left town sud
denly without liquidating various little
claims which numerous persons held against
him, we deem it no more than Just to his
associates to state that the individual refer
red to IL no other than that Wilhelm Won
Schirach, Esquire. Mr.. Schirach is native
of Ilolatein, and bachelor about forty years
Of age At home he was a noble; here no
was a man of good presence, extremely well
informed, gentlemanlp in his manners. a
clear headed and judicions magistrate, and
consummate rascal in money matters. In
April 1889 he was elected Justice OF the
Peace, and Messrs Theodore Guelich and
Rudolp ph Reichman became suretes on his
official bond. His reputation as a skillful
conveyancer among his country men induced
sums of money in his hands for investments
most Of which shared similar fate to that
small sum of SS5s,sl which Loomis Il Co.
lost some years ago. In other words, it is
ssid that Mr. Schirach appropriated large
amount Of the money Of other people to his
own use, without their consent. He likewise
hol It,oc, oh 1.,l e
on executions. and failing to account for it
when called upon. How much he is "in" to
the people OF this county. we have no means
of ascertaining. but from all We can learn,
his deficit is to be counted by thousands and
| not by hundreds. 1t is but just to Mr.. Schir-
ach to say that it is believed that most, if
not all, of the money he appropriated was
sent to Germany there to support the falling
fortunes Of his noble but decayed and i'm
povershed family. We trust, for his sake,
that such is the fact, for it would speak vol
umes for his heart.
After what We have said Of his defalca-
tion, we need not add that in politics Mr.
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The SIcKLEs TRIAL.-The Sickles
trial is proceeding with due dispatch in
Washington. The Jury has been empan-
neled-the case opened bv the District At
torney. and several witnesses examined on
the part OF the prosecution One of the
most marked and gratifying Indications Of
the probable result Of the trial, was the al
most unanimous expression Of sympathy for
the accused, and approval of his act on the
part OF most OF those who were summoned
as Jurors. Never before in our experience
as journalists. have we had to record the
fact that men. especially selected for their
standing and character. in court Of Justice,
under the solemnity of an oath. have dared
to express unqualifiedly their opinion, that
homicide may be justified in other cases
than selfdefence. or the discharge Of le-
gal duty. We regard it as an advance, an
unmistakeable sign of progress. A London
paper we'll remarked that different coun-
tries resorted to different methods OF pro-
tecting woman's honor; in England they
resort to balrister. in America to the re-
volver. We rejoice that America not only
dares to wipe out dishonor in blood, but
that Americans hesitate not to avOw their
approval of the act in the very presence Of
the Courts themselves. The declarations of
those who were summoned a. jurors-indi-
eating undoubtedly, the public opinion Of
that section of country, and the verdict of
acquittal which the jury in all human pro-
liability will return, will do more to pre-
serve the hearthstone from invssion, than
| Q score Of the heaviest Grim com verdicts
juries ever rendered. 1t will settle the
principle, that the pleasure of the libertine
must be bought with his own lifs-blood.
We are glad to see that the present taste
OF those who desire the extravaganza Of
Mr.. Sickles' life to be dragged into the
glare Of day that they might add to the
scandal Of this unfortunate trial. has little
chance of qualification. Admitting that Mr..
Sickles were all in early life that his worst
enemies have described him-and that the
years which directly succeeded his entrance
upon mans estate were one continual round
Of vice and folly, how would that deprive
him Of the husbands right, or exonerate
him from the husbands duty. guarding the
honor Of his wifsi Why. then, should his
boyish excesses be made the subject
Of inquiry in court. or of ribald discussion
among the psoplei We trust We are right
in saying that Judge Crawford viii check
and frown upon the very first attempt that
may be made to drag the early life Of Nr.
6ieklss before the Jury for any purpose
whatsosvsr. He saaads before The court .
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