The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-11-30

ted, and quite distracted. Knowing the use Of
"effect," told her to dress n deep mourning,
and bring her hale cheTub OF boy only three
years old, into court and to sit as near her hus-
band as the officer would let her. ! tried that
game once in murder case, and a weeping
wife and sister made jury render a verdict a.
gainst law, evidence, and the judges charge, aud
saved a fellow that ought to have bssn hung as
! high as Hsman.
| The prosecution opened very bitterly. IN
weighed agains; thieves and counterfeiters, who
| had robbed every farmer in the region of their
hnest horses. 1t introduced witnesses, and
proved all, more than feared it would
The lime came for NE to rise for the defence.
Witnesses had none. But / determined to
make an effort, only hoping SO to interest the
Judge and jury as TO secure recommendation
to the gubernatorial clemency and Sigh; SEN
tence. So | painted this picture A young
man entered into life, welded an angel; beau
titul in person, possessing every gentle aud no.
bic attribute. Temptation was before and all
around him. He kept tavern. Guests there
| were many 1t was Eot for hIm TO inquire into
their business they were well Idressed, made
large bills and paid promptly. At an unguar-
ded hour, when he was insane with the liquor
! they urged upon hIm, he had deviated from
! the path OF rectituGe. The demon OF alcohol
had reigned IN his brain and it was his first
offence. Mercy plead for another chance 10
save him from ruin. Justice did not require
| that his young wife should go down sorrowing
to the grave, and that the shadow of disgrace
and the taunt Of s f4ion father should cross the
path Of that sweet child. Oh how earnestly
! did plead for them. The woman wept the
! husband did the same the jury looked melting,
! II could have had the closing speech, he would
| have been cleared but the prosecutor had the
close, and threw ice on the FIRE had kindled
But they did not quite put it out.
The judge charged according to law and evI-
dence, but evidently leaned on the side of r1er-
| cY. The jury found verd ict Of guilty, bul
unanimously reeornmsndEd che f,.-or.-r II
mercy of the court. My client was sentenced
to the shortest Imprisonment the court was en-
powered 10 give, and both jury and court signed
petition TO the governor for an unconditional
pardon, which has since been granted, but not
! before he following incident occurred
Some three montos after this / received an
account for collecsion from wholesale house
in New York. The parties to collect from
! were hard ones, but they had property, and be-
| fore they had an idea of the trap laid, had the
property, which they were about to assign !be
! fore they broke under attachment. Finding
! that was neck ahead and zound to win, they
"caved in" and ''iorked over" three thousand
seven hvndred and ninety four dollars and
eight cents (per memorandum book IN good
money. They.sIived in Shawneetown, about
! 35 or 40 miles southwest Of Moore's prairie.
received the funds just after bank opening, bot
other business detained me till after dinner. /
then started Ior c., intending to 60 as far
as the viage OF Mount Vernon that night.
had gone along ten or twelve miles, when
noticed splendid team OF double horses at
tached to light wagon in which were seated
iOuA Heus cNluFHliS VI d lSu OiuSi--
| They swept past as if 10 show how easy they
could do it. They shortened in, and allowed
me TO come up to them, and hailing me, asked |
me 10 SWEET" or in other words, diminish the |
contents Of a jug Of old rye they had in the
wagon but excused myself with the plea that |
| had plenty on board. They asked me how
far was going. told them as far as Mount
Vernon, if my horse don't tire out. They |
mentioned pleasant tavern ten OF twelve
niles ahead, as nice stopping place, and then |
drove on.
| did not like the looks OF those fellows nor /
their actions. | had brace of reVolvers and a |
nice knife my money was not in my valise or !
my sulky, but in a belt around my body. l
drove slow, in hopes that they would drive on,
dark when | saw tavern sign ahead. Al the |
same time saw their wagon standing at the |
door. | would have pressed on, but my horse |
needed rest. Ihauled up, end woman came
to The door. She turned as pale as death when
she saw me-she did not speak-but with a
meaning look she put her finger to her lips and
beckoned me in she was the wife Of my late
client.
When entered lthe party recognized me,
and hailed me as an old travelling friend, and
asked me to drink. I respectfully declined to
do So.
"By God, you shall drink or fight" said the
noisiest of the party.
"Just as you please; drink shall not % said