Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-06-06
SIOUX CITY IOWA SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1863


deed murdered the youth Who had been
lured to his homo By the most solemn |
promises Of ths tendsrest love aad care
from biz father had he Who had 20 pro-
fessed to love him bssa the one 70 bring
him to this fighsful end Z His thoughts b.
ssas to bitter for endurance, b felt that be
could not live to bsa, about him the deep
rsmorss which Wa overwhelming him
like aood, and be emerged from the wood
with 6rm dssign Of yielding himself up
to justice.
Pale, haggsrd, and stained with blood,
he passed into the city; unconscious that
every eye was curiously observing him a.
though none recognised him in the torn
and disordered ball dress which he had
not changed from the night before. Soon
= party on horseback met him, and he
saw his father aud other officers, who, he
doubted not, were in pursuit Of Psdro's
murderer.
Fits Stephen Was shocked to fnd his
son in the haggard being before him. He
threw himself from bis horse, and called
him in voice Of tender pity, for be felt
that Patrick must be overwhelmed with
grief At his friends loss.
"Father," grasped the unhappy boy,
"fashsr I give. myself upl l am the
guilty onel'
What words were these for that stern,
unyielding magistrate to hear bent - he
WAS upon the task Of finding out the mur>
derer of the beloved youth committed to
hia carol o God. that tho spirit should
thus be called to endure such more than
mortal strifsl They who saw Fitz Ste.
phsn when hs turned his face towards the
| officers and bads him arrest the murderer
before them, described il afterwards ~
the most unsas.hly coantsnanos-changsd
wholly from its clear. noble and beautiful
aspect to the drsary graynsss of death.
For moment 10 reslsd beneath the
terrible sssets; then il rushed upon his
mind thss - !, - i.s his sons sentence.
What would it bs had another oom m;,,.a
the crime, Would any hope d P.:.s":
be granted TO the relatives Of the guilty
man 7 No, justice would take it, course i;
and should be shrink from that course p
Yet o, whs. agony was bound up in this
thought and still the fathers heart Was
pleading strongly for time to look this
dreadful thing in tho face-to devise some
means OF escape, and to satisfy Justice
It was all in vain. No sophistry could
thus blind him to what was righ. aud true,
and Patrick WAS already on his way to
prison before his father WAS sensible tha'
footssep had fallen on his ear.
The pitiful procession must pass thu
mayors own house; and there on the YER,
steps, watching With painful anxiety fol
Patrick, who had not been st home 81
night, stood Mrs. Fisz Stephen. and viii
her, Kathleen O'Connor. !. The moshe
was mercifully struck down insensible .
. the 6rs. glance; but the maiden rushe
out into tho street, right before the fer
steeds Of tho officers, who had hard wor
r to keep her slight form from being tram
, | pied beneath their hoofs.
l "Patrickr' she shrieked out ~
8 Patrick, whi.her are they taking you 2
{ You here" she exclaimed, - she locke
9 around and saw Mr.. Fitz Stephen
!. "yos here. and not rescue Jour son fro'
these demons, Patrick, darling, CON
o homo with me leave these wretches N
Fi,z Stephen can take care Of them" 81
!, continued, bitterly; "is il his province
. care for tho guilty, but you, love, won
d do better 70 come homo with me-"
% The afrighted friends Of the family
q, the mayor stood around wondering,
h half conscious that something dreadi
10 Was going on. And meantime tho miss
- able procession moved away, leavi
.. mother, aud friends, and the bstrothed
n. the prisoner, in state Of stupor At
- stupendous wrong which seemed 70
le doing TO Patrick.
Cd We can but dimly see through our te.
ID. The dreadful day Of trial, when the .
OF was sentenced BY his own father. VII
m, il was passed what execrations follow
~ the broken. hearted mani Did no
i'm fsel1 The white hair, which two vel
before had been black, the shrunken 6gu
i'd 50 manlv then, sstsstsd what be had I
to dcrgone.
'ed The infuriatsd populace called on |
ar. to rslinquish the prisoner or prepare
40 the destruction Of his house. Flom
no highest 70 the lowest. oil joined in en.s
gle ties or thrsass. "Givs % Patrick, and
Tor will bless you; murder him, and ete.
curses ligh, on the stony hearted man !
ION refused life 10 his sonl" In vainl 8
In. in his wretchsd cell. The rash boy had