The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-06-18

could he implicated. u assumes the charge
| that the Republican party. who are In the
majority, are also guilty 0f The crime. For
this IL held no nlaii responsible except the
Trustees. W fthcy wcut throngh the streets
aud listened b. the conversation about the
murder, or took the oplniOn OF those gath
cred together that night they would flnd
four out of every i've Of the Republicans
condomning the crime rs that of an assas-
sin. Why then offensive nnh insulting2 II
u Il II IL not true They did not approve
of the verdict sOf the jury. Il was Of no
value. II was the verdict of a jury organ
izcd 10 acquit, the same as military COM
mission was organized To convict, Fiom
these facts OF the case alone they could not
prove the inscription offensive. lie would
admit II. NJ, Brown did not consider 20
but IN justice 10 himself and others he
mlist insist that there was nothing Insult
ing OF offensive IN u. These men fthe
Trustees) must maintain that Bollmeyer
was Justly Killed. That Brown killed him
there can be no dispute, and It would be
necessary 10 make the killing justitiable
homicide 60 make the inscription either Of
fensive or insulting. Mr. V. then review
cd the tlrrce degrees OF homlcide--.Iustiila-
Bile, as IN self-dcfense; eNcusable, as by ac-
cident: and felonious. ~ In the case of Mr..
Bollmeyer-killing without iusthable rea-
son or cause. He thought then the Trus-
tees must assume that Brown had a iustifl-
able reason or excuse for killing Mr.. Boil
meyer, and that he did not meet his death
by assassination.
In his hand he held the testimony Of two
witnesses to the occurrence. one OF whom
was not one of MIR. Bollmeyer's party-in
fact he might be called loyal all over.
tLaughter.l lie was examined at the In
quest, which took place on the afternoon of
the day on which Mr.. Bollmeyer was
killed, few hours after the transaction,
before the first recOllections passed away.
and he there gave his deliberate opinion OF
the occurrence, MIR. V. then read por-
tion of the evidence Of r. T.. Cuppy, given
at the inquest on the body of Mr.. Boil
meyer.
Now, It may be said Mr.. Bollmeyer
rushed towards Brown, and that, therefore,
he was justified In taking his life In de-
fense. No such thing. The witness de-
scribes him rs speaking of his wife In his
| last moments, aud OF dying with smile
upon his lips. Was that like the act of u
man seeking to take lifeS And was Brown
justified In what he had donep Still. Rob
ert W. Steele, Il. w. Davies Zlba Crawford,
Andrew Gnmp, J. d. Phillips and j. G..
Lowe, the Trustees, pretend 10 say that the
inscription setting forth that Mr.. Boil
meyer died by the hand of an assassin, Is
insulting and offensive TO n majority of the
citizens of Dayton. Can audacity or mem
dacity 90 furtherY "IIe nodded his head
several times, and smlled"-lied with a
smile on his lips. Yet If that death was
not justifiable or excusable homicide, then
he was put to death by the hand of the as
sassin. Mr.. Vallandigham next read from
the evidence Of $. G. Crumbaugh, upon
which he commented.
! He said Had Bollmeyer but made IT,
| no ut hn or nj terkf
have been alive to-day but no, that mild
temper; that disposition which, thinking
no evil, suspected none in another, was
deliberately shot down. That man, could
he have thought of taking life? No; for,
throwing up his hands, he called on Brown
not TO shoot. ~ did not think" says the
witncss--a Republican witness--"I did not
think that Brown would shoot; neither do
| | think that Mr., Bollmeycr expected that
he would" And when It Is stated in the
inscription ON the slab, placed over the
grave, that he died by the hand of the as
sassin. the citizens of Dayton are told by
six gentlemen that such Inscription Is in
sulting TO n majority of them. "IIe did
not think that Mr.. Bollmeyer ex pected that
Brown would shoot ."Thatwas the testimony
of political opponent of Mr.. Bollmeyer.
when the circumstances were fresl, in
| his memory. He (Mr. W demanded to
know how these gentlemen came TO insult
the citizens of Dayton by pretending that
Mr., Bolmcyer was justinably killed 2
Why should they have thus insulted them 2
Because he was the Democratic editor of a
Democratic paper, and because he exer-
cised, as such, the privileges he had a right
TO exercise We are now told that any
man has right to kill any other man SINH
lar to Mr.. Bollmcyer. | know the feeling
entertained by the first gentleman who
signs the statement of the Trustees--Robert
W. Steele; that he was witness for the
defense on Browns trial; and he would
here allude to it-that the finger of Provi-
dence had fallen on those concerned in it.
Three or four of the jury have died; the
Clerk OF the Court and the Sheriff have
died; and the Judge who tried the case,
and disgraced justice, and dishonored the
bench, was at this moment an idiot in A
lunatic asylum. .. .r...,.
The Trustees attemnted To inst,rv tho
murder Of Mr.. Roiimever.--o maj, ova,e o,xo w..
jnv with The mill Of hrmon' 'Lind~ass.
! n 7hev were right anv ne,snn ',.S,,I1 ~
instifcd In Shooting Down anntbas e., ~
street Another ,yitnessI aavs az 49,, sao
with the tcstimonv,oS NJ Trrmt,a,,,tS S'iu in
/ the cose In hand Hayin,y haSn nmIv e Gu,
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