The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-03-24

= head.l Ands6pen pockettbO6k, seontainihs
: nothing but papers, furnished clue TO th
ss'lBame of the murdered man, who was sooI
= Afterwards enthusiastically ideGlifsd.! Is" d
,st7 As may readily sbs9 conceived 9Hsmillol
: lwss petrified at the; shocking iutelligence
He Immediately repaired TO the place Il
& which theyremaipsaof bis late guest had beet
= conveyed aHd, With heavy heart, per form
ed the last ssd offices of friendship. Tt
g4 7HamiltoR's mpther and an only sistsrIlit-
ii 3D. with shim son a small farm, to meet tie
sj lastgpaynentenaT which he had .SppEo priatAd
a the monay boErewed from his frisndsE 81,
q hRsslaRg kgsu slSTotedl zesle6 To- q svos,nc
/. lady Who bad not beenyIndiffarent 70 this adj
Il dresses but be bad 9delerred pressing Bis
4 suit till he could offer her home secur,
nE against. eyeFygsonting eney.- Thanks to. the
/ generosity of his 5amsnted beuefaetor. hC
2 was nor. in a stuaIion5 which unenIsrei a
d pQatDoneme MT UNNECESSARY fer, though he
C.as still indebteds he felt sure, under the
oircumstauGass that those untitled to enforce
1 tine demand would respect the terms under
which it hadsbesn incurred b.Iys t7--
'tsF But busytongqes had been at work-how
Ebusy they had been, be knew not, till he
tCapprosched the father ofahis bsttothed on
p che subject3Ofl the proposed uniBn.a The
banswer ne received fairly stunned him.
II p "Mr. Hamilton 1 am frank-spoken man,
lII 0ernsitted your attea tons to my daughter,
q 2bslievingl your character to be unsullied !;
butlI regTst shear that charge has bseu
q made against you. which, if true, renders
4 you amenableto the laws ofyour Country"
Astounded and amazed, the young man had
i,haFdly power 10 exclaimS Sin heavens name,
'texplain these terrible words t''!o --i1 ell
When he learned that he was accused Of
4 the murder and robbery of his friend, in 81
i hence he staggered from the room, like one
whose senses, wtre-b be tRildefed: chs 3.
Public opinion, he found was much divi-
! ded on the quss lou of his guilt; aud i. was
owing to ehis circumstance and the general
i good esteem in which lie had been previously
| held. that lega meas ures had not been soon
err adopted By some, he was counseIe to
leave the country; but firm in the feeling OF
Beonscious inuocsbGe, he disdained q step
which must bring disgrace u pom his mans ,,
and bow DOWN with grief and shame those
who had never heard It spoken but with
bpride. II-5 .a.25ge Io.lH.--aE l. .
!, + o. Conscious that q public inv igstion, was
! due bis homer, the young man surrendsFed
! himself 10 The authorities, and demanded a
trial. But little did he know the depth of
human maiignity, or the fatal strength of
popular delusion. Il was a time of hig b.
political exeitemeat, and young Hamilton
had been a jealous partisan. He had now
to learn TO what lengths mem will go 10 in
+ dlvidual persecution. of eDmity to party
or class. Those who had hesitated to take
The initiative, now that the door vas SO op
portuuely opened, became exeeediogtyrin
dustriou4 in the collection of evidence.
N I.c
in the progress of Rbich heIwas sstohished
to learn that his own explanations and state
ments were Valueless as testimony. he was
regularly committed to answer the charge of
wilful murder.usoE7 ~ -.;.. .. .se-s.
Before the day of trial. the confidence of
the prisoners friends had well nigh disap
peared; and many who had pre- viously doub
ted, were. eonyineed of. his guilt. With an
unfinchBg cQuatenRnce he stood before the
assembled county. arraigned as a culprit in
! the presence Of those before Whom9 he had
walked in honor since his childhood The
prosecution was relentlsssly conducted.
/ Every circumstance of a featheT's weight
was arrayed against the pris oner; and that
was linked 10 fact in curious ooiucid ence,
until the chain of eorroborative proofs, even
TO the most skePGcal, seemed CONCLUSIVE.
4
Iey;1 The evidence of the immigrant, -wbosh had
been discovered in neighborihga county,
and who bad,seen the accused and, Sander
son ride off together, theslast time the latter
was seea alive; the pistol; identified as the
property of the prisoners and the kuils as
haYing belonged to the deceased--al cen
tributed to make perfect case of"cireuna-
stantial EVIDENCE sud teircumstances.'
we have itoR high authority cannot lie.'
They flead,S' ne are told. ''direedyl to she
door OF truth -ryes; but chose who follow
are always able to enter H..
Toe arguments followed and aftsr, an ell
oquent but vain defenee, the Jury brought
lin. a verdict of Guilty ~ and sentence. OF
death" vas propRoppesdl r ,az sggnoo e.
Six years years alter. aud the house which once a,l
seemed destined to be The abode OF .hspPi
ness, was deeolate and deserted. Three
mouuds of earth now sheltered those who
had lived and loved beneath. its roof. One
had fallen victim TO mans oPiDionate iudg
ment-too Just to Be, imercifuI; the Others,
heavens. mercy, had removed where the
weary are at rect. and md shane and eorr ON
come not. ,.I -, .,.r. r... 1880 ,rt
1t Was pow too late to recall The dreadful
past, but not too late to, redress lbe ..'yound
ded name" still barassed and pesrrseeassl by
fslss report In 1928. = ccriimlijnsl 5aex.
cuted ~ Mobile, who confessed on the seat
fold that he was the. real murderer of Dr..
/ 'Sanderson. This mantle same who had
directed the two friends out Of their way ),
the morning ley left the inmigf sats"e cd up
aud wHo bad subsequently, sPPeated against
Hamilton-7gaye detailed statement Of the
entire transaction. He bad logged the path
of the young men. and after Their sepefatIon
had committed he strocious deed, OF which
sn innocent person suffe red Che fearful pen