The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-01

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to remove the iron heel which you
say the Saxon put on tile Celt eentu-
ries ago, and yet you begin By infict-
ing on US the very injuries Of which
you complain. Why should your iron
tread be forced on usY Why should
our homes be desolated and our young
men be slain by your VIII any man
Of senRe answer these plain questiOnsT
| Was IL less than murder for you to
come here in the dead hour Of night
10 rayage our country and STAY our
peOpla2 laAnd all this was done under
cover Of relieving Ireland. Could
any right you may have, authorize
you to commit such wrong as you
then perpetraled? This is putting
your case ia very plain and clear
| light. You stand there surrounded
by the friends and relatives of the
men you slew on that OCCASION.
LII you were there us reporter
even you were not guiltless. Your
object was TO encourage them to come,
not 10. keep them away Looking at
your conduct in that light, you can
not be suubriaed that the'law should
befenforced, aud that you should sufs
fer theideath penalty of chat law, as
very fear you will for how
couldsyouipermit the young, reckless
and unthinking young men TO be
brought here for trial who followed
such as you, and placed confidence in
you, if you were TO be allowed to es-
cape? Gould you see any justice in
Furnishing them In such a caee2 You
complain uninstly that those who
we're ia command on that occasion
were not allowed to come here to give
evidence In your behalf; but Ichn not
prevent the la@;n The crown can
not override IT, I If the crown had
given any such pledge Of safe con
duct hs you have spoken Of it would
not be Carried out. You have had all
the Justice you could possibly get, and
have had every advantage Of the arms
Of law, Every one abstained from
urging too hard against you that
which might have been urged; but
would fail in my duty now If did
not put your case in its true light
when about 10 sentence you to appear
before that JUDGE who sees things
just as they are. It'll a very painful
thing-the most painful which man
can b 0 called on to- .do--to doom Il
fellow man to death but tho require
ments of society urge it upon me;
the law requires ! should rot
shrink from II, If / could ! would. !
AS the law now standa You might |
be sentenced to Immediate execu,
ton, The, law puts that discretion in
my bands; but ipasmuch as. that law
is an CO pert Jacto, one as TO you.
shall certainly not exercise any dis
erection may have to shorten your
existence one hour. Moreover, You
have right to bring into court the
whole case, 10 appeal from the decision
of d court adverse to'yoti IL there was
anything wrong in the evidence and
the proceedings, and God forbid that
| should deprive you of that oppQr-
tunity Of appeal Y on shall be treated
just ms the law was when you commit
ted tho ofiense, so that il the evidence !
does not in the opinion OF my learned I
brethren sustain. the violation, time
and opportunity will be given you to /
move against it.aIf / have re-
ceived evidence such as ought not
to. hatG kb6enb received, or put a
of il, it will be open for you TO make
peribd3of your execution will be de-
layedntill the end Of the next term
just ms if that law had not been pass-
ed, so as TO afford you an opportunity
to appeal rHIt n6w1phly breinalns for
me to pass the dreaded sentence Of the
law. Yours is an ofiense punishable
with deAtlIa>,I can exercise no, discre-
tiona The sentence OF the court on
YOU, theFefOpe. IL thatyou he taken TO \
fireplace from whence you came, to be 4
there, detained till. Thursday the 18th
day of December next, and to be
taken on that day to the place Of eKe-
cution aud there be hanged by the
neck until YOU are dead, and may God
have mercy on your soul. GO ifio !.
During the latter part of the adj
dress hisaLor1ship was much affect
ed. His voice was so choked that ii
was some mtUutes before he was ena-
bled t0l0ass Aelitenee ON The prisoner.
During tile delivery Of the address
the vast audience was ms still as death
throughout the courtroom. a1fr, ys-
20 SKETCH OF LYNCH. Aal VA
The Toronto Globe gives the follow.
ing nccountof the prisoners career:
The prisoner. Robert b. Lynch,
was born in Galway, we understand,
in 1918. He was. at one time chief
clerk in the department of the
board Of charitable donations and
requests Dublin Castle, and retained
that post from 1897 TO 1912. when
he is said TO have emigrated to the
! United States. lie then engaged in
business in st. Louis for q short
time, but left there in 1910, and trav
eled TO many of1the leading cities in
the South American Republics and
West Indies. aHesubsequently joined
| the American army, and was Quarter
master in the oath Wisconsin volun-
teers. During the latter part of the
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