Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-09

national ruin. The people, the common
sense of the country, must stand be-
tween them and the ruin towards which
they drive. 1t is not yet too late; but
four years more of such Legislation
would ruin any country, though it hst
ten times the backbone of the United
States.
IFrom the Cincinnati Gazette of tuesday,
4 Sad Case-SsarvatiOa Leads tS
Crime.
In our Police Court record this morn
ing. will be found the bare fact that Will
liam Beymer and Mrs. Matilda Howard
were each fined S25 and costs, on the
charge of having committed petit lar
ceny. As a general thing, brief men
tion of the manner in which case e
disposed of in the Police Court is suffi.
cient, but the one under consideration
requires a more extended notice. Th.
facts, as we have obtained them, are as
follows:
On Saturday night, or, rather. early on
Sunday morning. Policeman Powell, &C
companied by his partner. while stand
ing near the junction of the Montgomery
and Reading roads, in the Eleventh
Ward, discovered man and a woman
approaching them. The man was car
rying barrel upon his shoulder, and
the woman had in her hands basket,
which seemed to be heavily laden. The
lateness of the hour, and the suspicious
actions of these two persons, prompted
the officers to arrest them, and take them
to the Bremen Street Station House,
where they were locked up.
Upon examination it was found that
the barrel and bucket contained several
cans of preserved fruit, dressed turkey,
twenty five pounds of sugar, tea, coffee.
&c. The defendants not giving any rea-
sonable statement as to how they came
into the possession of the articles named,
it was determined to hold thm to answer
before the Police Court
On Sunday afternoon, Mr.. Charles G.
Rrackert having been robbed, and hear.
ing of the arrest, proceeded to the Sta
tion House, and there identified the arti-
clrs. The evidence of the guilt of the
parties now seemed complete, and an affi-
davit charging them with larceny was
worn out
In the Police Court yesterday morn
ing their case was called by Prosecuting
Attorney Blackburn. They both an.
swered to their names, and when Major
Blackburn, having read the affidavit. ask
I'd them whether they Were guilty. or not
guilty, they both answered guilty, Mrs.
Howard stating that she knew she was
committing a crime when she took the
articles. Mr.. Beackert was called to the
stand, and briefly stated that the articles
mentioned above Were purchased by him
on Saturday last, and sometime during
the night were taken from the cellar,
where they hal been placed, the thieves
gaining entrance through cellar door
which had not been locked.
Mr.. Reackert having concluded, the
defendants We're asked if they had any
witnesses, and they both replied in the
negative.
Judge Straub then signifed his will
lingness to hear any statements which
they had to make. Mr. Howard said
that Beymer was her brother; that she
was married, but her husband, who is at
present at work on farm back of New
port: had left her nearly four months
ago; that she now resided with her pa
rents on the Deer Greek road; that her
father, who is nearly eighty years of
age. is blind, and her mother is lying al
most at deaths door, her disease being
consumption. On Saturday night last,
she said, there was nothing in the house
to eat, and that the family had not par
taken of any food during the entire day;
about 10 o'clock on the evening she pro-
posed to her brother. Reynler, that
they go to Mr.. Reackert's residence,
which was only few rods distant from
their own miserable home. and try and
steal something to keep their father and
mother, and even themselves from star
vation. The brother acquiescing in the
the two started out, succeed
ed in taking the articles from Mr..
Reackert's cellar, ard We're arrested, as
has already been stated.
Beymrr, who, while his sister had
been making her statement. had been
sent to an adjoining room, was now
called. and told precisely the same story
as did Mrs. Howard.
Owing to the extenuating circum-
stances in the case, and that Mrs. How
ard had in her arms a child scarcely
three months of age, Judge Straub as
sessed a fine of S25 and costs upon each,
but suspended the execution of the SEN
tence.
The case having been disposed of,
Mr.. Reackert, who had been an atten-
tive listener to the sad story, approached
Judge Strinb and requested that the
stolen articles, which were in the hands
Of the Chief of Police. might be given
to the family, and said that he would
have been glad to have relieved their
had they applied to him.
While passing from the court B-ymer
stated that although he had been con-
,inually searching for employment, he
had had only one days work in three
WEEKS.
During the afternoon the circum-
stances of the case were made known
10 the Relief Union, and We understand
that the family Were properly attended
%. -..v
No MAN doubts Gen Grants patriot
SIN; no man has had reason to doubt his
-publicanism.- Herald.
Although the Herald does not doubt
he "R-publican,sm" of Grant, there are
many thousands of its readers who do.
They know the General has great SOL