The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-02-14
TERMS OFlfADvERTdSI

on the morning of December 26th,
Shorer visited the grocery of Sher-
man, for the purpose, as appeared in
! the evidence, Of seeking a quarrel with
him. A few words passed between
them, when Shorer assaulted Sherman,
and after a brief struggle, threw him on
the floor, and selling chair, struck
him several blows on the head, frac-
turing the skull and leaving him III
sensible. Sherman recovered SO far
as to be able to walk about, and even
to indulge to some extentyin alcoholic
stimulents, but after a day or two, had
elapsed, inflammation set in and quick
~ terminated his life. Shorer, who
had made 10 attempt to escape, was i'm
nediately arrested and put on trial for
murder. Eminent counsel were re
tanned on both sides, and the defense
in particular, was conducted with very
great ability; but the evidence appear
/ ed conclusive, and the jury, after be-
ing out six hours, brought in a verdict
Of murder in the second degree. On
the day following, the prisoner was
brought into court to receive sentence,
circumstances which he certainly will
never forget. To the usual inquiry as
to whether he had anything to, say,why
sentence should not be passed upon
him, he responded, ''Nothing;" ard
Judge Lawrence then proceeded to
pronounce the sentence of the law,pre-
facing it with an impressive address to
the prisoner, concluding almost as fol-
lows: "You have committed a fear
fiji mistake in setting yourself up in
lopposition to tire ordinances of So
ciety under the belief that you gould
evade the justice Of your country
! Whoever undertakes to do so will be
destroyed You have lifted your hand
against your fellowman, and have pre-
sumed to take into your own. hands the
execution of punishment which, be-
longs alone to God You must suffer
the consequences You have been con-
Victed by a jury of your countrymen.
of the crime of murder in the second
degree, and it becomes my painful duty
! to sentence you to confinement at hard
labor, in the State Prison at Jackson,
for the term of twenty years from and
Including this day. "a io staiiiea
AS the last words Of the sentence fell
on his ears, the prisoner, who through
out the trial had preserved a storial
| silence, exclaimed in a adesparing tone:
sit was whisky, Judge; it was whisky
! that.brought me to this" 81 have no
doubt of'it," responded the Judge
"Yes,'' said the prisoners 81 might have
been respectable man to-day, had it
not been for whisky" Z fsd1 rett
Next week Hon J b. Cough will de-
/ liver one of his matchless lectures, on
| temperance, in this city, but I doubt
whether he, with all the genius of his
commanding eloquence, will be able to
inspire a more profound conviction of
the dreadful consequences Of intem-
perance than was produced in the minds
of the multitude, who thronged the
court room, by the brief testimony of
that criminal cnEeiidfu
must not close this letter without
alluding to the lecture before the. as
sociation on last evening, by. Theodore
Tilton, Of the Independent, though I
shall do so very briefly. IF / were
called to give an opinion in regard to
the strong points OF Mr.. Tilton's ora
tory, I should say that the handspring
of his success and popularity, as a
lecturer, is to be found in his brilliant
! ly poetical Imagination, his strong con-
Eiction of the correctness of his views,
and his boidness in maintaining them,
which combined with his youthful APP
pearance and persuasive address, are
qualities that peculiarly fit him for the
position of a leader. His topic was
''The Corner stone of Reconstruction"
He appears to be about six feet three
inches in height; twenty eight or thir-
I ty years of age, and is a Radical of the
impeachment type. -ofa Fl.