Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-01-17

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tAs public debt, - appeass non shs boete
and Treosurer's rstusno in the dspostment,
on the ist Il January. 1867:
Secretary Of The Treasury.
C1rco0oeo0ee0o 8v00e0ce.
Prom the AtlssAs CO.. isseliigesess.
In ths recest trial Of the parties charged
with the murder Of Capt. J. r. Gruber. NJ.
FULLY. one Of The counsel for the dsfeass,
narrated the following story:
The whole case wa name up Or clssaps
stantial evidence q the loeeeet ehasoctss,
. end 70 illustrate hoe guardsdly svsa The
bese and strongest ciecumsloneial evideace,
hs referred 10 trial that teek place 10 The
very court thirty years ego.
Judge Canongs then prseideo - TIE
coust and NJ. Musussan vas the Attorney
General. Thses thea lissd On the bayou
road . man sbout % q 20 ysass old. lie
was not IN sdocatsd, nor wealthy man,
wv w ~ WDSV9US 09UO u = ROO0 ~
Having he'd : limb broken b ~ vssy In
going y the tsysa 50. Jeha svssy evsaiss
and catching Deb 70 cell b The market The
osxt moscing. One 0oonlight evening.
while sitting % the bask d Tie 6eycs.
n.hisg ~ ussal. ~ ~ . hdy dsssssd h
white. II sumpasy viii gsntleman, Walk
On The sosd b.:ies ths esyss. TIL vsss
,sasioa vas aaasaslsd y hsasiag then
quarrel. Altss they pasesd = rsssesd BIZ
Ashing. and waited until h ~ saaght he
usual supply. He thsa stssssd No. vish
his basket. AZ he seaeAsd ~ plees known
- the "Csoquss" he hsasd . Iesd cry snd
soon amer feeble cry. Advaoeiog II the
direction Of ths ssaad. 10 saw vs1an 10 .
white gown lying on shs pavsnsnt, end
coming % the WeGnan hs psseelved shat .
dagger had been stabbed Into hss beeo0.-
Thinking to relieve her be took the dagger
BY the handle end drew II out. A ne did
90 wstchman graapsd him. The weoan
Wsa killed.
tn. s.""- ashssnan sas tried for mus-
der. Tho case Was made out clearly
against him. lie he'd bssn detected in The
very act, bending over the body Of the ds>
ceased with The weapon In HE hand. lls
Was convicted, and was hung at Congo
square. About aix month"; after trial vas
going on in Judgs Cansngss' court A
citizen called - jurss said he did not wish
TO be on the jury, and wished 70 speak .
few words 10 the judge. The judge al
loved him . private conversation. 0uppos.
ing that no might have scruples about capi>
tai punishment. the judge asked hio II that
wAs the reason hs objected 10 being on che
jury. mo" he answered, THAT 10 not the
reason. ! saw che fisherman hung for the
murder Of my wife. Ito did not do i.
killed her myself from jsalousy." The
Judge set pstrs6lcd. The nan osds for the
door, escaped, and has never been heard Of
since.
a Tale or Na01rlng.
W. have not, Tor several yeaes pest, hoard
d case that showed ~ plainly The anouns
VI dsstilulion nov existing amone The poor
Of our city and the SosSh 10 gsnsrul-as
hat which cane to our ears yesterday. A
philanthsopic gentlemaa, Who resides in the
lover past Of ~ slty. ~ en Ais way ou,
in the esuatsy yesterday afternoon, on the
old Salt River road. duEiag the driving
snow stossn, when he discovered : woman
crossing the isnce into we'd pasture just
outside tho city limits. She Was thinly clad,
shivering in the cruel blast end esvs svi>
dsnce Of severe destitHtisn end hard living.
Not seeing any house near, he wondered %
himself whore III woman Was going and
calling her. questioned her - to tho cause
IL her being out in the storm. She replied
by evasivs answers, but on his questioning
her more closely, she told him that ohe lived
With another woman in an old hollow tree
IN the pasture. and had been staying thesv
for over four months past. The eentleman
hischeA his horsc and proceeded to Vhcrs
the woman deaignated the niaesohlo retreat
to be, and there. wrapped up In eone "a amy
blankets, he discovered H. other woman.
sleeping in tho hollow q eho tsea. eheleeeed
BY somc old pieces u bssrd and task. He
awakened the un6sstuaaae woman u end
asked her her aaos shs gave 4 9 Jane
Hutton. The woman hs 0sss use aaye her
name - Eliza Harris. Thsy said they were
from Cross Ksys, uese Atlanta, ca. end
had come up TO this city soms monshe aeo
seeking honorable soploymso bat he'd
failed in their efforts and hsd been since thai
tine earning . livelihood b, gathering
shusks, doing washing, &c.. meseine mis-
fortune With . hsroism worthy The moblesl
Of women. The gsntlsuan who lbuod then
soon made their go known 70 ~ peoole d
that vicinity end in . -Ssw houSs ihs pod
women we're eeksa from their uneon6ostable
refuge aad Well psevi1sd 6he.
This 10 bus one inalases illustrative d
the su0bsiag amoag shs poor glasses, ~
several others have come % our can q lete,
Who, neewitheeAodiag tn c)eoe ID search.
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