The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-24
TEE AIR GUN MURDER AsD SUICIDE.

| sermon, by Rev. George Lansing Tmyfor.
sermon the subject Of The recent dir gun murder
and the subsequent suicide OF the murderer was de-
vera iac evening in the Methodist Episcopal church
in Carlton near Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn The conere
CATION dEaw togetiAr by the nounccment that such
dfscoursc world be preached very large, crowding
the curc.n every pm The preliminary services con-
sisted OF the usual singing OF hymns prayer and tho
reading of the TeN Commandments
The reverend gentleman, took for his text the sixth
commaDdant,, .sTAou shaH not kin Eo then pro-
cecdsd trcatthis 5abect 5sfolows 1t lot the
miserable iden of fecdin: vulgar appetite with the last
that have taken up tho sad theme before
this evening s tfoS that poor that you
here tonight. CHASTITY crime has . siludder
through city. and ha, made humanity grow c q
man. But 1t is goas the shocking details
OF ono OF the darkest Gkeds that has stained this
towns fair fame that here totaight From
things we would fam torn away In shame for
would, and we dare not II We couid. altogether ig.
them. Their hdoous arociy osA for the gravest
pass without cry Of warning fail 70 give tho
voice Of God hearing upon OF the most awful
sins Of which humanity IL capable Bur II is not alone
on account OF tho work OF him whose hand has
ended terrible earth that speak tonight
among Us, and one still moro startiing az The
cau,.a, Of State. And yet those arc but
every gallo watts the horrd sound Of muSder 10 our
cara Every daily Newspaper that comes to our hands
Az.
sassinason, bioodshsd murder ana suic,ds-words Ct
which our blood cold-havc become 30 IRE
With them We boar and read tales Of dsrKnsss and
horror to-day and forget them tomorrow. They pass
from the public mind N 2 week. drissn away BY some
Of boDu To what Tartarean shore are is crimson
bows bearing ons L. il not time to ring the loud
alarm, TO let tho warning thunder OF Gods law
be heard, mems conscicnces may be aroused as
from q dcsihiks trance before blood shall cry |
out from tho ground to heaven against us |
Il IL 10 do what may 10 stop this work Of death
am hero 70 night | with no poweress phioso-
ply no airy bat with the
Of that awful voice authority and power
shook Sinai three thousand years ago, and whose
reverberasions still proclaim throughout world the
impressive mandate, 'sIhou shalt kill shaft
tie here to show that - To the sayfng OF
and to that OF the brute creation that this
command refers The gift Of those 10 man for and
the git tech 20 with which 10 eat rhem,
sufficiently settle that question nklling is every
ho,ncide manslauebter and suicide. They
tngushsd Ia Gods laws and in all human laws winch
loss based on IT, First, homicide, which
consists in the unintentonai taking Of human life
II IL either accidental ushable or cnpabie Accidental
homicide absence both OF intention and Of
fault IL must occur only in connection WITH some |
lawful operntiou and tho exercise OF due carefuness.
even in that, must DO shown. fowing pieces may |
burst the sporsnans hand, and his companion 10
thereby killed. An axe may hy from If be've "a ths |
hands OF lambcrman and kin hts fellow workman at
the same tree. child may run before carriage ana
killed. may administer wrong medi- |
emo by mistake. and the patient die such cases |
are generally treated accidental homicide. ami |
their authors, entirely without intention or fault,
arc certainly entitled 10 tho profound sympathy |
OF society. But entire innocence in tho case, !
or At least he absence Of all evidence against innocence
liz neccssnry for the verdict Of accidental ho'ncids
Homicide l. sometimes jus.ifabe in private persons ~
10 housebreaking night; but the extremity must DO
clearly proved before u IL Justihnblc. Inc public SENT
men, IL all wrong. and either wiiliuy or Intentionally
ignorant the subject. Neither thu Coles nor -ckcs
case justhsble homicide. They are not |
justiIiabc in either the sight Of God or man;
ustiy such murders The injured husband by tho law
OF China and Japan ~ only allowed the right 10 XIII
civilized law authorizes murder under other
On all possible cases homicide upon quest
onuDcaisd by one Of Englsnds ablcst judges The
crend gentleman proceeded TO say that he had dwet
s % S on the or ssr,m s az
sentiment Of tho public on tho subject There we're
instances In which death resulted from carcleenesr.
in tho case OF car running over child In Flushing
recently. There culpsbility IN such cases.
in the Of an apothccary who poisoned BY care
lessy preparing medicine. These were no accidents.
Public indignation should give peace the company
that allowed such accidents to happen when they had
an 'Is ss .ybos. whsro sners ~as no Ss
apparatus nor any means Of distinguishing hre,
sors on frossy morpiossueh were somc n the ways
In which human life was trihed with. Those were not
accidents They were not the affections Of providence
"rhou shalt not kiln These things the speaker
tnued brought his discourse tho stage Of homi.
murder
Hero the reverend gentleman defined At some length
Wnnb murucr ~ ana QuOfou many iuos""No' ~
we're murders He then proceeded 10 say that |
when man kills through malice though
no does not intend 10 kill II IL murder Killing through
passion was d higher order Of murder. Nothing but
dire necessity could justify tho use Of deadly weapons
The last depth Of depavity where the murderer ior
gain hunted down his victim. and hurled upon him tho
deadly bullet or the nossIess and fatal knife dc was
In this ease ne only for the companonanp OF do
msus There was nothing left for him then
but 70 turn upon and destroy himself. such 2
murderer thought himself master and owner Of
quens among us than other people. We had bcen ac-
eustomcd regard A. greatest In France but ths was
moi 40 suicide In New York is In thousand
twjce A. many IN Prussia and times ~ many a.
| In Russia We have hnd about two hundred suicides
Among "a In the year. Well might start at the APP
paIng truth but whoa we remember that murders in
antcde and every oher Of hon cidc arc 70 30
ADDED 70 this II v enough 70 alarm Us These
1 made tho speaker cry out Thou shalt not kali"
Next In order those who logged 70 death by
brutal parents while railroad compsnes victims main
tanned tns cry "Thou shalt not KILL Last OF all, aud
blacklist Of all como. those who kill themselves. Thcr
shadows cover away terror and disappear but Gods
vs5ce erie, ont 10 them. Thou shalt not kill" The