The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-07-04
OUR JAZZ CONVERTED INTO A
sLAUGHTER-REN.

We hIo lmPeiiou, II W NJ OtneT nO-
tives, by the duty which our position
forces upon us, by our duty TO the pub
lie, and to the great cause Of common
humanity, to record this week one Of
the most appalling, damnable, and
outrageous effects Of r%eyengeful, BIZ
goted, and prosecuting fanaticiSm, and
of dereliction of duty of ignorant and
egotistic officials that has ever fallen
TO our lot, or that we hope and pray
will ever again. We have read of re-
ligious and political prosecutions,
wherein witches, martyrs and saints
have been hung, burnt and subjected
to undergo systems of torture, which
only the brutal and most dopravei
and ~tyrannical Of fends could conceive
Of; but these were enacted under the
superstition and ignorance of the dark
ages, and, therefore, were worthy of
some palliation but, in this enlight-
eued and civilized age, and in a coun-
try where the rights Of individuals are
held 10 be the best protected of any
country in the world, to have enacted
what is stated below and which is true
20 every syllable, is moHstrous, inhuWdn,
in the fullest sense of the terms. On
Saturday, of last week, George s.
Welsh, formerly Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas for this county, was
arraigned before u Mayor, James A.
Adair, on the charge of keeping atlp-
ping shop" He plead guilty to the
charge and was sentenced to pay fine
of twenty-five dollars and the costs Of
prosecution, and TO be imprisoned in
the county Jail for the period Of seven
days. Mr.. Welsh was a man who had
been IN the habit Of drinking constant
ly for some years and had probably
not been sober for some months. He
requested his attorneys to use their IN.
fuence with Sheriff Aurdock to have
HIM put up in the debtors room in
stead of the cells. His attorneys done
40 and was informed by the sheriff
that. no matter how hot il was nor who
intercedcd Is behalf OF Welsh, he-the
Sherif--would put Welsh in the cells.
Accordingly, Mr.. Welsh, after having
taken from him n bottle Of whiskey,
was placed in the coils about 10 O'clock
on Saturday night. After the whiskey
had lost it eflect-the whiskey winch
! Welsh was under the influence ofwhcn
taken to Jail-and under the prostra-
! ting effects Of the dense air Of the cells,
Mr.. Welsh was attacked with the de-
lirium tremens. This attack of the
tremens is thought by the physician,
who was called in Mt a late hour TO
attend on him, to have come on about
eleven or twelve O'clock on Saturday
n~ight-about an hour or probably two
after his Incarceration. Our Sheriff
Murdoch, we understand, was aware
that Welsh was laboring under the tre-
mems on Saturday night. Irstead OF
calling a physician that night, the
sheriff waited until Sunday morning.
when he went after DR.. W. B. Hedges
who was not ut home. He went again.
during Sunday, for DR.. Hedges, but he
was still not at home, aid did not gel
home until late Sunday night. DR.
Hedges was informed that Murdoch
had been after him when lie came
. home, but very ju~liciously concluded
g that Murdoch had called in some Other
physiciah-of which we have a plenty
--before that time, and therefore pai(
no farther attention tOit. On Monday
9 morning about 10 O'clock, Dir. Hedge
was IN the street, and Murdoch cam
: along and asked him if he was not go
ing to come down ond see Welsh. Thi
was about thIrty-ive hours afte
. Welsh was taken DR.. Hedges aske
H"rdocl il he had not called in som
other physician, and was surprised an
horrIied 10 learn that he had not
q The Doctor went down TO the Jail an
II prescribed for the prisoner, and, uu
Joubtly, done all that medical aid an
skill could do under the circumstance
n But Welsh was still kept IN the cell
-
o Matters weuton until Tuesday Evonir
m when some efforts were made by md
il viduals to have him taken out Of il
D. or, at least to the debtors ROOF
But they were ofno avail, the aptho
tiles were determined in their pers
cutting spirit TO make liquor sellil
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