The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-01-16

FtteA tAudct lfOm tue manuscript
pages Of pioneer Our curiosity
would have gladly adopted others
equally thrilling on variety Of sub.
jects connected with the early sottlo-
mont Of this city aud county, but tho
curtain fell; and wo could see no
moro now.
EXTRACT.
Tue result Of this practice, prior
90 1884,, was such that petty larceny,
and the keeping Of tavern and selling
spirituous liquors without license,
and other misdemeanors following in
thcir train rapidly disappeared, Some
other criminal offences Of a moro ag-
gravatcd character were occasionally
committed, but prosecutions wero
sure to follow against tho transgressors
which were conducted foarlessly with.
out respect to persons with like inn
pariality aud vigor, regardless of
private relations aud religious or par.
tisan considerations. II was believed
that laws were made for good aud
bcne6eient purposes, to be wisely and
discrcetly enforced without becoming
more dad letter to accommodate
the caprice, or interest or rcouvenieuco
Of those who, for any cause or under
any pretence, would either directly or
indirectly disregard them. Aud also
thata reputation acquired by winking
at or evadiug their just AID salutary
provisions or in anywiso oompromis-
ing wrong, was like unclcao game,
not worth the bSgging. These re-
heetions are fully justified by tho ex-
citing case against Goodyear for man.
slaughter the bitter controversy be-
tween Tillin aud Fort Ball the com.
ic strife between Smith and Hedges
aud the effort to indict the lawyers
for playing with cards at a tavern,
and their dcxterity in oluding tho
vigilance Of the sheriff aud some
others which have been already re-
lated with all that particularly
the nature of the ofenso aud the po-
sition of the offenders would seem to
require. Another case for 'stabbiug
with intent to kill" against Peter
Pork, Seneca Indian, may be wor-
thy Of a passing notice, because i'm
portant in itself and singularly i'm
pressivo from the peculiar oircum.
stances attending it; the attitude of
the criminal and the tragical end of
the principal trausgressor, Viewed in
the light Of rational accountable
ty, the result vindicates the existence
of just, compensatory law of Prov.
idenoe that governs all men, unappre.
ciated perhaps because overshadowed
or perverted by human depravity,
aud yet presiding over all their de-
liberations aud controlling their des.
tiny with sleepless energy aud unor.
ring precision.
The crime referred to was commit
ted on the Sabbath, October 4th,
1929, by the stabbing Of Benajah
Parker at his own house at Fort SEN
eca, which resulted in his death about
one year thereafter. He had sold
liquor during the forenoon to several
Indians, who drank it there in his
presence and one Of them Peter
Pork, becoming noisy from excessive
indulgence, was ordered by Parker
to leave the house and depart. A
wordy alteration ensued, and was
continued between them, with now
aud then some incidental abatement
for half an hour or more, when Peter
Pork reluctantly yielded, exclaiming
aud reiterating, "you have got my
money, and would now turn me out
Of doors" This was uttered in
broken English, but by the idling
by.standers was distinctly UNDER
stood. Parkar followed him with ap-
probrious epithets, across the front
yard to the gate or bars opening into
the highway when Peter Pork, always
civil aud inoffensive when sober, be-
coming exasperated, turned suddenly
aud gave him mortal thrust with
his long knife, which went deep into
his stomach, leaving a CHASTITY, gap
ing, ugly wound for the inevitable
escapemsnt Of all nutriment il might
receive. Tho muscular ooais would
not heal; aud Parker, educated
among Christian people, under the
influence OF religious and moral in
struction aud robed in the mantle of
civilization, became by his wicked
ness aud indiscrstion the self.immo-
lated victim of his own temerity. The
earthly destiny Of this pennywise So
duoeT Of an ignorant child Of the
forest, for his perddy 10 society and
the domestic relations on the Sab
bath, at his own house and in presence
Of his interesting family, was sealed
forever. Tossed slseplessly on his
dowDy bed Of WOO, with the world
dArkening before him, he could not
hope to recover, nor long survivsi
nor Indeed could he die until he bad
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