Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-09-26
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IsrPRIsONED. BUT IHNoCENT.

A late Indiana paper narrates the
following: @ @
A number of years ago there resided
in one of the upper counties of Indiana
q respectable and wealthy family by
the name of holding, consisting of a
father, two sons, and a daughter, the
Youngest of whom was Frederick, q
mere lad of about Is years of age, and
the hero of this "round. unvarnished
tale" So far as mere observation went,
the family dwelt in union and harmony
together until, at least the death OF the
father. Hardly, however, had this event
occurred, and long before the grass had
grown green upon the sod that covered
his remains, the fell spirit OF avarlce
took possession of older relatives of the
lad, to whom considerable portion OF
his fathers wealth had fallen, and they
at once began to cast about them as to
the surest method of possessing them
selves of his inheritance Too coward
" to deprive him of his young life, they
finally hit upon plot to deprive him OF
that which was dearer to him-his hon
or and his liberty. A willing tool and
active abettor in their scheme was found
in the person of neighboring farmers
daughter whom the "slings and arrows
of outrageous fortune" had rendered tit
for any deed that would enable her TO
clothe herself in finer apparel and win
the envious chances of her humble com
panions. In due time their well-laid
scheme eliminated, aud the community
in which they lived were one day start
led by the report that yong Frederick
holding had been guilty of an atroclons
crime, u crime that none good or pure
can ever hear mentioned without a
Sunderland that another woman had
been added to the long list of the ruined
Many there were who openly doubted
the guilt of the boy. but circumstantial
evidence and the testimony of his sup
posed victim silenced the doubters, and
Fredeick holding, with not friend i'll
the world, and prosecuted by thnse who
should have defended and protected
him, was sentenced 10 the Jacksonville
Penitentiary for the term Of thirteen
years. Here, immured in gloomy pris-
on walls, his boyish dreams of useful
and honorable manhood were all turned
into knocking fancies, and his boyish
heart weighed down with u shame and
sorrow that many stoutcr one would
have quaiied before. For nine long
and seemingly interminable years he
ate of the coarse food. slept in the mar
row and carefully locked cell, and per
formed the mental duties of convict
but at the expiration of the ninth year
the kind-hearted warden, having detect
cd much to interest aud admire in him
procured, through the instrumentality
of the Sheriff and citizens Of his county
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. and on Apr
8. 1867. the prison doors were thrown
open to this soul so much more sinhec
against than SHINING and the thrice
blessed boon OF liberty again vouchsafec
him.
But nine years of wrong had changed
the shrinking, weeping boy, into the full
grown. resolute man, and it will be- pecu
liarly gratifying to every lover Of just
ice tn learn that he has since exposed
the diabolical plot in all its hideousncss
and has been the means of securing
just punishment of those who so cruel
ly wronged him.
TELLS THE TRuTH.-Donn Piatt. n lead