The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-07-22

but ] alone, knew we had separated. I
was the last person known to be with him
and was now arrested on suspicion of
his murder. A search of the premises
was immediaely instituted. The watch
was found in the drawer in which / had
placed it, and was identified as the prop
erty ofthe murdered man. His horse too,
was found in my stable, for the animal |
had Just put there was none other. re-
cognized him myself when | saw him in
the light.
What | said know not. My confusion
was taken as additional evidence. And
when, at length, I did command language
to give an ineligible statement, 1t was
received with. sneers of zincredulity.aa III
The mob spirit is inherent in men, or
in crowds of men. It may not alwas man.
ifest itself in physical violence It some
times contents itself with lynching a
character. But what ever its form, it is
always relentless, pitiless and cruel.
AS the proofs of my guilt, one after an
other, came to light, low mutterings grad
ually grew to a clamor for vengeance;
and but for the 6rmness of one man-the
officer who had me in charge-I would
uouUt1ooo uatC Peslluu Wy POAaiCy u uy
supposed offence on the spot. 5'af IN
It was not sympathy for me that actual
ed my protector. His heart was as hard
as his office but he represented the ma
,jesty OF, the law, and took a sort of grim
pride in the position. mos IN IS d sde.a ae9
AS much under the glance of his eye
as before the muzzle of his pistol, the
cowardly clamorers drew back, Perhaps
they were not sufficiently numerous to
feel the full effects Of that mysterious re
fex influence which makes crowd of
men SO much worse and at times so much
better, than any one of them singly.
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At the end of some months my trial
came. It could have but one result. Cir
cumstances too plainly declared my guilt.
1 alone knew they lied.s aiA II 5goI brA
The absence of the, jury was very brief.
To their verdict I paid but little heed.
1t was a single, hideous word; but had
long anticipated it, and it made no i'm
preston. u2H 3a 9.dae Zal ~ j fTaE
|TlqAs little impression was made by the
words of the judge which followed it;
and his solumn iuYocation that God might
have that mercy on me which man was
too just to vouchsafe, sounded like the
hollowest of hollow mockeries. 81 "3
It may be hard for the condemned Grim
inal to meet death; it is still harder for
him who is innocent. The one, when the
I first shock is oyer, acquesces in his doom,
and gives himself to repentance; the
heart Of the other, filled with rebellion
against mans injustice, can scarce bring
himself to ask pardon of God. & h4.II
i had gradually overcome this feeling,
in spite of theigood clergyman's irrita-
ting efforts, which were mainly directed
towards extracting confession, without
which. he assured me, he had no hope to
offer. 92 ST od5 saa .eIE alis l-e6
Fl On the morning of the day of my exc
custom I felt measurably resigned. l had
SO long stood face to face with death, had
so accustomed myself to look upon it as
merely momentary pang, that no long
| er felt solicitous save that my memory
should some day be vindicated. 90 ~"
+ She for whom / had gone to prepare a
home had already found one in heaven.
The tid1ngs Of my calamity had broken
her heart. She alone Of all the world
believed me innocent; and she had died
with prayer upon her lips, that the
truth might yet be brought to light 9dt
| All this I had heard, and it had sooth-
ed as with sweet incense my troubled
spirit Death however aunwelcoHe the
shape, was now portal beyond which ]
cou1d seelone, angel waiting to receive me
| heard the sound of approaching foot
steps, and nerved myself to meet the ex-
pected summons. THE door of my cell
opened, and the sheriff and his attend
tants entered. He heidi his hand pa
| per. It was doubtless my death warrant
HE began to read it. My thoughts were
busy elsewhere: The words ''full and
free pardon" were the first to strike my
| preoccupied senses. They effected the
Iby-standers more than myself. Yet SO il
was I was pardoned for an offence / had
never committed .4o,'i441- -'s-'
The real; culprit none other, it is need
! less to say, than, he, who had sought and
! abused my hospitality, had been MORALLY
wounded in recent affray in distant
city, but had lived long enough to make
a disclosure, which had been laid before
the Governor barely in time to save me
from shameful DEATH, and condemn nae
to cherries and burdensome life. 9ghg4l
This is my experience. My Judgment
as yours, in the case before us, leads to
but one conclusion, that of the prisoners
guilt; but not less confident and auner
ring was the judgement that falsely, pro
tnounced my own" !, IN 49, So -
! We no longer importpned our fellow
Juror, but patiently awaited our discharge
on the ground of inability toagree, which
Ecame1 at last.sA 9ods edGUof5Ia3 idaff2 ]
/ The prisoner was tried and convicted
at subsequent, term, and at the last mo
ment confessed the crime on the scafold
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