The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-11-09
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For tho lase fifteen or twenty years,
here has lived, about n dozen miles or
a South ssok this city, da fsrmer named
costello, who, in his own community,
hds among those with whom no was
pquaintsd. hes en- geds the reputation
i being an upright honorable and fair
Ealing man. Matters prospered well
"a his farm he was all attention to his
mites. and was considered good hus
and and father But none but himself
new the dreadful secret that might
8aVo cost him days and nights of uneasi-
'ess, s,s., ssis,,, !. ~ 80 I, 40 80
4 Costello was born in Ireland, and
syed there Till manhood. He had settled
Town. md rejoiced in the possession of
nlucky day came, when, in dispute,
which, NE win athope, was caused by
hmper or iiqiior, and not in cold bloody
ae struck the blow which made him a
'katricide.-a brother-murderer, an out
hw, and a fugitive from justice. Escap-
hg the officers of tho law, he fled the
cuntry, embarked on an emigrant ship,
nd came to tAmerica--the refuge, not
My of many who are tired of the des-
3otisms Of the old world, but, alas! Of too
hany who have put themselves under
he ban by their crimes. After many
ears of rambling through this country,
|e came to Dubuque, where, by industry
md economy, he succeeded in securing
good farm. How he suffered during
III this time, none oan tell. His early
lie in Ireland showed him, ut least, not
% have been D hardened criminal; and,
! that were SO, we cannot but expect
ihat his conscience troubled him sorely.
But, as the years went by, and seeing
bis crime only with self-palliating eyes,
he feeling probably wore away.
Meantime, his wife and children still
|emained in the, old country, entirely
'gnorant Of his Whereabouts. He could
bot write to have them come out to Amer
Ca, for that would only lead to his dis
toyery, and bring him surely to the gal
pws. Besides, it is but natural to sup
bose that his wife, knowing his terrible
rhine of numbering his brother, would
hardly be willing to share her life with
bis; nor could the children, who may be
|lready knowing their fathers ignominy,
)r who would some day,, sooner or later.
pe cognizant Of it, be expected to pay
him the respect father should receive.
30, probably taking the matter into con-
|ideration. and looking into his actions
Rith o selfish and self1excusing eye, he
ldds another, and, under tho circum.
|tancess more heinousa crime of bigamy
70 that OF fratrioide, by taking wife.
md, unhappily, has brought others into
;he world to share his shame.
But this terrible secret has at last crept
out. Last week his nephew, the son of
he murdered brother, arrived here. and
after securing the proper, legal papers,
proceeded to the farm of Costello, and
,ad him arrested for the murder COM
1litted thirty years, ago. He is now on
The way back to Ireland to be tried, and,
t no circumstances can be adduced to
Justify the fratricide, to suffer for it to
.he full extent. We can but hope that
N the commission of the deed he was
not actuated by any hope of pecuniary
gain or the like, and that, whatever be
'he legal decision in the matter, that of
,he great tribunal, whose Judge can
lightly interpret all our actions, will be
more lenient. - '"t
The blow must have been a most fear
'ul one to his wife and children in this
country, equal at least to that of the
,ther sorrow-stricken wife and children
n the old country, and the sympathy of
;he whole community must 90 with
hem, instead of frowning them down
or q matter over which they could have
had no possible control Dubuque Times.
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