The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-11-12

OF England was all mercy. pal-
rick himself was an Irisllman, and
all the Irish people 1 have seen arc full
to Overlooking with the milk of human
kindness and an Irishman's mercy to
the oppressed knows no bounds.
Tho great Eustis, for great he was,
had the closing OF the argument, and
he could not think of having come
from New Orleans to Ouachita to pros
ccutc Il murderer, and be worstcd by
back-country lawyer. That must not
be. 1t was struggle Of giants.
1t is true that words are but wind,
but much depends upon the way they
are dovc-tailel together, whether they
are to do good, or harm. If words could
kirkpatrick would have succeeded i'll
making them do so. Since that effort
of forensic strength l have heard moth
ing to equal tho efforts made on both
sides.
The plcadings through, at II O'Clock
on the third day the Judge delivered
an able charge to the jury, part of
which was, that if there was Il doubt
in the minds Of the jury AS to the guilt
of the prisoner, she was entitled to the
hundred guilty persons go clear than
one innocent person should suffer.
We'll, the jury retired, expect each
with an opinion Of sonic sort formed.
Mr.. Brcarl, staid old French gentle
man, had been appointed foreman Of
the jury. In short time, the foreman
put the question thus to the jurors:
"Wcll, fcllow,jurors, I expect you are
all tired enough I know I am. What
is your opinion in this matter: l wish
to know
One replied: Mr.. Brcartl, you are
the foreman, and think VIC are cnti-
tied to your opinion, and I ask it of
YOU"
"And so do T." ;,n, $50 do ~ 9TH
crs said and thus tho request went
round for the forcman's opinion.
Well, gentlemen, 1 must say I can
! do nothing else but find Milly Baker
guilty, as charged in the Indictment"
So, 1 think, all proclaimed to believe
but one. He answered:
Gentlemen, maybe am wrong to
differ from YOU, but I differ from you,
if it is your opinion that Milly Baker
murdered Patsy Dorivan."
Whom, then, do you think did that
act >" asked a juror.
"Gcntlcmen, that is another matter.
1t is not my privilege to say who did it. -
We'll, it was deep in the third day
that We had been attending on this
case. The fourth day came and the
jury stood s to in favor of conviction,
with a strong feeling prevailing against
| the tisscntcrs. We all began to he OK
trcmcly cross.
Finally, on tho si:rth day from the
time the jury was empanncled, VIC
agreed upon verdict of NOT GUILTY
But, still, I doubt not that nineteen
twcnticths of the people of Ouachits
believed that Milly Baker was tho
murderer Of Patsy Donivan. Prepare
yourself, reader, to hear tho truth.
Fully forty years after the murder OF
Mrs. Maddox, this Same negro Joe con
fcsscd, on his dying bed, to one of tho
most trutl,-loving men in the parish o.
Ouachita, that he did the lecd-tlla1
he killed Mrs. Maddox himself!
! Only three Of all that were concerned
in that exciting trouble, whether Judge
lawyer, witness or juror, arc now living.
/ lived to learn the truth. l did be-
licvc that tho negro Joe murdered his
! young mistress, answering that the
dead could tell no tales, and he knew
he had done an act that nothing but tho
sacrifice of his life could atone for
More than forty years did thia-act lie
| dormant in the s;,fc-kceping of the muir
dcrcr's own breast. Just at the approach
| of his own death he confessed to having
done the decd. To whom did he con
t;Ss it Z? To Judge Lewis f.. Lamy.
The Germans went to the polls, anC
in almost every instance, voted the
straight Republican ticket. AS thcil
brave countrymcn in Europe fought Al
Sedan and Hagucnau, so did they mcc
the Democratic hosts in this city with
silent, but effective forcc.-N. O. Re
f,hbIicoN.
Having caught the Republican in II
least two pcrvcrsions of fact, we simply
give the above for what it is WORTH
The Germans may, or may not, have
voted the straight Republican ticket
but if they did, it is no credit whatever