The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-01-07
. STRANGE STORY.
WHO WAS THE MURDERER
w As SHE GUILTY.?

ulative motives of the fiends misdeeds
approached genius in their way, and il
the excitement OF his trial and execution
all other topics were forgotten. ! shall
not easily forget the singular fever o
the public mind during these few weeks
was myself present at the trial, anC
witnessed the spectacle OF the creates
criminal OF the century being defended
by the first counsel at the bar of Scot
land. A rumor had gone abroad thai
no counsel could I've found to appear
Tor such monster; and as testimony
to the duty of counsel under all circum
stances, the most celebrated advocates
of the day, without fee or reward, de
tended this gang of mar ...,:. :" tho
face OF a torrent Of pubic prejudice
The afternoon OF the day on which
Burke was executed was distinguished
bv a tirstrate college row. The students
at Edinhnrg like lis mob, have, when
aroused, always been a formidable and
dangerous body; and on this occasion
the police having intruded into the
quadrangle to preserve order among the
crowd which hurried TO the dissecting
room, a battle royal had ensued, at,
torJod bv some severe in;uries and pa.
Snitina IN tr;nmnLant and cIorious
datoa, - tho authorities
r." onloLrate This nro,,;tiou. cveut q
supper party assembled that evening in
| a tavern called the Rainbow. The
oha;r ,yas nccnn;ed nv rho hard and 60.
t;r;st II the COLLEGE q fellow Of infinite
los, vbo made his mark on the world
oGarvorI hut who at this fine was
,,o;nI,. ,o,,oI orI toorad low RI. Gov
, na'.; onI i I;,;na n,wor or Ii. bnnnr
Ca''i- anu ''''"e P'": - .,.i' ',v-'
cPPTsl'e , num- 80, ~. S.,; ,,L
.al'' nai Io. ,'a,,,I,.,i "'';n, anI
s' s eAu1' o",,, 10 romom = ha"o nsrar
INV "o" VI will '''' '''''' navy "'>'
N"o , eI. .Tn o,l,o. ,,...,,, ,ra rho g.,
among 'he o'h'l' N''v Nv" WIZ ~
"fe III my stoiE '"T r., "ao " 9'r' ~
ha'iieu 'o'',.''o''e' ',ie ''' u NV
circle "a "!~asreeaD!e SPeT'i,en VI 1"
man wi'ich IS seheraiiV 10 oe iou'iu III
every circle without clther VIII or talent
to make others ieei uncoli'0rtao!e'
Bold ana nnscrupuIous, ana quick 10 see
ana seize on inc weakness oi o'i'eFs' ne
was a .f'1gc!S,t"'' ly,oIister; people
feared to make hlm their iriehd' ana
still more to make HIM their enemy
and so he eXtorted from hate What he
never would have obtained from love,
and was ADMITTED 10 the most S'lec'
coterle OF the University.
The "therwaS Staiwart, handsome
young lrIshman, VINO had done m'shty
execution IN 'he melee ol inc uaE car,
ing o"t h'''c' al''r me '''nP'ra'ne"' CT
ms nation a'o"' 'hc i'lcr''No, tne 'p'''
met, hnt hi't'"@ r'Sht ana ie'' as HIS
leader told MN; ne "a'. an open
proved SPah'Sn-oo"lhT son o' Erin
hall ro!lrk!ng, mali SAD III expression
VINO wa: winning up ahapPy "ay WIN
h"PPH h'sn', ne c 't,u N.a " h Il. =" ."'
n,o'.',' al" q p ,"',o )" o 'Te 49,
NE '''"' T"o 0".'' q 'ne' i. ' .,'a -
VINO ilau "'eI' ouI /" Meeh vi ,Mo ~ ~
hu!nouiS. II. Was WAS 'I J i gu O.
eh'lrt S':a"S.I =" 'ne o,,,'.r r al. %n' a m"u
oeeI i'l''. .S u mar one u 'n' pa y
soieiy OF! 'ne stie"gth Vi MS 'ls',
ne c'alri''an' "I'rI ''a"H s'p '. an,
anetco'. l'so sone ,Ga"' re- HCs ~ p'of','
.he ' ,'aI;o y" nmI koa r., 80 pa;Ea
my my, p','nD::' I"' iS a.. ,a,n.
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o""9A'o'S pa'''e nav CIV" '.' IVY
10 'he Pon'GeI ~ -. ~ III, i''S' l"'' -
'he toast ne saIu, II was Supe!lI''o"I
p.conaS'h; LOT t'e Po1ce were III. III stci
CONFUSION aiIeaIs 'Iia' "oti'',s me CUT
pa,.E c2 p;; ur' I'm. 'o"H "on - -. 90
70 .ne ns,,'', 'ne , ?.I'e" m; porn1o
III tne soas' WAS su.''" IT, Ia LIZ, ~" "m t,
I I'",e va" In.,;on Co.. h. sow I'm IN tho,
os.o" ~ W it, ~, onJ mojoncboI,
s'".e y" ~ .Lo o,,n;na,am,' sCr ~
eP'so"I III me- '''e va" ''''''' = IVA ~
hearu MN on -. 49,, ,...,.l,
announcer so'.'''! "H! "'''''''''''.'
eP,So"e' s''eI ~ .i IoonI ,; .nor,
'suel 'ne'e I u '..,,. ,.'. ~
anu rom It's .a,or "HG ,T IaI;,u 'n'
occuPa.ion WAS sot "ani' sIan, ,h" Ra;T;,
na. o tiUes aw So as he did 70 sbam'
sou 1 -, .o Ion IL i osIeer oval,
a am he t;me Bad dreams 70 lin
" '" 10 w. honono~
Will TL az VIZ ;no ,horo,n roso 70 rro,ose
~. w w. aorI"a :, ,bo pr;n,.;no
ccnirait' es ne 49, NV, =. ~ Io,d pnorpI
VI Wv. .he o; "e ond ne he lid in tha styl,
y. ,m ;,h ;ha occant ot q worry celebratef
anu c wiz Wv - 49, 7, wos ,roo,
pt n;,;ss;a. VI and II worjs that bnynct
pn, ,1I boro ,r;,borsa and c,lcined a civil
Coulu .;. na. ,ha nnLannv Provost mnst
,uhe''onar., , ' H,m u" h;s P;rorb,;Ug II,
nave ceaseu l,1'' 81 '' nr mU t6at ",
mus Soncluae u s,u;n Op bowi 70 oro
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