, 1873-12-12

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hour after hour autl at last Doottschor wns
obliret to lcayc tho house. Az Ito stood upon :,
tlo porch, bidding hin flior1s goodbye. Cronon-
bold canc in eght, riatol in hand, at Doetac'ior.
being unnrnAota, fcd. Tie son started III pur- :
suit, md was Mt first rostruiucd by hlB mother
md sister, wl.o1n ho Aoon, however. shook OF.
loettsclcr r,,, acrosa tho atroet. around fcucod
lnciostiYe OF. tho corner, aud finally into i'of-
ist's gart1on. AB t,o WIS climbing Tho cato,
Utononboltl. who had oyoftakcn hni, Tired and
missed him. Tho hunted mnn kept Oil, but
tnnlly could go no further, aud this gallant
gcou OF Southern cliyalry thoroupon ilrod four
ti,ncs Ut him aud killed him. Satisfied with Ills
work. l,o roturnod homo to boast Of It oxultantly
hoforo tho half-orazcd Histor, leaving hor III
condition Which will result oithorin tile oss Of her
roaBou or lor life. AB lo considered that ho
Ind committed no czime ho did not attempt
to evalo the police, md since htB Incarceration
llas manifested no rogrot for tho aesaBainntlon,
but. on tho other hand has justified bimsele 10
kill poor doyil Of u coucln,ar, who would pro-
s,.mo to marry into lis famlls, was no oflonao III
htn eyeB, aud consequently ho has been worry |
oblritR to tho reporters Of tho proas, not only
giving them Lis clllvaIrous viowB upon tho mai
ter and explaining to tholn tue systemattc WY
in which he removed this disagrceablo poraoli,
but also kindly furnishing thcn with diagrams
of tho ppot where ,e did tue shooting, no that
tho public might be informed of tdo o1act de-
taiIs Of Ills bloody dny's work, aud more thor
| ourh1y appYee!ate hs chiyalry.
| Tho on,y plea which ho laa odorod n 1ustlh-
cntion Of his snurlcsous work Ia thnt boottscher
| had seauccd lis sister, upon tLis point there
Ia as yet no evidence hut, assuming that auch
was tlas fact, it Furnishes no cxctse, but OIL tho
o.hes AanI lnaguiaas hs crime. II boottbchef
Ind soa,,cod his sistez, ho stood roady to nuke
the u,lly roparatiou which lay III Lis power, aud
Il WIS tho only remedy for tho disgrace to the
family aud tho lfa-laas blight npoa tho sisters
20 .ututiou, Which must Otherwise inevitably
cusue, Tue mother aud sister accepted this ar-
raugoment NJ satisfactory, aud tho wedding eere-
moay which Waa to snyo the honor ol tho latter
had olroady commenced, whom 1t WIS interrupt
cd, as we have said, by tho assault upou the part
Ut tho auitor whom her brother favor
cd, Tho subsequent cowarlly asBass-
nation, assuming tlat tho charge Of seduction
was true, put it foreyor out Of tho power OF tho
sistcr to clcar her reputation Of tlo taint. Thit
po;nt, lowever, must set bo sottled. It no"
rosts upon tho haY-Ho Of Caonenbold, VINO Il
1i1nsolf solucer, it is stated, and did not con
y.ler it heueath fa,nily pride to compromise
Bcryant-gill aud tLen leo to Europe to avoid th'
L I i, fFnok tk,a+ II. -
falslty Of tue chargo which 10 makee, but
u yltjatea Lis plea for confederation, aud show
, tint, of the two meu, Doettscher was tho NOR
!" honorable. ue reMainod, and was willing t
Il make ,o,,aration. The othor lied to avoid til
consequences.
o Another fact to be considered in this dreadfr
% business is, that thls assassination, Like man
j. ano.lor Ia ony part and parccl Of tlat co"ardll
brutal, and bloody system which was once gone'
u ally recognized aud admired In tho South
10 ehiyu|ry. aud winch mnuifeBt8 itself usually
It bold assaultB upon an unar1nad victim, and SOM
tmoB riBes to tho dignity OF the duel. 1t ia chi
D. airy Which hunts aud waylays an olfon
J. ipc person. md kills him when he III
u, no opportunity to dcfond himself.
is chiyalry which shoots tnaiBcriminato
u in o throngod Courthouse, aa at Harrodsbllr
g. Ky., the othor day. It Ii cbiyalry which tak
D. tue law into is own hnndB, for real or imagina
n afrronts and, when one scion Of olivalry NEE
IT, another upon tho duoling- ground, and the Gu
D. ryiug out Of the code would involve tho death
he one or the other, chiyalry usually 30 arrangea
OF that all dangerous cousequonccsa arc avoided III
upo1oeetical manner. ItiBabout time for tholaw
'cy stop in md regulate this chivary little by e
Ifo lug It taeto Of State Prison or the gallowB.
Ito tho caao Of young Ctonenbo1d is good ono
'nt begin with.