, 1873-03-14

was to make him sober up and attend to bnef.
ness better than formerly. Being q thornt1ss 1si.
carpenter. be could easily procure steadv s;ta
tion, and cam good wages He coucnctsd 11as- h;s
SELF unusually well for several weeks. aud on ~
strength OF this record besoueht his ex-T,fs rfs
wno snu az, retained q his name, to allow lin to
board With her. She at first refused Int n,os.
h1s promise that he had given up Ill hia SS.d S.d
habits and would continue to behave hin,aa n1t;
decenuy, she consented with the hone th.t ~
money he would give her would contrhnta 10 ~,
| tue support Of the children ~
| Driver had not been an inmate at +ha .--
n1any weeks before he fell into his ali nuese
living. he quit work and took to drinking ~ e.. -
| or than ever, and when under the infrsrna ~ "a
liquor would abuse bis Children and their 1nnthe y.
shamefuuy: 81 Instead Of contributing soma.
became pensionor upon its bounty, aud an r,U Tce
[ thankful one at that- He frequently imno--
| tuned bis former wife for money, but nho -.
compelled to refuse it, for tho reason that H.
scanty earnings Of herself 2nd ber eldest son
were were barely sufficient to keep the family from
outburst OF his rage. during the continuance Of
which he was extremely dangerous. He otten
best her aud the children, and threatened to
shoot them several times unless his washes wera
gratded. This conduct became unbearable NOT
only BY Mrs. Driver, but by persons living in
her immediate vicinity, who we're being contin-
ually annoyed by the drunken fufian. FinaIIy.
Mrs Driver forbade him tho houae, npd at one
time was obliged to call q policeman to take him
away
The night before the murder. he stonpad ..
her house against her wishes. He Was drunk.
nnd raised disturbance before going to bed
She determined never to harbor him beneath her
root again. In the morning when she woke lin
up, ahe told him to leave the house, snd never
to return. He refused to go, and wanted to ret
some money from her with which to buy Thiafv'
She declined to gire it to him. He then delihar.
atelY drew small pistol from the hp-pocket az
his pantaloons and fred at her. The uoor
woman .sas standing within half dozen test d
in the ROOM The ball penetrated her right aide,
and 1caScd near the spinal column. She lived
IN great agony for three days, and by her death
another brutal murder Was consummated
Driver ran array from the house after firing
the fatal shot, and returned in the afternoon
drunk. He Was arrested by policeman In tha
room where his wife lay dying. In answat to
the question, Why did yon shoot your wife !"
he replied, " That ia my business"
At the inquest which Was held On Tuesdsv.
Driver, children Of the murderer and his yict1n4
testified to what they sAw. They all agreed Il
the statement that their mother had treated their
7ather gently and mildly, and that he deserved
no such treatment, for he WAS alrsyg dr1nf.
q1asrelsome, and abusive. The result Of tIe in
Driver to jail
At the January term Of the Criminal Cont OF
this county, his counsel, Mr. John Mason. made
application for change Of venue to Lake Coun-
y. The application was recaiyed and entered
On the records Of the court, and at tha CON-
mencement Of the February term, when Tia
murdercr was ready for trial, it was called a..
About this time, however, an honest jury in Vii
County sentenced the negro Nife-murdeser, Per-
teet, to death, ard an honest jury Of Lake
tFNhfAf RoHa -.
similar manner. The unlooked~for result Of
those two country t11a1s alarmed Drirar:
and, when his case vsa called, be- r..
quested, IN person, that his application 1oz
The Couft accommodated hin, md the triaI nro-
ceeded- His children George Driver, aged II:
Isabella Driver, eged 8; Mary Driver, aged Is:
and William Driver, aged IL, testified ag1usb
him, telling such tales ~ convinced the jprY
that he was deserving OF no c1emency at their
troduced by the defence. This waa On the 10th
Of February On the l1th the case wsa Con-.
timed and the arguments Of counsel heard.
4r: Maeon, tor Driver. pleaded for the Life of hia
ate intention TO I'LL had not been proved against
the prisoner, who had gone with his #i1s and
bought turkey for Thanks sgiviug diuner, and had
sat down and eaten with his family. Driver OBJ
tanned the pistol from his SOD in o1der to defend
himself against robbers, and had no intention Of
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pocket. The state's Attorney replied in briet
and pitby speech, which summed up Ill the aVi-
dance in the case concsely, The jury than
retired, and after about half IN hours delibera.
tiont rendered q verdict Of wi1lful murder, and
fixed the penalty at death by hanging.
: The customary application Tor q new trial VA
made and argued, but the Court orerruled It,
leaning that the man had had Justice done htza.
Judge McAl1ister, Of the Supreme Court, wss
saked for gupersedeaa. The result Of that ap.
i'm inn ia rx,4 +nnx e.
'eaders Of this paper to need any turthar ez-'
,lanAtiou.