The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-06-05
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BOJs win Loaded Pistols

The entire hAud.ls-~ ,f having "a
.3a'-.! pistol Iu Your pocket was t,--I~-
trate'i again last ~uucay morning. In
Brooklyu, ry "a young gentleman rf
twenty, who -GoJ auu Instantly k,.I-,f
III mother. The youu4 man intend
-'i @ -Iii some one else, tO-wit. a I,--~-
son - about the same age. who Wa
intoxicated ami a.S1 armed with the
always mandy revolver. Two Young
men OF the mature az Of twenty, one.
ui them intoxicated and uIarrrlS1m-.
both armed with revplv-T- which
lu-E uAi drawn upon each 0iuer with
MuFIer1u~ lutrutluu-, the mother of
ole of them while attempting u sep
ardtr the com bataut- shot dead hy the.
pistol u. her own sDn-picture atOnce.
graphic tHI gua-tly, Of a condition o..
society iE wAic! yOuthf,J. prrcJcitv l.
- rapidly developed iu the direction
OF brutality and sensual Indulgence.
that the Ueard.e>- boy lays aside his
top for revolver and j. graduated
from the playground 10 the grnggerv
and brothel. IT, such a manly thing
To carry a revolver il adds - much
10 ones personal dignity. reputation
Tor courage, and 10 ones pride of be-
havIur and seuSe Of >elf-re-pe,.t
D3uotleSS this young man L9d-rirk.
twenty Years old, thought when he
dressed himself on SUNDAY morning
and completed his personal adoTu-
mont with tin loaded revolver that
ne was much more man with that
than if ne went unarmed: that that
intangible ana incOmprehensible
timing ne called his personal homer
was safer from the possible disgrace. OF
an insult; that he WAS better entitled
10 BE- looked up To and respected by
his feilow-men while he had in his /
breaSt-pOcket so sure "A means of
avenSiHg discburtesy or slight. And
the other bud ling murderer No doubt :
plumed himself ON his man
!;nesS ~ he armed himself for his .
sundays recreation, rum and riot
Not TO have pistol was, in the con-
sideration Of both of these Young
men, evidence OF the ,.alIuw less aud .
ineXPerience of youth. BY thi- token .
they were men.
- when they met, the days dissipa-
tIun had prepared young COTcuran for .
any exhibition Of brutality, and both
mad fixed themselves deliberately for
the taking of life. 4 few moment .
violent alteration, an assault b. the
drunken young fellow COrcurdn, both
draw their pistols, and RYderick's
mother, endeavOring to separate them
is killed. BY 3cciGdHt, of course. that
l., It was All ,,rciIviIt ~ to the person
killed, hUt unt - t. the killing. II
these two U-.y~ hal ANY purpose IN
arming themselves with loaded re-
volvers, As they did deliberately on
Sunday morning, IT was To take life
som sbidv'~ life. Possibly they delud-
IL Themselves with the idea that 10
would lee in self-GefenSc: but that the
intent was u kill somebody under
some cIrcuu. -tturr j. plain enough
Indeed, il may H. we'll be taken for
granted that when u man or boy arms
himself with loaded pistol To % out
into crowded streets, where the only
game Is human, he means murder.
This boy meant to kill somebody, and
hc killed his mother OF course he
feels badly about it. He would have
felt ha,ily, though not perhaps as bad
ly, ii he had shot and 6illei some one
else.
II was the logic Of events that he
should feel badly. Il follows the Kill
ling Just as naturally as the killin"
followed the loading of the pistol.
There's up need Of saying, and there's
~ Srn-.- in whining, that this young
man hears . good reputation, and that
lac is overwhelmed with grief IecauSe
he killed his mother. Let us stop all
this business Of personal and private
sympathy and See whether the whole
society has not some rights in the
matter. Here is a great, staring fact,
not Of accidental killing, but Of DELHI
crate preparation to DO murder. 10 is
not Isolated or sporadic; il illustrates
q fashion the fashion of carrying
deadly weapons, and of using them
upon whatever occasion offers We
hold human life pretty cheap at the
best of this country but il il has
come to that that beardless boys "Of /
good reputati IN" travel our streets ha-
biIUally armed and waiting only prov I
OcatiOH To take life, il il quite time that
we do something besides waste gym
pathy on them when they happen To
Kill the wrong person.