, 1873-08-28

moro youths, and tho douonHcu waB dedcrlbcu M
hn cgtlmable young man. Eatin,ab!e young mon
sa1oonR aro liable to loao thoir tompor and got
ahot like anybody elRe. In thta case tho niimer-
QUA company prosont Rot 'into ao'no Kind q .
wordy row, md Mr. eating, having revolver
for want Of tlBo. quito naturally drew 1t forth
mud flonriallol It shout TlIcro was good deal
Of confusion when tho trif1o Of ioad ca1nc alng-
ing through tie air and lodgcd in what Aoon bo.
satisfied but tl.at tho shot was accidental, and
that doubt addod to the asaassin's extrenao
youth induced thom to cntor verdict Of i'm
rrisonmont for lifo. Tho youugator still o1late,
Joseph Erssgovitoh killed Tat hlcdinnoes
with n punp-1lautllo. 1hoy wero RhipmatoH.
Tho cnao was SC. frequently reported, and 30
constantly the people, by reason Of endlosa
to explain how thu Jury found tho murder not
worso tllan mansaughtor worth only three yeara
in the. ponitontiary. Joseph Says he Is sorry,
md whom he gotta out ho won't do It any moro.
oaped hanging is known only to tho jury. Ho is
tho Dlue Island savage who poured scalalng
coffoo down hls wifo's throat and oyer hor por-
son, because bis hroakfast wasn't roaay whom no
cau1o homo. TO tho ordinary mind tho reason
appears inanfllclcnt: Perhaps tho Jury took the
view that tho wrotch Ind provooation; nt all
ovonts the torn was axod at Bixtoen yoars In tho
pouilentiary, where ho now getB bronkfast with
luu9FlhtlQH TCBQlAIatY nuu uNIAlt1B pltlpE4Ality.
Horny Williams, q oolorod cltlzen, got into .
row with compatriot, Charles drayson, right
after tho fro, about white harlot, Attic 0lhrk.
It WAS miaorable story Of tho lowest vico, and
ia host ,1nhtirrod., Tho murderer hns eighteen
counting from next October.
John nudt killed Barnard Becker BY, throwing
him;into o ditch, and thon aaHning, bis brains
out with beer-keg. Tho partiea Ind boon fight
ing, aud Rndt proved tho bet.er man. X con-
ditions had boon reveraod It would havo
bcen nudt who departed In hurry for tho
happy wintor cartons OF tho horeaiter. The
jury troubled very little about 1t, md Rudt was
packed OF to tho ponitontiary for year, whcro
ho now is roouporaeng, and rafting bis muscles
for many glorious fToo fight in tho future.
Tho last oase on this terrible list is 4 very sad
ono, John T. King. n ,plasteror,, English By
who possessed tho esteem Of all who knew him.
It wns rarc thing for King to
tako all excessive quantity Of liquor. Young
Ca,npion. his apprentico, and King, #ero gront
eoy
to drink moro than they wero accustomed to.
and consequently bocame atupilly noisy and
domonatrative. King pointed, rcyolvor at bis
friend, rs everyone agrees, without any cyl II
aud almost following Ills words, whilst ha wns
still laughing, tho bullet spod, and Campion rc-
coved hia death-wound. Tho jury took the
view that the wrotched man could not DO justly
punished for moro than criminal carelessness,
and mercifully aontanoed him to only one year
in tho Penitentiary. His time is now ont, and
ho goes forth . changed and better man, dotor-
mined to lot whisky aud rovolvors alone. Every
during this man's trial; tho host Of friends who
teatfled to his excellent character, and tho trust
and confidence that oxiated betwoen the dead
man and bis unfortunate destroyer; mud tho
hoard tho tails Of thoso last few fatal minutes.
King goes forth with tho kind wihhea Of hundreds