Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-17
n,rn OF A BROKEN HEART.
,,,o Sacramento Record.

rI.,,, the SacTa'lltfto h'Soiu'I
.,r J,vs before the execution of
s,rtnnate ms Ike Weaver, some who
,n"wn him during his residence
nm,,n.nn;o, and who believed that
ia w.s one in which the ENcc'l-
"lcmencv might be justly extend
.,iiad mon us, and related what
= knew of the condemned man $
rac,cr. dwclt upon the fact that ms
rm and aged parents lived III e
"hho,hood, and that upon their
FL The shock of his fate must fall
~ crmsb,nr force. and requested us
.noak word in behalf of mercy.
did so. representing the fscts as
had been laid before us, and eN-
.s;ng the opinion that the public
mid sustain the Cover should ne
fl to commute the sentence. The
noa, was fruitless, however; the
nr,r with new-found resolution.
.inod to exercise his prcrogative;
tho doom of the law was conSum-
ted When the deed was done the
,st distressing task of all remained
hs sc.omplished. The intelligence
hcr sons shameful death had to he
mmunicatcd to his mother, She
$ old and feeble, but her maternal
Sart still glowed. unqucnchable. tie
nthsr's love. They dared not tell
that her dear boy. the apple of her
!e the pride and comfort of her de-
,;nr wears. whose baby fingers still
hnr aisout her breast as palpably as
len he Law smiling in her arm. was
ad. strangled cruelty to death in his
{ime of manhood. and consigned to Il
Ions grave. To her he was innocent,
what mothers heart can conceive
the guilt of her offspring? And
hen even those who We're not bound
him by any ties of kindred doubted
Guilt, how should his own
nler accuse him? So they re-
lined from the dreadful diSclos-
e, and endeavorcd to conceal from
r the sadness which II conscious
IS of the ghastlv secret impaired to
Ren>elve>. But a time came when
bnrcalment celSed to be pO sible.
hrhap> she ere,a The secret in the faces
/ her friends. FIR love is quick and
Ben, an when Spurned by anprehcn-
on can iercc through all DISCUSSES.
|erhap> they mi>calculated her
tren-th. and tEought she could bear
LIE. it suffice that Il day came when
be knew the worst, and that when
be realized il she dropped, and sunk
Iav, and died of Il broken heart.
|here az" some sorrowS 81 sacred,
pune aflli ito Is so awful. that the
Rnd >hr nks from Withdrawing the
iend'y vail Of darkncsS from about
Rem, and it seems best to sof " re-
ANe trcm scenes where human aid
y human sympathy ale alike imro-
kn.
Bnt there are duties which require
fli-ahnegation, and which demand Il
ernncS> alien to the sentiments which
evoked by such awful occurrences.
nd We are called from the spectacle of
Us heari-broken mothcrto invoke the
FerH'lons of all humane men and
nmen upon the cold brutality that
lied her. The death of this mother
fS' henretorlh and forever, at the
reShold of Newton Booth. He was
P' called III on to stretch his pre-
PSa'lve to save her son from the gal
Pw,S. He had eNhipitcd Il maudlin
Piderne>s previously for the vilcst of
laS>ln>. He in erfried between the
w ana the vlllainous murderer Dono-
etn' III Whose case nc single cNtcnu-
Ii'iS circumstance could be found.
u When he might have extended the
F'r"'iFeclcr ency with justice: when
y eNlchuatlng facts were manifold
~ obvious; when it MAS represents
10 INN that the life of the con-
I.''t,i man in all human probability
vowed the life of one or both his pa
F.nS ",1-he turned away and coldly re-
.,e' TO interfere. And so this un-
rrrs Woman'> heart vas broken be-
"% Governor Booth had betrayed
H. "uN ,,. III reprieving Donovan. and
H. mercy to himself" retraincd from
XII Etrra"rihg IN another and an entirely
uith, I,;, ease. May God pity her, and