Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-03-06
THE SEN TINEL.
This Murderer.

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.,,,,,,;,, nr,der.rs Win a G.a,Ies. e,rres,-
ness thl' "ust sn"H'e ''e fVe-""u-eaSy Jurois'
and the still more free-and-ensy Judges, who
,or,,i, s,ch red-handed criminals to escnne
!. 1r,,,a,ia &c ,l,o c,.i,n,t,s ~,
J"s'N = Wy - ~
qatrer be followed oy the southern newspapers
in this regard, murder will be made criminal
ana ,oin,s,ars of tho law AvilI he r,rced n re
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Vosu'Ne ""u P''ie''' es''1'.'s . s.''"e
ed by divine law ana punisned win the utmost
severity By human statute Here is how the
E,,,,,;rer wont lo, tho Inst pnrdarnr vbo as
caPeu ''le h""s'n"n 'u'ouen "'eoiluPe ara
bama judge;
s.Our readers will remember that n few DAYS
since we published the testimony ia the case
OF the murder Of Young Davis by one A. b.
Eilaud of Crawford la. The murder was
among the most cowardly and wicked that we
have been called on to chronicle in the bloody
list we have given in The last nine months -
We smoke about this murder. ms we ure wont
10. very candidly. Last evening about sun
sci IA man came To our Office To stop his nnner
This i no. IN uneommon occurrenee ami il
usually happens after we have denounced n
murder. lie stood about five feet four inches
high was nearly iitv wears Of aye and weigh
ed perhaps two hundred pounds; SO the read
or viii SIZE the man was inclined 10 he corpu
lent. He was dressed mainly. but This we
did not notice so mncb rs the STRAIGHT dark
hair mixed with pruv and v.hiskers of The
same hue. His face was hori,l ike thar Of a
man who drank freouepilr and his n,outh
was large. coarse and sensual He wore n
slouched black hat aud ti,,. whole annearance
of the man was that of n Cincinnati foreman
bu:cher ont fora Saturday ni,,ht snree His
riulst hand Ind n dirty white rad, wranned
about il. ana Ibis ne noticed frsi when he
called our name menfioned his own and az
tended The hand with The bnndaye around II
as he told MS he was gointr 10 ston his nauer
We could not refrain from asking rs we heard
the name sEiandp Ara von he man who
murdered Davis nj GRAVEYARD p lie turned
l,ale: bis great Inns tremI,led and became livid
and then he s,ammercd ont q am We ia
vItra himawny from onr nremises aud smoke
very frankly In The b, ndaf-ed hand thai was
cut by The closing of n dirk X Mfr when This
fiend buried in The last How tbe bl,dn in The
body of poor. DIVING Davis he aooin held a
knife-a new one-and fl,nrisbed /, as Il he
would trent us MS he did the husband of The
poor widow at Crawford Tho fnthe, Of ,he
three moor babes who will listen in vain AT
The door of their desolnfe home far the con,ino
of their male cold fnthcr And this man walks
our slreeis nndera bailnf e. non tho estimate
a corrupt Alabama ind,re ,,l,res an y human
beings li.el No wonder God does not smile
on s,Ich 4 Slute his wonder III dnes no,
sink it, and lei another Dead sea wash its
TURNER site
..This man Eiland il Is said went home
last ninht. We donht i, He c,nnevtr more
have lin, conraqe ia tr,,vel3tlo,e alter da,k no
matter what arms he carries The wind vail
ing tl,rouob ia frees would staftle lis sonl
for he would hear the lnsl crv Of The diving
man singing in his ears .BHnk don't kin me
In vain wos,ld he uroe his horse for throuob
The wretched Gte before linn th,,ic ry sleetiny
and waking. viii sound like nm eycr-nresenI
voice. He NAV lie III, his bed afipr get
tinp 10 his home and d,ink lie NOM liauor
Ia. deals II Int & win nor keen ,,,.ay he voice
that ,utst come with the si.thioo of The wind
in the p.bles or the betting Of The rain on the
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