The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-05-15

IADIANAroLIs. Ind, May ,, 1874.
WI TO not cease To be- amazed that
Mis-. oicin l. Tree In Our midst; safe /,
sale. IA home, al last. inc general irel-
im- iu Regard 40 tni. statement oI affairs
+ j. me reverse Vf Wniablc; aud trAs. jhe
matter %. aiiOW ing this woman. ucen-,t.
ANA believed 10 ue gully. oi a terrible
unurder. to - lroe without bong ttuls
acquitted BY law, WiIi remain a,tias
monument vi disgrace to Marion Coun-
t,, iOr "a comm. .tar. hc granting OF
ior ipugin trl..i ,cis "A mistake, the Z ..,.i'-
ing OF the tim 4 sun greater mistake.
and the rrlu-sti ui i'.c commissioners To
appropriate money 70 prosecute t.e crlui-
Ia. WAS the greatest inlstikc OF All. il it
be caluu nothing worse. Ihc public
voice has constantly been Tor the prose
cutlVn ol tins case, itnd where 4 4urge
luaJoiiiy of the people were wiling io
pny what extra laA tne prO.ccutiun
Mould nave cost the County oOmIll.-
siOneis Werc uot Juslitab.c in dcciuin-
not 1" appropriate money therefor.
"Ine closing -ccne' b, sand io have
been Vers touching " hcn The decision
wa, read prOnUunung Mrs. cieln free
" oman. iUr once -hc showed some of
the emotions Oi an Ordinary ihOrtai. amt
shed q IC.. tears. sac must have irll a.
never before al ans other triai that her
iiIle nuns on tie Jud. decision. tor
unlike n,I>eli. On former iriil~. she wa,
moi lni~ tiiuc in thr cotir-rpOm. prefer
ring 90 staS ln hcr own room. fiuin
" n,ch however, shc could distinctly he ar
the no, ccding- of the Court. NJ. 4 en-
tOi The Judges DECISION. and before thc
reading wa> finished hc retIred 10 carry
the ncw7 TO Nancy. and There was a
sound heard oi mlngling waters. ac-
compauied Dy >ohs. Wailing>, and oihrr
'dcmon>trtuvn- ct joy. Mrs. ticm az
lioIhc4~ are said tv nave shed "a icS oi
the brinN, but Major Gordon pleads not
gulnN 90 tln- accusation, although he
acknowledges TO feeling cXceedingl,
lIoNIul. h,ch l. natural enough where
the cause iu which an attorney has made
numerous gailant ligit> al last comes
out with Iiying colors.
Numerous prominent and substantial
persons have been interviewed ia re-
gard TO ihe released prison-bird. and
nearly all ihc>r people express tAcim-
-eives a thinking iml Mr.. Clem has no
more rlght TO br At large than The ma or
il. ot inUrlcrrrs. Daring ny one e
u -. t.- prcNiOus trials u wi- inpo.>i-
be 10 rcalilr thgI >ir would ever agtin
waik oar streets 4 free " oman bui nom
" ial slc tuid one oi her numerous quc--
|uuucrs oar distinguished lna. does not
intend to restrict her .ia.r'y in tAe least
from li.~ time on neither does she iii-
4
-u,!l, had errnne .u-tV ~Hppp~,d: on the
iruluraA. -hr g., pert- 40 ~di-lpr her
~rlf upon tie streets ir>. whenever she
icci~ 80 incliw1 Major Gordon la> al
wav.. publicly and privately. expire -ed
himself a. believing his cicut innoren'
OF the uiurdcr of the ounS-. A-king
him the day after fhe acquiltal upon
hat be founded this hclici. he -nid thsi
one OF tile best rca~nu~ for IL WAS the
fact that ine Wi-y~ in the beginning 81
the whole affair We're three weeks ii
making up their minds 10 testify that
Mrs. ticin was tlc woman they met ou
the Cold springs road on the aaN oi tie
murder. ana that they never did clearly
testify a. ihi, until after one thousand
lollars rcw1rd was offered i0r tic cone
lvirtion 80 lhe murdercr~.
! There j. now some t1lk Of bringing
pressure 10 boar upon Governor Hem
dricks 10 get him 10 pardon Abrams. a~
he was only supposed 10 be- an accom-
lpice IN the murder instead of princi-
inal. a kind OF lcn-hand to our modern
4 I.ucrctia. II u thought. and with rca-
son. TINT now The princ.la j. rclc sea tic
l. c nd should ~n 80 free. Abrams. !
learn. hn~ grown FROM a comparatively
Young man into n iarNurn. whiie-haircd.
Iod man ia his >iN wears imprisonment.
while Mrs Glenn has put on forty pound
of adipose. aud Is rosy n Girl. ] can
not forget the pleasant naiveic witt
(which -ho cxcu~cd herself from goiml
to The outer gate with me. when cali
: ed on her nearly two wears ago twh'n
she graccd the home baSiilc > she ap-
lpcareA altogether more like a hosfcs.
doing tho honorS Of her house than q
. lpri isomcr condemned TO life imprison.
mcnt. and her actions from first to las
have been in accordance with the free
and easy manner of that day. But poor
: A bram-' memories Of bloody victim.
seem not TO sii so wen upon his menta
stomach. and he j. scarcely more than
breathing ghost. Some months ago hi
only child died. wondering and wonder
2 ing why papa did not come, aud Mrs
0 Abrams. unable TO recover from he
Q husbands disgrace aud her child's death
iilives. hrokcn-hearted. in the midst o
/. poverty. for no better reason than bc
I cause the e'scd boon Of dying is dcnic'