The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-06-12
RIMS poINGS.

Read the folio sing list OF suicides, OF
.urders ETC., the direct result OF ~, y"
re whisky traffic, for the month OF an
Eay. We have not taken any spe- xr
isl, pains to gather up facts but clip so
ed such as we saw in glancing over
ur exchanges. Aud remember =
hat much of the meaDest of rune a.
LONGS never come to the light We Y
ave taken no account of the "Piain a.
/. inks" for which men are arrested, -
and fined. There is nota n
Law in our larger cities but poor, q
unfortunate men are robbed by the x
which license men y
10 sell whisky. 1t amounts 10 rob- .
berry for a government 10 license a
business which i. sure to produce :
and then fine poor
fool for patronizing the law pro-
tected tempter. But we shall not ,
morAlize. We ask you to look at
this black list of crimes, the direct
result of whisky selling and drink
ing for one month, and draw your
own conclusions. We did intend
to print the slips a. we clipped
them, but fad that it would take up
too much space. Sc you will have
only the facts.
SUICIDES.
Ex-Congressman Bovine, man
of talent, and once of honor, gave
| way to gin and put an end to his
ufe last month by driHking lauda-
nun. whisky drove him to ruin,
then TO madness, then to hell. John
i Southern OF Cleveland, Ohio, while
| in q state o: drunkenness, took q
razor, severed the artery In his
arm and bled to death. John E.
I Walker. of Grand Haven, Mieh.'
hlew IFS brains out with double
barrelIed shot CUR, because he could
NOT q nit The use of whisky. He
left . widow with four helpless
, children.
MURDER, ETC.
, Jacob Faith stabbed Charles Pabst
three times in saloon, in St. Louis.
They were brewers. Four men,
Texas traders, got drunk In the In
dian Territory, quarreIed about lhe
ownership of the horses and wag-
!. ons used con-jointly bV them
e one man was killed outright, two
0 others MORALLY wounded, and the
u fourth was badly hurt. AT late
II hour one night, J. w. Howard, g
saloon keeper in St. Louis, shot two
i balls into the abdomen % Charles
ic Boyle, q former bar-EeePeF. Al
C Anorama, Iowa, j. aGana and J. II
f. Eberhart got drunk at saloon, and
fought with knives and clubs
.e Hanpa was beaten almost, ii no
Is quite to death. Lumber Jim," s
(, lawless renegade Of Chicago, haf
his teeth knocked dowa his throa
q, by 6 blow from brick bat, hurled
3 at hin by sn iaebristea companion
a, A row occurred at the "pPe4tY wait
er girl saloon" in Chicago, onI
"A night, and several parties were bad
20 ~ hurt. Thomas Walker got drunl
= and lost $50 in a Canal street dive
a Chicago. Charles Johannes was ar
rested, and sept to the Bridewell
Chicago, in a ST of 6slirium trem
ems. a drunken losfer Of Chiccgo
Michael Murphy, knocked dow
"a his notneP-iprIaY and broke he
n high. She is seventy years old
IT and will probably die. WA. Ger
ir ner, Sim. Mccoy, Sam. Reeder, "
tn Mccoy, Lark MILAN and Gee
he Mccoy, got ON big drunk at Cher
ry Greek, Miss, quarFeled, and hat
4 a real shooting match. Garner wa
e. shot dead: MILAN received thre
lis shots; Wa. Mccoy had his arm
IN broken, aud SIN. Mccoy was slight
RS Iy bruised, Before this QnfoEtInEt
a. hour they hSd been good friends
Deputy Sheriff Parker, Of Lock
lie port, ILL.,, was walking along ia
r. street on Sunday afternoon, whe
y, Patrick McWeeny and three othe
drunken fellows, attacked him
o. McWeeley struck Parker ove.' tn
re head With q botGle Of YhiskeY, whe
g. the latter drew 2 pistol and ehpt tn
40 other through the lower part Of e
abdomen. He died, Henry Run
uer and Fred Hevecamp, Of Cairo
" ILL.,, were paying their addresses {
the same girl. They met one even
- lug while they were both under til
:, inApepee Of liquor, and after it'll
fight, Runner drSE 5 large knit
and stabbed HevecamP to the bear
q killing him instantly. At Belle
10 view, Iron Honnty. No., W. ?. Har
re roll was shot and killed by .'fas
d. young man" named Howard. On
Sunday evening Mike Henness
4 walked into Gayin's saioon, Chey
err enne, Kansas, and struck e colore
pRE named Geo. Bean two heav
tn blows With g billy, infiieting dan
he gerous, if not fa:al YoRnds. Thorn
-e, az Die, of Summerset, Iowa, was a
f. tndisnole one day, somew hat fntez
at ieated. Two miles from that plac
n The next morning his remains wer
I'd found on the railway, literally GE
ts and torn to pieces. 1t is suppose
II that on bis way home, he was over
ly come with whiskey and sank dow
90 to sleep on the railroad track
RS Larrsnce Bryning, poor inebriat'
was found dees al bed at the Senec
e house, Leavenworth. a eoreper'
4. jury decided that he died from sp
oplexy caused by hard drinking
. He had been 3 saloon keeper.
SeI But we have 30 elose, The wan
:" of space forbids the nentioa q
:. others We H2ye on hand. Th
:. above list is enoasa 20 make on
hearts sick. o, rumseller what has
though not done? Let others ad
: vocate thy bloody cause, If the
, can. We have nothing for such
- tra2sc but curses. We do not dis
like the seller, but we hate his bust
ness. Would Cos they could Sc
y and feel the awful responsibility o
8 % such death-producing business
What s fearful account the MAJ
s. win meet at las Eho ''puts the bot
s. tie to his neighbor's Zip ASt Re ms.
/ As drunken"