Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-03-31

ed the knife from the wound, but did
not drive il there. In conclusion,
let me ask you, is this your decis-
ioni VIII you not let the word Of
an honest man, one who hitherto,
as far as l am capable Of judging.
has been above suspicion of any
unmanly act, have some weight in
your decision Judge, I am, be-
fore God, as innocent Of the crime
charged against me as you are. Is
this your final decision!"
"Max Harold, the evidence pro-
duced is so strong against you, that
the jury have found you guilty; it
only remains, therefore, for me to
pass the sentence fixed by the jury
upon you, which is, as you have
already heard, that you be taken
from this court to prison, where
you are to he confined for term
Of twenty years"
Mrs. Harold, who had been an
anxious listener TO all the proceed
ings, at the conclusion of the judges
remarks burst out into hysterical,
idiotic, laughing scream, which at
tracted the attention of all prcs.
ent. Max looked at her but a Sec
ond, when the terrible truth burst
upon him. Jumping to his feet, he
cried:
"Oh, my Eva, they have driven
you madl o, merciful Godi My
Eva-my wifep
Then, in calm and stern voice,
he said:
Snake, my boy, come here"
The little fellow sprang to his
fathers side in an instant.
"Maxie, do you see the dessola.
tion these men (pointing to tho
judge and jury) have wrought -
Do you see the lunatic they havB
made of your motherl Now Max.
my boy, listen to me listen, and
do not lose word I say. These
men will take me from you to-day,
and shut me up-do you hear p
shut me up for twenty long years.
God only knows what will become
of you; but bark you; on my
bended knees l swear, if l live ont
my term of Imprisonment, and these
men still live, l swear l will take
the lives Of every one Of them. I
once was a happy, and, hoped, .
Christian man, but in this action Of
these men the light of my life has
been blown out, and I am now q
demon !"
BY this time the Judge was trem-
bling with excitement, and ordered
the officers to remove the prisoner
from the court. AT their approach,
twenty pistols were dawn and levels
ed at their heads by as many spec.
tators, one of whom cried out:
"Hands off! The first one who
touches him dies!'
OF course he was permitted to
proceed. The Judge was fairly
boiling with rage, but could do
nothing. Harold continued:
"Now, Max, if should not live
out my term in prison, l command
You to avenge your father-to full
fll the oath have sworn. Do you
understand me, Max, and will you
do it 7"
Trcmblingly the little fellow re.
piled;
ayes, papa, if I live to he man,
and you don't come back to us In
the twenty years, | will kill every
one of those men" ta
"That's it, that's it," orq
Then turning to the Judge, Hatz
old said iaifu
"You come first"
Thinking this but the ravine OF
a crazy man, the judge paid but liz:
tie attention to the threat, bot in
years after 1t rang loudly In his
ears, "you come first, and be could
not drown it. 20
Harold was taken to prison, there
10 remain for twenty years. His
wife, a raving maniac, only lived
two years. When Harold, in his
gloomy prison, heard of her death,
he only steeled his heart more bit-
'erly against the men he hated, and
opened not his mouth. This was
ais chief characteristic during his
He never spoke. ex-
,ept to answer some question put
o him by the warden of the pris-