The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-08-18

At the outset put over my pledge the
motto: With malice toward none, with
charity for all want to get men INTO
the churches and under the influences of
pastors and other Christian people, and
then | can't do much more for them.
mean Just what say when l tell you that
l am unsectarian in this work. If
man Is disposed to 20 to a Universaist
church, help him 60 there. If he wants
to 90 to the Catholic church, | help him
90 there. There is religion enough IN
any of the churches to save men. be-
Iicyc fully in the Gospel and by the Cos
pei mean: Whatsoever We would that
men should do unto you, do We even so
unto them / mean what Jesus meant
when He said: Ne have heard that it
hath been SAID: Thou shalt love thy neigh
Dor and hate thine enemy. But | say
unto you, Love your enemies | believe
the world is dying for want of Christian
brotherhood. Those who love most can
forgive most. No man ever needed mercy
more than | did lev years ago, and no
oneWa ever more mcrcifully dealt with.'
Rcpor,cr-Gou referred in your adj
dress on your career to some painful
events in Portland, the nature Of which
you didn't explain.
Mr.. Nlurphy-Yes. Ineyer told about
that affair in public, but l don't mind
giving you the story if it would be of any
interest. In 1869 | was proprietor of
the BRADLEY Hotel, corner of India and
Commercial streets, in Portland, oppo-
site the landing of the St John boats
On the morning Of Sept. a party of
travellers from the boat came up to my
hotel for breakfast. After they had
washed up and gone into breakfast |
found one OF them remained in the office,
and sat with his face in his hands. |
asked him if he wasn't going in to break
fast, and he said he had no money. !
told him to 60 and get breakfast and it
would be all right. He said he didn't
feel well and would like glass of liquor,
and gave it 10 him. saw from his
face that he was recovering from a de-
bauch. He told me his name was Muir
ray, that he was a tailor, pcnnilcss, and
a stranger. l felt sorry for him, and
told him that if he would avoid drink
and get work I'd trust him for a week S
board. He seemed grateful, and soon
got work in Il tailOrS shop Two DAYS
after that, unknown to me, he began to
drink again, and Il few days later, while
drunk, he insulted q lady boarder at sup.
per, and after supper when she was
going 10 her room he insultcd her
again. My clerk rcsuuedher, and Iran up
stairs and took hold Of Murray to get him
downstairs. He resisted some, but | got
him down to a landing eleven steps from
the floor, when he tried to throw me over
the bannistcrs, but failed, and | threw
him over. He didn't seem hurt. and
started to come upstairs again, but [
forced him back, called policeman, and
had him taken to the station-housc. That
night he was very sick. A medical cx
animation showed that there was a
slight fracture of the skull, and in a few
days the poor fellow died was tried
for murder. The case came before Judge
. Goddard. The prosecuting attorney was
W. p. Frye, uoN member Of Congress,
and nc Was assisted by Nathan Webb.
My counsel were George f. Sheplcv.
now [. :. Judge, and Col. Bradbury.
Was convicted of manslaugnlcr. In the
first place there was great rivalry be
tween Frye and ShcpIcy. and FRYE would
do anything to beat ShcpIcy In the
second place, people believed that Murray
cot liquor at my place, and they were
lan&hCal enough to feel that IL LIQUOR