The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1877-11-24
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night assassin, or d'o rcd h'hu"
:, dars-deyii Alesl sa,asls,. y, brslG "l'.i
uyrgm, nm s"e 'aw
10 afford the p'o plr M, projection
How Ious are VT I" Put W wiz
II, col ditior q thirgs III. se' de-
. conviction for mnr'cr Mex Il
impossible, ~ that ma~k'-i' s,ni
. mentality which READERS such !
0oayicilon nuga,ory, BY forthwith
appcatipg against tho sentence o.
death for cxec,l,lvc elemency!
Thcsc are the questions whic'
Ahel.w atiJ,ng .ritizens o. Nisris
sinri ccuuiy have now 10 ace, all
TO . ccrt,in extent decide for them
selg4s, and tis~sc are the point
npon which We 10 day w,sh L. MI
dress our readers, coolly. ca!ml,
aud disl,assionutrly, cIamorins l"
the blood 81 M Que, hut dcman.linl
that The fundamental laws 81 sori
~ b. enforced, md Tint the ma
whe - llytulIy convicted of mu
dcring his fellow man shall pa,
the penalty with HE lie.
Most Of our readers are .:lrcad.,
familiar with the facts in the cas-
OF doc Wilson, who was tried n
,khs e,senit rosvt I've ths murder o
f0Hjs sc'tt, sagys gsiiiy s"i srp
fenced 10 pay the death penalty
but We will recsp,,aIa,e them, CIV
ing thc points az they were eli'ite,
on the trial, and the outlines Of tn,
history OF the criminal Us We hay.
learned them from reliable source
since his trial.
A negro desperate, who wa
appns US ~ II. fugitive from justice
toe having slain man in Illinois
sccs another negro talking TO lis
wife. Waiting lis chance, h.
takcs . double. barrclcd sho, GU
aud wal.s out into the field whore
tins negro is nj work. Hs sees hr
intended victim SURF, unded by h.
frlIuw lsburcrs, male and scmals
aud walks up to the gang. One OF
TIE E.malss 10 a friend Or acquan +.
tancc, and with great GOODNESS ant
j,oiAtencss, he turns to her wit
"Goud evening. Mrs. Washington.
aud turns upon the man who hns
4 committed the mortaa offence ~,
tiking TO his vito. Thro~ing his
g.;.i ~ BIZ sA..g,.dsr. 80 plle,i;nx-a
>ssssd ov two, lie fires into thu
crowd, aiming al his eremy, who,
howe, err. jun ps H. hindu n"ighhr,
and be shoots down Louis Scott, al
o,u, ,no,lcnc,ve aud upright colorcd
citizen. Finding that he has moi
killed the man that he intendcd,w
il, ,hc mcnni,,ve las fed for h',
life, he pu,sucs him, ard Grcs II se' :
ond barrel at hin. Missing him,
he yeturns to where scat is with
ing upor the ground IN mortal
nrony; he cooily and deliberately
asks II he has shot him, aud on bc
ING ,nld that lie has, he says, i
am sorry will so fora do't"'
Tor him." How the murderer Wa
.ay~csted how poor old Louis dicJ
Of his wounds, has already been
told 10 our columns. Wilson ii
his cell, IN Jail, talking 10 curioa'
,noaircrs, or tc his counsel, ar 1,
the court, never made the slightrs
denial that he had coSl'y aud de
Aiberstely detsrm,ned TO commi
murder on that evening. Nay, he
xvowcd il and glorird in ii. Ill
was sorry" he said, "ihat he ha'
killed Louis-Baker WAS the maj
d. was after, but LOUIS got III
doss, aud ii II Was to be done ove'
ne would try it AGAIN Whel
vlsced on trial he Was defended b.
Allie attorneys who did every ihir
in their power TO paIliale his crin.'
The jury before wnom he was 'rlc
was u ipodcl ono, eoMpnsra OF som
pi the very ocst men in Mississippi
county, and amsng then, men %
posed to the death penalty. A
two OF the jurymcn remarked
the writer OF this, they scarche
diligently for some rallisi'ng Gil
cu,nstancc upon which To base
modified verdict, or a recommend;
sioa 10 mercy but in vain. They
- sworn urp. men upon their eo'
sc,ences, could make nothing bu
murder in the .i.t degree. and :
they returned a vcriiA Ia this 81
feel, A motion VAS made for
stsy Of judgment, and WAS ss.snc
by bic attorneys ski'liully and s,i
q ahc ssy,neslnc.> Of men hghtini
or lfs, tu. " no "a nj. The Cour