Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30
wHysKEY DrDlT

The following fryn the Cedar Rapids
Repatiiean presents a terrible spectacle 81
the ELECTS of alcohol;
This morning . report was circulated
that the bady If of 4 maa was discovered
near the oatmeal mill. ard a reporter at
once ptrcteued TO ascertain the partica.
lars. The victim was found to be Ches
Ger Mann, a person aHout forty five years
Of age, and will be remembered BY
u citizens as the one who destroyed an
engine and sold parts Of it for old iron
some time sinre. We went to the home
of the unfortunate msn. and there 81 "
him lyirg on the bed. About niHe o'ciack
last night, q party named Wilcox inform
ed tho wife Of Chester Mann that TIC was
lying IN u pile of chat near the os.ineaI
mill drunk, and that he was unable to do
anything with him. The family aud
soine Of the neighbors wen, our aEu
tried IN get him up and into the house,
but Why they did not, we do net kifhn ,taft
learn tina. they were 80 accustomed to his
beiag liz that condition and staying cut
all night, that but little notice was tnkels
Of n. rnd this morning the corpse Was
discovered as above stated. Coroner
Laurence WIS summoled aud an ifquss,
WAS held, the verdict being IN accordance
with tue facts herein stated. We wait
To say a wegd about the aif,ir Ia regard
10 i few conditions. The house in which,
the family llys IL Mt the end OF the G. IL
NV l.silNay bridge. on Adams steeei,
and il about fifteen feet long by fourteen
wide There is hut one room. In the
center Is a miserable old stove. At Que
end Of The room sat his wife aad mother,
beside i hard looking table, upan wiaci,
was a very little food, prepared for the
breakfast. On her lap Sat " small
children. In the came room are two beds.
Upon one Of which Was the body Of the
dead man. Beside the vail was II ladder,
seading intn a small dark hole in garr,t,
the rounds Of which were web werll and
biaSkeHed By the tread of little feet, that
garnet being the place where three oi
them slept They might truly say
I'VE ara seven"
Two are old enough TO i,eip tiiea.seives,
but tho other Eve are quite saiail. II was
= sickening sight which We hoheid at tue
home of TINT drnnkard. He lay upon
the bed, bis body bisated and his face
swollen aid purple, the cHlor beipg tn.
ELECTS Of ~StrJchuine, though lie applica
.ioti VAS indirect : From his mouth ran
the tobacco juice with which bis Face vas
besneared. His clothes were tattsre1
aid torn. There was u great psaee for
meditation. II was there where might
be seen the results Of drink, AID he who
ever gazed on q dead drunkard, must
hxve 9 haid heart to conslnue IN the Use
q intoxicating liquors.. IhN poor moth !
did not seem very sad, excepting at her
poverty. We asked If her husband VA
kind 70 her, and it was the same old
steTy. yes Until be cotanacnced 10 driuk
He did no drink to amount to anything
before the war. He has been very IN
kind e nf kince he dtank.n We learned
that bsth sl1c and The clildrea are great
~ IN need ri cletiifsg, and itm hspet
the people WIN are eharftsbly hcined
will open their pocket books as.d be lib
erai In this case.
There are hundreds aud thousands Of
homes, which, are perfect heiIs on earth,
caused BY that saine curse. strong dridA.
Theirs are cases IN our " city where
wives and children are Mt rhe point Of
aosual starvation. caused by The samc
thing, Who 10 to blame for the death Of
Chester Mann. might not be All imperti
would suy that all Who have cold lioun,r
to him cnutaininc ire ra,,sens when ~
sure ia produce deatI, tl,e sa,c AZ which
ellis their pock ets viii, money and c.,,ses