The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-07-17

whether he was going to breakfast. He
lifted his head and said, II have got no
means of paying for it,"
babe him go right in and get something
to eat. | saw by his looks that he had been
drinking and stood in need of substantial
meal. There was scar on his face, and he
said to me- i've been having pretty hard
time, and would like to have some hing to
drink more than food" | took him into
the bar and gave him some liquor, after
which he went into the dining room and
partook of breakfast. Upon coming out
he desired an interview with me, when he
told me he was tailor by trade, an utter
stranger in the city, that he had no means,
and asked me if would tust him to n
week board provided he could yet work ;
| said | would do tht; and, more than
that, | interested myself in
his welfare and went out
out and secured Il situation for him. His
name was entered on the registry of the
hotel-Patrick Murray, st. Johns, New
brunswick. On the evening of the Bird Of
September he came in late to tea. The
wife OF Capt. lIager Of New York who
was experimenting the excavations in the
llarbor-her sister and cousin, with two
children, were seated at their private table.
Murray began in free and easy way
conversation with Mrs. Hager. whereupon
the waiter requested HIM to desst. He
arose from the table IN an angry mood and
left the dining room Mrs. Hager paid no
attention to the man, and upon concluding
supper went to the sitt'ng.rOom and en-.
gagged in conversation with Mrs. Murphy.
after which she started to her own apart
ments, and Murray assaulted her.
was summoned, and Murray, declining TO
quit my house tried to put him out, and
after struggle he fell to ne foot of the
stair case with fractured skull. He died
four days atterward. was arrested and
tried for the murder OF that man. The
trial lasted eight days and Occasioncd great
excitement. | had to meet the prejudice,
of the friends Of the Maine liquor law. from
the fact that had kept u hotel at which
liquor was Sold and was bitterly denounc-
ed and charged with giving the man liquor.
| never gave him but one glass of LIQUOR in
my life, and that was for medicine. and |
had done all could to assist him 10 life
of sobriety and usefulness. | can never
tell how much suffered for being tried fer
murder in the presence OF my wife and fam :.
lily and friends. The verdict was man.
slaughter. The case was appealed and
was admitted to bail in the sum of $4,000,
Gen. Shepley and A. A. Stout becoming my
bondsmen. returned home very much de-
~, tnl- | I.l L.. i
such heinous offence when before God
knew | was entirely innocent. then be-
gan to drink very hard. Ny wife was very
much troubled, though patient and kind,
and bore in her face the suffering, she en-
dured at the terrible calamity that had
come upon Us and our chiidrcn.' For about
one year kept on drinking and became
exceedingly reckless. Ny friends had me
locked up July 30, 1870, in the county
Jail in Portland, after which my
family removed from the hotel and
were compelled to take up quarters in
little tenement house on what was known
as the "back covc," and were in very Dies
ttutc circumstances. remained in Jail
three months. On TIE 18th Of August. al
religious, meeting held in the prison by
Capt Cyrus Stuveyant, made up my
mind, God helping me, never to sell another
drop or drink another glass of intoxicating
liquor. Meantime the case had been ap-
pealed and the verdict sustained was
arraigned and sentenced to a period Of SIX
~ days in the county jail at Portland. On
the expiration Of my sentence was invited
to deliver an address in the City hall on
Gospel temperance, and from that time,
April, 1871, date my entrance into the
work to which have dedicated the remain
der of my life.