Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-09-11
this place to pay tie last sad tri.
butte of respect to the dead. Widows

this place to pay t. last sad tri.
butte Of respect to the dead. Widows
and orphans, who always "a d in
him a friend, sto,d over III pu se.
less form. and wept 'ha, his aer-
ous heart could never again :, spond
TO their appeals. Strong men
showed the tenderness of women
| when they came TO look for the last
time upon the form OF him they
had loved so we'll in fe. He was
THE FRIEND OF THE OPPRESSED AND
| THE UNFORTUNATE,
and bis heart and hand were al.
ways opon to the cry OF the needy.
Brave almost to rashness, no would
have soorned to take advantage of
bis bitterest foe. Tender ane chiv.
alrous, be was q friend to the Ak
and defenseless.
When the bitter strife which rules
the hour has passed away, then will
justice be done the memory of my
murdered husband, even in Yszoo
county. For the sake Off broken.
hearted wife and elk fatherIess
children, may this day soon arrive.
That it is unsafe now for even his
friends to express their natural sym.
patty for his cruel death, / quote
an extract from the Yazo0 CITY
Herald of the 22j. In comm 10 ting
upon the assassination, it says: "To
men of the opposite party we would
say, Bride your tongues, curb your
passions and do1tbe-young man who
escaped underlined, even though
four shots were fred by his oppo.
nent [these shots we're fred by my
husband after he was shot in the
back, his right hand broken and
mutilated, she pangs of death al
ready upon him; of course the
young man escaped pnharmed1 no
injustice by false accusations con-
corning him one way or another. l.,
will put no money in your pockets
or bring honor to your homes.
When before were charity and sym.
pathy for . murdered man and his
family
DEMANDED TO BE SUPPRESSED
for fear of doi0g harm or injury TO
his slayer When the honor of
mems homes and their purses are
threatened TO check the outpourings
of sympathy for 90 unfortunate
friend. or 20 prevent comment upon
what they think deed OF violence
or wrong, then indeed are we no
longer free people. When the
Gear OF Russia, for State reasons,
takes off the head of Nihilist. he
could scarcely do worse than to
threaten the friends with dishopor
and poverty for an expression Of re.
greet or sympathy. at brings no
honor to their homes" What does
"dishonor to their homes" mean I?
Not poverty, for that is also sep.
arate threat. "Who steals my purse
steals trash tits something, moth.
ing; twas nine, is his, and has
been slave TO thousands but he
that tlehes my gnod name robs me
of that which not enriches him, and
makes me poor indeed"
] Friends of my forefather, friends
of my youth, friends of my muir.
dered husband,
AT THE PERIL CT YOUR HONOR AND
YOUR FORTUNES.
dare not deplore or comment upon
an act that took the life of fond
husband and father, a faithful and
true friend. My ancestors lived and
died among you without stain or
reproach. | was bora and reared
on Yazoo soil yet the sympathies
of good men AID women must be
denied me and mine for fear of 10.
juring the murderer of my husband.
If this be not pc itical murder,
why is the Herald 80 careful to sti.
fe public sentiment. and so eager to
PREJUDICE this case When before
was citizen of any town shot down
without warning, the case tried and
Judgment rendered beforehand by
the Journals And, if this was not
q political matter, why did the DEM
ocratic Convention NAL e that sig.
n;ficant appendage to their scuril.
GUS resolutions passed on the 18th
of August, which reads as follows?:
"The names of two reliable men
have been handed to the Secretary
of this meeting stating that threats
of assassin alton have been made by
81. M. Dixon against James Barks-
dale, Democratic candidate for
Chancery Clerk" Pointing to this,
my husband said to some of his
friends "That means murder;
IAN To BE AssAslNATED
this is another way to prepare the
the public mind for it; shall de.
mand the author of this SANDER.
hold him responsible also inform
James Barksdale | have never made
such threats" all of which he sw ears
in his dying testimony under oath,
and in view of eternity, to have
done the day before he was murder
ed"
Ny husband was an infidel, say his
accusers, the emocratic ommittee
No one OF their falsehoods has less
foundation than this. 10 the privacy
of his home and in his serious mo
ments, did he always avow his firm
belief in the Christian religion.
While he was not a pious man,
HE WAS NOT scoFFER NOT A sKEpTIc.
No man for his means contributed
more largely to the support Of the
churches of this place thaa he. A
few hours before his death be was
baptized in the Catholic Church,
and his last word was "bible."
When dying, be forgave his murder
ers, saying; Il had rather been killed
then to have killed any of them"
And at his bedside knelt two Sisters
OF the Order of Nazareth and offer
ed up prayers for the departing soul
OF him who during the epidemic of
last year had nursed their priest
and assisted in laying away their
dead.
Immediately after the shooting
I 0S LnokanI