, 1880-08-08
LAW AND LEGERDEMAln,
A Case Of Deception Where the
End Justified the Means.

A Case OF Deceplton Where thu
| End Justified the Means.
How a Lawyer Saved His Client
tLeares 5rom. the Notebook Of aa Old Pennsp.rant
| L1vperl
"And !eqa q1au us net net into tsmptati9n but denve
"Judce not tbat yc be not judged For witt
what Judgment ye judge, ye shall be Judged"
The incident am about to relate occurred
twenty years ago iii Pennsy lvania; ant
while am we'll aware that my course in. the
| trial of the cause may not meet with the
entire approval Of the members of the legal
! profession, and perhaps not OF all my
| readers, yet 1 ask that you suspend you,
! opinion until you hear the wholecase, or, az
! Judge would say to jury: "Gentlemen,
| you will come to no conclusion, and try moi
| to form any opinion, until you hear
| all the evidence, the argument Of the
counsel, and tie charge Of the Court
I ask this of my readers; walt, gentlemen
of the iury, until the evidence Is all before
you, until you have heard the counsel, and
the charge of that inward monitor, your con-
science, which is the court before whose til
bulal every act you do should be able tu
Justify Itself, for the time will come when
every page Of the record kept by conscience
In your hearts shall be q witness, either ac-
cusing or cxcusiuy you, before TINT dread
Court into whose sacred precincts 10 error
can come, and from whose investigation no
se9ets are hidden; before that Judge whose
aIl-seeing eye sees every act of man, and
whose all-hearing eur hears the most silent
whispcrings Of the human heart, even before
the tongue hath given ulelu utterance.
The little village of s., In our county,
had acquired q population Of several hun
.dred; it had store, post-of1ice, two
churches, choo1-house, and several shops.
The people Of that quiet little hamlet were
prosperous and happy; yes, happy IN their
Ignorance Of what was necessary for their
own welfare and the public good. For SO
strangely benightcd were they that, Us yet,
they had no licensed hotel to spread its
1egal,zcd blessings around, rs the deadly
pcstilential dew falls on some Of the coun-
tries of the burning zone. For years this
little village had nestled among the fertile
fields Of Western Pennsylvania, and, so far
as the records Of our criminal court showed,
its existence was unknown at the
county seat, for no criminal case had
ever been sent up" from Its iaw-abiu-
ing precincts. But the march Of improve
ment and Christian enlightenment is ever
onward and upward. There came an enter
prising man, and, unfortunately for the little
village, lie was a il1all Of good moral char
acter.' and therefore fit recipient for the
favors Of the court. He proposed to puE-
chase cornel-lot In the place. and erect
thereon q fine hotel: The good, staid, and
sober old burgers of the town were In ecsta-
cies over the contemplated great improve
ment, it was just what WIS wanted to make
S. an embryonic New York, and the price
Of village lots went up with a bound.
s Ts ppssed ea sn the hotel 70 b was sopeted
the I'D day of February. An applica-
ton had been nade for a license,
and, if it was granted, the proprietor pro-
posed to give a grand free ball on the night
socSed ST ba2 M to B. so %s ee that se VIII WHO
attended could sin without money and with
out price, he well knowing that the sGa{ thus
sown would in time yield him an abundant
harvest. though the gathering might leave
behind the barren stubble-tield ot drunken
Of course the license was granted. The
proprietor was, as have said, unfortunately
man Of good moral character and tenn
perate habits. Deacon A, Of the Baptist
Church; Church; Ciass-Leader ,;s B, Of the Methodist
Doctor b, Squire L, and number Of lesser
lights Of the society Of the village signed
the certificate of the pr0prletor's good char
acter, believing that all that was
sppy and to prosRsrout %sps the s s rest t0y "
their days was a 1egalized place to
commence to manufacture drunkarts, and,
rs it was the only manufacturing establish
nlent Of any kind in That section 1T the couli-
t'ry; Try; al u were overjoyed when the news came
was granted to the prvprietorof the United .
States Hotel" at S.
Time, bearing in Its womb the future Joys
and m L sorrows Of inen, moved on; the I'd day
of February came at last, and all the lads
bar was open and free-and
There was sound of rcvelry by night.
There was q row in the bar-rootu: free
whisky had ended in a free fight, as usual,
and one Henry D., the son Of a widow. who
lived mile or two from the place; had,
naked hands struck stand Of glasses that
stood on the counter and dashed them on the
oor. The broken glass had cut his hand
severely. One of his companions, William
W, had taken from Henry's pocket a white
around his bleeding hand, tied the corner
ands together. The young man left the ho-
el with several others, and was at home in
he morning, but he was so drunk that he
forgot the important fact that he had taken 4
minded of it in somewhat emphatic manner
,y the young lady herself the next day, she |
being at that time an inmate Of his mothers |
louise.
William ", who tied the handkerchief
1round ienry's bleeding hand, was the
}wner Of 4 small store that stood near the |
anal. His stock Of goods consisted Of coarse |
.lothfng, usually worn BY boatmen, and |
general assortment OF boat-suppIies. He was |
man OF low associations aud bad repute. |
lis store was the nightly resort Of boatmen |
md roughs, who live along the water thor
Of the country, and those ladies |
Who do the "cuisine" OIL board the floating |
palaces Of our canals. That night William
vas ut the dance pntll nearly daylight. LII
he morning he discovered that his store had |
'een entered by burglars through a window
II the rear, the thieves breaking light of |
,lass for that purpose A quantity of goods
Iad been stolen, mostly rough clothing,
'oots. and shoes, but, as he alleged, OF the
alue Of over 500.
No trace Of tile burglars was found. Time
'assed on until the month Of June, when
ONE men, who were removing the hay from /,
II old hay-barn that stood in 4 meadow near
y, found concealed under it the stolen
:ootls, tied UP in large. coarse wooden
llawl. On opening the bundle, among the
uods was found the handkerchief Of Henry
J., that had been wrapped. around the bleed
ng hand. It was spotted will! blood aud
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