Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-07
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muddled about the great original Jacobs of
that lucky hit. But to one man must belong
henceforth the glory of the most novel adapta-
ton of chloroform. The tho ught of it here
tofore has conjured up visions of all the scenes
of pain and distress wherein it has been the
boon of oblivion to suffering. How many
bodies have been cut sawed, dismembered,
and sewed all unconscious pro tenn of the tor
ture, under it's drowsy influence. Like great
chara cter actor it has always figured in the
same scenes, and won grateful recognition
through excellentservice to afflicted humanity.
The mon otony of it's reputation has at length
been invaded by bold and ready
wltted spirit. who has made
chloroform min lister to revenge, and caused it
to become the agent of retributiYe justice.
His name is Smith!
No man of all the fateful and plentiful
cognome ever dreamed of such an ingenious
applicationEto.gratify his vengeance and justify
his provocation. Jealous husbands have ere
while resorted to curious expedi, nts to entrap
their victims, but their effor's are common
place and clumsy beside this device of the
strategist Smith, with his subtle detective chic
reform.
But il is time to introduce Smith, whose
cunning brain devised such remarkable stay
of the destroyer of his domestic peace. The
Rochester, N. Y, Democrat tells us that Mr..
Smith, agent for the Patterson musical and
literary entertainments, shot young Dooer, son
of Supervisor DoOer at Avon last Thursday
evening. The yonng man was not fatally in
jured, the ball taking effect in the knee. Mrs.
hon
time that her husband had good reasons fer
believing her untrue to him, rendering him
very miserable. He came home unexpectedly
on Thursday evening, and climbed into the
house through an upper window, into his
wife's room. Mrs. Smith, hearing the noise,
ran down stairs, but in. searching the rooms he
found Dooer, thus realizing his worst sus-
picions. Dooer started to escape. The hus-
band shouted to him to stop, but paying no
attention and showing fight, Mr.. Smith fired
at him with the result stated. Smith then
chloroformed Dooer that people might see
the situation in which he found the young
mar, furnishing an excuse for the use be had
made of his pistol.
The villsgers are IN sympathy with Mr..
Smith.
Smith felt with instant appositeness the in
security of circamstantial evidence unless you
had it in Statu quo when you wanted to use it,
and SO he placed the embargo of chloroform on
the fugitive. Shackles nor manacles nor any
agency in the world could have made the arrest
with the same satisfying result. No witness
could be half SO serviceable. Here was evil
dence which no badgering lawyers, and 10
cross examination could undo.
He convicted DR.. Dooer, and justified him
self simultaneously, which was q master stroke
OF business. He might have killed the invader
of his domestic precinct, but he just twigged
him, and stepped his senses in forgetfulness,
when appearances SO conceded with intent and
accomplishment that palliatlon was availa-
BILE What a revenge! Twas equal
to that OF Mons. de Paris, who
presides at the guillotine in the gay city for
which he is named. Some prisoner con-
demned to death had been impudent to him
and when the unfortunate was just under the
knife, he let it come slowly down until the
wretch felt the chill edge of the fated instru-
ment on his neck, and after letting it rest
there second or two, slowly drew it up for
the final swift stroke.
The sensations of that condemned man were
not 80 uncomfortable as those Of the Young
Lothario in such peculiar Dooer .ance vile
Because the fellow under the knife knew that
his hour had come. There would be no ter
reStrial awakening for him. To fear and
shame, and exposure he was already insensibie.
The cut direct he dreaded was altogether too
literal-but it was final, and it would only
hurt once.
With the son of the Supervisor it was more
dreadful dilemma when that pungent vapor
took possession of his nostrils, and
lnsidiously stole along his Senses making them
stupefed captives for his ultimate confession
before the villagers of Avon. Even as his
consciousness went down under the hand of
the avenging wittol, he knew that when the
lethargy passed off, his sin would have found
him out in the most convincing manner. be
cause he had given himself away, as no one
else could. And in Avon, too! Why, the I'M
mortal Bard, always located with that name.
wss but prentice hand with his Merry Wives
OF Windsor, their feints and Falstaffian blum
ders, beside this neat handling of the injured
and ingenious Smith. Bocaccio, Fielding.
Smollett and the rest-theirs were clumsy plots
to this little drama of Smith. where lead and
chloroform were SD we'll administered, making
the delinquent the only witness against him
SELF and a passive instrument in the crafty
power of his enemy.
There will be some curiosity as to the finale
of this Avon adventure, when the wronged vet
strategic husband brings his victim to halt
by first lodging bullet in his knee, and next
m aking consciousness itself halt by administer
ing chloroform, thereby causing not alone the
most complete arrest on record, but likewise
furnishing the best evidence of self-iustifca
ton.
And bis name is Smith-not Smythe as if
anticipating singularity in advance of his now
positive claim-but Smith, plain, unvarnished
Smith. Smith able to place letters on the
senses, and by the suspended animation of his
enemy show the dtslablle of caution and of
the body, proving his provocation and disarm-
ing prejudice 1t once.
1t is neat retaliation. 1t isn't like blood
letting and vitriol-throwing. These reprisals
beget dangerous sympathy, no matter how
exciting the aggravation-but the chloroform
method brings the malefactor into we'll merit
ed contempt and shows him up with such real
ism, as to leave him small margin for any ap-