The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-20
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peon beeyAns with hope until last court, thai
! no would be u free man whenoyer he mn,
y cured n trial, But gentlemen Bowden will
!, confess, ere long, tho truth, Ii NAV bo ioo
y late 10 benefit me, but Il will be losson no,
I; those whose hands arc dyed red In tho Inno-
= cent blood OF Sam, II, Myers. They will
wish, when they nre brought before thai
. judge OF Judges, whore no lea can be taken
! for the truth, that their hands had boon
! washed clean, now thank You for the pa
= Hence ana magnanimlty you have shown mo.
, am now, sir, ut your service.
, SPEECH FROM TnE scAFroLp.
Friends and Spectators
#. unaccountably strange. II may doubtlosr.
{ appear TO every man Of you, that | should Al
! Wis ltto hour OF my earthly career harang,lo,
thia vast concourso Of curosity-scekos with,
} proteslAtons and cxpostulations OF my guilt.
or Innocence In regard to the murder Of Mn.
Mary A. Hester my foater-mothor do DO.
J iicvo, NJ have ever done, that James Nj.
bowden, tho sclfaccused oulprlt Is the bloody
assassin OF that woman. But nevertheless,
The innocent blood Of Samuel Myers has to.
atone for II.
But iellow-cltizens, tho worst Of all Il the
met that my unfortunate little brother, Louis.
was caused and persuaded 10 come forward
and falsely swear away the life of his brother.
This hurts me no little when my mind rovorts.
70 II, for II was eighteen long months before
the Hunters and their counsel found ont thew
could charge bis little mind with such bias
phemy and wickedness, though / forgive tho
little follow freely, for he know not what no
was doing,
consider, gdstlsmen, have sacred duty.
TO perform TO my few warm relatives, who
have sympathized with me in my wretched
confinement for three long and tedious years.
This Is my last earthly affirmation that am
innocent OF the murder Of Mrs. Mary A. Hes
ter, and TO give TO them on this SOL
emn occasion indellible assurance, on
my part, that their confidence IN my
Innocence has not been erroneous
Those friends heartily thank for their con-.
dolonco aud confidence, / again assure them
that there is no stain on the escutcheon OF nv
blighted liie in youth, by that damnable
assassin, for which am now about to DO,
ushured into the great unknown in tho pres.
once of that All'Seeing Eye that knoweth.
the secrets of all hearts.
But gentlemen, all of these discrepancies
will DO hid up in tho sacred archives of tho,
memorable "Reminiscences of the past, only
hereafter to be regretted by the foul-handed
miscreants Of the murder you are about to,
commit yourselves on the person Of Samuel
Myers, an innocent victim Of false testimony
by hired emlsaries M n
shall now call special and particular
attention TO some Of the State witnesses, who
wilmlly and maliciously perjurcd themselves
when they were testifying against me on my
trial for bond, and on my final trial. Form
stance, there is George Gill and Dell Blair
who swore against me on my trial for bond.
Their evidence was that / had mado threats
against Mrs. Hester 10 them. They have
been run off since that time for stealing
also Mat Rollings, u too well known charae-
ter for me to comment upon. He Is famil-
iarly recognized by all who know him rs an
Legitimate scape-grace and belonged to
that species of the eight-fngered gentry who.
have no respect for the ownership Of any
thing that can be carried of, with or without
leave RUDE Evans Jack Wynn and Frank
| Williams, par excellence specimens of the,
other three. Each one of these parties
swore that | threatened to take tho life of.
Mrs Hester.
now say to you, on this solemn OCCASION.
that have no recole ton Of making ,uch
threats to them or any one else.
simply call your attention to thesr par
ties to warn some of you in the fu ure 10.
eude the vigilance of these unclean, per-
lured outcssts, for you do not know wha 4
hour you may be called upon to feel tho,
effect of their rottenness. do believe their
children's children will be contaminated with
q like disease, Ms their fathers have inherited
the same from their forefathers
am not able TO divine, for my life, how
any unprecedented jury could on their sworn