Iron County register., 1881-12-29
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

grant pardon to James s. Edwards, of
Linn County, sentenced in June, 1879, to ten
years in the Penitentiary for killing William
Mckinley. The Governor says:
-" The boy killed was about thirteen years
old. Enough of the evidence has been given
to show how and by whom the little boy was
killed and the condition of the man who did
it. Before q defendant is convicted in court
he is presumed to be innocent, and it devolves
on the State to remove that presumption. Al
ter the conviction he is not only presumed to
be, but is adjudged to be guilty, and before /
will exercise clemency in any case the action
and Judgment of the court must be shown to
be erroneous by invincible facts, or such init
igating ones as would have modified that
judgment If known at the time. What is there
in this case in the light of this rule that re.
quires me to interfere with the sentence OF
charged his revolver with great recklessness,
to say the least of it, into crowd of innocent
boys who had gathered at the park for
social anusements. If SO. when would socie-
ty be safe from the actions of bad men, who
would often put themselves in that evil con.
dition to accomplish their premeditated
deeds? Drunkenness is not now, never has
been, hope never will be an excuse for crime
In this State. Our Supreme Court in this same
case, n Mo, p. S2s, says .lntoxieation or or
crime, and it can not be taken in considera-
ton by jury for either of such purposes If
men put themselves in that condition and
commit crimes, then, as far as 1. am concern
ed, they must abide by the punishment and
remain where they have placed themselves.
the better it will be for them and society
This defendant was guilty also of another vi.
kinley; that was in carrying concealed
weapon. This is q great growing crime,
In this state, against the laws OF COD ana
society, and should be punished without SYM
pathy and without favor If the men who en-
gage in such lawlessnesS were disarmed by
the force of the law and the sentiment of So
from their laborS and the newspapers could
have space in their columns to devote to more
readable matter than that with which they
are daily filled. Drunkenness and revolvers
cause more crimes, more executions, more
penalties, more sorrows to innocent mothers,
fathers, brothers, sisters and wives than all
the other causes combined, and both should
receive the strongest reprObation from the
social. religious and moral community. Each
GUS to society, and each are alike without any
Justification. Il am asked to pardon Edwards
on the ground OF mercy and to crafty the
hearts of his parents, who are ola, Christian
people calmly awaiting the last summons. 1t
Is not always judicious to exercise mercy
toward one at the expense of the many. So
clety must be remembered as well as the in
dividual. have profound sympathy for the
good old people, but that sympathy must not
prevail against gan the Obligation l owe veto to the
men Will get drunk, against common decency,
II men Will carry revOlvers, against the law and
rule of propriety, and will under the evil in
sp1ration of the one use the other, they must
suffer for it on the gallows or in the Peniten-
tiary. My sympathy and mercy are for the
anu people Oh the
State; not for the thieves, murderers, robbers
inside OF the prison walls. / will see that JUS
tlce Is done them; beyond that am not ex-
refused"
ST. Louis tobacco market (Dec. 1O:
Dark lugs, common to good, 81 80 to So. 25;
bright smoking, common to good, $500 to
$500; dark red leaf, $3.50 to $500; half
bright wrappers, common to medium, $40
to $1S.
The State Railroad Commissioners,
after an examination of the st. Charles rail-
road bridge, have officially informed the
management of the Wabash Railway Com
pany that they consider the center through
span Of said bridge to be ''unfit for the
transportation Of passengers with reasona-
BILE safety and requiring the company to
replace the said center and eastern through
spans with new spans built of wrought iron
or steel. They also recommend the aban-
donment of the high trestle approaches to
the bridge and the substitution of embank-
ments therefor, aud also the Strengthening Of
the entire structure, etc.
A terrible fight occurred the other
night during party at the farm house of
John Calhoun, near Hughesville, Pettis
County. Knives and pistols were freely
used. Elisha McGruder was shot twice
once in the forehead and once in the arm.
Jesse Janney was shot and also cut with a
knife, and several of the others received
knife and pistol wounds, and for a time it
looked as il two or three men would be
killed. Beside the knife and pistol wounds
given, several of the party were badly
beaten.
Mr.. Julius Rector and wife, promi-
elected from the parquet of the Olympic
Theater the other evening after having pur-
chased tickets and taken their seats. The
management Of the theater say they have
established an inflexible rule against the ad-
mission Of colored people to the lower por-
tion of the house and claim the right to en-
force it. Mr.. Rector says he will contest the
matter in the courts. 1t may be added that
neither of the couple is Of darker shade
than is frequently met with in pure Cau-
casians.
Among the bills introduced in the
United States Senate by Mr.. Vest is one for
the appointment of commissioners "to as
certain what just claims for the services by
officers and privates of military organiza-
tions in Missouri in suppression of the re-
bellion, in concert with and subject to orders
Of the United States authorities, still remain
unpaid and not assumed by said State.'
The Supreme Court has affirmed the
decision of the lower court, and Joseph
Michael Katovsky and Charley Ellis will be
hanged Jan. 6, at st. Louis. Katovsky
killed his sweetheart, Augusta Simons,
some three years ago, his only reason for
numbering her being that she refused to
marry him. He has had three trials. Ellis,
who is q negro, murdered a colored compan-
ion named Mack Sanders.
An explosion of asphaltum in the cell
lar of n. Love & Co.'s furniture wareroom,
Kansas City, seriously injured two en-
ployees who were engaged in drawing 1t
from barrel and set the place on fire. The
fire was extinguished before it had gained
much headway.
Maj. Henry S. Turner, one of the old
est and best known residents of st. Louis,
Is dead. He was a graduate of West Point,
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