The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-10
Saturday, June 10, 'S2.
PIETY THAT WAS BOGUS.

for "blaspheming the name of Christi Oul
pous countrymen up there provide man,
Jew or Gentle, upon proper complaint, with
court and jury if he so far forgets himself as
to swear horrid oath. The offence of the
lew in this case was not wholly swearing but
also "refection on Christ's paternity" OF
course there are no murders, robberies, or Or
binary crimes committed in New Jersey, and
criminal courts would just sit and suck their
fingers if it were not for their jurisdiction,
under special statutes, Of less sanguinary
offences, such as rejecting, etc. After
patient trial the jury acquitted the Jew. That
was in great measure because he was in New
Jersey and not in Russia.
The piety of our countrymen think New
Jersey is now incorporated in the Union-as
developed by the trial does not, however,
seem Of that practical sort that requires statutes
for its protection. We should deem the
church competent to take care Oft.
The Jews defense was denial that he re-
Aected at all, an averment that he could not
have reflected because, as Jew, he had great
regard for Christ as moral teacher, and felt
hattered that one of his race should be veneer
ated by the entire Christian world. The COM
plainant Gottfried Deutschle by name, stated
as witness that the language used by the &C
cused blasphemed the name of Christ and the
mother of Christ, that he felt it his duty as a
good Christian not to stand by and hear the
name Of Jesus Christ blasphemed. The wife,
she was present and the language of the Jew
was very shocking. There are important de-
viations, however, from this in the testimony
introduced by the accused. 1t seems the Jew,
Hirsch Rosenstrauch by name-we designed
to spare ourselves and readers these names
keeps a store, as is habit with Jews, and had
dealt with complainant at some disadvantage
to himself, which is not so much their habi',
A witness testified that the accused had re-
fused to trust complainant for a quantity Of
goods he wanted to purchase "because he had
tried to cheat him on previous bill" Sew
eral witnesses testified that the wife had told
them that she was not present and did not
hear anything said by the accused. A witness
testified that complainant had "been convict
ed of murder in the old country" 1t was
thought best by the Court at this stage of the
case to recall these good people who could
not stand little blasphemy-even from
Jew. Complainant, on being recalled, adj
mtted that he had been convicted of murder,
but that he was innocent and punished for an
other mans crime, also that he had bought
bill of goods on credit from the Jew, but had
not tried to cheat him, that he had
asked him for credit again and been refused,
but that had nothing to do with his duty as
good Christian. The wife, on the new cross
examination, admitted that she had told the
witnesses that she was not present but she was
not then on her Bible oath. She admitted
that her good husband had tried for some time
to get credit from the Jew for a bill of goods
and that he was very angry because he was
refused.
When the piety had thus been ruthlessly
dragged out of the case the jury speedily
washed their hands of it by spontaneous
verdict of not guilty. Do criminals cease to
be criminals when they touch New Jersey soil?
If G. D. had not mysteriously got religion
when he found he had migrated to New Jer-
sey, but had kept up his old practice of doing
murder he might have given the criminal
courts of his adopted country some genuine
Jobs, but we fear he will always fail as prose-
cutting witness.
1T IS evident that the Galveston News cor
respondent at Washington is trying to run our
friend Major Ochiltree in the ground; he attri-
butes Gosling's appointment to Ochiltree.
Pretty soon "who had Costing appointed?"
will be as perplexing a question as to who
struck Billy Patterson?
DAyrrT, in his speech at Liverpool, said he
was in favor of the land becoming national
oropertv. He considered that the soil of Ire
land could be procured for the tenants for
fl4o,ooo,ooo in government bonds, repay
.ble in fifty years. He denounced Dublin
i, ,,,ooSfrous failure.