The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-23
HISTORY OFt,Hiur.
- 'lti/en in the Interest
NINue-An Om'rnnn Innnrn VI I"

WACO, Feb. 22.-Your corresn,o-
Ieht asks space in your columns tn
Aouuce an outrage committed nv
people of exalted station upon a citi-
zen of Texas, not less worthy bnt Of
an number walk in life. The yictim
| 81 the outrage referred to is w N
mum, poor young man residing in
'he mn ward OF Waco, and the Der
sons guilty of the outrage are tho
state executive, Judge Paschall aud
other citizens OF San Antonio, and the
uaiIy press of Texas. Ea"ly last week
tnls young man, Wintin, was ordered
by harmon ~ MOhley, Ii EMPLOYERS
t. proceed to San Antonio, RIO
Hrande City and Laredo: to receive
from jailors of Webb. Starr and Bexar
couLues certain telons ami to bring
them to Waco. He was furnished
WIN trace chain, upon which iron
collars were affixed, aud with this ap-
pllance he was directed to secure the
ielons by placing the collars on their
necks in order to prevent escape
WIN IT. sobeyed the order 10 the let
ter. Among the telons was a female
named Rosa Schmidt, and he made no
exception III her case. His orders
permitted 10 exception and he saw
no reason to disobey his orders. He
brought his striug of telons safely
away from San Antonio safely along
tha IA way to Waco, aud, being
further ordered, he next took them
safely to Rust and d liyered them into
the hands OF the superintendent of
the penitentiary. Never dreaming of
having caused sentiment Of displcas-
ure Ill any right thinking bosom,
Wlnten took the cars and WAS Oil his
way back to Waco from Rust, when
he heard his name read from @ news
paper coupled with stropg terms OF
censure. He bought copy of the
psper and read with smaZement the
version OF his conduct given by San
Antonio reporters. so outrageously at
variance with truth,au $ UNANIMOUSLY
disregardful of justice. lie hurried
to his friends on his arrival here AVID
under advice denied on his oath the
calumies printed against MIN. 1t did
no good. Rosa Schmidt, the CON
victed felon, who had been neglected
for months III the common jail at San
Antonio. was portrayed SIS vestal iii
white robes, so to speak, and the
demegogues aud the ink singers
wed with each in their
praise of Saint Rosa and their abuse
of thls tiepd incarnate, Wlntiu. alt
was an outrage 10 our German fellow
citizens" rnared one p litician. "a
disgrace to the state" chirps another.
"Down with Wiutinr p 'Crush the
rutlian," "Send X ,sa pardon and
- bridal wreath :" xiii Wlutiuw Oh,
how sick grows the heart Interviewing
this stir and its cause and underlying
purpose, Now mark you. Du ing
Rosa Schmdt's term in jail prior to
ner trial she dwelt in the cage of the
BeXar cage neglected. She came TO
trial and a cold defence was made by
M appointed attorney on nominal
tee. She lay after her conviction,
while each minute brought the
steel collar nearer to her neck and
IL 1t al averting hand was raised. The
minutes multiplied and the hours
wagged along and nota voice prev, IL
i've cried out against that which was
MS certain to come as death. AT last
the minutes and the hours and the
days had lapsed aud Wintin threw
down his hardware In the prison yes
tibule and cried, come forth" 1t was
too late then, fellow citizins, whether
American, German, Irish or Mexican.
The clock i'll the tower had struck the
hour for the iron collar. Had the
sentence been death would Sheriff
Nat Lewis have failed and filtered
wien under the final disposition
Rosa's hour was at hand? Governor
Ross has condemned Wintin and
ordered his dismissal from
the service of the contractors upon
tne exparte showing of the prosecu-
ton. Display type has worked it will
III calling attention TO protracted arti-
es of abuse. Showed under and
overwhelmed and crushed, Wintin is
unable TO holi no his head aud is
n. hamcd and walks npsrt. He is a
crushed MAJ and crushed tor doing
his duty. The EXAMINER correspou-
dent did not brand Rosa Schmidt a a
i,lol. That was doae by BeXar
county Jury. The San Antonians ap-
pear to regard her a. SIM he hearted
virgin upon whose sunny head scarce
scventeen summers have gently
fallen and they appear TO
nave concluded that there was
error IN her conviction. Gentlemen OF
san Antonio and ladies too, permit
Waco man to say to you tn t If Il
guilel4ss girl of Mcl.ennan county
we're ARA gned for trisl, CHI rged with
forgery, the bar would be thronged
with lawyers eager to defend her On
the least bit OF ground offered by the
defense McLennan county jury
would aquitsucn young girl, as the
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