Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-08-02

it is to convict tho guilty. They make
a criminal Court room an arena in
which to display their wonderful acu-
men, their skill In the trial, and their
grand eloquent oratory without the
least thought or care for the poor
prisoner. And too often young, mex
perienced advocates are given the
charge of criminal cases on purpose to
have defendants convicted, and thus
relieve the county of the costs in the
case. Many II man has gone innocent
to the State prison because of the re-
fusal of the county officers to employ
and pay an experienced lawyer for his
defense, and the over zeal OF heartless
Prosecutor. After l had proven her
good character then put n witness on
the stand who testified that the defend
ant had been keeping company with a
young man Tor nearly two years and 1t
was generally supposed they were soon
to be married. That some four or five
months before the downing of the
child, this young man had suddenly and
without any warning to the defendant,
left, and had gone-no one knew where.
He had said lie intended to go to Aus
tralia, but where he went, no one knew,
ana that the girl at this seemed heart
broken. She was working out at n
farmers as hired girl, at the time, as
she had no parents, and was Obliged TO
support herself, and to make matters
worse, she had entrusted to the care of
the villain who had betrayed her, every
dollar of her earnings, scarcely saving
for herself enough to buy comfortable
clothing. That he had all the time
claimed he was placing the same, to-
! gether with his own savings as a school
teacher in Winter, and farm hand in
Summer, in hank, with which to pro
vide them home as husband and wife
in the near future. That when it was
: found that ''she had loved HIM not
wisely but too well, ;" without one word
of explanation or even good bye, this
cowardly villain had left her homeless,
friendless, and penniless, and alone.
When her situation become such
as she could no longer disguise it, she
begged the farmers wife to allow her to
remain there until able to find home
elsewhere, which request was reluct'
antiy granted. All this was shown by
the lady herself on the witness stand.
AS soon AS the girl was able to be moved
steps were taken: to send her to some
infirmary or house of refuge, for at that
] time this county had no County In
| firmary. When this was made known
to her she got up in the following night,
and escaped from the house of the
farmer. The family next morning
| found her gone, with her baby, without
any provisions or money, ON foot, poor
ly clad, out into the cold world, alone
disgraced, deserted and despised. Why
is it woman will treat her own sex thusi
Merely because they themselves have
been fortunate enough to escape betray-
al, and many womanly heart has been
crushed, many good woman sent to
perdition by this unchristian want of
charity on the part Of their own sex
who hold up their hands in holy horror
in condemnation of misstep sister
has taken, when only CIRCUMSTANCES,
perhaps has kept them from falling into
the same error! They forget TO "err is
human to forgive. divine."
In the belief that she might find a
haven in her distress with n married
sister, she trod the icy road for miles
until she came TO her sisters door. She
had her baby with her. She had eaten
no breakfast and il wasn now nearly noon
Here was the home of woman, born
nursed and raised by the same mother;
here was home, and fire and food, and
rest and consolation. This hope had
sustained her on her long, hungry, weary
|
grace and condemnation be it said (and
hope she will see and read this story,
for she still liveS spurned her unfortu.
nate. starving sister from her door and
would not even allow her to sit by the
fire moment TO nurse her baby, or give
her mouthful to eal. All tins i COM
PEELED this inhuman sister to admit on
the stand, and she seemed to glory in it
and gathered up her skirts as she passed
my unfortunate client, as if she feared
contamination from her touch. Being
driven from roof which should have
sheltered her, and from table which
should have led her she wandered forth
again on the road, weary and footsore
aud realizing for the first time that hel
own flesh aud blooj had forsaken her,
and refused her a place wherein to hide
her shame. She then turned her steps
toward the residence of an older brother
n farmer who liyed some two miles far
ther on. The cold increasing she tool
utf the only wrap she had and put it oil
her baby, and thus struggled on. He
child was moaning with cold and hun
ger. Almost distracted, she at last cam,
10 her brothers door.
, CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.