Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-01-09
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| as the fatthlc wifc. She II obliged
70 follow Shakespearc's maxim,
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The only man who remained true TO
me was my lawyer Mr.. Malcolm Camp
bell. lie set 10 work maufully 10 de.
fend me, lie said the press were
| awfnily down on INC. Numerous biog-
raphies were published Of me, which
brought 10 light events in my life new
or before known, either to my parents,
myself, or any ofSmy relatives. Ono
paper called attention 20 the signif-
cant fact thai many murders had, been
committed during the past twenty
years which have meyer been traeed,
and that most probably my exterior
responsibility and hypocritical picLy
had ayertcd all suspicion from myself.
and that no doubt many an innocent
man had beol banged for my crime.
Az the trial my wife and daug htcr
doposcd. as they were bound to do. to
my unusual behavior on that emphatic
evening 2glA VI ~ ~ y
My standing on the steps OF my door
before Irang the bell, was observed by
a Villainous, prying old maid, who
came forward and deposed to facts in
addition which were pure inventions.
My swallowing brandy ut dinner, as
admitted by my own family and do
mcstics, was the occasion OF some
eloquent leaders in the papers the
gist OF which was that deserved hang
ing even for that alone.
The prosecuting attorney called at
tention to my physiognomy, in which
he read more murders than q dozen
Newgste calendars, and concluded an
eloquent address by warning the court
that if was acquitted he felt sure that
| some fine morning. like the Assyrians
Of old, all New York would awake and
| find themselves to be dead men,
with their threats cut from car to ear,
especially the judge and jury, who
would deserve their fate il they turn ed
such n notorious murderer loose TO
prey upon the citizeus of New York.
Notwithstanding the eloquuce OF my
counsel, Mr., Malcolm Campbell, who
positively surpassed himself, and
knocked DcmOsthcncs and Cicero hto
the middle OF next week, all seemed
dead against me.
The explanation gave OF my un-
usual behavior was pronounced by all
as being too ridiculous to merit mo-
mcuts consideration. ..r.. ."
The judge who presided, and who
had turned deaf ear TO every mondi-
cant since he had been possessed OF u
cent to give away, said that he had
never given anything to a beggar in
his whole lie, ana that it had never
made MIN miserable.
indeed" sarcastically added this
light of Christian law, at would have
made me more miserable if had ever
given penny away I'd
The whole audience roarcd with
laughter at The Judges wit although
it stamped him as being heartlcss
| brute.
lie summed up dead against INC, and,
as had not taken the prccaution of
| buying up the Jurors, was found guilty
of willful murder and condemned to be
hanged.
The fatal day arrived Hardly alb le
TO walk, ! was carried to the scaffold.
The reporters crowded around mo,
shaking hands with me Us though they
were proud OF being introduced to a
gentleman who occupied such an enyia-
bic position. The rope was put around
my neck, the tap was drawn over my
face, heard sharp click and felt the
rope tighten. | was suddenly thrown
up into the air as a food Of fire rushed
from my brain and filed my eyes.
Convulsivcly | threw up my arms.
| | heard a tremendous crash, as though
all creation was crockeIy, aud had
| suddenly been smashed. ! opened my
eyes not upon another world as | had
expected, but TO sec that had knocked
over the table, broken into a thousand
pieces my wfe's best china tea-service
spoilt her new satin dress scalded her
pet spaniel, which was bowling like a
Methodist ranter, and that all the but
tered toast was in my daughters laps,
who were all dressed to go TO the
opera.
Since then my wife never lets me
snOrc in my casy-chair after dinner.