Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-16
THE EGGS OF MURDER.

@a.H nv NJ aA0AM "
T~houghtless and Gallons Men.
"The causes of capital crimes" said
a Tombs lawyer to a party of friends
at a restaurant table the other night
that is. the real and immediate causes
are frequently overlooked by juries.
Just listen to that man at the table
over there. Got a voice like a horse
fiddle. He is letting the whole
know the list Of hereditary diseases
that affect his family. II would be a
blessing to humanity II that man was
shot dead a. a hammer, yet his slayer
would be charged with manslaughter
and probably convicted by a Jury Of
the crime. ! tell you that the words
Of that curio viii CRATE upon some ears
in TINS o tonight. and will probably
derange for the time being some sensi-
tive physical organism. under the infiu-
ence Of which a vindictive act will be
committed thai will perhaps cause life
long regret If not a punishment by law.
"a client of mine was once charged
with murder in the first degree. The
statement presented by the prosecution
was that the prisoner had had a differ
ence with an acquaintance. Two weeks
afterward he met this ~acquaintanc com
ing out Of an uptown cafe after dark,
drew a revolver Immediately and shot
him to death The difference referred
to was in itself absolutely trivial 1t
had resulted from IN argument over
the relative merits OF Langtry and Mrs
Brown Potter They had actually part
ed good friends. but their high words
at N stage of the argument had been
overheard
Now. on the night in question my
client had gone into a restaurant for
dinner. One of those creatures with
the delicacy Of a rhinoceros a at the
next table. He had been attached to a
sherifTs Office once upon a time, ano
Immediately upon sitting down he be-
gan to tell the man near him Of the
hangings that he had witnessed and the
details Of the revolving crimes for which
the prisoners had been hanged My
friend was at about the middle of his
dinner The words Of the brute were
like so many leaden balls dropping
down into my clients stomach He
tried TO continue. but he could not
choke down more food In desperation
be called for a glass of brandy and then
another glass. and before he left the
place he had taken a half dozen large
doses in Quick succession
THAT morning in starting out he
had put a revolver In his pocket In.
tending TO sleep at the house Of a friend
In the country. the way TO which lay
through a lonesome piece Of woods,
which he would have 20 pass late at
night As he left the restaurant he
thought of taking the train. and put
ting his hand in his overcoat pocket he
found the weapon
Just at that very ONE the ac-
quaintance approached. and what real
ly happened was this My client vent
up to the other and said. Charley, /
feel so desperately miserable that |
almost could commit murder or suicide.
See here, ] have a pistol too. In try
ing to take the weapon from his pocket
it became entangled In the cloth An
explosion followed and one OF the men
fell dead
Il exhausted my powers Of speech
upon the jury. and after proving by
bygienic experts how talk of the kind
referred to would act upon a sensitive
man. succeeded in securing a verdict Of
manslaughter. The man ought 10 have
been acquitted New York Recorder.