The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-06-18
Vengeance is Mine. .

Il
Under tile above headline the Idaho
Register, shortly after the death of the
subject, published the following, which
is worthy of place in every paper in
the state:
"Over in Owyhee county, in little
hamlet that nestles quietly among its
rock ribbed hills that have Just begun
TO divest Themselves of winters SHOWS.
and take on the vernal vestmenfs Of
/ sprlngtlme; just when leaf and bnd.
and blossom, and tiny blades of grass
begin to yield to the genial wooings of
the gentle south winds and balmy sun
shine, and send the odors of springtime
| floating dow n valleys and DER field and
| meadow land, a man lies cold and still.
and puseless, in his narrow prison
honse, wrapped in the cIammy folds of
death. A man who had lust entered
into the prime and vigor of useful
manhood, when all the hopes and aspi-
rations, and yearnings that clustered
around his pathway were spread out
before him like the idealistic fancies of
dream. A man whose home life had
always BEEN pleasant and happy, with
two bright-eyed boys to gladden. his
eac'' recurring return 20 MS nreside A
.nan' aioei' e'.d'ic at times, (anG where
- tne poor irali mortal with human
iiis'ilcis VINO IS not), nnt VINO, so far as
.epor's go' nah never harmed human
'eing, ana whose GENIAL and snnnv
sn'Hes mao araWn around MN hosts OF
i,'en1s. Ahu this mah IS dead, the
i,apeltss Vicim OF as crnel, causeless,
ueipera'e' u hot premedliateh. mnr-
opf' as mas ever niacktned the annals OF
cflme' wnlie ms slayer, through
oiuhaerlhg conception OF the law by an
s''coih : hpeteit JuS'ice, Walks erect and
iree over the green earth that entombs
s'e s'e yicti,h, II IS no extenuailng excuse
~, VIZ s'ayer ot oa'nurl y. rrl'chard 10
urgr Inat ne feared MS victlm- Cow
aiuics is no paliiation Tor crime. If he
,eafeu MN ne eshouln nave avoided him,
lor ne had no authority to follow and
arrest MN. but ne dld follow him, at
me instance or ola man Uirlch, Priich-
'iu iatner-ln- law, ana right there be-
, ,fns the mrs. orealh OF Suspicion that
'arStns inns apparently nnJastIhahie
iu'niciae, 10 give 70 hs mildest name. {
~ Fae that fslfehara was crdzed I
~ o,u mnisky on the morning ne was ;
'iitu, .nat ne was unrniy, perhaps
eeh 'tss' Win gun ana pistol, out ne
'ad a'tempteo 10 BARN no one. He t
vas perieetly rac,anle 10 the appeais '
~ psrsuasions OF ms wife, and had I
'eined up 70 her ms weapons before
tarting oo"n the iane thaf was SO soon I
= ne ne scene OF DIS aWlni uoom. IN y
~" iiiouirmts aiter frileharo started, +
ohstaole flemihg anpeaIs npon the ),
ceHe' ne 10 informed ny Uirlch OF the y
Irtc,'on :, ms VlclIm had taken, and v
'lricii khf~ =, mat ffitchara had started p
ar'neu. fiehlng ioiiows MS victim h
: hot pursuit he overtakes him on ;,
ne pfoad' open highway, where all =
,anh,nu l'i nas tne right 70 go 20 ana fro' o.
nn'oies.eo e&cept oy que process OF law. CT
~, ne Vlc',hl was aiohe, nharmed, peace W
w. niahiDg no DEMONSTRATIONS OF dls-
Iuer' nor attempting 10 commit any u
in,e. Det me eouslanie must 90 the az
l"elng OF ola man UlrIch. lie must to
7lio',i ms ueee OF Valor, ana arrest Ia
y V'cti"' wltnout authority ont at all q.
azarus' ana SO ne commanded MIN to =
lrIehoer. frltcnard refused, as ne le
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