The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-03-25
Lei the Dead Barry their Dead.I

'uflNt Observation-Disclosures,
Please give space In your columns for
the following statement, and confer
great favor on suffering fellow mortal:
Two weeks ago there was published
IN the Hood River GLACIER a part
statement that | made to It's editor, MS
AN attorney, for the purpose ofshawing
the Innocence OF Mrs. uowellS, and rs
particulars to present to the court 20
have our mNrr,age set aside il she dcs,r,
edit Instead tusing il for the latter
purpose he cpuhhshed it for the purpose,
| suppose, to show what ~ sroundrE
was, and to mako sensation for his
paper
Now | do not write these lines FOR an
apo,uNy or d1nial ofauy wrong or sin
thst have committed, whatever the
facts are; but that the world may know
my purpose aud profit 10y my mistor-
tune and error
First, my wife did not seporatc her
selttrom me; it was by mutual consent
Of us both, Second, they discreditl3v
statement that ever ! heard that nay
first wife had y divorce. | can prove
it that it WAS 50 reported, but still | am
to be justly ccnsured and blamed, |
know | committed y great wrong, u
woiul mistake, for which cannot he
excused. ! coufessed--I begged for
mercy.
But the world knows no mercy, aud
because | was minister of the gOSpc! /
must he published. There must be \
scandal to feed on. Now am cast oUt,
oStracised from society, torn fon these
| love doaror than my life, branded rs
an ImpoSter, and kicked down, down
to hell, while others mare fortunate
who have positions and money 60 scott
free. Yes, vile rs | am in the minds of
many, perhaps, | could create n senSa-
ton in Hood River in the highest cir
clcs, at which min2 would pale into n
shadow; but withhold for the sake of
the family. l. poor wretch, must be
published, and the papers scattered
broadcast over the land. Not content
with my death they must mail papers
to my family in Nebraska who are in
noccnt and respected, God knows. .
ask is this just? Is it human? IN
Gods name is it Christian?
Ny life is nothing to me now. I'M
pale me alive on the sharp points OF
public charity, prosecute mel am
ready and willing to suffer, if it be pos. .
sibie that | could suffer more than do .
now. God knows my cup is full. | .
stand ready to be stoned to death by
hose who are without sin. Come on
and strike me down. When my char
lcter is gone; when can no longer be .
'cspected by men | pray for death.
The world can take all earthly hope .
from me; but my soul they cannot
ouch. lam now an old man and only .
Ask for human rights. No one need
ear that l will take again to the minis
ry I'll beg first. What time | have
IN earth if permitted, will be trying to
atone Us far as possible for the mistake
If my life. have tried to he honest,
out my life was not right before God.
Some times l have failed TO meet my
Obligations. | know | shall be harshly
judged, and bow to the inevitable.
lnOw that each one will have enough
o be forgiven of God for. But ere
lose this paper let me ask for forgive
less of all to whom | preached. |
know l labored for the highest good of
riend and foe.
But above all let me speak of her
Who has suffered more than tongue can
ell, my dear wife, whom / love as ar
Iently as any man can love his wife.
les she is my wife still in the sight OF
tod. She, pure, good and true, would
o God | had died for them-my wife
md dear baby. Oh! that l had died
rom my mothers womb. God pity
md shield them. But there are others
Tho must suffer who are equally inno-
.ent. Oh.hOw regret my carelessness
md folly. But the cause of Christ
must not suffer very much, for christi
nifty is not to blame for human weak
le3s. Clemency is all ask.
E. d. HOWELL.
We had hoped that it would not be
necessary for us to make further men
ion Of the miserable old self-confessed
raud who pcnned the above article.
II the first place, the old sinner, true
0 his Instincts, tells lie in the second
entence he writes, followed by an
ther in the third, and 80 continues to {
ne end. Howells came to the writer
f this article for legal advice about the =.
Sd Of January, and gave US what pur-
orted to be statement of the facts. !
It the same time he. told-in strict c
a dozen others another ;,
tory concerning the whole affair, and t
thus became public property. The b
!. A. r. held an inquest Oh him, the
Y. r. G. ditto, and the matter was
ommon talk before we published it
Iarch 4th, nearly six weeks after we =
'ere informed ofit. Somuch for that.
he sneaking disposition of the old t