The Irish standard., 1895-03-16

It's apostle. It remains today q nation Of
missionaries and Is performing Tor. Amor
lea and Australia the sane work which
Sc. Pstrick performed for Ireland 400
years ago.
THE HAYWARD TRIAL.
II It Is safe to say that no criminal case
in the West in recent years has attracted
the attention OF the public to such 9 de-
gree as the trial OF Hayward. All over
the State Of Minnesota and indeed
throughout the nation the people watched
the progress Of the case with intense In
tereet. The character Of the crime and
Of the parties to it created this unusual
attention. Trace all the annals Of crime,
all the novels that have been written to
attract and debauch the mind and where
will be found in reality or IN fiction q
tragical drama which snrpasses in the
heartlessness Of conception and horror OF
execution the one which WAS ell but
ended when the jury returned it's verdict
last week. Indeed the narration OF the
crime is more like some blood curdling
novel than like reality.
1t has been whispered about since the
commission of the crime that Hayward
would not be convicted, several different
reasons being assigned for that belief,
but to the everlasting credit OF the JUS
tice OF the state such has not been the
case. The entire community has heaved
sigh Of relief because the law has been
vindicated and the safety OF the people
enhanced. While some have been actu-
ated by spirit Of revenge it is safe to
say that this was not the prevailing
spirit. It is sad and serious matter to
take the life Of an individual even by due
process OF just and necessary law, but
| it would be infinitely more serious to let
murderers 60 UNPUBLISHED or but slightly
punished in Difference to diseased sem
tinentaliem We therefore most heartily
approve of the verdict, not in any malig-
nant or revengeful spirit, but in q spirit
of justice to an outraged community and
sorrowful family.
judged by the evidence the murder Of
Catherine Glng will go down into his
tory as one OF the most cruel in
the annals Of crime. Under the pre-
tense OF love a human wretch with the
outward appearance OF gentleman led
the unsuspectlng girl step by step to her
doom, first inducing her to gamble until
he had gotten all her money, then pei
suading her to put q price on her life 80
that after her death he might be able to
gamble. still farther, then firing the
wretched soul Of an ignorant tool to per
form the fatal act while he was carefully
providing an alibi in the sight Of hun
dreds. But his smooth appearance and
cunning plans failed; the money which
he said was ''just like finding" never ma
terialized. Then his father money was
freely used in vain attempt to save him.
The ablest criminal lawyer in the North
west, if not, in the entire country, was
employed and every opportunity given
the accused to prove the innocence he SO
stoutly asserts, but after 9 trial lasting
through seven long weeks twelve honest
men after due consideration unanimous
" and independent Of each other pro-
nounce him guilty.
The crime is an example OF the
terrible results of gambling. The desire
to get the goods of others without paying
for them, the determination to live with
out labor and that, too, in luxury is
what destroyed whatever moral sense and
heart which Harry Hayward ever had.
This entire disregard at the rights OF
others IS what led up to the death of the
unfortunate girl. There is no crime IN
all the list of human transgressions
which SO surely and quickly eats away
character as the crime Of gambling. We
call it crime, for If it is not crime it
should be made one. Hayward, by his
own admission, spent life like this and
the last bet he ever made was to put up
his own life against $4,000 life insur-
ance. With him life was not hing as COM
pared with the Unsuitable greed to obtain
the money Of others without any return.
After long and tedious trial he has
been convicted by jury of his peers and
this worse than useless character is
about to be removed from all opportu-
nifty of further injury.
THE INCOME TAX.
The Supreme Court Of the United
States has reached the consideration OF
the question OF the constitute nality OF