St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-18
HAYWARD HIS TEXT
T.
Rev. Wilcox breaches on the
Tendency Of Gambling as
Illustrated
BY KITTY GIMG'S SLAYER.
Graphic Word Painting OF the
Murderer and His Foul
Crime.
PROFESSION OF GAMBLER
Schooled Him to the Indifep-
ence He ShoWed--A Bos-
ton Incident.
BY KITTY GING'S SLAYER.
PROFESSION OF GAMBLER

Rev. Charles B. Wilcox, pastor of
the First M. z. church, addressed
very large congregation last evening
upon 1.-THE Tendency of Gambling, in
Connection With the Hayward Case"
ga young man only twenty-nine
years of age said Mr. Wilcox, ''in
good health, a child of fortune, fairly
well educated, familiar with the ways
Of the world, accustomed to polite So
ciety, clean in person, Immaculate in
dress and urbane in manners, not many
miles from where we are gathered sits
in a prison cell under sentence of
death. He is accused and convicted of
a deliberate and blood-curdling crime
His victim a member of the gentler
sex who gave him her full confidence
and perhaps at some time expected to
be joined to him in wedlock.
= 1.-THE trial excited widespread and
intense interest, principally for two
reasons: First, the nature of the
crime, and second, the conduct of the
criminal. He appeared devoid of all
feeling. The most startling revela-
tons, the most pathetic incidents con-
nected with the case awakened no
emotion. Now he would jest, now
treat with contempt, and now laugh at
what deeply concerned his destiny
Whether innocent or guilty his con-
duct is anomalous.
"Is his present condition the result
of a natural defect in his moral ma
ture, or is it the result of the life he
has led? 1t may be there has been
some natural deficiency in his moral
nature from childhood, but more likely
it Is the consequence of his gambling
habits. The professional gambler has
schooled himself to utter Indifference
High stakes may be lost or won, but
he betrays no emotion. Thousands of
dollars may depend on the turn of a
card or cast of the dice, but to out
ward appearance he is unconscious of
it.
Gambling hardens the heart and
deadens the sensibilities. DR.. Mott, an
eminent divine who years ago made a
careful study of this subject, obtain
ing the record of many gamblers, de-
clared that the professional would play
at his brothers funeral, or gamble
on his mothers coffin The following
incident occurred years ago N Boston,
and is vouched for as authentic:
dead of night to the cemetery vault.
took out a coffin, placed there that
day, carried it to the cathedral, placed
it inside the chancel and beside the
communion table, and lighting one of
the candles proceeded to gamble in
the presence Of their grim visitor,
their only object being to defy God
and show utter disregard for all things
sacred Similar instances might be
multiplied. The tendency of sin in all
Its forms IS to harden. Especially is
this true of gambling"
The speaker defined gambling as
stalking property to win or lose on
mere hazard. 1t is not gain for gain.
1t is something for nothing. 1t is de-
moralizing to all industry. It leads to
pauperization, crime, prison and death.
Let the young beware of it's fascina-
tons. Let the pulpit, the press and all
good people point out it's evils and use
their influence against it,