The herald., 1897-09-22
FRoNTrER oaATo1x
Oklahoma Demosthenes AxraiguG
False Lover in Scathine Addroo6

When Grace Allen. Kansas giri, Wo1
on trial at Chandler, Ok. charged Wl1ud Z
the murder of her rival. she w4o d.
Tended by Attorney L. e. Payne. In III 4
speech to the jury Mr.. Payne admipi6p
tered the following merited and blietefs
ing word castigation to the lover In tn
case, who it seems loved not wisely mol
yet too we'll:
I'VE will now contemplate for . mo
ment the Kansas Jay; the creature who
was engaged to two girls and true q
neither. I expected from what hni /;
heard Of these two women's infatuatlon
for him to see an Apollo Belvidero,
glass Of fashion and a mold of form
some magnificent specimen Of graudIy
developed manhood, such az men might
be envious of and women might rAv(
over But when this insignificant, red.
headed specimen, who, with his opeoe
tacles, reminds me of a horned toad,
Jumped upon the witness standA confe1l
that I was disappointed. And we now
have the honor to stand In the presence
of the lah-dedah Of the la-dedahs, the
beardless Adonis without any signs that
can see of manhood about him, and Il
feast our eyes upon his physical graceo
and beauties, his weak eyes, and to re.
joice in the sound of that sweet litt11
lisp of his-ta-ta. This is the thing VIZ
have seen it at last. Engaged to ont
woman, with the day appointed for hi1
marriage, he entered the widows homl
in the state, of Kansas and sought thu
heart of this poor, innocent. pure and
trusting girl, and gained it-fearfui
thought! This is the thing, the gosling,
that gave away the secrets OF hi0 sweet
heart and turned her love letters over
to a rival to be made the subject Of hel
sneers and jeers; who plighted his trotl.
his fidelity, to one girl and then In his
Guplicity said he hoped something would
prevent him from marrying so he could
marry another, and spoke the words oi
promise to the ear Of that other, only fu
break them to her heart, and laughed and
danced to see the fiendishness of hiDowu
treachery pinch the lily tincture Of that
others face and starve the roses on he1
cheeks. This is the moo-calf who tooh
buggy rides with a swee theart and lisped
in her ears the dulcet strains Of hig pues
rile passion, then said he took the driVt
at her request! This is the double-faced
nypocrite who two weeks ago held the
lily-white hand of this pure girl In his
claws and told her that he loved her, and
is here today, writing notes to the pros.
ecution and aiding, in every way possible
to him, to send her to the penitentiary
He says he advised the Eckes family not
to drop this prosecution. He says 4
never mentioned marriage to Grace Al
len,' and then, in the next breath, he
says, I told her that If things were differ
ent would marry her, and that would
like for things to be different Think Of
that! Is 1t not the language OF subtle
false, perjured and disloyal villain7 II
had son who would engage himself
to one girl while engaged to another girl
tell their secrets. expose their letters and
then come on the witness stand and II.
tempt to swear one of those girls into
the penltentiary I would shoot him a.
l would dog; would throw the lousy
cur headlong into well filled with scalx
snakes, that they might hiss at and bite
him from now until eternity"-Topek1
Capital.