The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-09

jealous, industrious and able couu-
sci, but in vain. The proof us to the
| guilt of the defendants has been so
overw helming that juries composed
OF honest ami fair-minded men sum-
mOned from all the different parts of
this county, appai entity had no seri-
Gus difficulty in reaching the con
ciusi0ns they did. Aud 1t II devout-
~ to se hoped that the.e verdic's
Will have II salutary effect, and that
these defendants, AMI Others who
may be pursuing the same vocation
! (if such there be may learn there
the land cannot be violated with i'm
punity. Only last summer Distress
ing tragedy was enacted in your
ueighbOriug city nf Humboldt The
lite of al excellent man went out like
a flash and his family and that of the
slayer were both plunged into greet
and horror in consequence of the de-
plurable deed. Whether. under the
circumstances of the case, the slayer
was guilty OF felouious homicide, or
on the contrary he Is innocent. is
que .tiun to he determined in the
future by "A jury. But there can he
no improperly in saying this much:
rhe testimony sdduced both at the
prelimary examination Fand at the
habeas corpus proceedii before the
Appellate court brought out the fact
that intoxicating liquor, in all reason
ably probability, was at least, one vi
the many causes eliminating IN the
violent death of your fellow citizen.
The trial of this case, before it is
finally concluded, may prob thiy cost
the tax payers of a lien county
thousand dollars or more And this
s only one item out of many that
IN ght be mentioned that go To make
up the grand aggregation of the ex-
pense, wrong and suffering inflicted
on the community in consequence of
the acts OF men who persist i'm viola.
ing the law by selling Intoxicating
liquors az beverage Mankind, a.
rule, ara divided into two great
classes. One consists of people who
respect and obey the laws of the
country where they reside, the other
OF persons who are prone at some
time or other and in some way or
manner, to violate the Law. But |
want To say To these defendants, and
every body present, the supporters of
law and order, IA compared with the
aw-breakers, are immens ey in the
majority, and the majority, in this
country, is what rules. And il is TO
be hoped that the upright, law.abid-
ing sentiment of thus community Will
assert itself to that extent that ofien-
ses against the law like those for
which these defendants havs been
found guilty will be less plentiful
among you i'm the future than they
seemingly have been in the recent
part"
When 1t was all over the crowd lin
gered and way had to be cleared for
the prisoners to march out. Some OF
them seemed stunned aud unable to
comprehend that they were going to
Jail, one even starring Off and when
detained by the sh eritf, saying: But
| must return to my shop" The men
all marched out together and with
"A A., A.
the sheriff and his deputies, marched
to the county jail and were locked up.
F'iday night. in consequence was a
record breaker in the county Jail.
There were already nine men confined
there and one plain drunk was
brought in during the night, and 50
twenty men ate supper aud slept be-
meath one roof \ wagon load of mat.
tresses and spring cots was taken
over aud The inner part of the prison
was thrown into one large hall and
men slept wherever they could find
six feet in which to stretch out. The
liquor men were in Il bunch aud some
of them slept above the cage In which
the old prisoners were confined. a
few managed to keep up their spirits
but others felt pretty blue. IS one OF
them put it: IL tell you fellows, Pm
done with il. | went into it as q
straight matter of dollars and
haven't Il cent to meet this present
predicament." And the general un
derslauding is that the men are moi
nearly 50 well fixed financially as wa'
supposed.
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