Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-04-30

act. Your testimony was that you
did not know whot occurred after you
met her that evening. The testimony
satisfies me that you must have had
mental capacity to retain these mat
tiers Immediately in connection with
the shooting
1T is source of deepest regret that
I have to impose the penalty 1 do
upon you. The frequency with which
this character Of offense is being COM
mitted the last few years 1 think is
worthy Of some note. 1t is growing to
that pass that so often when 2 young
man, by reason of either the parents
opposition or by the lady of his atten-
tion determining that such atten-
tionS should cease, he resorts to the
same i'll advised not to say cowardly
method adopted in this case. If this
is continued it will not be safe for any
young lady to keep company with q
young man, and that probably the
Spanish method will have to apply,
keeping them within closed doors and
behind bars.
''There may be, and doubtless is,
knowledge in your mind that could
clear up the whole mystery about this
matter. It is surely mystery as to
how and why person would commit
this kind of crime upon one for
whom he processes the most sacred
affection.
1.-THE victim of your too certain
aim rests in that silent city; her par
ents with aching hearts may visit her
last resting place and water with
! their tears the emblems of affection
loving hands may there plant, but
human acts and laborS cannot avail.
Your act caused untold suffering to
her whose life went out; to those aged
parents who reared you the shadows
are truly deep, and until their last
hours you will still be their son, though
the terrible anguish your kindred and
friends will bear because of this mis-
step can be asSuaged only when all
mysteries are revealed.
81 shall sentence you to the peniten-
tiary at Lansing, there to be kept for
one year and that you then suffer the
death penalty as prescribed by the
statute of our state"
The prisoner wrote the following
letter to the HERALD with the re-
quest that it be printed:
PHILLIPsBURG, KAN, Apr. p '01.
EDITOR HERALD:-My story is brief,
as Judge Geiger passed the death
sentence for me at noon today. I feel
as though it was very severe, don't
think that deserve anything of the
kind, though some people may think
the penalty is not severe enough. It
is not for myself that feel, but for
my dear, good mother, over whose fast
fading life / have forever cast a
shadow. How unpleasant it must be
at home now; and I imagine it is very
| lonesome at the home of the little one
who has gone on before. 1 feel almost
as sorry for Maggie's poor mother as
do for my own. I lived, but Maggie
has gone to that beautiful city where
the sun never sets and all is happiness;
| it is Oh, SO hard for me to bid my
dearest friends goodbye as they come
to the county Jail to bid me their last
farewell. The blame is all thrown
upon me, but the future will reveal
matters more clearly than I can ex-
plain them myself, though it may be
in the world to come after this one is
destroyed by fire. God bless my par
ents and home, and also the par
ents of the little one who sleeps on
yonder hill. Thanking the people of
Phillips county for their kindness to