The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-29
MATTHERS GORDON
NOT GUILTY
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man weak and sinful and frail, ana
lift him up and wipe the filth from MS
garments and try to give him strength
to stand for better things in the lu-
+,,ra There are some sentiments dear
n the heart of every man VINO Is
worthy the name of man; and one Is
love and veneration for HoIe' I
the Home altar; the sanctity OF Home
Home means father and mother wlle
and child, honor and happiness; Home
means all that is sacred and dear 10
man: and the scoundrel who invades
+he sacred precincts OF the Home ue-
eerves to be shot down like rabid
dog.
gentlemen of the jury, l think TINS
is most cruel prosecution. Here ls
man whose home has been invaded
whose wifes affections have been sto-
len from him, and who bears on MS
hodv the wounds of the bullets OF his
enemy. and not satisfied with that,
+bis cruel prosecutor says he must De
robbed of his liberty. | do not peneVe
YOU will do that, gentlemen; do not
believe you will make precedent IKE
g that: I believe that you, as men VINO
, hove homes. will render a verdict to
nrotect these homes, and the
/. dear ones in all the homes of this
4 southland I had rather live in COM
o munitv where rabid dogs were allowed
g TO run the street, than to live IN one
d where scoundrels who ruin our
!. wives and daughters and wreck our
h homes. are permitted to hold hlgh
!. their heads. I had rather see wife
# or daughter buried; had rather KISS
n their still. chaste smile cold in death
h I had rather see the flames wraI
ID around and destroy their bodies than
70 live to know that they had been en-
ticed from a pure sweet home 10 Sc
cret drives along forbidden ways to
~ c1andistine meetings in old graVeyardE
lr and out of the way places. | do no
wonder that this young defendant
~ life is what it is now To see anothe
~ man living with his once happy, taitn
q full. loving and contented wife, VII
ia wreck the life of most young men
On few men. young or old, can stand u
ry under a sorrow like that. And ye'
AT 1ftpTlV dpSt1O
be all hope for him: lets not destroy a.
ne hone for his loved ones; lets gathel
if we can. tn fragments OF the tear
and heart aches and blighted hope
al of that once happy home; lets gathe
them together as best we may, an
niece them together, and bind thel
IN and save what we can. The la
does not contemplate, we must NJ
-. expect, impossibilities of any MAJ
There are some things a man can ne
or forgive or forget He may say I
will. he NAV hope he will; he ms
=, think he will; but when his home III
been ruined. that is one of the thin:
-. he can never forgive or forget. "
-. NAV tear down a mans fortune, al
he may build it over again; one
49,, one death may lay it's icy hands up'
'e his loved ones until vacant chat
stanc all about his fireside, and L
heart will bleed and almost break, a.
vet he may recover from that; y
NY NAV assail his character, even, a
though he may bow beneath the sho
he may straighten up again; he M
stand all these things, and when
masses away the world will say the
stood a strong pillar for Society, t
= Church and the State. But the m
Y who is a man willis under the big
It ing sorrow that robs him of his m'
priceless jewel And now / will g
YOU a text and ask you to RENE
port, Der it: for it is the law of every II
mans heart; it is this: "The SEQ
drel who invades the Home, in t
Southland of ours, takes his life Il
IN his own hands"
And, gentlemen, did you ever not
that the intimate friend" is ger
ally the demon who commits that d
ish crime? Ever since Judas betra.
the Christ with kiss, the false fri